Gopher Sports: News & Notes

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

FRIDAY

Tennis vs. North Dakota | Noon
Track & Field Hosts Jack Johnson Classic | 2:30PM
Tennis vs. Creighton | 4PM
#9 Men's Hockey at #8 Michigan State | 5PM | B1G+
#5 Women's Hockey vs. Minnesota State | 6PM | B1G+

SATURDAY

#20 Track & Field Hosts Jack Johnson Classic | 9:30AM
#10 Wrestling at #14 Rutgers | 12PM | B1G+
#5 Women's Hockey at Minnesota State | 2PM | Fox 9+ | B1G+
#9 Men's Hockey at #8 Michigan State | 3PM | BTN
#17 Gymnastics vs. #21 Maryland | 4PM | B1G+
Men's Basketball at Penn State | 5:30PM | BTN

SUNDAY

Women's Basketball at Illinois | 2PM | B1G+

RECENT RESULTS

MEN'S BASKETBALL (12-7, 3-5)
L, 66-76 at Michigan State | Highlights
L, 59-61 vs. #11 Wisconsin | Highlights

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (14-5, 4-4)
L, 62-85 at #16 Indiana | Highlights
W, 69-50 vs. Michigan State | Highlights
L, 56-59 at Wisconsin | Highlights

Grace Grocholski was named B1G Freshman of the Week for the second time

GYMNASTICS (5-0, 1-0)
W, 196.850-196.150 vs. #18 Iowa | Recap

MEN'S HOCKEY (14-6-4, 7-4-3-1)
W, 5-2 vs. Ohio State | Highlights
W, 6-3 vs. Ohio State | Highlights

Rhett Pitlick was named B1G Second Star of the Week after five-point weekend

WOMEN'S HOCKEY (18-5-1, 12-5-1-1)
W, 2-0 at Bemidji State | Highlights
W, 3-1 at Bemidji State | Highlights

MEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING
W, 155-145 | Recap

WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING
W, 177-123 | Recap

TENNIS (2-0)
W, 7-0 vs. Marquette | Recap
W, 7-0 vs. Lindenwood

TRACK & FIELD
Seven titles at Simmons-Harvey Invitational | Recap

WRESTLING (5-2, 0-2)
L, 14-19 vs. #6 Nebraska | Recap

Michael Blockhus and Isaiah Salazar upset nation's third-ranked wrestlers

Gopher Coaches Shows

Fox9.com: Coach Johnson was a guest on Fox 9's Gopher Coaches Show on Monday night.
GopherSports.com: Gopher Hockey Weekly with Coach Motzko
GopherSports.com: Gopher Basketball Weekly with Coach Johnson

YouTube.com: Junior forward Dawson Garcia was featured on BTN's The Journey.

WCCOTV.com: WCCO TV visited Gymnastics practice last week ahead of the match against Iowa.

WCCOTV.com: Coach Amanda Gaines and senior Grace Kisch talked about the dance team's viral performance at last week's UDA Championships.

GopherSports.com: True freshman Aidan Jones will compete for Team USA at the 2024 World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Serbia in March.

GopherSports.com: Quarterback transfer Max Brosmer was the most recent guest on the Golden Gopher Podcast.

GopherSports.com: The third-annual Sophomore Summit was held in the Center of Excellence earlier this month.

StarTribune.com: Freshman Grace Grocholski has had an immediate impact on the court for Women's Basketball.

@BallySportsNOR: Women's Hockey sisters Josie and Peyton Hemp were featured on Bally Sports North. Earlier, Audrey and Madeline Wethington also appeared (Watch).

YouTube.com: PWHL standouts Taylor Heise and Grace Zumwinkle were featured on the Wild on 7th Podcast (36:00 mark).

GopherSports.com: Amanda Kessel and Noora Raty have been named to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's Top 25 Anniversary Team.

WCCORadio.com: Hockey's Carl Fish joined WCCO's Vineeta Sawkar to talk about NIL as a student-athlete.

GopherSports.com: Wrestling's "Freshman Focus" series continues with Princeton, Minn., native Tyler Wells.

@GopherSoftball: Catcher Taylor Krapf is rated No. 64 in D1Softball's Top 100 Players entering 2024. The season begins Friday, Feb. 9.

WCCOTV.com: Kylie Murr, along with alums Tori Dixon, Regan Pittman and Hannah Tapp, are part of the new professional volleyball league that begins competition today.

The Latest from the Minnesota Daily

Gophers in the NFL

Receiver Rashod Bateman and tackle Daniel Faalele will line up for Baltimore in Sunday's AFC Championship game against Kansas City
@GopherFootball: Houston's Blake Cashman had a sack of Lamar Jackson in its playoff game in Baltimore on Saturday.

Gophers in the NHL

@AnaheimDucks: Jackson LaCombe picked up his first NHL goal for Anaheim
@GopherHockey: Brock Faber's goal last night against Washington extended his point streak to five games
NHL.com: Nick Bjugstad and the Arizona Coyotes are working together to reward the reading habits of students in the area.

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