Northern Kentucky Sports Chronicle

Here is the 2010 publication detailing the first 39 years of the athletics department at Northern Kentucky University. The link for the PDF document is below. https://online.fliphtml5.com/hfocp/smjj/#p=1  

(This article was originally published on March 27, 2000) By Sean Keeler Post staff reporter PINE BLUFF, Ark. — The Northern Kentucky University women's basketball team, coming off a 2000 NCAA Division II national championship Saturday, has more than enough pieces coming back this fall to make a repeat run. NKU returns all five starters from this season's national champion. The roster is composed of four juniors, two sophomores and four freshmen. While the program has maintained a standard of excellence — a 62-5 record over the last two seasons, 32 wins this year — the Norse know they've become an extra-special marquee game for their opponents next season. “We already know we have a big target on our backs for next season,” said junior guard Michele Tuchfarber, who had nine points, six rebounds, four assists and three steals in a 71-62 overtime win over North Dakota State. It’s a role that was more familiar to the favored Bison, whose program had won five national titles. I...

___________________ (This story was originally published on Feb. 22, 1990) HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. — Hitting a last-second shot to beat an undefeated opponent is a basketball player's dream. Northern Kentucky University’s Valerie Gaerke lived out that dream on Thursday night in Regents Hall. “I knew time was running down, and it was either going into overtime or we would get the last shot and win the game,” Gaerke said of her short jumper with one second remaining that gave the Lady Norse a heart-stopping 82-80 win over previously unbeaten St. Joseph’s. “I didn't want to make another pass, so I drove in, put it up and luckily, it went in.” In doing so, the 5-foot-10 sophomore from Ft. Recovery, Ohio, ended the Lady Pumas’ 24-game winning-streak and boosted Northern's record to 17-7, 10-5 in the Great Lakes Valley Conference. St. Joseph’s dropped to 24-1, 14-1 in the GLVC. Gaerke finished the game with only five points, but the sophomore wasn't 100 percent, either. “We wer...

(This story was originally published in The Kentucky Post on March 28, 2003) By Kevin Goheen Post staff reporter ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - Three years ago, Amy Mobley, Kristen Polosky and Bridget Flanagan got the chance to play for a national championship as freshmen. The trio will now get a chance to close out their college careers the same way they started. The Northern Kentucky University women’s basketball team beat top-ranked California (Pa.), 45-43, Thursday night at the St. Joseph Civic Arena to advance to the NCAA Division II championship game Saturday night against No. 4 South Dakota State in a rematch of an opening-round Elite Eight game from last year. The Norse (26-7) handed California just its second loss in 35 games this season. South Dakota State won last year’s contest, 68-67, and reached this season’s championship game by beating No. 2 Bentley, 69-62, in overtime in the second semifinal Thursday night. The Jackrabbits (31-3) trailed almost the entire regulation period but Stac...

(This column was published in The Kentucky Post on Jan. 30, 1997) Welcome to Homecoming 2003, Northern Kentucky University football style. This year's theme is "Getting By With Less." Today's opponent is Kentucky State, which has become the archrival of the Norse. Playing the same school 16 times in four seasons will have that effect. Football here apparently hasn't caught on yet with the school's alumni or students. Hard to believe, isn't it? It worked at Ohio State. It worked at Michigan. Why not NKU? It should be another record day at the gate, too. Let's see. A crowd of 276 x $4 per ticket should bring the overall athletic department deficit to $1.71 million. Sorry, I almost forgot about the game. It's two minutes to kickoff. I know that because Joe Multijob, the tight ends coach who also serves as assistant sports information director, is ready to introduce the lineups. He might be tough to hear, though. The hand-held MiniVox, the official aud...

Down 15 at halftime, Norse awake in final 20 minutes to win NCAA Division II Great Lakes Region championship NKU players celebrate after defeating Quincy in the 2003 Great Lakes Region championship game. (Story from March 17, 2003) Special to The Post INDIANAPOLIS — From every conceivable angle, they were gone. Not just simply beaten, but flat-out overwhelmed. It was halftime of Monday night’s NCAA Division II Great Lakes Region championship game, and Quincy University owned a 36-21 lead over Northern Kentucky University. The Lady Hawks had held the Norse to just 29.6 percent shooting from the field, won the rebounding battle by a whopping 28-13 margin and were preparing to make reservations for the NCAA Division II Elite Eight, a prize that awaited the winner of Monday’s contest. The Norse — playing without powerful inside presence Sharell Snardon, who was out with an injury — appeared to be 20 minutes away from calling it a season. Instead, they awoke. Maybe it’s the mammoth traditio...