It’s been a busy two weeks in Highland Heights! After a week off from our writers, let’s get caught up!

Basketball:

NKU will have its annual Hoops & Scoops event Tuesday at 6:00 p.m.! It’s a great opportunity to come in and see the Norse team for the first time this year.

NKU announced a HOME exhibition on Oct. 14 at 5:30 p.m. against the University of Tennessee at Martin.

Women’s Volleyball:

The women’s volleyball team continued their season on 9/25 by taking down Milwaukee 3 sets to 1 behind 15 kills and 5 blocks from Senior Ivey Stocks. The win marked 5 wins in their last 6 games. The next day, they swept the Panthers 3-0 behind a 10 kill, 2 ace, 4 block performance from Senior Ava Hoying. This marked 6 wins in their last 7, and got the Norse back above .500 on the year.

Friday, the Norse traveled to Cleveland State where they beat the Vikings 3-1 behind strong performances from Hoying and Senior Sydney Bray. Saturday, they replicated that result, this time against Oakland. This victory was the one that put Head Coach Liz Hart as the winningest coach in NKU volleyball history with 287. Hoying, Stocks and Bray led the way for the Norse.

The Volleyball team is now 9-6 and 4-0 in the Horizon and will be on the road Friday and Saturday.

Men’s Soccer:

The Men’s soccer team lost to Dayton on Sept. 22 3-0. They then hosted Bowling Green  Tuesday where they fell 2-1. After taking a halftime lead thanks to freshman winger Carlos Merce’s 6th minute goal, BGSU netted two (73′, 79′) to take the game. Saturday, they fell 3-0 at Northern Illinois to fall to 1-8-1 on the year.

They host Wright State on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. before traveling to Cleveland State Saturday for a 7:00 p.m. kickoff.

Women’s Soccer:

The women’s soccer team defeated Northern Illinois 1-0 in DeKalb, Illinois Sept. 24. Senior Megan Molner netted the lone goal of the game to power the Norse.

Sept. 27, the Norse traveled to Indianapolis where junior Ayla Conn and fellow junior Riley Evans both scored, however, the Norse fell 3-2 to the Jaguars.

Thursday, the Norse hosted Milwaukee and fell 3-1. Molner found the back of the net in the 57th minute before Milwaukee scored twice in the closing 30 minutes to control the result.

Sunday, the Norse drew with Green Bay 1-1 Evans was the goal scorer in this contest.

The Norse will be back in action Saturday at Robert Morris. Kickoff is slated for 4:00 p.m.

Golf:

The men’s golf team competed in the Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational Sept. 26 and finished tied for 13-16 with a +36 overall score. Freshman Grant Broughton led the way for the Norse at T-21 and 4 over par.

The women’s golf team finished 9th out of 11 teams at the NKU fall invitational with a team score of +76. Despite the rough team showing, Sophomore Eva Maley and Freshman Cammy Reed both finished at +6 overall, good for T-6th in the competition individually. Of note, Maley posted a first round 69, which is the lowest round in NKU women’s golf history.

Cross Country:

The men and women were in Louisville this weekend for the Swags Louisville Cross Country Classic.

The Men finished 24th out of 24 teams, while the women finished 13th out of 24 teams.

The men had no individual finishers within the top 100. Junior Brittany Arnold finished 48th, which was the highest for the Norse women.

Triathlon:

The Men’s Triathlon team competed in the Tri the Illini event Sept. 27. Junior Sean Smyth finished fifth out of 148 competitors, while Freshman Ian Fabebe finished 17th overall.

The men followed up with a competition Sunday where they were paced by Freshman Tobias Martin (9th) and Smyth (10th) in the top 10 individually.

Baseball and Softball:

Both baseball and softball have continued with exhibitions this fall. Baseball (vs. Frontier CC and Clark State) have played the last two Tuesday’s, while the softball (Thomas More, Wilmington, OH) team was on the diamond Sept. 26.

Looking ahead:

This week is packed with Norse action. As previously mentioned, Hoops & Scoops is coming up on Tuesday. There’s plenty more:

• Monday: men and women golf in action, women’s tennis hosts Thomas More
• Tuesday: men and women golf finish up, Hoops & Scoops
• Wednesday: men’s tennis hosts Thomas More, baseball plays Cedarville (Mason, OH), men’s soccer hosts Wright State
• Thursday: Women’s tennis is at the Ohio Valley Regional Championship (runs through Oct. 13 in Mason, OH)
• Friday: women’s volleyball at Northern Illinois
• Saturday: men and women swim are both at Cincinnati, softball hosts Union Commonwealth in a home doubleheader, women’s volleyball plays Northern Illinois, women’s soccer is at Robert Morris, Men’s soccer is at Cleveland State.

We’ll be back next Monday wrapping up all of the action!