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Gopher Sports: News & Notes

5/14/2025 9:56:00 AM | Athletics

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


THURSDAY

  • Baseball at Michigan State | 5PM | B1G+

FRIDAY

  • Track & Field at B1G Championships | Eugene, OR | 2PM | B1G+
  • Baseball at Michigan State | 5PM | B1G+

SATURDAY

  • Rowing at B1G Championships | Indianapolis, IN | 8AM | B1G+
  • Track & Field at B1G Championships | Eugene, OR | 11:30AM | B1G+
  • Baseball at Michigan State | 12PM | B1G+

SUNDAY

  • Rowing at B1G Championships | Indianapolis, IN | 8AM | BTN
  • Track & Field at B1G Championships | Eugene, OR | 12PM | BTN

LAST WEEK

Baseball (22-27, 8-19)
L, 2-8 vs. Maryland
L, 5-8 vs. Maryland
L, 10-11 vs. Maryland

  • GopherSports.com: Minnesota hit back-to-back home runs and three total in a six-run sixth on Sunday

BigTen.org: Rowing heads to Indianapolis for the 2025 B1G Championships on Saturday and Sunday. Racing begins at 8AM both days with Sunday's action airing live on BTN.

BigTen.org: The Big Ten Track & Field Championships will be held in Eugene, Ore., for the first time. The meet runs Friday through Sunday with BTN providing final day coverage beginning at Noon.

GopherSports.com: During Football's bye week, Huntington Bank Stadium will host the 40th anniversary of Farm Aid on Saturday, September 20.

GopherSports.com: Pitcher Sydney Schwartz has been named to the Big Ten All-Defensive team.

YouTube.com: A Gopher game day at Jane Sage Cowles Stadium was featured in BTN's At the Plate series.

GopherSports.com: Junior Isabella McCauley will compete with Team USA in the prestigious Arnold Palmer Cup next month in South Carolina. 

GopherSports.com: Isabella and her sister Reese were featured in the latest episode of Minnesota Made.

Roster News:

WCCORadio.com: Dr. Rebecca Cunningham reflected on her first year as University President with WCCO's Vineeta Sawkar.

GopherSports.com: All-American forward Abbey Murphy announced her return for the 2025-26 Women's Hockey season.

GopherSports.com: Mia Liepert, Sofia Pinto, and Aiva Schmitz earned CSC Academic All-District Tennis honors.

@GopherCCTF: Angelos Mantzouranis (Watch) and Kostas Zaltos (Watch) broke down their top hammer throw attempts from the season.

GopherSports.com: Mantzouranis has been recognized on the Men's Pre-Outdoor Conference Championships Watch List for The Bowerman.

GopherSports.com: Volleyball has announced its 2025 non-conference schedule which kicks off on Monday, Aug. 25 against Texas A&M.

GopherSports.com: Four-time All-American Stephanie Samedy has been named to Team USA's roster for the 2025 Volleyball Nation's League.

@GopherVBall: Recent alums Lydia Grote and Melani Shaffmaster helped lead the Orlando Valkyries to the Pro Volleyball Federation title.

GopherSports.com: Baseball honored its seniors during the final Siebert Field series last weekend.

@GopherWHockey: Lee Stecklein has three goals and three assists as the Minnesota Frost have a 2-1 series lead against Toronto in the PWHL playoffs. Game four is tonight. Stecklein's first goal made ESPN's Top Plays.

YouTube.com: Long-time Gopher Hockey play-by-play announcer Frank Mazzocco was a guest on the When the Game Ends podcast.

@TalkGopherBuckets: Coach Medved was a guest on the Talk Gopher Buckets podcast.

@GopherFootball: NFL Draft expert Todd McShay shared his thoughts on Houston Texans undrafted free agent Daniel Jackson.

@MikeGrimm3: Former Gopher and NFL tight end Ben Utecht appeared on Mike Grimm's Go Gopher Podcast.

Fox9.com: Fox 9 profiled former Gopher fullback Stan Kosta, who is credited with being the reason for the formation of the NFL Draft.

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