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4 years
NNU starter George Reidy plays his mom, Vera, in some 1-on-1. He looks ready for next season.
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Moving on!! The Nighthawks’ incredible season is not done yet! With the 12-6 win over Western Oregon, NNU is now headed to Cary, NC for the DII National Championships on June 5-12!
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The Nighthawks have done it!! @NNU_Mens_Hoops knocks off West Region top seed and nationally #1 -ranked Colorado Mesa 74-54! Alley led NNU with a season-high 30 points, including 6-9 from deep! NNU advances to the regional final on Monday at 7 PM against Colorado Mines.
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6 years
For the first time the NNU men's basketball team defeats an NCAA Division I team, beating Idaho 77-73.
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2 years
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
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5 years
The NNU men's basketball team is headed to the semifinals.
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𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖒𝖕𝖎𝖔𝖓𝖘
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The Nighthawks have done it!! @NNUBaseball is headed to Cary, NC for the Division II Baseball National Championships!!!
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6 years
Lexi Tubbs breaks her own school record and wins the GNAC title in the 60-meter hurdles.
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5 years
For the first time in 16 years, the NNU women's basketball team is headed to the second-round of the NCAA tournament with an 85-75 victory against Humboldt State.
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6 years
Jordan Pinson with the mic drop 🙌
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3 years
Final from Cary - NNU gets the tying run to the plate in the ninth but falls to Tampa 5-2. The Nighthawks end their incredible season at 35-10. GNAC Champs. West Region Champs. First GNAC team to make the NCAA Championships, and first to win a game in Cary. Unforgettable run.
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5 years
From the lowest of lows to the highest of highs, Paul and Kylie Rush are looking forward to their first Christmas with their three boys officially part of the family.
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3 years
The Nighthawks are going dancing!!!! For the first time since making the move to Division II, @NNU_Mens_Hoops has reached the NCAA Championships tournament! NNU will face Point Loma in the opening round. @nwnazarene @GNACsports
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2 years
With a 65-57 win over top seed Saint Martin's, NNU is the 2023 GNAC Men's Basketball champions for the first time in program history!! Biggie Bergersen led all scorers with 22 points, going 7-10 from the floor and an incredible 6-7 from three to be named the Championships MVP!
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The NNU women's basketball team is the No. 2 seed in the West and will play Humboldt State on Friday at UC San Diego.
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Nighthawks win!! @NNU_Mens_Hoops takes down Point Loma 85-73 to advance to the next round of the NCAA regional! Alley had 20 pts and Roth had 18, while Murphy recorded 12 pts and 7 reb. NNU will now face Colorado Mesa, the top seed in the West Region, tomorrow night at 7:30 PM!
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3 years
Mood after a historic first win in Cary 😁👍
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3 years
Nighthawks win!! @NNUBaseball has won the 2021 GNAC Championship with a 9-6 victory over Central Washington! With the win, the Nighthawks receive the automatic qualifying bid and are headed to their first-ever NCAA postseason!
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5 years
NNU track and field coach Danny Bowman's son Ely threw out the ceremonial first pitch Friday. Ely has Batten disease, which is incurable. You can find out more at
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4 years
Nighthawks win!! @NNU_Mens_Hoops hangs on at the end to take down DI foe Portland State 75-72! Alley led all scorers with 27 points, Murphy added 18 points and 7 rebounds on 8-9 shooting, and Reidy chipped in 16 points and 7 boards.
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6 years
A year after finding out her dad had cancer, which derailed the end of her stellar basketball career he is healthy and Lexi Tubbs is ready to compete at a high level again.
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5 years
NNU's Ezekiel Alley had a season-high 27 points to lead the Nighthawks to a victory Thursday, while playing their fourth game in seven days.
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5 years
Congratulations to Avery Albrecht who crossed the 1,000-point mark during Thursday's 63-53 win at Western Oregon. Jump for joy, Avery!
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3 years
Nighthawks win!!! @NNUBaseball staves off elimination with a 9-3 victory over Trevecca Nazarene! NNU used a seven-run seventh inning and fantastic pitching from Ethridge and McFadden to advance to the next round on Wednesday!
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6 years
Congratulations to Adonis Arms, your 2018 Midnight Madness dunk contest champion.
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5 years
The NNU women's basketball team is your 2018-19 GNAC champions, defeating Anchorage 70-64.
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6 years
For the first time since 2008 and only the second time since moving up to Division II in 2001, the NNU men's basketball team is in the NABC national poll. The Nighthawks are ranked No. 24.
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5 years
A cool moment after tonight's men's basketball game against Concordia, which was making its final appearance in Nampa after the school announced it will cease operations after this semester.
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7 years
NATIONAL CHAMPION! Payton Lewis soars above them all, wins NCAA title in pole vault clearing record-mark 17 feet, 7 inches! #GoNNUCrusaders
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5 years
NNU's historic season continues with program's first GNAC tournament title win, knocking off Anchorage 70-64.
