The Bay College Norse had its most complete baseball performance of the season on Friday, beating Western Connecticut State, 11-0, in Fort Pierce, Florida. Tyler Skufca threw all nine innings to record the first complete game shutout in the program's brief history. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos, and interviews.
Lexi Winling pitched a complete-game and Maddy Griffin drove in three runs with a single, double, and triple, to lead the Bay College women's softball team to a 5-1 win over the Spoon River (Ill.) Snappers on Thursday in Florida. This followed an 8-0 loss earlier in the day to DuPage (Ill.) College. The Norse finish the spring trip with a 8-2 record. Click the above headline to see details, photos, videos taken by Brad Landis.
The Northern Michigan University Women's Basketball team upset Ashland University 64-57 to advance to the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional Semifinals. The Wildcats featured three players in double figures, as senior Darby Youngstrom and sophomore Lexi Smith both finished with 14 points. Click the above headline for details.
Justin Popelka threw 8 1/3 innings of five-hit ball as the Bay College baseball team beat Earlham (Ind.) College, 8-1, on Thursday. Later, the Norse tied a Canadian club team in eight innings, 2-2. Click the above headline to see more details
The Bay College men's baseball team lost a pair of games on Wednesday, falling to Eastern Gateway Community College of Ohio, 13-1 and 11-3, at Historic Dodgertown in Florida. Click the above headline to see photos and videos taken by Brad Landis.
The Bay College women's softball team won two more games on Wednesday, beating the College of DuPage (Ill.), 8-0, and pulling out a dramatic 5-4 victory over Owens (Ohio) Community College. Click the above headline to read details from the doubleheader.
The Bay College men's baseball team rallied from a 7=1 deficit to beat Western Connecticut State, 11-8, on Tuesday, to earn the program's first victory. The Norse later lost to Earlham (Ind.) College, 5-4, in ten innings, despite solid pitching from Garrett Finkbeiner. Click the above headline for details, and see photos taken by Brad Landis.
The Bay College women's softball team spent ten hours at the softball field on Monday as the team's first-ever Florida trip continued, and it was a productive day as the Norse won two of the three games they played. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
Northern Michigan University Women's Basketball kept #6 Ashland University to their second lowest offensive total of the season but were unable to pull off the upset, falling to the ranked Eagles 65-58 in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship. But NMU will get another chance: in the NCAA Tournament. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse men's baseball team played its first-ever games over the weekend, losing a pair to Hagerstown (Md.) Community College, 6-3 and 15-8, on Saturday, and losing to Cairn University (Pa.), 5-0, on Sunday. Click the above headline for details.
Joseph Nardi scored the game-winning goal in the second overtime and senior Atte Tolvanen broke the career-saves record to give Northern Michigan University the 5-4 victory over Alaska-Fairbanks on Friday. Then on Saturday, Northern won by a goal fpr a second straight night, 4-3. The sweep sends NMU into the second round of the WCHA tournament. Click the above headline for details on both games.
The Bay College Norse women's softball team won the first three games of its Florida trip this weekend, beating Central Lakes (Minn.), 7-2 on Saturday, and then sweeping both ends of a doubleheader from Itasca (Minn.), 10-6 and 19-4, on Sunday. Click the above headline to read details and see photos, videos, and listen to interviews.
The Northern Michigan University Women's Basketball upset #7 Grand Valley State University 48-37 in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Semifinals on Saturday to advance to the GLIAC Championship game. Click the above headline for details.
he Northern Michigan University Men's Basketball team defeated Ferris State University 89-73 on Tuesday to advance to the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Semifinals for the first time since 2007. Click the above headline to read all of the details.
Northern Michigan University Women's Basketball outscored Ferris State University 27-4 in the final 14 minutes to pick up a 65-51 victory in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference Quarterfinals. The team will now move on to the GLIAC Semifinals. Junior Jessica Schultz finished the game with 19 points and a career-high 13 rebounds for the second double-double of her career. Click the above headline for all of the details.
The Bay College women's basketball team had a ten-point lead in the first half on Sunday, but lost to the United Tribes Technical College, 80-70, in the NJCAA Region 13 championship game in Bismarck, ND. Jordan Kraemer scores a school record 34 points in a losing effort for the Norse, who finish their season with a 21-8 record. Kraemer and fellow sophomore Paige Welch were named to the All-Region team.
Northern Michigan University goaltender Atte Tolvanen made 58 saves Friday to lead the Wildcats to a 4-2 win over Michigan Tech in Houghton. Then on Saturday in Marquette, Tolvanen set two school records in a 3-0 Wildcat win. Click the above headline for details.
Senior Darby Youngstrom reached 1,000 points for her career and sophomore Amber Huebner scored a career-high 17 points for Northern Michigan University Women's Basketball but the Wildcats were unable to get victory as they fell to Michigan Tech,
Northern Michigan University Men's Basketball defeated Michigan Technological University, 74-53, Thursday to give NMU itsfirst sweep over the Huskies since the 2005-06 season. Click the above headline to read more details.
The Bay College men's basketball team had its season come to an end on Wednesday, falling to the #15 Dakota County Tech (Minn.) Blue Knights, 90-71, in Escanaba. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos, and listen to interviews.
The Bay College Norse women's basketball team opened the NJCAA Region 13 tournament with a dominating 78-40 win over Gogebic Community College Wednesday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline to see photos, videos, and listen to interviews.
Northern Michigan University Men's Hockey swept a pair of games from the Lake Superior State University Lakers this weekend, winning on Friday, 4-2, and taking Saturday's game, 5-3. Click the above headline for details. (NMU Photo)
Northern Michigan University's basketball teams lost on the road Thursday night, falling to the Grand Valley State University Lakers in GLIAC action. In the women's game, the Wildcats scored just ten points in the first half and lost, 50-37. In the men's game, Isaiah Johnson scored 28 points but NMU fell, 85-62. Click the above headline for details.
The Bay College Norse men's basketball team rallied from 23 points down in the second half to force overtime, then beat the Finlandia University Lions, 95-92, Monday in Hancock. Click the above headline to read details and to see photos and video highlights.
The Bay College women's basketball team missed all 16 of its three-point attempts, and missed 10 of 23 free throws, and dropped a 57-49 decision to the Finlandia University Lions Monday in Hancock. Click the above headline for details, photos, and videos.
Northern Michigan University Nordic Skiing captured two CCSA Championships as they won all four races among college skiers plus defeated the entire field in the men's 20K Classic and the women's 5K Freestyle. Click the above headline to read details.
The Bay College men's basketball team has won a coin toss to determine home court advantage for the NJCAA Region 13 semifinals. The coin toss on Monday broke a tie between Bay College and Dakota County (Minn.) Technical College. So DCTC will host Gogebic Community College this Saturday, with the Norse hosting the winner on Feb. 27. Bay would also host the regional championship game if it wins that game.
Northern Michigan University Olympic Training Site weightlifter Bret Pfeiffer placed first overall yesterday at the 2019 Nike National Junior Championships and Pan Am Trials powered by Rogue in Lombard, Ill. Click the above headline to read details.
The Bay College men's basketball team dominated in the paint and rolled past the Truman College (Ill.) Falcons, 79-65, Saturday in Chicago. Click the above headline for details, see photos and video clips, and listen to radio interviews.
The Northern Michigan University women's basketball team cruised to a 63-47 win over Lake Superior State Saturday afternoon in Sault Ste. Marie. Darby Youngstrom led the way with 15 points. Click the above headline to read details.
