Check out all the latest news from Gopher Athletics from the past week.
Wednesday
- Softball vs. Wisconsin (DH) | 3:00 PM | BTN
- Baseball vs. South Dakota State | 6pm | B1G+
Thursday
- Mia Hooten at NCAA Gymnastics Championships | 8pm | ESPN2
Friday
- Rowing at the B1G Invitational | Sarasota, Florida
- Big Ten Championship Women's Golf | Havre de Grace, Maryland
- Tennis in Maryland | 2 p.m.
- Softball vs. Rutgers | 5pm | B1G+
- Baseball vs. Indiana | 6pm | B1G+
Saturday
- Rowing at the B1G Invitational | Sarasota, Florida
- Big Ten Championship Women's Golf | Havre de Grace, Maryland
- Track and Field at Alumni Gold | Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Invitation to Horst Track and Field | St. Paul, Minnesota
- Volleyball vs. