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Official Twitter Page of the University of Nebraska-Kearney Athletics. Follow us on Facebook, Snapchat, & Instagram: @unk_athletics #LopesUp
Kearney, Nebraska
Joined August 2009
Join @CoachRHeld and his staff for an exclusive introduction of new players, spring season insights, and the upcoming fall schedule. 📅 Tuesday, February 11.🕕 6:00-8:00 p.m. 📍 Cunningham’s on the Lake, Kearney.- Complimentary appetizers & cash bar
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‼️MINERAL WATER BOWL CHAMPS ‼️. Loper Football takes down Winona State to win their first bowl game since 1955 💪
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🚨Not 1, not 2 but now 3 800-meter National Titles for Wes Ferguson!! 🚨He caught a hometown hero on the backstretch & won going away with a meet/school record 1:45.46 🥇🥇🥇
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Of course he did it again & in style … Wes Ferguson wins the 800-meter national title!! 🥇🥇UNK_Track finishes with 3 All-Americans #LopesUp
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Lopers fall to the Coyotes in the NCAA National Championships. UNK Volleyball is your 2019 National Runner-Up!🥈. Loper Nation is so proud!❤️
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‼️UNK VOLLEYBALL IS HEADED TO THE 'SHIP‼️. National Quarterfinals✅.National Semifinals✅.National Championships. Your UNK Lopers defeat Rockhurst 3-1 to earn a spot in the NCAA National Championships⛵️
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Your @UNKvolleyball team is the top team in the country! This is the first time since 2012 and the 25th time in program history!.#BreakThrough
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👀 bonus 🥞.
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Lopers 31, Mountaineers 24 (Final) Survive & Advance . on to San Angelo, TX😅#LastMinuteLopers #D2Playoffs
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The pride of Waverly, Zane Schawang, puts things on 🧊 with his first career TD run! #LopesUp #StableOfBacks
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🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆.
The Lopers have clinched the NCAA Division II National Championship! 🏆
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🏈 WE'RE BACK! 🏈. UNK Football is back with 4 games this fall! 2 of these will be hosted on Foster Field at Ron and Carol Cope Stadium! There will be more Details to come, but mark your calendars!. For more information: .
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A Loper gone far too soon . We💙you, pray for your wife, daughter, family & friends and will never forget Boone Anderson @UNK_Football #Boone24 #Class2016 #Milford #LoperDB
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DON'T CALL IT A COMEBACK‼️. Quarterfinals✅.Semifinals✅.Finals ✅. UNK Volleyball advances to the National Championship Tournament!!!. Loper Nation is so proud! Go Lopes!
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Champions start somewhere . Loper Nation is EXTREMELY proud of @USMAN84kg #UFC251 #NigerianNightmare #GoLopers🥇
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First postseason game in 3,660 days … why not pull an upset?! @UNKSoftball 4, No 5 Central Oklahoma 3 #LopesUp #LetsGo
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UNK Head Football Coach Josh Lynn has extended his contract through 2025!. “The support Loper football alumni, boosters, faculty and the students has shown for our program has been incredible," Lynn said. #TheRise @UNK_Football . Read More Here: .
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An impressive professional debut for Wes Ferguson as he finishes 2nd (PR 1:45.06) & was the top American in a strong field in NYC!! #LopesUp
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Currently the most feared Antelope on the Great Plains @davistj05 .☑️1,026 yards of total offense .✔️10 touchdowns .☑️7.2 yards per carry.✔️64% completion pct. ☑️10-3 as a starter.And @UNK_Football hasn't lost a game in 673 days🙂#TheRise #TJD #HarlonHillTrophy
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Quarterfinals✅. Lopers advance to the semifinal match of the NCAA National Championships!!. GO LOPERS!
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Billy Higgins upsets top-ranked Heath Gray, 3-2, at 184 lbs!! Lopers up 17-12 over #1 UCO @loperwrestling #LopesUp
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The breaks (and an appeal) didn't go the Lopers way tonight . that happens in life But we'll never forget that Friday in July when Wes Ferguson ran past, among others, two D1 national champs #LopesUp #SeeYouNextYear
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Not One. Not Two. Not Three. But FOUR National 800 titles for Wes Ferguson!! He ran a 1:48.13 to hold off three runners 🐐 #LopesUp 🥇 🥇 🥇 🥇
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A Coach Thatcher special as true frosh receiver AJ McPhee tosses a TD to Cody Nelson to cap a 98-yard drive 💥 #LopesUp
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Austin Eldredge is @loperwrestling 26th National Champion (24th in D2) And the first at 174 since @USMAN84kg in 2010 #PrideOfMcPherson 🥇
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For the second time in @UNK_Football history, the Lopers have the Harlon Hill Trophy runner up Congrats @davistj05 #NextYear #TheRise
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For a 22nd straight year (!) @UNKvolleyball makes the Big Dance … Lopers Vs Bearcats in Warrensburg #CentralRegional #NCAA #LopesUp
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A WALK OFF IN ST JOE … Lopers drive 86 yards, led by QB Reagan Jones, with Kyle Failing hitting the 33-yarder to win it!! #LopesUp
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Can you say Sweet 16?! Congrats to @unkwbb for beating UMD, 65-57, to reach the Central Regional finals Monday night vs. Central Missouri #MarchMadness #Sweet16 #TraditionRestored
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Congrats to Wes Ferguson for a national runner-up finish in the 800 … school-record 1:47.16!! First place was a meet-record 1:46.78 🥇🥇🥈 #LopesUp
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Voting starts Monday . never hurts to get the word out early @UNK_Football #HarlonHill #TJD #TheRise #D2Playoffs #LopesUp
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Lopers Beat the Gorillas for the First Time Since 1983
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Angelo wins 20-7 … a magical season comes to a close Thanks to our seniors, super seniors & graduate students
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Thanks to Kearney Police, Kearney Fire & UNK Police for the escort!! @UNKvolleyball arriving home in style #RunAsOne #NationalRunnersUp
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Ticket punched!! For the first time in school history the @UNK_Track women’s cross country team has reached the NCAA Championships 💥 The Lopers received an at-large bid & join the men Dec. 2nd in Seattle #LopesUp #NCAAXC
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🌟FOOTBALL FALL HIGHLIGHTS🌟. 🔵 10-3 Overall Record .🔵 1st Playoff Appearance in a decade.🔵 2nd Playoff Game Win in School History.🔵 3rd time in school history for a team to reach double-digit wins. @UNK_Football
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🏈Final Score🏈.LOPERS: 56.RIVERHAWKS: 10. Congrats to the seniors and the rest of the lopers on their last regular season game!!.
