Ahead of the Northwest women’s basketball matchup against Kansas Christian, coach Austin Meyer preached the toughness of his defense that had earned the Bearcats their first win of the season Nov. 9 against Minnesota Crookston. Read more

Coming into its first MIAA tournament since 2012, Northwest soccer was ready to prove it was capable of contending for a conference championship. After a regular season plagued with hot-and-cold performances, the Bearcats final one came in their first, and only, round of the tournament. Read more

As the regular season is nearing its closure, Northwest volleyball found itself finishing its last road stretch Nov. 8-9 against the Newman Jets in Wichita, Kansas, and the Central Oklahoma Bronchos in Edmond, Oklahoma. Read more

Coming into its first MIAA tournament since 2012, Northwest soccer was ready to prove it was capable of contending for a conference championship. After a regular season plagued with hot-and-cold performances, the Bearcats final one came in their first, and only, round of the tournament. Read more

Prior to the Northwest cross country’s NCAA Division II Central Region Championship, coach Nick Gibson said his team wanted to compete with two of the top programs in the nation, No. 6 ranked Missouri Southern and No. 7 ranked Augustana, and earn a top-three finish in order to advance to the… Read more

Coming out of its first weekend of action, Northwest women’s basketball did something in the first two games that the Bearcats failed to do in the opening weekend last year: win. Read more

Northwest soccer dismissed senior Evan Rooney from the program ahead of the Bearcats’ Nov. 8 postseason matchup against Emporia State. Read more

Two weeks removed from a runner-up finish at the MIAA Championships in Joplin, Missouri, Oct. 26, Northwest cross country will head back to Joplin for the NCAA Central Region Championships Nov. 9. Read more

The weekend of Nov. 1-2 provided a challenge for Northwest volleyball as it traveled to Kearney, Nebraska, to take on the No. 2 Nebraska-Kearney Lopers and to Hays, Kansas, to face the Fort Hays State Tigers. Read more

The clock on the scoreboard inside Rice Auditorium dwindled down in Wayne, Nebraska, Nov. 9, 2018, leading to an eventual 75-58 season-opening loss for Northwest women’s basketball. Read more

Heading into the last weekend of the regular season, Northwest soccer was on the outside looking in, vying for a spot at the table that is the MIAA Tournament. The Bearcats, hungry, found a feast with two season-defining wins. Read more

Before becoming one of the most notorious names in the realm of MIAA volleyball, Northwest junior middle hitter Hallie Sidney started her sporting career trying out a variety of sports. Read more

Going into the MIAA Championships Oct. 26 in Joplin, Missouri, Northwest men’s cross country was looking to end a 47-year drought from being atop the conference. The women were looking to end a season-long drought of collective success. Read more

Standing in the middle of a crowded room at the Northwest Athletics Media Luncheon Oct. 29, Northwest soccer coach Marc Gordon compared trying to earn a spot in the MIAA Tournament to trying to get out of quicksand. Read more

Coming into this season, Northwest women’s basketball is a year removed from a 2018 campaign that followed the trend of recent struggles in the program. Read more

As Northwest cross country coach Nick Gibson sat in the middle of a crowded room at the Northwest Athletics Media Luncheon Sept. 24, he said that the cross country team wanted to compete like the football and basketball teams. Read more

Northwest volleyball had an action-packed schedule Oct. 15, 18 and 19 as the Bearcats contended with Central Missouri, Emporia State and Washburn. Read more

After a vital weekend in its push for the postseason, Northwest women’s soccer finds itself in the exact situation it was a week ago: with the fate of its season hanging in the balance. Read more

Northwest volleyball faced another up-and-down weekend Oct. 11-12 as the Bearcats battled Central Oklahoma and Newman University. Read more

With six games left in its regular season, Northwest soccer is teetering on the edge of its first postseason berth since 2012. Read more

In its recent string of hot-and-cold games, Northwest soccer picked up a thrilling win against Washburn Oct. 4, followed by another loss, the latest coming to Emporia State Oct. 6. Read more

Ahead of the Chile Pepper Festival in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Oct. 5, Northwest cross country coach Nick Gibson expected the Bearcats to perform well. To everyone’s surprise, Gibson said, a 44-year-old record would fall via the legs of junior Jhordan Ccope. Read more

Northwest soccer found its first road win of the season Sept. 27, earning a 3-1 win over Missouri Southern propelled by freshman Teagan Blackburn's hat trick. Read more

Northwest volleyball made its first-ever top-10 appearance in the American Volleyball Coaches Association Top 25 Poll on Sept. 30. This ranking is due to the Bearcats' five-game win streak, four victories over ranked opponents this season and an undefeated MIAA record. Read more

