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Gopher Sports: News & Notes
8/20/2025 10:13:00 AM | Athletics
Catch up on all the latest news from Gopher Athletics from the past week.
SUNDAY
Soccer vs. Northern Illinois | 1PM | B1G+
MONDAY
#11 Volleyball vs. #9 Texas A&M | Sioux Falls, SD | 7:30PM | BTN
LAST WEEK
Soccer (1-1-0)
L, 1-3 vs. BYU | Highlights
W, 3-0 vs. St. Thomas | Highlights
GopherSports.com: #11 Volleyball opens its 2025 season on Monday in Sioux Falls, S.D., against #9 Texas A&M. The match will air live on BTN at 7:30PM.
GopherSports.com: Coach Cook, Stella Swenson and Zeynep Palabiyik previewed Monday's matchup.
GopherSports.com: Coach Fleck held his first press conference of the season ahead of next week's opener against Buffalo.
GopherSports.com: Coach Fleck also hosted the premiere episode of his weekly radio show on Monday.
GopherSports.com: The 2025 Gopher Football media guide is now available.
@FloWrestling: Sophomore All-American Max McEnelly has advanced to today's finals at the U20 World Championships in Bulgaria (Championship Site).
WCCOTV.com: Ahead of last week's season opener, WCCO had a Gopher Soccer season preview.
GopherSports.com: Softball announced the addition of Stephanie Lombardo as assistant coach and Morgan DeBord as Director of Operations.
GopherSports.com: Thirteen Gopher Gymnasts were named WCGA Scholastic All-American Award winners.
@MikeGrimm3: Mike Wierzbicki previewed all things Gopher Game Day at Huntington Bank Stadium in Mike Grimm's Go Gopher Podcast.
MNDaily.com: The Minnesota Daily highlighted Women's Basketball sisters Brynn and Tenley Senden and their family's long ties to Gopher Athletics.
GopherSports.com: Sophomore forward Niamya Holloway is finding inspiration from her brother who is battling type 1 diabetes.
GopherSports.com: Men's Basketball's "Get to Know" series continues with true freshman guard Max Lorenson.
@GopherMBB: New Men's Basketball assistant Brian Cooley was a guest on the Talk Gopher Hoops podcast.
@GopherFootball: Look back on week three of Football training camp.
ESPN.com: Gopher legend Bronko Nagurski was named to the Associated Press' all-time All-America first team.
@ShamsCharania: Former Gopher Amir Coffey signed a one-year deal with the Milwaukee Bucks.
WCCORadio.com: Assistant Director of Golf Adam Tilsner appeared on WCCO Radio to talk about the final season at Les Bolstad.
@LittleLeague: Former Gopher and current Mariners manager Dan Wilson threw out the first pitch at the Little League World Series.
@GopherSoccer: Check out Gopher Digital's 2025 Soccer intro video.
Gophers in the NFL:
- @MiamiDolphins: Rookie Ethan Robinson had the game-sealing interception for Miami.
- @NFL: Max Brosmer threw for 156 yards in the second half for the Vikings.
- @GopherFootball: Jack Gibbens forced a Viking fumble in New England's win.