March 31, 2009
Volleyball ready to spring back on the court
Perennial national power and instate rival Colorado State highlights this year's field of visiting teams to Bears' annual spring tournament, which also includes Adams State, Colorado-Colorado Springs, Metro State, Northeastern Junior College, Regis University and Western Nebraska Community College.

February 4, 2009
Big Sky Announces Fall Academic
Northern Colorado had 37 student-athletes earn Big Sky Conference Fall All-Academic honors.

November 28, 2008
Bears' Historic Run Stops at the Stott
Northern Colorado finishes the season with 17 wins -- its most since joining NCAA Division ranks.

November 28, 2008
Bears Push Past Sac. State and Into Big Sky Semifinal
Northern Colorado defeats Hornets for third time this season, earns date tonight with No. 2-seed Portland State.

November 27, 2008
Four Bears Net Volleyball All-Conference Recognition
Kenzie Shreeve is Northern Colorado's first-ever NCAA Division I all-conference first-team selection; Allison Raguse, Lauren Carter, Taylor Smith also finish among league’s best

November 26, 2008
Third-seeded Bears Enter Tournament With Confidence
Northern Colorado has already defeated the top two seeded teams this season.

November 23, 2008
Northern Arizona Spoils Bears' Senior Night
Northern Colorado jumps out to quick 2-0 lead, but Lumberjacks come firing out of the gates after intermission.

November 21, 2008
Volleyball Bears Look to Send Carter Out With A Bang
Senior Lauren Carter will end her career No. 7 on the program's all-time career assists list

November 16, 2008
Weber State Hands Bears First Home Conference Loss
Northern Colorado's women's volleyball team took the first set against Weber State on Saturday night inside Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion. But the match went downhill from there for head coach Lyndsey Benson's Bears. Northern Colorado went into the intermission tied at one set apiece with the Wildcats and then lost the next two games following the break to lose 3-1 -- its second loss by that margin this season to Weber State.

November 13, 2008
Volleyball and Women's Basketball Sign Four To NLI
The University of Northern Colorado today announced the signing of four student-athletes to National Letters of Intent during the early signing period. Volleyball head coach Lyndsey Benson adds three to the roster, while women’s basketball head coach Jaime White adds one.

November 13, 2008
ISU-NC post game quotes

November 13, 2008
VB Keeps Title Hopes Alive With Win Over Idaho State
Needing a victory to keep its Big Sky Conference title hopes alive, the Northern Colorado volleyball team defeated Idaho State in four games, 25-22, 25-17, 22-25, 25-23 to improve to 16-7 overall and 10-4 in league action.

November 12, 2008
Bears Volleyball Enters Pivotal Final Stretch
Northern Colorado has three home matches to make up ground in Big Sky Conference.

November 8, 2008
Eagles Swoop, Sweep Past Bears
Northern Colorado suffered its second loss in as many matches Saturday night. This time a 3-0 defeat to Eastern Washington.Eastern Washington shot out of the gates with a 25-12 game-one win, and Northern Colorado was never again able to capture the momentum, falling 25-17 in game two and 25-18 in game three.

November 7, 2008
Vikings Squeeze Past Bears In Sweep
Northern Colorado's women's volleyball team saw its five-match winning streak come to an end in the Rose City on Thursday night. And the Bears fell out of first place with the defeat in a match up of the top two teams in the Big Sky Conference.

November 6, 2008
Bears Have Trio Honored For Academics
The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) today named three Northern Colorado student-athletes to ESPN The Magazine All-District teams. Both Max Hewitt and Tim McGraw were named to the Football

November 3, 2008
Raguse Earns Volleyball Bears' Third Big Sky Honor
Allison Raguse had a career performance against Sacramento State on Friday night, Oct. 31, and the Big Sky Conference took notice. Raguse, a junior middle blocker from Lincoln, Neb., was honored today by the league office as its Player of the Week for matches played between Oct. 27 and Nov. 3.

November 1, 2008
Volleyball 'Survives' in Sac Town
Northern Colorado's volleyball program took another step forward Friday night.

October 26, 2008
UM-UNC postgame quotes

October 26, 2008
Volleyball Completes Homestand Sweep
Northern Colorado's volleyball team made sure that the Montana Grizzlies didn't leave town Saturday night with a football-volleyball sweep. The football Bears struggled against the Griz's gridiron gang earlier in the day at Nottingham Field, but Lyndsey Benson's volleyball Bears had their back and sent Montana packing with a pretty convincing 3-1 (25-20, 20-25, 25-16, 25-20) victory inside Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.

October 23, 2008
Volleyball Turns It On Late In Bobcat Rout
Bears stay atop the Big Sky with 3-0 victory against Montana State.

October 23, 2008
MSU-NC POSTGAME QUOTES

October 19, 2008
Bears Volleyball Chops Down Lumberjacks
Northern Colorado gets hard-fought road win, moves into sole possession of Big Sky's first-place spot.

October 12, 2008
Volleyball Pushes Past Bengals, Ends Night In Sky's Top Spot
Northern Colorado ends Utah-Idaho road trip with 1-1 split.

October 11, 2008
Carter Continues Rise, but Volleyball Bears Fall In Ogden
Senior Lauren Carter moves into seventh on all-time assists list in Northern Colorado's Friday-night defeat.

