http://uncbears.prestosports.com en-us en-us http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/news/112309_mbk_mmpoll The Bears, who defeated Air Force 70-46 on Saturday night to stay perfect five games into a season for just the fifth time in school history, received 99 points in this week's CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 poll and are now ranked in a Division I poll for the first time in school history. Northern Colorado is the only Big Sky team in the poll's top 25. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/news/112309_mbk_mmpoll 2009-11-23T05:00:00Z http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-wrestl/2009-10/news/112209ncopenreview Both Casey Cruz and Eric Brennan won titles at the 2009 Old Chicago Northern Colorado Open as the NC wrestlers had eight place on Sunday. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-wrestl/2009-10/news/112209ncopenreview 2009-11-22T05:00:00Z http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/news/112109_mbk_afa_minton Northern Colorado scored the first 12 points Saturday night against Air Force and didn't look back in cruising to a 70-46 win in the championship game of the Reggie Minton Classic. Junior Devon Beitzel poured in a season-high 26 points against the Falcons, with 17 coming in the second half, to earn the tournament's Most Valuable Player honors and help the Bears win their second tournament is as many weeks and improve to 5-0 for just the fifth time in program history. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/news/112109_mbk_afa_minton 2009-11-21T05:00:00Z http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/w-volley/2009-10/news/112109_vbl_nau Allison Raguse, Taylor Smith, Kenzie Shreeve and Breanna VanDerMost all contribute in signature ways in leading Northern Colorado to a 3-1 victory over Northern Arizona in front of 985 Saturday night inside Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/w-volley/2009-10/news/112109_vbl_nau 2009-11-21T05:00:00Z http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/w-baskbl/2009-10/news/112109eiureview Eastern Illinois scored 15 of the final 17 points of the game to come back and defeat the Northern Colorado women's basketball game in the third and final round of the Preseason WNIT. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/w-baskbl/2009-10/news/112109eiureview 2009-11-21T05:00:00Z http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/news/112009_mbk_tsu Northern Colorado moved to 4-0 on the season Friday night with a 66-62 victory against Texas Southern on the first day of the Reggie Minton Air Force Classic at Clune Arena. This is first time since 1984 that the Bears have been perfect after four games and just the sixth time overall in the 108 year history of the program. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/news/112009_mbk_tsu 2009-11-20T05:00:00Z http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/w-baskbl/2009-10/news/112009ualrreview The Northern Colorado women's basketball team was never able to recover from a slow start in the second game of the Preseason WNIT, falling 55-43 at Arkansas-Little Rock on Friday evening. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/w-baskbl/2009-10/news/112009ualrreview 2009-11-20T05:00:00Z http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/w-baskbl/2009-10/news/111909ualrpreview The Bears take on Arkansas-Little Rock on Friday and then either Eastern Illinois or UTEP on Saturday. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/w-baskbl/2009-10/news/111909ualrpreview 2009-11-19T05:00:00Z http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/w-volley/2009-10/news/111909_wvb_notes_nau The Bears will take on Northern Arizona on Saturday night, Nov. 21, with a chance to solidify their hold on the No. 2 seed in next week's Big Sky Conference tournament. It's also Senior Night, meaning Allison Raguse, Kenzie Shreeve, Taylor Smith and Breanna VanDerMost will being playing their final home match. The four have been pivotal in the Bears' emergence as a Division I program. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/w-volley/2009-10/news/111909_wvb_notes_nau 2009-11-19T05:00:00Z http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/news/111909_mbk_notes_2 Northern Colorado will play this weekend in the Reggie Minton Air Force Classic. The Bears will take on Texas Southern on Friday and either Air Force or Dickinson State on Saturday. The Bears have only played previously against the Air Force Academy. Northern Colorado has lost 12 straight times to the Falcons and is 2-12 all-time against them since 1956. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/news/111909_mbk_notes_2 2009-11-19T05:00:00Z http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/news/111609_mbk_uh_rc_title Northern Colorado basketball earned a spot on the national stage Monday night, and the Bears didn't let the opportunity slip away in an 81-75 victory against Hawai'i in the title game of the 2009 Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic. Northern Colorado put together an impressive 17-0 run during the latter stages of the second half and then got some clutch free-throw shooting down the stretch inside the Stan Sheriff Center to stave off a furious Rainbow Warrior rally and claim its first tournament victory since joining the ranks of NCAA Division I. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/news/111609_mbk_uh_rc_title 2009-11-16T05:00:00Z http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/news/111509_mbk_suu Two nights after putting on an offensive show that Hawaii's Stan Sheriff Center had never seen before, Northern Colorado basketball showed it can play a little defense, too. The Bears forced the Thunderbirds into 31 turnovers Sunday night and sticky-fingered their way to 14 steals in cruising to a 73-51 victory on the second day of the 2009 Outrigger Hotels Hawaii Rainbow Classic. Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-baskbl/2009-10/news/111509_mbk_suu 2009-11-15T05:00:00Z http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/w-swim/2009-10/news/111409sdsunireview The Northern Colorado swimming & diving team took to the pool in two dual sessions on Saturday against Northern Iowa and South Dakota State. In the morning, the Bears defeated the Panthers 136-104 and tied the Jackrabbits 120-120. During the afternoon session, the Bears against won against Northern Iowa, 144-70 but fell just short of South Dakota State 113.5-109.5. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/w-swim/2009-10/news/111409sdsunireview 2009-11-14T05:00:00Z http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-footbl/2009-10/news/111409umreview Northern Colorado had to play its final game of the 2009 season against the top-ranked team in the country on its home field on senior day, which is no easy feat, especially in front of 25,231 fans. The Bears took the early lead but couldn't hold on and Montana remained undefeated with a 38-10 victory. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/m-footbl/2009-10/news/111409umreview 2009-11-14T05:00:00Z http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/w-volley/2009-10/news/111409_wvb_psu The Bears hit just .101 as a team against Portland State and allowed the Vikings to hit .311 in falling 3-0 (26-24, 25-15, 25-8) at the Stott Center in their final regular-season road match of the season. It was the second straight night Northern Colorado fell in three games, as the Bears fell 3-0 to Eastern Washington on Friday night in Cheney, Wash., too. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT http://uncbears.prestosports.com/sports/w-volley/2009-10/news/111409_wvb_psu 2009-11-14T05:00:00Z