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Reach the Lopers new DC at 1-800-I-GO-FAST . Welcome Coach Schaffner @UNK_Football!! #DDT #ChaosTempo #LopesUp
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That’s. My. Coach. #TheRise.
When @CoachJoshLynn says he'll jump in the lake if we get 8 wins. First stop in town, a man of his word @UNK_Football 🤘🤘🤘#LopesUpWeWin
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🚨 LOPER BRING’S HOME GOLD IN 800 METERS🚨. @UNK_Track Wes Ferguson bring‘s home the Gold in the 800 meters @NCAADII . #bringyourgame #Lopesup #makeityours #OurTownOurTeam
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Congrats to Ben Arens who, late last night in California, broke a 27-year old school-record in the steeple by running an 8:47.15!! The time bests the old mark by four seconds & allowed him to finish 9th out of 132 @UNK_Track #LopesUp
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Congratulations to Head Cross Country and Track & Field Coach Brady Bonsall for being names the MIAA Women’s cross country coach of the year! . Read more here:.
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Who doesn’t love a big man touchdown?! Senior DE Baylor Hellmuth with a 26-yard pick six Senior ILB Jacey Nutter with the assist #HersheyKiss #LopesUp
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Congratulations to TJ Davis for being named 2nd team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association!. Read More Here: . @UNK_Football
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Loper Volleyball to play for a natty!!!! UNK downs Rockhurst, 3-1 Play Saturday at 6 pm Central #RunAsOne
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Whew! Lopers survive and advance to first Final 4 in 14 years!! Face Rockhurst Friday at 6 pm Central #LopersinDenver #RunAsOne
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Our Senior Forward Trey Lansman ( @TreyLansman ) just became the 5th player in program history to get 2,000 career points! #LIKEaLOPER
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The latest addition to the @UNK_Football staff has strong Midwest ties and has coached in the MIAA Welcome Coach Ornelas!! #DDT #LopesUp.
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A day unlike any other! We hope to see you at the Health & Sports Center/Buckle Court next Wed. for the home opener vs. Peru State. Let's set another record!! @UNKvolleyball #LopesUp
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The Leader of our department has Successfully Defended his Doctorate Dissertation! We are proud of you!
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For the first time in six years @UNK_Football has a pick six as All-American Darius Swanson brings it back from 14 yards!! #Breathe #BlueWall #LopesUp
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Congratulations to our UNK Wrestling Team for Winning the NCAA Super Regional VI! . UNK Also had 7 Division II National Wrestling Qualifiers
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When you practice on the last day of the year you might be playing for something 🏆 Let’s go!! @UNKvolleyball #LopersInDenver #RunAsOne
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Tonight’s win marks 1,000 wins for @UNKvolleyball Head Coach Rick Squiers but that’s not all- . Anna Squiers reached 1,000 career kills .Breanna Jones & Lindsay Nottlemann reached 1,000 career digs. Congratulations UNK Volleyball!
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Congrats to the men's @UNK_Track team for a runner-up finish at the MIAA Indoor Championships (97.5 points)!! This is the Lopers top finish at the MIAA's (indoor/outdoor) & top effort at a league meet since the 2012 RMAC Indoors (2nd) #lopesup
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Another rise in the polls for @UNK_Football Now 12th in the land … #LopesUp.
Another Monday, another #D2FB poll!. @WeAreAFCA #D2FB poll:.1. West Florida.2. Northwest Missouri State .3. Ferris State.4-25:
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Congrats to Wes Ferguson for advancing to the 800 semifinals at the @UStrack Championships! . This afternoon in Eugene, he finished third in heat one & sixth overall (1:46.65) Runs Friday at 9:45pm Central
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Senior Day Walk Off for senior Junior Gonzalez!! Loper offense uses 2-minute drill to go 60 yards to setup the kick UNK 20, UCO 18 #LopesUp
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