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3 years
Nighthawks win!!!!!! Alex Salsman walks it off in the bottom of the ninth!! NNU survives to face WOU again tomorrow at noon with a berth in the DII National Championships on the line!! @NCAADII
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5 years
Your GNAC champions!
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7 years
The NNU women's basketball team upset Division I Idaho State 95-87 in an exhibition game tonight. Raquel Jardine scored 24. #GNACWBB
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3 years
Check out what's been going on in Nampa 👀
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3 years
There it is! The first @AstroTurfUSA 💎Series field in the state of Idaho! A beautiful field for @NNUSports and their baseball program! Looking forward to players in Idaho getting out #OnOurTurf for the first time! Let’s go!!
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NIGHTHAWKS WIN!!! ANOTHER UNBELIEVABLE COMEBACK!! @NNUMSoccer scores twice in the final three minutes to shock third-ranked and four-seed Cal State Domínguez Hills 3-2!! The Nighthawks are on to the Elite Eight!
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6 years
NNU women's basketball team ranked No. 1 in latest D2SIDA national poll and No. 3 in WBCA coaches poll.
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5 years
A major part of the NNU women's basketball team's recent success? Longtime assistant coach Elpidia Allen.
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After six seasons leading the Northwest Nazarene University men’s basketball program to new heights, Paul Rush has been selected as the next leader of the NNU Athletic Department!
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5 years
Ben Johnson walks it off and NNU defeats Western Oregon 11-10 in nine innings.
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6 years
To reach No. 1 in the country, it takes buy-in from everyone involved. Great job, Greg.
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3 years
John Gonzalez ties it at five in the bottom of the ninth!!
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2 years
It's official!! Northwest Nazarene is the 2022 GNAC Men's Soccer Champions! The Nighthawks clinched the title with today's win over SPU, and earn the auto-bid to the NCAA Tournament for just their second NCAA appearance in program history!
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NNU's Cayden Wright was struggling with his shot Friday night, but when his team needed him to hit a big one he did.
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The NNU softball team is headed back to the playoffs after defeating Western Washington 8-7.
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Jordan Pinson felt her life spinning out of control. She could hardly get out of bed each day, let alone go to class or practice. As the Ending the Stigma series wraps up, she opens up about why.
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CONGRATS LEXI! Lexi Tubbs named to USTFCCCA All-West Region Track & Field Team! More at #GoNNUCrusaders
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The Best College Baseball Team In Every State
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Coach Joel DeLass welcomes Omar Sosa to the Crusader family. More at #GoNNUCrusaders
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Northwest Nazarene student-athletes come from all over the world and a variety of backgrounds, but stand together in the constant fight against racism. Eleven student-athletes chose to read a part of the Church of the Nazarene’s Manual statement on racism and discrimination 1/3
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Lexi Tubbs pours in a career-high 31 points to lead the NNU women's basketball team to a 74-71 victory against Central Washington. The win is the seventh in the row for the Nighthawks and clinches a spot in the GNAC conference tourney.
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When Adalberto Diaz was 12 his dad passed away. He used basketball as an outlet, which has led to a major role on the NNU basketball team and free schooling.
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Crippling anxiety nearly ruined Avery Albrecht's college career, but her faith in God, visualization techniques and the confidence of her coaches has changed her life.
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Are you kidding me? Jayden Bezzant playing in his first game this season hits a game-winning 3-pointer with 8 seconds left as the NNU men's basketball team defeats Simon Fraser 74-71. Welcome back, JB.
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7 years
The NNU women's basketball team is the No. 4 seed in the West Region and will face Alaska Anchorage in the first round in the NCAA Division II national tournament.
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3 years
We're just going to go ahead and assume that this is a school record. With seven teams in action over the weekend (Thurs-Sat), NNU Athletics went undefeated with a combined mark of 15-0!
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5 years
Guess who is going back to the GNAC tournament? Your Nighthawks!
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How about them Nighthawks?!?! After winning the regular-season GNAC title, they add the GNAC tournament title to their trophy case.
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The NNU women's basketball team won its sixth game in a row Saturday and heads into the Christmas break alone atop the GNAC.
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Nighthawks win!! @NNUBaseball takes down the No. 2 team in the country, defeating Colorado Mesa 9-8 in game one of the series! NNU hit four homers in the game, including two from Grant Kerry!
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The man. The myth. The legend himself. Men's basketball coach Paul Rush getting an updated head shot today.
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NNU's Avery Albrecht is the first female in school history to earn a player of the year award since the school joined the NCAA in 2001. Marina Valles named to second team.
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We're in!!!! NNU baseball has received an at-large bid to the NCAA West Regional for the second-straight year! The Nighthawks are the 4-seed in the West, and will head to the Point Loma pod along with Cal Poly Pomona.
