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Gopher Sports: News & Notes
8/28/2024 9:46:00 AM | Athletics
Catch up on all the latest news from Gopher Athletics from the past week.
THURSDAY
- Soccer at Milwaukee | 7PM | ESPN+
- Football vs. North Carolina | 7PM | FOX | Preview | Game Day Central
FRIDAY
- Cross Country Hosts Oz Memorial | Les Bolstad Golf Course | 6PM
SUNDAY
- Soccer at Marquette | 1PM | FloSports
- #18 Volleyball vs. #5 Stanford | 2PM | Milwaukee, WI | FS1
MONDAY
- Women's Golf at Boilermaker Classic
- #17 Volleyball vs. #1 Texas | 6:30PM | Milwaukee, WI | FS1
TUESDAY
- Women's Golf at Boilermaker Classic
LAST WEEK
Soccer (2-0-0)
W, 4-1 at St. Thomas | Highlights
- Khyah Harper was named B1G Player of the Week after three-goal, one-assist performance.
GopherSports.com: Erin Reidy and Emmet Anderson have been named Big Ten runners to watch ahead of the team's season opener on Friday night at Les Bolstad.
@MikeGrimm3: Coach Cook was a guest on Mike Grimm's Go Gopher Podcast as Volleyball opens up the year against No. 5 Stanford and No. 1 Texas.
@GopherVBall: Volleyball heads to the State Fair today and is scheduled to be on Twin Cities Live on KSTP at 4PM and Kare 11 news at 5PM.
GopherSports.com: Football unveiled new initiatives and enhancements at Huntington Bank Stadium as the season kicks off Thursday night against North Carolina.
StarTribune.com: The Star Tribune profiled new defensive coordinator Corey Hetherman.
KSTP.com: Coach Fleck and his players talked with the media while out at the State Fair last week.
KSTP.com: Mark Coyle spoke about a variety of topics with Darren Wolfson from KSTP.
KFAN.com: Coach Plitzuweit was a guest on KFAN with Dan Barreiro yesterday at the fair.
GopherSports.com: Men's Basketball unveiled its full non-conference schedule highlighted by the ESPN Events Invitational in Florida.
YouTube.com: Assistant coach Jason Kemp was a guest on Stephen Bardo's podcast to preview the season.
Kare11.com: Lu'Cye Patterson and his father talked with Kare 11 about his decision to transfer home for the basketball season.
@GopherWrestling: The Big Ten unveiled league opponents for the 2024-25 Wrestling season.
GopherSports.com: Former Gopher great Dan Wilson has been named manager of the Seattle Mariners.
GopherSports.com: Alum Ben Warian has received a sponsors' exemption for this week's CRMC Championship in Brainerd.
GopherSports.com: Bryce Brodzinski signed his first professional contract with the affiliate of the Los Angeles Kings.
@B1GVolleyball: Volleyball played 'Guess the Gold'.
@GopherWGym: Gymnastics spent Monday at the State Fair.
ESPN.com: Antoine Winfield Jr. is rated No. 46 on ESPN's Top 100 NFL players list entering the season.
The Latest from Gopher Digital:
- Volleyball Scrimmage Highlights
- Get to Know WBB Freshmen Tori McKinney and McKenna Johnson
- Gopher Football Food Truck Night
- Get to Know MBB Newcomer Tyler Cochran
- Men's Basketball Summer Testing
Fox9.com: Former Gopher long-snapper Casey O'Brien announced on social media he is batting cancer for the eighth time. He has set up a GoFundMe site to support his treatment. He also spoke with WCCO's Chad Hartman yesterday (Listen).