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Gopher Sports: News & Notes
11/6/2024 9:20:00 AM | Athletics
Catch up on all the latest news from Gopher Athletics from the past week.
WEDNESDAY
- Men's Basketball vs. Oral Roberts | Season Opener | 7PM | B1G+ | Preview
- Tennis at ITF W15 | Lincoln, NE
THURSDAY
- #14 Volleyball vs. Washington | 7PM | B1G+ | Preview
FRIDAY
- Tennis at CSUN Fall Invite | Northridge, CA
- #23 Women's Swim & Dive vs. Iowa | 5PM | B1G+
- Women's Basketball vs. Vermont | 7PM | B1G+
- #3 Men's Hockey at Wisconsin | 7PM | B1G+
SATURDAY
- Tennis at CSUN Fall Invite | Northridge, CA
- #9 Wrestling at Mountaineer Invite/Bison Open
- Football at Rutgers | 11AM | NBC | Peacock
- #14 Volleyball vs. #12 Oregon | BTN | 3PM
- #3 Men's Hockey at Wisconsin | 6PM | B1G+
SUNDAY
- Tennis at CSUN Fall Invite | Northridge, CA
- Rowing at Rivanna Romp | Charlottesville, VA
MONDAY
- Tennis at CSUN Fall Invite | Northridge, CA
TUESDAY
- Men's Basketball vs. UMass Lowell | 7PM | B1G+
LAST WEEK
Women's Basketball
W, 89-48 vs. Central Connecticut State | Highlights
- Nebraska transfer Annika Stewart led Minnesota with 18 points in her debut.
Men's Cross Country
11th Place at Big Ten Championship | Recap
- Lucas Florsheim led Minnesota with a 34th-place finish.
Women's Cross Country
5th at Big Ten Championship | Recap
- Ali Weimer set a new school record during third-place showing.
Football (6-3, 4-2)
W, 25-17 at #24 Illinois | Highlights
- Dragan Kesich was honored by the Big Ten after 4-for-4 field goal performance.
- Minnesota has two victories over top 25 foes for the first time since 2000.
Men's Hockey (7-1-0, 2-0-0)
W, 3-1 vs. #18 Penn State | Highlights
W, 1-0 vs. #18 Penn State | Highlights
- @GopherHockey: Watch Jimmy Clark's gamewinner in the final minute on Saturday.
- @GopherHockey: Liam Souliere got mobbed after shutting out his former team.
Women's Hockey (8-3-1, 4-3-1)
W, 2-1 at Bemidji State | Highlights
W, 4-1 at Bemidji State | Highlights
Soccer (12-4-3, 6-3-2)
L, 0-1 vs. #22 Penn State | B1G Tournament | Recap
- The NCAA Selection Show will stream via NCAA.com on Monday at 3PM.
Men's Swimming & Diving
L, 142-158 at #23 Wisconsin
- Freshman Jacob Johnson broke his own school record in the 200 fly.
Women's Swim & Dive
L, 99-201 at #15 Wisconsin
- Vivi Del Angel swept the 1- and 3-meter diving competitions.
Tennis
at ITF W15 Tournament
- Anali Kocevar has advanced to today's main draw after two qualifying wins.
Volleyball (16-6, 8-3)
W, 3-0 at Michigan State | Highlights
W, 3-0 at Michigan | Highlights
GopherSports.com: Forward Khyah Harper became the third Gopher to be named Big Ten Forward of the Year as five earned Big Ten Soccer accolades.
Looking Ahead:
- GopherSports.com: Coach Johnson previewed Wednesday's opener.
- GopherSports.com: Coach Motzko held his weekly radio show Monday.
- GopherSports.com: Coach Fleck held his weekly press conference.
@GopherWrestling: With a pair of season-opening tournaments this weekend, Wrestling is rated ninth in the country by InterMat.
GopherSports.com: Before her third-place finish at the Big Ten Championships, Ali Weimer appeared on the Golden Gopher Podcast.
@Gopher_Rowing: Rowing welcomed home alums to unveil its newest boat: First Off the Dock.
Fox9.com: Watch this week's episode of the P.J. Fleck Show on Fox 9.
WCCORadio.com: Quarterback Max Brosmer appeared on WCCO Radio with Jason DeRusha last week.
GopherSports.com: Volleyball's Julia Hanson and Zeynep Palabiyik joined Phoebe Awoleye in the season debut of the Gopher Round Table.
WCCORadio.com: Derek Burns joined WCCO's Vineeta Sawkar to talk about Dinkytown Athletes' new match campaign.
GopherSports.com: Dawson Garcia was named to the Naismith Trophy watch list.
Fox9.com: Fox 9 spoke to guard Caleb Williams ahead of his DI debut tonight after transferring from Macalester.
@MikeGrimm3: Football's Aidan Gousby and Basketball's Parker Fox were guests on Mike Grimm's Go Gopher Podcast.
GopherSports.com: Mara Braun was mic'd up during a recent Women's Basketball practice.
@MNWild: Brock Faber is featured in the latest Minnesota Wild commercial.
Gophers in the NBA:
- Under former Gopher JB Bickerstaff, the Detroit Pistons have three wins this season after needing 32 games to reach that total a year ago.
- @LAClippers: Amir Coffey spoke to KTLA after pouring in a season-high 21 points in the Clippers' win against the Spurs on Monday.
Gophers in the NFL:
- @NFL: Tyler Johnson had a key catch on the Rams' game-winning overtime drive.
- @GopherFootball: Terrell Smith had the pass breakup against Kyler Murray.
- @GopherFootball: Jack Gibbens collected the big hit for the Titans.
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