October 7, 2008
CSU-NC postgame quotes

October 7, 2008
Volleyball Bears Can't Keep Pace With High-Powered Rams
Northern Colorado learns lesson in high-atmosphere, instate rivalry clash.

October 6, 2008
VanDerMost Scoops Up Big Sky Weekly Honor
Junior libero spearheaded Bears' defense in two big wins last week.

October 5, 2008
Volleyball Bears Inch Even Closer to Top of the Sky
Four Northern Colorado players reach double-digit kills; Bears tied in the loss column for conference's top spot.

October 5, 2008
PSU-NC postgame quotes

October 2, 2008
Volleyball Bears Vault Into Second Place In the Big Sky
Northern Colorado stays scorching in victory against Eastern Washington.

October 2, 2008
EWU-NC postgame notes

September 27, 2008
Volleyball Bears Smash Past Sac. State
Bears just kill it in victory against 11-time defending conference champions.

September 26, 2008
Bears Volleyball Ready for Home Cookin'
Northern Colorado will continue Big Sky Conference play Saturday, Sept. 27, with its first home game of 2008 against Sacramento State. Lyndsey Benson’s team will then host Eastern Washington on Thursday, Oct. 2.

September 23, 2008
Volleyball Bears Can't Hold On To Early Lead
Northern Colorado’s women’s volleyball team stepped out of Big Sky Conference play Tuesday night -- and into a hornet’s nest.

September 20, 2008
Volleyball Returns To Winning Ways, Gets Past Bobcats
A night after showing signs of a team still trying to learn to win tough conference road games, the Bears bounced ahead early and took control of a road match Saturday night in Bozeman, Mont.

September 19, 2008
Bears Volleyball Stumbles in Big Sky Opener
Northern Colorado couldn't build on a first-set victory and the strong play of Ashley Lichtenberg on Friday night, Sept. 19, and fell 3-1 to the Montana Grizzlies.

September 19, 2008
Volleyball Conference Play Begins ... Then a Trip to Mile High
The Bears are off to their best start at the NCAA Division I level, and now they hope that carries over into the start of Big Sky Conference play.

September 14, 2008
Bears Volleyball Takes Down Alumni in 'Home Opener'
Northern Colorado holds off some familiar faces for 3-0 victory in first home match of 2008 season.

September 13, 2008
Volleyball Ready To Open Home Slate Against Alumni Squad
A blast from Northern Colorado's volleyball past will be in full effect Saturday night at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.

September 6, 2008
Volleyball's Streak Ends ... But History Made
The Bears win streak came to an end Saturday afternoon against North Dakota State, but they earlier added a victory against Illinois-Chicago and furthered one of the best season starts in program history.

September 5, 2008
Volleyball Win Streak Alive at Five
Northern Colorado's women's volleyball program has gotten off to a torrid start to the 2008 season, and that march continued Friday afternoon, Sept. 5, with a 3-1 victory against UTEP.

September 4, 2008
Undefeated Volleyball Bears Are Headed North
Lyndsey Benson's program ready to compete in North Dakota State's Doublewood Inn Classic presented by ASICS.

September 3, 2008
Raguse Tabbed By Collegiate Volleyball Update
Allison Raguse's tear through last weekend's La Salle Tournament continues to bring in the accolades.

September 1, 2008
Volleyball's Raguse is Big Sky Player of the Week
The Northern Colorado junior was announced today as this week's Big Sky Conference Volleyball Player of the Week. The honor comes on the heels of Raguse earning Most Valuable Player honors at last weekend's 2008 La Salle Tournament in Philadelphia after leading the Bears to the tournament title.

August 31, 2008
Benson's Bears Off To Historic Start
Northern Colorado is off to its first 4-0 start in NCAA Division I play after knocking off Lafayette and LaSalle on Saturday, Aug. 30, en route to a 2008 La Salle Tournament title

August 29, 2008
Bears Start Season With Pair of Wins
The first victory of the season was a battle, but once they got going, Northern Colorado's volleyball team got the 2008 season off to a good start Friday, Aug. 29, at the LaSalle Tournament.

August 22, 2008
Volleyball's Blue/Gold Scrimmage On Tap
Fans of Northern Colorado's volleyball team will get two free-admission sneak peaks at the Bears this year before they start the home portion of their regular-season schedule. The first opportunity will come tomorrow evening, Saturday, Aug. 23, when Lyndsey Benson's squad will hold its annual Blue/Gold Scrimmage at 7 p.m. at Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.

August 14, 2008
Week One Wraps Up For Three Fall Sports
Camps began last week for football, soccer and volleyball. See how things are shaping up for the Bears.

August 11, 2008
Bears Volleyball Right In The Middle In Preseason Poll
OGDEN, Utah -- There are four teams above and four teams below for Northern Colorado in the 2008 Big Sky Conference preseason poll, which was released earlier this afternoon.

August 2, 2008
Bears Among Nation's Brightest Volleyball Squads
Northern Colorado one of 70 NCAA Division I programs to earn AVCA academic honor.

August 1, 2008
Volleyball Team Camp Pulls In The Numbers
Bears host more than 140 teams from seven states

May 6, 2008
Bears on cusp of program-changing journey