Northwest soccer continued its dry spell on the road this season, moving to 0-2-1 in enemy territory and 1-4-1 on the season after this past weekend. The Bearcats find themselves second to last in the MIAA standings going into the last half of September due to losses to No. 8 Central Missour… Read more

Northwest volleyball continues to climb the ladder known as the AVCA Top 25 poll, where the team now resides at No. 11. This now sets a program-best in the rankings and marks the 12th time Northwest has been ranked in the AVCA Top 25. Read more

After an impressive first showing, particularly on the men’s side, Northwest cross country had another chance to showcase its talents at the Missouri Southern Stampede Sept. 21. Read more

Coming out of last weekend, Northwest volleyball has found a spot at No. 15 in the AVCA Top 25. This sets a program-best in the rankings and is the Bearcats’ best ranking since Oct. 24, 2016, where they were ranked No. 16. This now marks the 11th time that Northwest has been ranked in the AV… Read more

With 16 out of its 18 athletes calling a country other than the United States home, Northwest tennis is the one program on campus with a greater margin of overseas athletes than any other team. Read more

Northwest soccer has gotten off to a much better start to this year as opposed to where they were a season ago. Despite being left with a 1-2-1 record throughout the first couple of weeks of the season, they have been far more impressive than last year in the eyes of coach Marc Gordon. Read more

Bearcat Banter is a weekly sports podcast presented by the Northwest Missourian. Co-hosted by Tucker Franklin, Andrew Wegley and Jon Walker, the team discusses Northwest sports and hit on highlights from the past week. Read more

The Northwest soccer team is winless after the first two games of its season. In result of the tightly-contested matches to start the year in southwest Missouri, the Bearcats came away with a loss and a draw. Read more

With the addition of two new courts, the dedication of the Mark Rosewell Tennis Center and all tennis facilities being resurfaced, the Northwest tennis team is seeing huge impact with both a rise in interested athletes and a growing fanbase. Read more

It was an eventful weekend at the Washburn Invitational for Northwest volleyball Sept. 6-7. The Bearcats started their season off 4-0 with wins over No. 23 Central Washington, Quincy, William Jewell, and No. 18 Drury. Read more

The Northwest women’s soccer team is preparing for the 2019 season with a fresh start and a chance to redeem themselves after a rather forgettable 2018 campaign. Read more

After winning a record 14 conference games, having its second 20-win season (22-8) since 1999 and hosting the quarterfinals of the MIAA tournament, the Northwest volleyball team is aiming for another accolade-filled season. Read more

With the 2018-19 tennis season bringing prosperous postseason finishes for both the Northwest men's and women's teams, the 2019 fall season is geared towards perfecting and strengthening both individual and team efforts for a lasting postseason run. Read more

All students aiming to attend Northwest Athletics games and contests will be required to use an e-ticket starting this fall sports season, Northwest Athletics and the University announced Aug. 21. Read more

Northwest softball was able to collect a pair of wins in an afternoon doubleheader for the third time this season against Southwest Baptist at Bearcat Softball Field April 15. Read more

After extending its win streak to four early last week, Northwest softball dropped four straight to Nebraska-Kearney and Fort Hays State over the weekend road trip April 6-7. Read more

Sometimes, in the realm of sports, the greatest stories have the most unusual beginnings. Like sports itself, predicting a champion can be entirely unpredictable. Read more

Northwest track and field yielded unanticipated results at the sixth annual Southwest Baptist University Bearcat Invitational in Bolivar, Missouri, April 6. Read more

Northwest softball was able to step foot on Bearcat Softball Field April 1 for the first time in 353 days in search for consistency. Read more

While most students were on spring break, Northwest tennis took a trip of its own. But instead of doing so for fun, it was business. Read more

Northwest softball once again finds itself in the middle of scheduling altercations in an attempt to play games. Read more

Northwest men’s and women’s tennis completed a successful weekend of competitive tennis March 15-16 before diving into the conference schedule. Read more

Northwest softball was unable to claim a conference win in four tries against Central Oklahoma and Northeastern State in back-to-back doubleheaders March 7-8. Read more

Northwest tennis has been on a roll as of late, collecting seven straight match victories since March 6, while the women’s team quietly won its fourth dual in a row. Read more

Northwest indoor track and field capped off its season with a visit to Pittsburg, Kansas, to compete in the NCAA Indoor National Championship March 7-8. Read more

After placing third as a team at the Diffee Ford Lincoln Invitational, Northwest golf enters the second leg of its 2018-19 season with one goal in mind: qualifying for the NCAA Regional Championships. Read more