University of Minnesota Athletics
Golden Gophers Announce 2002-03 Wrestling Schedule
6/11/2002 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
The season opens with the renewal of the Golden Gopher-Hawkeye rivalry as Iowa comes to town for a nonconference match-up on Friday, Nov. 15. Minnesota will then compete in the Bison Open (Nov. 16) and UNO Open (Nov. 23) before heading to Northern Illinois for the season's first road dual on Sunday, Nov. 24. In addition to Minnesota's home meet versus Oklahoma State on Friday, Jan. 3, the Maroon and Gold is set to face Virginia Tech, Embry Riddle, Lock Haven, Arizona State and Nebraska in the nonconference portion of the season. The Golden Gophers will skip Midlands this year in favor of the Las Vegas Invitational on Friday-Saturday, Dec. 6-7.
Following Minnesota's attempt for a third consecutive National Duals title in Columbus, Ohio on Saturday-Sunday, Jan. 18-19, the Golden Gophers open the Big Ten season with a home dual versus Michigan State on Jan 25. Minnesota hosts a total of four conference meets this season, all at the Sports Pavilion. The Big Ten Championships are March 8-9, in Madison, Wis., and the NCAA Championships take place March 20- 22, in Kansas City, Mo.
2002-03 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA WRESTLING SCHEDULE Date Opponent Site Time Nov. 15 Iowa (nonconference) TBA 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16 at Bison Open Fargo, N.D. All Day Nov. 23 at UNO Open Omaha, Neb. All Day Nov. 24 at Northern Illinois DeKalb, Ill. 2 p.m. Dec. 1 Virginia Tech Williams Arena 4 p.m. Dec. 6-7 at Las Vegas Invitational Las Vegas, Nev. All Day Jan. 3 Oklahoma State TBA 7 p.m. Jan. 5 vs. Embry Riddle Phoenix, Ariz. Noon vs. Lock Haven Phoenix, Ariz. 2 p.m. at Arizona State Phoenix, Ariz. 5:30 p.m. Jan. 7 at Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. 7 p.m. Jan. 18/19 at National Duals Columbus, Ohio All Day Jan. 25 Michigan State Sports Pavilion 7 p.m. Jan. 31 at Penn State State College, Pa. TBA Feb. 2 at Ohio State Columbus, Ohio 2 p.m. Feb. 7 Michigan Sports Pavilion 7:30 p.m. Feb. 9 Northwestern Sports Pavilion 2 p.m. Feb. 14 at Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 7 p.m. Feb. 16 at Wisconsin Madison, Wis. 1 p.m. Feb. 23 Indiana Sports Pavilion 1 p.m. Mar. 8-9 at Big Ten Championships Madison, Wis. All Day Mar. 20-22 at NCAA Championships Kansas City, Mo. All Day
