Catch up on all the latest news from Gopher Athletics from the past week.
THURSDAY
Men’s Basketball vs. Macalester (Exhibition) | 7PM | B1G+ | Preview
- First meeting since 1922
FRIDAY
Tennis at Drake Bulldog Classic | Des Moines, IA
- Final event of Minnesota’s fall schedule
Swimming & Diving vs. Wisconsin | 5PM | B1G+
- Annual Pack the Pool event
Volleyball at Ohio State | Columbus, OH | 5:30PM | BTN
- Minnesota has won six straight in Columbus
#4 Women’s Hockey vs. Minnesota State | 6PM | B1G+
- Gophers won all four meetings a year ago
#6 Men’s Hockey vs. #14 UMD | 7PM | Fox 9+ | B1G+
- First meeting since October 2021
SATURDAY
Tennis at Drake Bulldog Classic | Des Moines, IA
Football vs. Illinois | 2:30PM
- Saturday is the 100th game at Huntington Bank Stadium
- Minnesota is one of four teams in first place in the B1G West
#4 Women’s Hockey at Minnesota State | Mankato, MN | 3PM | Fox 9+ | B1G+
#6 Men’s Hockey at #14 UMD | Duluth, MN | 7PM | Fox 9+
SUNDAY
Tennis at Drake Bulldog Classic | Des Moines, IA
Volleyball at Northwestern | Evanston, IL | 1PM | B1G+
MONDAY
Men’s Basketball vs. Bethune Cookman | 7PM | B1G+
- Season opener
RECENT RESULTS
MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
9th Place at Big Ten Championships
- Eli Hoeft led Minnesota with career-best 47th place finish
- NCAA Regionals set for November 10
WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
9th place at Big Ten Championships
- Brianne Brewster paced Gophers with 28th place finish
- NCAA Regionals set for November 10
FOOTBALL (5-3, 3-2)
W, 27-12 vs. Michigan State | Highlights
MEN’S HOCKEY (3-3-0, 0-2-0)
L, 2-5 vs. #14 Wisconsin
L, 2-3 vs. #14 Wisconsin
WOMEN’S HOCKEY (5-2-0, 3-2-0)
L, 3-4 at #2 Ohio State | Highlights
L, 5-6 at #2 Ohio State | Highlights
MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING
W, 245-55 vs. St. Thomas; W, 230-68 vs. SDSU
- Davide Harabagiu has won back-to-back B1G Freshman of the Week honors
WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING
W, 246-53 vs. St. Thomas; W, 243-57 vs. SDSU
VOLLEYBALL (10-10, 6-6)
L, 0-3 at # 16 Purdue
L, 0-3 at #2 Wisconsin
- Match drew 1.659m viewers on FOX – the most watched collegiate match in history
GopherSports.com: Coach Fleck met the media on Monday to preview Saturday’s game against Illinois.
Fox9.com: Watch last night’s episode of The P.J. Fleck Show on Fox 9.
YouTube.com: Coach Cook and Kylie Murr previewed Volleyball’s road trip to Ohio State and Northwestern.
GopherSports.com: Soccer’s Sophia Boman and Megan Nemec were named to the All-Big Ten Third Team while Kate Childers earned Big Ten All-Freshman Team honors.
GopherSports.com: Dawson Garcia has been named a preseason finalist for Basketball Hall of Fame’s Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award.
GopherSports.com: The 2023-24 Men’s Basketball media guide is now available.
GopherSports.com: Take a look back at 40-plus years of Men’s Basketball media guide covers.
YouTube.com: Ahead of next Wednesday’s season opener, Women’s Basketball met the media yesterday.
GopherSports.com: Volleyball PA announcer Mike Kapsch will assume the same duties for Women’s Basketball.
@GopherWrestling: With its season opener 10 days away, Wrestling is ranked No. 14 in the NWCA preseason coaches poll.
GopherSports.com: Former Gopher and current KFAN contributor Tommy Olson was a guest on the Golden Gopher Podcast.
GopherSports.com: Women’s Hockey visited the Coon Rapids Ice Center as part of Rink Roots presented by PNC Bank.
@GopherWBB: Women’s Basketball held an open practice for the Barnyard, band and spirit squads.
YouTube.com: Golfers Ben Warian and Jacob Pedersen were guests on the 2nd Swing Podcast.
ESPN.com: ESPN took a deep dive on gender equity when it came to Power 5 schools’ social posts among men’s and women’s programs.
Gophers in the NBA
- Amir Coffey is in his fifth season with the Clippers
- JB Bickerstaff is in his fourth season as head coach of the Cavaliers
- Ryan Saunders is in his second season as assistant coach with the Nuggets
- Bobby Jackson is in his first season as assistant coach with the Sixers
Gophers in the NFL
- @GopherFootball: Seattle’s Boye Mafe has a sack in five consecutive games
- @GopherFootball: Mafe was interviewed on “The Insiders” on NFL Network
- @Buccaneers: Antoine Winfield Jr.’s tip led to a Tampa Bay interception against Buffalo
- Houston’s Blake Cashman was named AFC Defensive Player of the Week last week
- De’Vondre Campbell had a team-best 14 tackles in Green Bay’s loss on Sunday
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