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Gopher Sports: News & Notes
8/16/2023 3:25:00 PM | Athletics
Catch up on all the latest news from Gopher Athletics from the past week.
THIS WEEK
Soccer
- Thursday | vs. Niagara | 6PM | B1G+ | Live Stats | Promotions
- Sunday | vs. New Hampshire | 1PM | B1G+ | Live Stats | Promotions
- Minnesota is 1-0-1 in season openers under Coach Chastain
Volleyball
- Friday | vs. Northern Iowa (exhibition) | 6PM | Live Stats
- Minnesota will open its season at home next week against TCU and Baylor
GopherSports.com: Ahead of Thursday's season opener, Sophia Boman, Megan Plaschko, and Abi Frandsen were named to the 2023 Big Ten Players to Watch list.
GopherSports.com: Volleyball will wrap up its second week of camp with a Friday night exhibition against Northern Iowa. The Gophers enter 2023 ranked No. 7 in the AVCA preseason poll.
GopherSports.com: This year's Gopher Football media guide and record book is now available.
GopherSports.com: Take a look back at 50+ years of Gopher Football media guide covers.
YouTube.com: Coach Fleck previewed the 2023 season with NBC Sport's Todd Blackledge.
GopherSports.com: Mara Braun will compete for Team USA at the 2023 FIBA 3x3 U23 National League Final in Mongolia next month.
GopherSports.com: Women's Basketball has unveiled its Coach P's Lil' Gophers program for the 2023-24 season.
@GopherWHockey: Madeline Wethington will compete with the U.S. College Select Team in a three-game series against Canada beginning tonight in Lake Placid.
GopherSports.com: Kostas Zoltos will begin competition in the hammer throw on Saturday morning at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
@GopherWrestling: Logan Storley won his sixth straight match, while Michael Blockhus prevailed in his pro MMA debut on Friday.
@GopherMGolf: Eduardo Galdos, Lincoln Johnson and Ben Warian were named GCAA All-American Scholars.
GopherSports.com: Women's Hockey's "Meet the Newcomers" series continues with St. Lawrence transfer Lucy Morgan.
@GopherHockey: Five Gophers landed on NHL Network's list of Top 50 Prospects.
GopherSports.com: Men's Basketball announced a home-and-home series with Missouri with a Williams Arena matchup set for November.
Spotify.com: Coach Johnson was a guest on the HoopsU Podcast with Andy Katz and Rapheal Davis.
GopherSports.com: Men's Basketball's Jackson Purcell was surprised with a scholarship during the team's annual softball game.
GopherSports.com: Men's Basketball's five newcomers reflected on their first few months on campus.
GopherSports.com: Junior forward Dawson Garcia was mic'd up during a recent Men's Basketball workout.
StarTribune.com: Garcia was also featured in the Star Tribune as he enters his second season with Minnesota.
GopherSports.com: Former Gopher Ariana DelMoral (2017-21) signed her first pro contract with Birkirkara FC in Malta.
@GopherSoftball: Former Gopher All-American Amber Fiser is joining North Florida as an assistant coach.
The Latest from Gopher Digital:
- Women's Basketball: Gophers Make Eggs Benedict
- Women's Basketball: Foreign Tour Gear Drop
- Volleyball: Minnesota Plays 'Guess the Gopher'
- Men's Basketball: Gopher Softball Summer Classic
- Football: Gopher Grub – Baldy's BBQ
- Football: Kamp with Kesich – Bolero
- Football: Kamp with Kesich – Twins Game
Gophers in the NFL – Highlights
- Tyler Johnson had a team-best five catches for 70 yards for the LA Rams
- Jack Gibbens had four tackles and Thomas Rush had two stops and a tackle for loss for Tennessee
- Tanner Morgan was 5-for-8 for 36 yards for Pittsburgh
- Boye Mafe had five tackles for Seattle
- Jordan Howden had five tackles for New Orleans