Gopher Sports: News & Notes

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

WEDNESDAY

Women's Basketball vs. Rutgers | 7PM | B1G+

FRIDAY

Women's Track & Field at Leonard Hilton Memorial Invite | Houston, TX
Swim & Dive at Arizona State | 3PM
#3 Men's Hockey at #11 Ohio State | 4PM | B1G+
Men's Basketball at Wisconsin | 6PM | Peacock
#3 Women's Hockey vs. St. Thomas | 6PM | B1G+

SATURDAY

#3 Women's Hockey vs. St. Thomas | 2PM | Fox 9+ | B1G+
#7 Wrestling at #4 Nebraska | 3:30PM | BTN
#24 Gymnastics at #31 New Hampshire | 5PM | YouTube
#3 Men's Hockey at #11 Ohio State | 5:30PM | BTN

MONDAY

Men's Basketball at Maryland | 5:30PM | BTN

TUESDAY

Women's Basketball at #8 Maryland | 6PM | BTN

LAST WEEK

Men's Basketball (8-7, 0-4)
L, 61-81 vs. #20 Purdue | Highlights
L, 88-89 (2OT) vs. Ohio State | Highlights

Women's Basketball (15-1, 3-1)
W, 68-61 vs. Illinois | Highlights

@GopherWBB: Coach Plitzuweit earned her 400th career win on Sunday

Football (8-5, 5-4)
W, 24-10 vs. Virginia Tech | Highlights

Minnesota extended its Big Ten record bowl win streak to eight games

Gymnastics (1-0)
W, 194.450-193.400 vs. Central Michigan | Highlights

@GopherWGym: Ava Stewart won the beam in her collegiate debut

Men's Hockey (17-3-2, 8-1-1)
W, 6-2 vs. Mercyhurst | Highlights
W, 5-2 vs. Mercyhurst | Highlights

Women's Hockey (15-5-1, 9-4-1)
W, 4-1 vs. Bemidji State | Highlights
W, 9-1 vs. Brown | Highlights
L, 2-6 vs. #11 Penn State

GopherSports.com: Coach Fleck took part in the ceremonial mayo bath following the 24-10 win against Virginia Tech in the Duke's Mayo Bowl.

GopherSports.com: Before heading to Orlando next week for nationals, the Spirit Squad will host a pair of events this weekend at Williams Arena and Maturi Pavilion.

WCCOTV.com: Eight freshmen from the Dance Team talked with WCCO about the pressure of joining a program that has won 22 national titles since 2003.

Fox9.com: Coach Plitzuweit talked about the team's 15-1 start and the week ahead on last night's Gopher Coaches Show.

GopherSports.com: Coach Johnson previewed this weekend's road trip to Wisconsin and Maryland during his weekly radio show.

GopherSports.com: Coach Motzko talked about his team's trip to Columbus to face No. 11 Ohio State during his weekly radio show.

GopherSports.com: Tennis announced its 2025 spring schedule, which begins in Florida next week.

GopherSports.com: Junior Aiva Schmitz has been named to the Big Ten Tennis players to watch list ahead of the spring season.

GopherSports.com: Oliver Moore, Brodie Ziemer and Coach Steve Miller helped Team USA win gold at the World Juniors in Ottawa on Sunday.

@MNSportsEvents: Watch the ceremonial puck pass video from the World Juniors in Ottawa to next year's event in Minnesota.

YouTube.com: Team Canada highlighted Gopher freshman Chloe Primerano while she is competing in the U18 Women's Worlds.

GopherSports.com: Senior catcher Taylor Krapf has been named to Softball America's preseason Top 100 list. Minnesota opens its season on February 7.

Honors Watch:

Women's Hockey: Murphy Awarded HCA National Player of the Month
Women's Hockey: Murphy, Primerano Named December WCHA Players of the Month
Women's Hockey: Morrow Named WCHA Defender of the Week
Gymnastics: Ava Stewart Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week
Women's Basketball: McKinney Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week

GopherSports.com: Danny Striggow and Quinn Carroll will compete in the Hula Bowl at 11AM on Saturday on CBS Sports Network.

GopherSports.com: Check out this year's Gymnastics season intro video.

GopherSports.com: Wrestling's "Know a Newcomer" series continues with Cascade, Wis., native Silas Dailey.

@B1GMBBall: Parker Fox had the impressive throwdown against Ohio State on Monday night.

@NBAGLeague: Cam Christie picked up his second straight 30-point performance for the San Diego Clippers in the G League.

@NBA: The Clippers' Amir Coffey had the two-handed slam on Monday night in his return to Minnesota.

Gophers in the NHL:

@GopherHockey: Matthew Knies earned his first career hat trick for the Maple Leafs.
@NHLPA: Brock Faber looked back at photos from his hockey journey to the Wild.

Gophers in the NFL:

@GopherFootball: Tyler Johnson caught a fourth-quarter score for the Rams
@GopherFootball: Jordan Howden had the interception in the Saints' near upset in Tampa
@GopherFootball: Eric Murray picked up the tackle for loss for Houston
@Ravens: The Ravens' Rashod Bateman finished ninth in the NFL with nine receiving TDs
@Ravens: Coach Harbaugh highlighted Daniel Faalele after the lineman was named a Pro Bowl alternate

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