By TODD GOTTULA UNK Communications DENVER – Those eight guys standing in the front row. The shirtless ones wearing cutoff jean shorts, waving a UNK pennant and cheering on the Lopers at Saturday’s NCAA Division II volleyball national championship in Denver. They weren’t University of Nebraska at Kearney students. Nope, those guys with the blue paint on their chests were football players from nearby Colorado School of Mines. “We’re here for No. 23,” they shouted … [Read more...] about NCAA TOURNEY NOTES: Colorado Mines football players show up to support Lopers
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PHOTO GALLERY: UNK volleyball season ends with loss in national championship
The top-ranked Cal State San Bernardino Coyotes got 20 kills apiece from Alexis Cardoza and Stephanie Doak and dug up 67 balls to beat No. 2 Nebraska-Kearney in four sets (-22, -23, -17, -20) to win the 2019 NCAA Division II National Championship Saturday night in Denver. This was the first-ever D2 national title tilt between two undefeated volleyball teams. The 'Yotes (33-0) win its first national title in three tries while the Lopers (38-1) finish runner for the second … [Read more...] about PHOTO GALLERY: UNK volleyball season ends with loss in national championship
PHOTO GALLERY: NCAA Division II National Wrestling Championships, Day 2
Sophomore Matt Malcom won the 157 pound national title to lead the third-ranked Nebraska-Kearney wrestling team at the 2019 NCAA Division II Championships Saturday night in Cleveland. The Lopers, with four All-Americans, tallied 71.0 points to come in fifth place, its 18th straight top eight finish at this event. Malcom was the lone Loper to win in the finals as junior Jarod Hinrichs junior (285 lbs.) and sophomores Wesley Dawkins (133 lbs.) and Josh Portillo (125 lbs.) … [Read more...] about PHOTO GALLERY: NCAA Division II National Wrestling Championships, Day 2
