Gopher Sports: News & Notes

Catch up on all the latest news from Gopher Athletics from the past week.

THURSDAY

Men's Basketball vs. Macalester (Exhibition) | 7PM | B1G+ | Preview

First meeting since 1922

FRIDAY

Tennis at Drake Bulldog Classic | Des Moines, IA

Final event of Minnesota's fall schedule

Swimming & Diving vs. Wisconsin | 5PM | B1G+

Annual Pack the Pool event

Volleyball at Ohio State | Columbus, OH | 5:30PM | BTN

Minnesota has won six straight in Columbus

#4 Women's Hockey vs. Minnesota State | 6PM | B1G+

Gophers won all four meetings a year ago

#6 Men's Hockey vs. #14 UMD | 7PM | Fox 9+ | B1G+

First meeting since October 2021

SATURDAY

Tennis at Drake Bulldog Classic | Des Moines, IA

Football vs. Illinois | 2:30PM

Saturday is the 100th game at Huntington Bank Stadium
Minnesota is one of four teams in first place in the B1G West

#4 Women's Hockey at Minnesota State | Mankato, MN | 3PM | Fox 9+ | B1G+

#6 Men's Hockey at #14 UMD | Duluth, MN | 7PM | Fox 9+

SUNDAY

Tennis at Drake Bulldog Classic | Des Moines, IA

Volleyball at Northwestern | Evanston, IL | 1PM | B1G+

MONDAY

Men's Basketball vs. Bethune Cookman | 7PM | B1G+

Season opener

RECENT RESULTS

MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
9th Place at Big Ten Championships

Eli Hoeft led Minnesota with career-best 47th place finish
NCAA Regionals set for November 10

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
9th place at Big Ten Championships

Brianne Brewster paced Gophers with 28th place finish
NCAA Regionals set for November 10

FOOTBALL (5-3, 3-2)
W, 27-12 vs. Michigan State | Highlights

Jordan Nubin named B1G Player of the Week after rushing for 204 yards

MEN'S HOCKEY (3-3-0, 0-2-0)
L, 2-5 vs. #14 Wisconsin
L, 2-3 vs. #14 Wisconsin

WOMEN'S HOCKEY (5-2-0, 3-2-0)
L, 3-4 at #2 Ohio State | Highlights
L, 5-6 at #2 Ohio State | Highlights

Nelli Laitinen was named WCHA Defender of the Week

MEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING
W, 245-55 vs. St. Thomas; W, 230-68 vs. SDSU

Davide Harabagiu has won back-to-back B1G Freshman of the Week honors

WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING
W, 246-53 vs. St. Thomas; W, 243-57 vs. SDSU

VOLLEYBALL (10-10, 6-6)
L, 0-3 at # 16 Purdue
L, 0-3 at #2 Wisconsin

Match drew 1.659m viewers on FOX – the most watched collegiate match in history

GopherSports.com: Coach Fleck met the media on Monday to preview Saturday's game against Illinois.

Fox9.com: Watch last night's episode of The P.J. Fleck Show on Fox 9.

YouTube.com: Coach Cook and Kylie Murr previewed Volleyball's road trip to Ohio State and Northwestern.

GopherSports.com: Soccer's Sophia Boman and Megan Nemec were named to the All-Big Ten Third Team while Kate Childers earned Big Ten All-Freshman Team honors.

GopherSports.com: Dawson Garcia has been named a preseason finalist for Basketball Hall of Fame's Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award.

GopherSports.com: The 2023-24 Men's Basketball media guide is now available.

GopherSports.com: Take a look back at 40-plus years of Men's Basketball media guide covers.

YouTube.com: Ahead of next Wednesday's season opener, Women's Basketball met the media yesterday.

GopherSports.com: Volleyball PA announcer Mike Kapsch will assume the same duties for Women's Basketball.

@GopherWrestling: With its season opener 10 days away, Wrestling is ranked No. 14 in the NWCA preseason coaches poll.

GopherSports.com: Former Gopher and current KFAN contributor Tommy Olson was a guest on the Golden Gopher Podcast.

GopherSports.com: Women's Hockey visited the Coon Rapids Ice Center as part of Rink Roots presented by PNC Bank.

@GopherWBB: Women's Basketball held an open practice for the Barnyard, band and spirit squads.

YouTube.com: Golfers Ben Warian and Jacob Pedersen were guests on the 2nd Swing Podcast.

ESPN.com: ESPN took a deep dive on gender equity when it came to Power 5 schools' social posts among men's and women's programs.

Gophers in the NBA

Amir Coffey is in his fifth season with the Clippers
JB Bickerstaff is in his fourth season as head coach of the Cavaliers
Ryan Saunders is in his second season as assistant coach with the Nuggets
Bobby Jackson is in his first season as assistant coach with the Sixers

Gophers in the NFL

@GopherFootball: Seattle's Boye Mafe has a sack in five consecutive games
@GopherFootball: Mafe was interviewed on "The Insiders" on NFL Network
@Buccaneers: Antoine Winfield Jr.'s tip led to a Tampa Bay interception against Buffalo
Houston's Blake Cashman was named AFC Defensive Player of the Week last week
De'Vondre Campbell had a team-best 14 tackles in Green Bay's loss on Sunday

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