Check out all the latest news from Gopher Athletics from the past week.
Wednesday
Women’s Basketball vs. Jackson State | 7:00 PM | B1G+ | Preview
Friday
Men’s Hockey No. 1 vs. No. 3 Michigan State | 7:30 p.m. | BTN
Saturday
Men’s Hockey No. 1 vs. No. 3 Michigan State | 5:00 p.m. | Fox 9+ | B1G+
last week
Men’s Basketball (6-5, 0-2)
L, 72-90 vs. Michigan State | Highlights
L, 67-82 Indiana | Highlights
Women’s Basketball (10-1, 0-1)
L, 65-84 at #25 Nebraska | Highlights
Men’s Hockey (15-2-1, 8-0-0)
W, 6-0 vs #6 Michigan | Highlights
W, 2-0 vs #6 Michigan | Highlights
GopherSports.com: Nathan Airey named B1G Second Star of the Week after Friday’s shutout Michigan’s first consecutive shutouts since 1943
Women’s Hockey (13-4-1, 9-4-1)
W, 5-0 at St. Thomas | Highlights
W, 6-2 St. Thomas | Highlights
Swim & Dive
Hosting the Minnesota Invitational | Summary
Freshman Jacob Johnson broke his own school record in the 200 fly.
athletics stadium
M City Classic held | Summary
Minnesota had two top-10 program marks and 19 wins.
Volleyball (21-11, 13-7)
W, 3-1 vs. Western Kentucky | Highlights
L, 1-3 at Kentucky | Highlights
Wrestling (4-0)
1st Place in Cougar Classic | Summary
Minnesota won eight of the 10 individual titles.
GopherSports.com: Football will look to establish the nation’s longest bowl winning streak on Friday, Jan. 3, when it takes on Virginia Tech in the Dukes-Mayo Bowl.
WCCORadio.com: Duke’s Mayo Bowl Executive Director Danny Morrison was a guest on WCCO Radio Monday morning.
Weekly preview:
GopherSports.com: Defending league weight throw champion Anthonette Nabwe has been named the Big Ten Athlete to Watch for the indoor track and field season.
GopherSports.com: Gymnastics was rated No. 18 in the WCGA preseason poll ahead of next week’s scrimmage at Maturi Pavilion.
@GopherHockey: The men’s hockey team unveiled new jerseys ahead of this week’s top-three showdown with Michigan State.
GopherSports.com: The Gopher quartet of Lydia Groat, Julia Hanson, Melani Schaffmaster and Phoebe Awory earned All-Big Ten volleyball honors.
GopherSports.com: Four Gophers also earned AVCA all-region honors.
GopherSports.com: Senior Kaia Harper becomes Minnesota’s first All-American since earning United Soccer Coaches second-team honors in 2018.
GopherSports.com: Football introduced a 21-man recruiting class a week ago.
GopherSports.com: Tackle Aironte Arcelly and safety Koy Perich were named first-team AP All-Big Ten.
GopherSports.com: Perich was also named a finalist for the Sean Alexander Freshman of the Year Award.
@MikeGrimm3: Coach Plitzuweit was a guest on Mike Grimm’s Go Gopher podcast last week.
WCCORadio.com: University President Dr. Rebecca Cunningham reflected on her first six months during an appearance on WCCO Radio on Sunday.
WCCOTV.com: Former Gopher standout Mira Jarosuo is in her second season as an assistant coach with the PWHL’s Minnesota Frost.
@GopherVBall: Zeynep Palabiyik appeared in SportCenter’s Top 10 during last week’s NCAA Tournament.
WCCORadio.com: Blue Plate Group owner Steph Shimp talks about the NIL contracts he signed with Jason DeRusha and quarterback Max Brosmer.
@LAClippers: Cam Christie made his NBA debut with the Clippers last week.
WCCORadio.com: NCAA champion and Olympic medalist Sarah Bacon talks with WCCO’s Jason DeRusha about her work with Second Harvest Heartland.
WCCORadio.com: Soccer assistant Winston Delatiboudere III spoke about bowl games and recruiting on WCCO’s The Huddle Sunday morning.
@GopherFootball: Paul Bunyan’s Ax updated in Minnesota’s 24-7 win.
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