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Gopher Sports: News & Notes
2/21/2024 9:55:00 AM | Athletics
Catch up on all the latest news from Gopher Athletics from the past week.
WEDNESDAY
- Women's Swimming & Diving at B1G Championships | West Lafayette, IN | 4PM | B1G+
THURSDAY
- Women's Swimming & Diving at B1G Championships | West Lafayette, IN | 9AM | B1G+
- Men's Basketball vs. Ohio State | 7PM | BTN
FRIDAY
- Women's Swimming & Diving at B1G Championships | West Lafayette, IN | 9AM | B1G+
- #23 Women's Track & Field at B1G Championships | Geneva, OH | 9:30AM | B1G+
- Softball vs. Texas Tech | Denton, TX | 2PM
- Tennis at Memphis | 3PM
- Baseball vs. Minnesota Twins | Fort Myers, FL | 5PM
- #15 Gymnastics at Big Five Meet | University Park, PA | 5PM | BTN
- #4 Women's Hockey vs. #8 UMD | 6PM | B1G+
- Softball at North Texas | 7PM
SATURDAY
- Women's Swimming & Diving at B1G Championships | West Lafayette, IN | 9AM | B1G+
- #23 Women's Track & Field at B1G Championships | Geneva, OH | 10AM | B1G+
- Baseball vs. Northeastern | Fort Myers, FL | 11AM
- Softball vs. Texas Tech | Denton, TX | 11:30AM
- Tennis vs. Utah | Memphis, TN | 1PM
- #4 Women's Hockey vs. #8 UMD | 2PM | B1G+
- Softball vs. Stephen F. Austin | Denton, TX | 2PM
- Women's Basketball at Nebraska | 4PM | B1G+
SUNDAY
- Women's Golf at Westbrook Invitational | Peoria, AZ
- Softball vs. New Mexico | Denton, TX | 9AM
- Baseball vs. Northeastern | Fort Myers, FL | 12PM
- Men's Basketball at Nebraska | 5:30PM | BTN
MONDAY
- Women's Golf at Westbrook Invitational | Peoria, AZ
Composite Schedule: Links to Follow/Watch
RECENT RESULTS
BASEBALL (2-2)
W, 8-7 (12) vs. CSU Bakersfield | Highlights
L, 4-6 vs. #7 Oregon State
W, 11-2 vs. New Mexico | Highlights
L, 1-6 vs. #7 Oregon State
MEN'S BASKETBALL (16-9, 7-7)
L, 76-84 at #2 Purdue | Highlights
W, 81-70 vs. Rutgers | Highlights
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (15-11, 5-10)
W, 88-63 vs. Northwestern | Highlights
L, 56-67 vs. Wisconsin | Highlights
- Grace Grocholski was named B1G Freshman of the Week after averaging 25 points in two games
GYMNASTICS (8-1, 4-1)
W, 196.950-196.850 at #27 Illinois | Recap
- Watch: Mya Hooten earned a 9.975 on floor
MEN'S HOCKEY (19-8-5, 12-6-4-1)
L, 1-6 at Notre Dame
W, 3-2 (ot) at Notre Dame | Highlights
- Watch: Jimmy Snuggerud's OT gamewinner
WOMEN'S HOCKEY (24-7-1, 18-7-1-2)
L, 3-4 (ot) at #2 Wisconsin | Highlights
L, 0-4 at #2 Wisconsin
SOFTBALL (4-3)
L, 4-12 vs. #5 Washington
W, 12-11 vs. Georgia Tech | Recap
- Piper Ritter earned her 100th career win on Saturday
TENNIS (7-1)
L, 2-5 vs. Oregon
W, 5-2 at Boise State | Recap
TRACK & FIELD
Hosts the Snowshoe Open | Recap
- Watch: Freshman Annie Nabwe had the third-best weight throw mark in school history
WRESTLING (11-2, 6-2)
W, 28-12 vs. Wisconsin | Highlights
- Watch: Patrick McKee pinned the No. 3 ranked wrestler in final home dual
Gopher Coaches Shows
- Fox9.com: Coach Plitzuweit was the 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: Men's Basketball student manager Drew Evenson was featured on BTN's The Journey after he recently completed cancer treatment.
GopherSports.com: Take a look at week two of Gopher Athletics' celebration of Black History Month.
GopherSports.com: Wrestling's Isaiah Salazar and Vance VomBauer were the latest guests on the Gopher Round Table.
@B1GWrestling: Assistant Coach Trevor Brandvold was mic'd up during Patrick McKee's pin of No. 3 Eric Barnett.
GopherSports.com: Sophomore forward Jimmy Snuggerud was mic'd up during a recent Men's Hockey practice.
WCCOTV.com: Heading in to the final week of the regular season, goaltender Skylar Vetter was featured on WCCO TV.
GopherSports.com: Connor Wietgrefe, Brady Counsell and Weber Neels were named 2024 Big Ten "Players to Watch" ahead of the 2024 Baseball season.
GopherSports.com: Lydia Grote, Mckenna Wucherer and Stella Swenson will be attending the USA Volleyball Women's National Team Open Program tryouts.
GopherSports.com: The Big Ten announced conference matchups for the 2024 Volleyball season.
GopherSports.com: Volleyball's "Gopher Spotlight" series continues with Istanbul, Turkey native Zeynep Palabiyik.
@GopherFootball: Football continues its "Meet the Newcomers" series with Drake Lindsay (Watch), Fame Ijeboi (Watch) and Sam Macy (Watch).
Awards Watch:
- Gymnastics: Gerdes, Hooten Named AAI Award Nominees
- Men's Hockey: Close Named a Richter Award Semifinalist
- Women's Hockey: League-Best 20 Earn WCHA All-Academic
@MidcoSports: After covering him during his career at Northern State, Midco Sports caught up with Gopher forward Parker Fox.
People.com: Former Gopher quarterback Cole Kramer and his recent wedding were featured by People Magazine.
On This Date:
- Feb. 21, 2016: Rachel Banham became the Big Ten's all-time leading scorer after scoring 52 points against Michigan State. She currently ranks third behind Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell.
- Feb. 21, 2015: Women's Swimming & Diving became the first Gopher women's program to win four straight Big Ten Championships.
Gophers in the NHL:
- @ArizonaCoyotes: Nick Bjugstad scored twice on Monday
- @MapleLeafs: Matthew Knies with the highlight goal for Toronto
- @GopherHockey: Logan Cooley scored against the Wild last week
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