The Bay College Norse women's volleyball team took a tough loss Monday night on the home court, falling to the Montcalm Community College Centurions in a five-set marathon that went back-and-forth all night. Click the above headline for details.
The Kingsford High School girls volleyball team picked up another Great Northern Conference volleyball win Thursday night, winning, 3-0, over the Gladstone Braves in Gladstone. The scores were 25-16, 25-17, and 25-15. Click the above headline to see photos and video highlights, and to hear post-game comments from the Flivvers.
For the fourth straight match, the Northern Michigan Wildcats and Michigan Tech Huskies found themselves in a five-set nail-biter. And for the fourth straight time, the Green and Gold came out on top, knocking off the Huskies 25-18, 22-25, 25-21, 22-25, and 15-10 on Tuesday night in a packed Vandament Arena. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
The Bay College Norse Volleyball Team did something they had never done before on Monday evening, taking down the Muskegon Community College Jayhawks in four sets by scores of 25-19, 25-15, 20-25, and 25-14. The perennial powerhouse Jayhawks had won eight consecutive matches against Bay College. Click the above headline for details. (Bay College story, photo)
The Bay College Norse women's volleyball team finally played on their home court Saturday, and the home cooking came through as the Norse swept past Bryant and Stratton College (25-22, 25-23, 25-18) and Blackhawk Technical College (25-6, 25-14, 25-19). Click the above headline for details.
The Gladstone Braves girls volleyball team picked up an emotional victory Thursday night against the rival Escanaba Eskymos, 3-0, at the Gladstone High School Gym. The Braves won on a night when they (and the Eskymos) raised money for a local family. Click the above headline to see photos and video clips,
The Kingsford High School girls volleyball team opened its Great Northern Conference season with a 3-0 win over the Escanaba Eskymos Tuesday night in Escanaba. The scores were 25-17, 25-17, and 25-15. Click the above headline to see photos, video highlights, and to hear post-game interviews.
The Manistique High School volleyball team lost the first two sets of its match with the Munising Mustangs Tuesday night before the Emeralds rallied to win, 3-2, taking the fifth and deciding set, 17-15. Click the above headline to see all of Tuesday's scores.
The Bay College Norse athletes are back on the Escanaba campus as the new school year is about to get going. This has been Student-Athlete Orientation Week, with the Norse athletes meeting with college officials on their classes, financial aid, campus jobs, and other issues. On Thursday, the 100 or so athletes had sessions on public relations, led by Sports Information Director Mike Pankow. Click the above headline for details.
High school volleyball season is here in the Upper Peninsula. The Escanaba Eskymos welcomed the West Iron County Wykons to town Wednesday afternoon. West Iron won the first two sets before Escanaba won the third set. The Wykons held on to win the fourth set to take the match, 3-1. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and post-game interviews with both coaches.
The Forest Park High School volleyball team had its great season come to an end on Thursday with a 3-2 loss to the Fowler Eagles in the MHSAA Division Four state semifinal match at Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek. Click the above headline for details. (Photo courtesy of MHSAA)
The Northern Michigan University volleyball team hosted the Wisconsin-Parkside Rangers in the opening round of the GLIAC Tournament on Wednesday night, falling 3-1 to end the season with a 15-14 record. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of NMU Sports Information.
The 2025 Michigan Tech volleyball season came to an end with a 3-0 loss at Wayne State in the quarterfinal round of the GLIAC Tournament on Wednesday. The Warriors advanced 25-21, 26-24, and 25-19. Tech finished with a 12-16 record. Click the above headline for details, courtesy of Michigan Tech Athletics.
The MCCAA and Region 12 released the 2025 postseason volleyball awards. Bay College had three student-athletes make the Northern Conference Second Team and one on the Northern Conference Honorable Mention Team. Click the above headline for details, and to hear RRN's interview with Norse Coach Dan Porath.
Four Upper Peninsula high school volleyball teams won regional semifinal matches on Tuesday to stay alive in the MHSAA tournaments: Forest Park, Ishpeming, Newberry, and Painesdale-Jeffers. Click the above headline for details.
The Kingsford High School volleyball team won a district championship Thursday night, but it sure wasn't easy. After a big escape from a deep hole in the semifinals on Wednesday, the Flivvers had to battle the Negaunee Miners into four sets before posting a 3-1 win at the Kingsford High School Gym. Click the above headline for details.
