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Gopher Sports: News & Notes
12/11/2024 9:48:00 AM | Athletics
Catch up on all the latest news from Gopher Athletics from the past week.
WEDNESDAY
- Women's Basketball vs. Jackson State | 7PM | B1G+ | Preview
FRIDAY
- #1 Men's Hockey vs. #3 Michigan State | 7:30PM | BTN
SATURDAY
- #1 Men's Hockey vs. #3 Michigan State | 5PM | Fox 9+ | B1G+
LAST WEEK
Men's Basketball (6-5, 0-2)
L, 72-90 vs. Michigan State | Highlights
L, 67-82 at Indiana | Highlights
Women's Basketball (10-1, 0-1)
L, 65-84 at #25 Nebraska | Highlights
Men's Hockey (15-2-1, 8-0-0)
W, 6-0 vs. #6 Michigan | Highlights
W, 2-0 vs. #6 Michigan | Highlights
- GopherSports.com: Nathan Airey was named B1G Second Star of the Week after Friday's shutout
- First back-to-back shutouts of Michigan since 1943
Women's Hockey (13-4-1, 9-4-1)
W, 5-0 at St. Thomas | Highlights
W, 6-2 at St. Thomas | Highlights
- GopherSports.com: Abbey Murphy and Chloe Primerano earned WCHA weekly honors
Swim & Dive
Hosts Minnesota Invitational | Recap
- Freshman Jacob Johnson broke his own school record in the 200 fly
Track & Field
Hosts M City Classic | Recap
- Minnesota had two program top 10 marks and 19 victories
Volleyball (21-11, 13-7)
W, 3-1 vs. Western Kentucky | Highlights
L, 1-3 at Kentucky | Highlights
Wrestling (4-0)
First place at Cougar Classic | Recap
- Minnesota claimed eight of the 10 individual titles
GopherSports.com: Football will take the nation's longest bowl win streak into its matchup against Virginia Tech on Friday, January 3 in the Duke's Mayo Bowl.
WCCORadio.com: Danny Morrison, the Executive Director of the Duke's Mayo Bowl, was a guest on WCCO Radio on Monday morning.
Weekly Previews:
GopherSports.com: Defending league weight throw champion Anthonett Nabwe was named a Big Ten Athlete to Watch for the indoor track & field season.
GopherSports.com: Gymnastics is rated No. 18 in the WCGA preseason poll ahead of next week's scrimmage at Maturi Pavilion.
@GopherHockey: Men's Hockey unveiled new jerseys ahead of this week's top-three matchup with Michigan State.
GopherSports.com: A quartet of Gophers - Lydia Grote, Julia Hanson, Melani Shaffmaster and Phoebe Awoleye – earned All-Big Ten Volleyball honors.
GopherSports.com: The four Gophers also collected AVCA all-region accolades.
GopherSports.com: Senior Khyah Harper became Minnesota's first All-American since 2018 when she earned United Soccer Coaches second-team honors.
GopherSports.com: Football introduced its 21-player recruiting class a week ago.
GopherSports.com: Tackle Aireontae Ersery and safety Koi Perich were named first-team AP All-Big Ten.
GopherSports.com: Perich was also named a finalist for the Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Award.
@MikeGrimm3: Coach Plitzuweit was a guest on Mike Grimm's Go Gopher Podcast last week.
WCCORadio.com: University President Dr. Rebecca Cunningham reflected on her first six months during an appearance on WCCO Radio on Sunday.
WCCOTV.com: Former Gopher standout Mira Jalosuo is in her second season as assistant coach with the Minnesota Frost in the PWHL.
@GopherVBall: Zeynep Palabiyik appeared on SportCenter's Top 10 during last week's NCAA Tournament.
WCCORadio.com: Blue Plate Group owner Steph Shimp talked with Jason DeRusha about the NIL deal she struck with quarterback Max Brosmer.
@LAClippers: Cam Christie made his NBA debut last week for the Clippers.
WCCORadio.com: NCAA Champion and Olympic medalist Sarah Bacon chatted with WCCO's Jason DeRusha about her work with Second Harvest Heartland.
WCCORadio.com: Football assistant Winston DeLattiboudere III talked bowl game and recruiting on The Huddle on WCCO on Sunday morning.
@GopherFootball: Paul Bunyan's Axe was updated with Minnesota's 24-7 win.
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