MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University women’s lacrosse team plays its first home game in more than three weeks on Wednesday evening before heading out of town for its final road trip of the season this weekend. Each game will be a GLIAC contest, with Concordia-St. Paul coming to ...
TIFFIN, Ohio — The Northern Michigan University women’s track and field team finished as runner-up while winning six individual events on Saturday at the Tiffelberg Open that was hosted by Tiffin and Heidelberg universities. NMU scored 162 points, second only to Tiffin’s 191 in this ...
MARQUETTE — When fans looked at the Northern Michigan University women’s basketball roster at the start of the year, a trip to the NCAA Division II national tournament may have not been on the radar. However, the Wildcats managed to pull off that feat and more with a couple big ...
By RYAN STIEG Journal Sports Writer MARQUETTE — The city of Buffalo means a lot to Grant Potulny. That’s not surprising, either, as the Northern Michigan University head hockey coach was an assistant coach for the bronze medal-winning U.S. team in the 2017-18 World Junior Championships, ...
By RYAN STIEG Journal Sports Writer MARQUETTE — The WCHA season may now be over, but that doesn’t mean things aren’t happening within the conference. In an interview a few weeks ago, league commissioner Bill Robertson talked with The Mining Journal about the state of the WCHA. He ...
By Journal Sports Staff ST. PAUL, Minn. — After picking up two straight road victories, the Northern Michigan University women’s lacrosse team ended its four-game trip on a low note as the Wildcats fell to Concordia St. Paul (Minn.) 21-9 on Friday. NMU junior Graison Ringlever led the ...
"These guys came into a program that was at the very bottom of the basement, and because of their hard work and dedication and effort, got us to become a successful team." — Bill Sall, NMU men’s basketball head coach, on the Wildcats’ careers of Naba Echols and Isaiah ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Northern Michigan University forward Adam Rockwood’s hard work has paid off. After a solid senior season, Rockwood was given an amateur tryout with the American Hockey League’s Springfield Thunderbirds, the Florida Panthers’ minor league affiliate. Over the ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University women’s lacrosse team concludes a four-game GLIAC road swing at 7 p.m. EDT Friday when the Wildcats head to Concordia University-St. Paul in St. Paul, Minnesota. Fans can follow the action through video and live statistics. Follow @NMU_Wildcats ...
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Six skiers from Northern Michigan University participated at the U.S. Distance Nationals against some of the top professional skiers in the country. The event ran from last Thursday through Tuesday of this week. It ended the NMU ski season as the Wildcats earned six ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University senior Michelle Juergen has been named GLIAC Women’s Field Athlete of the Week. Juergen got the 2018-19 outdoor track and field season started last weekend with high finishes in the high jump and triple jump at the St. Norbert Invitational in De ...
ROMEOVILLE, Ill. — The Northern Michigan University women’s lacrosse team won its second straight GLIAC road contest with a 13-3 victory at Lewis University on Sunday afternoon. NMU improved to 3-6 overall and 2-3 in the GLIAC after its first-ever league road win at Maryville on March 24. ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University junior Zak Ketterson and freshman Abigail Jarzin have been named the Skiers of the Year in the Central Collegiate Ski Association. And Wildcats head coach Sten Fjeldheim was named CCSA Coach of the Year on Thursday. Ketterson won every conference ...
DE PERE, Wis. — A predictably cold start greeted the Northern Michigan University women’s track and field team for its outdoor season opener in suburban Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Saturday. But the Wildcats made the best of the elements to win the St. Norbert Invitational with snow and ...
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Senior Owen Beyer shot a 7-over-par 151 over two days to lead the Northern Michigan University men’s golf team at the Findlay Spring Invitational that wrapped up Tuesday at the University Club of Kentucky. Beyer shot rounds of 74 and 77 as he tied for 41st place while ...
MARQUETTE — Hockey is a tight-knit community. We all don different jerseys, root for different teams and throw some trash talk at each other every now and then, but at the end of the day, we’re all fans who love the speed, sounds and camaraderie of the sport. Nobody was more true to the ...
MARQUETTE — Forty-one swimmers from the swimming and diving teams at Northern Michigan University were named to All-Academic and All-Academic Excellence teams for the winter semester in the GLIAC recently. In all, 73 Wildcats earned honors, exceeding the previous school year’s count of 69 ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University men’s basketball senior Isaiah Johnson earned his second regional honor of the postseason recently. His latest award is being named to the NCAA Division II All-Midwest District Second Team by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Last ...
MARQUETTE — Two of three former Northern Michigan University hockey players who recently signed professional deals in the American Hockey League debuted for their new teams this past weekend. Goaltender Atte Tolvanen made 26 saves Sunday in his debut with the Syracuse Crunch, a Tampa Bay ...
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Its two playoff finalists will represent the WCHA at the NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Championship that kicks off Friday at four sites and ends with the national championship game on Saturday, April 13, in Buffalo, New York. That was announced when the NCAA ...