The Manistique High School volleyball team Division Three district championship Thursday night, but the Emeralds did it the hard way. The girls beat the Gwinn Model Towners, 3 sets to 2, in a nailbiter that took some two hours to play. Click the above headline for more details.
The Norway High School volleyball team won a district championship Thursday night, beating the North Dickinson Nordics in a four-set match. The Nordics won the first set, 25-21, before the Knights took the next three. Click the above headline for details.
The Forest Park Trojans volleyball team cruised to a district championship Thursday night, with an eye on bigger and better things in the next two weeks. The Trojans continued their domination of UP opponents, brushing away the Wakefield-Marenisco Cardinals in straight sets. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse women's volleyball team had its season come to an end Wednesday night with a heartbreaking loss in the NJCAA Region 12 Great Lakes Tournament. The Norse had a 2-sets-to-1 lead over the Kellogg Community College Bruins, but lost the fourth set in overtime, and lost the deciding fifth set, 15-13. Click the above headline for details.
The MHSAA girls volleyball district tournaments continued Wednesday night with semifinal matches across the Upper Peninsula. Kingsford, West Iron County, and North Dickinson all won marathon, come-from-behind five-set matches. Others had a much easier time. Click the above headline to see the scores and schedules. (Photo/Casey Ford credit: Munising Mustangs won, 3-0 over Rapid River)
The Escanaba High School volleyball team opened the MHSAA Division Two district tournament Monday night with a 3-0 win over the Gladstone Braves. The scores were 25-20, 25-12, and 27-25. The Eskymos will travel to Negaunee for the second round on Wednesday. Click the above headline to see details, photos, and videos.
The Bay College Norse volleyball team closed the regular season in Escanaba Wednesday night with the annual Pink Out Night for breast cancer awareness. The Norse won the match over the Alpena Community College Lumberjacks, 25-21, 26-28, 25-21. and 25-21. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
In yet another instant classic between U.P. rivals Northern Michigan and Michigan Tech, the Wildcats outlasted the Huskies in a five-set thriller, 23-25, 25-22, 26-24, 14-25, 20-18, behind a career performance from senior McKenzie Gruner, who hammered down 24 kills and carried NMU to victory in front of an electric Vandament Arena crowd on Tuesday night. Click the above headline for details. (NMU story, photo)
After a five-set thriller and emotional win on Friday night, the Northern Michigan volleyball team found itself in another heart-stopper on Saturday, this time on the wrong end of it, falling to the Wayne State Warriors 23-25, 25-21, 25-21, 9-25, and 15-17 in front of a loud Vandament Arena crowd. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Story)
It was an exciting return to Vandament Arena on Friday evening for the Northern Michigan volleyball team, as the Wildcats outlasted the Grand Valley State Lakers in a five-set thriller, 25-23, 26-24, 17-25, 23-25, and 15-12. (NMU story, photo)
The Bay College Norse volleyball team stepped out of conference play Monday night to face Upper Peninsula rival Gogebic Community College. The Norse honored their four sophomores on Sophomore Night and then beat the Samsons, 3-1. The scores were 25-15, 25-19, 25-27, 25-19. Click the above headline for details.
The Forest Park Trojans volleyball team took on the best the Upper Peninsula had to offer, on Saturday, and stayed undfeated against U.P. teams by beating the Kingsford Flivvers, Marquette Sentinels, and Calumet Copper Kings in the “Clash of the Divisions” tournament hosted by Kingsford High School.
The Northern Michigan volleyball team ended the Midwest Region Crossover in dominant fashion, earning a sweep over the Ashland Eagles 25-19, 25-21, and 25-13, with the match only lasting just over an hour in total time. Northern was clicking in all facets of the game. Leading the efforts was Madison York, who recorded a career-high 15 kills on a .481 attack percentage. (NMU Sports Information)
The Northern Michigan volleyball team faced tough competition at the Midwest Region Crossover on Friday, falling to both Findlay of the G-MAC and Quincy of the GLVC in straight sets. The Wildcats dropped their opener to Findlay in three (20-25, 17-25, 14-25) before returning to the court later in the day and falling to Quincy (19-25, 12-25, 22-25). Story, photo courtesy of NMU Sports Information
