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Kelli Dallmann sparks NAU volleyball’s 12-0 record start
After six weeks of play, there are only three undefeated Division I college volleyball teams in the country. Two of them are in the Big Ten and the other calls Arizona its home. One of the Big 12 teams? Nope… it’s Northern Arizona University, which plays in the smaller, less-prestigious Big Sky Conference. And, even [...] -
Football schedule unveiled for NAU in expanded Big Sky
The Big Sky Conference is about to one-up the big boys. While the Pac-10 has been getting all the ink about expanding to twelve teams, the Big Sky has been quietly laying their own expansion plans and will take a leap in 2012 from nine to 13 member schools. The Big Sky, the home of [...] -
NAU football ranked No. 24; plays in ‘The Inferno’ next
Don’t adjust your monitor. That football field actually is red. Bright red. The Lumberjacks will probably get used to their new No. 24 national ranking sooner than they adjust to the new red carpet football field at Eastern Washington, their next opponent. Northern Arizona University has moved into the national polls for the first time [...] -
NAU smothers Idaho State in Big Sky football opener
Nothing like starting at the top. Northern Arizona’s 32-7 win over Idaho State puts them at the top of the Big Sky Conference rankings. It was the Lumberjacks’ conference opener, so they’re off to a 1-0 start. The only other Big Sky team that started with a win this weekend was Montana State, which beat [...] -
NAU women’s tennis had a great year, except for…
How many tries is it going to take before Northern Arizona’s women get to wear the Big Sky tennis crown? More than five, evidently. Sacramento State just won its ninth straight Big Sky women’s tennis championship. They beat the Lumberjacks in the finals, 4-0. And that’s the fifth straight time the Jacks have fallen to [...] -
NAU has top Big Sky freshman, but women’s hoops struggle
Laurie Kelly knew what she was getting when she recruited Amy Patton out of McClintock High School in Tempe. She led McClintock to the state finals last year and was named the Arizona Republic Player of the Year. But the head women’s basketball coach at Northern Arizona University could not have anticipated the extent to [...] -
Portland State hangs around until NAU finds a way to win
Portland State made a another visit to the Walkup Skydome in Flagstaff and, once again, were in no hurry to leave. In the last two games between the Vikings and Northern Arizona University, there were six overtime periods. Last year, the game was also in Flag and went into four overtimes before Portland State pulled [...]
