Tennis teams swinging into action
The Northern Kentucky University tennis teams are preparing for the upcoming season with new coaches and experienced squads. The new season brings with it high expectations, as both teams would like to...
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A skiing and snowboarding course at Perfect North Slopes in Lawrenceburg, Ind. and a tennis course at the Joyce Yeager Tennis Complex on campus are available for Northern Kentucky University students....
View ArticleWomen’s tennis plays with international flare
Marta Romeo and Shana Kleynen have both traveled great distances to play tennis at NKU. Despite a rocky start to the year, the two have high hopes for the rest of the season. Romeo and Kleynen are...
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Softball The softball team traveled to North Carolina on March 8 to compete in the Camel Stampede tournament. The games against Morehead State (6-8) and Campbel (4-6) l both resulted in a loss. The...
View ArticleInternational players embrace team bond
The love of tennis has created a strong bond among the international members of the NKU men’s tennis team. It only takes spending a short amount of time with the international members of NKU’s men’s...
View ArticleTennis teams fall to Mercer at home
Women’s team loses 0-7, men win first doubles point of the year NKU’s women’s and men’s tennis teams fell to Mercer March 28, at the Joyce Yeager Complex. The final score for the women’s match was 0-7...
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Tennis The women’s and men’s tennis teams took on Mercer on March 28. Both matches resulted in losses with ending scores of 0-7 and 3-4, respectively. The next match was against Kennesaw State with...
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Baseball The team faced North Florida on April 12, 13 and 14. All three games resulted in losses, 1-12, 7-8 and 4-12, respectively. The Norse are ranked last in the A-Sun Conference with a 1-11...
View ArticleMen’s tennis hosts NKU Invitational
As the fog clears from courts and the sun starts to rise over the hills, the long off season for the NKU men’s tennis team comes to the an end. Friday September 12th, was the start of the tennis team...
View ArticleHot Seat: Hailey Shanahan
Hailey Shanahan Tennis Junior Biology major Hailey Shanahan is a junior college-transfer from Temple Community College in Texas. A native of Australia, Shanahan finished her first season at NKU with...
View ArticleWomen’s tennis opens fall season with 7-0 win
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS — In the first match of the fall season, the women’s tennis team Wednesday had no trouble dispatching Thomas More, winning 7-0 at the Joyce E. Yeager Tennis Complex. NKU (1-0) dropped...
View ArticleWomen’s tennis hopes for success in Horizon League
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky — The women’s tennis team hopes a lineup including seven returners, a standout transfer and three players from overseas will be the right mix in a new league. NKU fall season is...
View ArticleMen’s tennis looks to improve with new faces, offseason success
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. — A mild September morning is the backdrop for the NKU men’s tennis team as they prepare for the start of the fall season. Norse senior Jody Maginley, the lone senior on the...
View ArticleMaginley wins a pair of events at Greater Cincinnati Collegiate Invitational
MASON, Ohio — NKU’s tennis team had a strong weekend at the Greater Cincinnati Collegiate Invitational at the Lindner Family Tennis Center and Eastern Hills Indoor Tennis Club. Senior Jody Maginley won...
View ArticleWomen’s tennis takes two singles crowns at GCCI
MASON, Ohio — Two members of the NKU women’s tennis team won singles events Saturday at the Greater Cincinnati Collegiate Invitational at the Lindner Family Tennis Center and the Eastern Hills Indoor...
View ArticleSPORTS ROUNDUP: Fall tennis season wraps up at ITA Regionals
The NKU men’s and women’s tennis teams wrapped up fall play last weekend at the ITA Ohio Valley Regionals. On the men’s side, Mate Virag and Lukas Clemens lost their second round doubles match to Alex...
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Sunjic dominates freshman season, sweeps postseason awards
Twelve months ago, Margita Sunjic was unsure about coming to the United States. Twelve months later, she capped off her freshman year of tennis at NKU by winning Horizon League Player of the Year,...
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NKU’s Virag a perfect match at Western and Southern Open
In his second consecutive year as a hitting partner in the Western & Southern Open, NKU tennis player Mate Virag had the opportunity to warm up his skills with the eventual winner, Grigor Dimitrov,...
View ArticleMen’s tennis looking to work through freshman growing pains
The Northern Kentucky men’s tennis team will look to rebuild during the 2018 season under the guidance of sixth-year head coach Brian Nester. The black and gold roster will feature three returners and...
View ArticleWATCH: Sunjic shines as NKU’s breakout tennis star
Born in Split, Croatia, Margita Sunjic moved to the United States in order to pursue a better opportunity for herself in the world of tennis. Since her arrival, Sunjic has won multiple awards for NKU,...
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