GRAND RAPIDS — Davenport took control of the game in the third quarter and held off Northern Michigan University 56-50 in a GLIAC women’s basketball game played Friday. The loss knocked NMU out of second place in the GLIAC North Division at 7-8. Wisconsin-Parkside now resides in second ...
"At that point (we had been) somewhere in the neighborhood of 447 days since we’d competed." — Mike Lozier, head coach, NMU volleyball ------------------------ MARQUETTE — It’s an understatement to say the Northern Michigan University volleyball team has had an interesting ...
MARQUETTE — It’s been a short season for the Northern Michigan University swimming and diving teams, but it’s been fairly successful for the men’s and women’s squads. The women and men both earned splits with Saginaw Valley State and Wayne State earlier this month with both toppling ...
MARQUETTE — What a difference a day makes. One night after the Northern Michigan University hockey team was surprised by an Alabama-Huntsville squad sporting some local Fox Motors jerseys it was forced to borrow, the Wildcats bounced back Wednesday and thumped the Chargers 8-2. After ...
MARQUETTE — Last weekend was Valentine’s Day and the Northern Michigan University basketball programs got a rotten gift in the form of sweeps by Grand Valley State. Northern’s women “received” their present at home and the men on the road. The women (7-7) struggled offensively, not ...
MARQUETTE — Normally, when a hockey team has to borrow jerseys to play a game on the road, it’s a sign of bad things to come for them. Not the case for Alabama-Huntsville on Tuesday night. With the Chargers sporting some jerseys having a Fox Motors Marquette-Negaunee logo on them thanks ...
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Despite being in the midst of playing six games in 10 days, the Northern Michigan University hockey team will get almost two weeks off at the end of the regular season before starting the WCHA Postseason Tournament. The first round, which is a best-of-three ...
HOUGHTON — Michigan Tech only held the lead once, but that was plenty as the Huskies rolled Northern Michigan University 73-51 in a men’s college basketball game played at Student Development Complex Gymnasium on Tuesday. Negaunee High School graduate Trent Bell scored 10 points and ...
MARQUETTE — The first time the Northern Michigan University women’s basketball team took on rival Michigan Tech this season, it ended up getting handed a tough loss up in Houghton. On Tuesday, NMU got its rematch with the Huskies and although they kept it close for most of the game, Tech ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University eSports team completed a comeback and upset win over nationally ranked No. 22 Kansas State, 2-1, over the weekend. Game 1 of the series saw KSU win with great play from their mid laner on the champion Qiyana, using early game advantages and ...
"The real telltale sign of where your program is at is when you play the best teams." — Troy Mattson, NMU women’s basketball head coach, on playing now 12-1 Grand Valley State over the weekend ------------------- MARQUETTE — Playing basketball on Valentine’s Day weekend means ...
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — After a successful road sweep of No. 17 Bemidji State, two Northern Michigan University hockey players were rewarded with WCHA weekly awards on Monday. Sophomore Andre Ghantous was named Forward of the Week, while freshman goalie Rico DiMatteo earned Rookie of the Week ...
ALLENDALE — Northern Michigan University suffered its second straight men’s basketball loss at Grand Valley State on Saturday with a 77-72 setback to the Lakers. Following Friday’s 81-75 overtime loss, the Wildcats slipped to 6-7 while GVSU improved to 7-5. All games played by both ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University hockey team needed to begin peaking with the WCHA playoffs rapidly approaching. And over the weekend, the Wildcats showed that good trend with a road sweep of No. 17 Bemidji State. The Wildcats used a four-goal third period surge to win 5-1 ...
UNIVERSITY CENTER — The Northern Michigan University swimming and diving teams combined for a 2-4 record at a pair of meets downstate last weekend. This concluded the regular season for the men’s and women’s Wildcats as they await the GLIAC Championships to be held Feb. 17-20 in ...
ALLENDALE — The Northern Michigan University men’s basketball team made up a 17-point deficit late in the second half to force overtime, only to fall at Grand Valley State 81-75 on Friday afternoon. Despite having a lead briefly in the first few minutes of the game, the Wildcats fell ...
"It’s just going like this, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom until somebody scores, or goalies keep making saves." — Grant Potulny, NMU head hockey coach, on his impression of 3-on-3 overtimes -------------------- MARQUETTE — Last weekend was a roller coaster for the ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University’s new alpine ski team has gotten off to an inauspicious start with its team competitions canceled this winter. Nevertheless, some members of the team have found success at U.S. Ski Association Federation of International Skiing series ...
"We’re going to have to not only play well, but we’re also going to have to have that toughness and that grittiness both." — Matt Majkrzak, NMU men’s basketball head coach, on this weekend’s games at Grand Valley State ---------------- MARQUETTE — Heading into last ...
MARQUETTE — The Northern Michigan University Wildcats League of Legends eSports team bounced back this week for a 2-0 victory over Indiana University East. NMU’s first game was the quickest one to date for the Wildcats, finishing the game in a mere 19 minutes and 42 seconds, winning ...