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#SCTop10 worthy? We definitely think so. Down to their final out, @NNUBaseball gets a game-tying three-run homer from John Gonzalez before a walk-off bomb from Alex Salsman to stay alive in the @NCAADII West Regional and force a decisive Game 5! @ESPNAssignDesk @D2BaseballNews
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NNU women follow through on preseason prediction, grab share of GNAC title. #GNACWBB
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Ryzin Bergersen, a 6-foot-4 guard, helped lead Boise's Borah High School to the 2019 Class 5A state championship.
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With the final games of the regular season played today, NNU baseball finishes as 2022 GNAC Regular Season Co-Champions! NNU and WOU both finished at 21-11 in conference play to share the title. However, NNU will enter the GNAC Championships as the 1-seed via tiebreaker rules!
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Senior Lexi Tubbs shows off the new Nighthawks home jerseys.
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In the newest NCAA Division II women's basketball regional polls, NNU is now ranked No. 2 behind Azusa Pacific. If NNU wins the GNAC conference tournament or finishes in the top eight of the poll it will earn a spot in the national tournament.
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📍USA Baseball National Training Complex
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Dominant all season long. Congratulations to Zeke Alley for receiving All-District honors from the NABC! 📰:
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Welcome Rayzhon (Ray) Bergersen to the NNU men's basketball program! Bergersen is the second brother of a current player to join the Nighthawks this year, teaming up with Ryzin (Biggie). 📰:
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NIGHTHAWKS WIN!!! The defending national champions go down! @NNUMSoccer defeats top seed Cal State LA 2-1 to advance to the third round of the NCAA Tournament! Lukas Juodkunaitis had both goals for the Nighthawks!
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Fresh off of a California junior college state title, Ezekiel Alley is transferring to NNU to play point guard.
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3 years
What a statement win. @NNU_Mens_Hoops leads for nearly the entire game in a dominant 74-54 victory over Colorado Mesa, the top seed in the region and #1 team in the nation, to advance to the NCAA West Region final on Monday! 📰:
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The nation is starting to take notice! Coming off a three-game sweep of Western New Mexico, the 6-1 @NNU_Mens_Hoops has entered the D2SIDA top-25 this week! 📰:
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Congratulations to the NNU volleyball team who makes the national tournament as the No. 3 seed in the West. The Nighthawks will play Central Washington in the first round.
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The NNU men's basketball team rallies from a 27-point, second-half deficit to defeat Montana State Billings 92-89 in overtime Saturday. Unreal.
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Centennial High graduate Delveion Jackson transfers to NNU from NCAA Division I UC Davis. Jackson is the sixth player to join the 2019-20 Nighthawks recruiting class.
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Nighthawks win!! @NNUBaseball explodes for 18 runs to upset No. 2/5 Colorado Mesa with ease, 18-6! Dearing & Keller both had 4 hits, while Gonzalez had 2 HR and 6 RBI & Grandmont tallied 3 hits and 4 RBI. Ethridge got the win, going 6.2 innings with just 1 run allowed.
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The Nighthawks logo is officially here. Be on the lookout for t-shirts and other giveaways this weekend, including at Saturday's men's basketball game against Alaska Anchorage.
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Congratulations to NNU junior Avery Albrecht who was named to the NCAA West Region all-tournament team Monday.
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Look, ma, we're big time.
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What a way to kick off the 2021 campaign! For the second time in three years, @NNU_Mens_Hoops upsets a DI opponent with a 75-72 win over Portland State! 📰:
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Ellie Logan is named the tournament MVP after scoring 15 points and grabbing eight rebounds in Saturday's win.
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The NNU women's basketball team celebrates their 15th consecutive win with the Central Washington band.
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The NNU women's basketball team is headed to the GNAC championship game with an 83-78 win against Western Washington on Friday.
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Nighthawks win!! @NNUBaseball takes down Azusa Pacific 4-3 in the season opener! The Cougars and Nighthawks, ranked 1st and 2nd in the West Region, will square off again tomorrow in a doubleheader starting at noon.
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5 years
The NNU men's basketball team rolled to a Homecoming win Friday night highlighted by crowd favorite moments from Ethan McPherson and Gabe Murphy.
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4 years
We hope our student-athletes are as excited to return to campus this week as men's basketball player Gabe Murphy is about line dancing.
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NNU men's basketball is headed to the NCAA DII Championship tournament! The fifth-seeded Nighthawks will face four-seed Point Loma this weekend. 📰:
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After their second-straight four-game sweep extended their win streak to 10 games, NNU has risen yet again in the NCBWA national poll, checking in at No. 6 in the country this week! 📰:
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We are excited to announce that Jon Hawkins has been named the next Head Men's Basketball Coach at Northwest Nazarene!
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3 years
Huge congratulations to Coach Steele on his 100th win with NNU women's basketball! He is the fourth coach in program history to achieve the milestone, but fastest to ever reach it, doing so in just 140 games!
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It's official!! With Saint Martin's loss to WWU today, NNU softball will finish the 2022 regular season alone atop the GNAC standings! The Nighthawks will be the top seed in next week's GNAC Championships, set to take place from May 5-7 in Lacey, Wash.
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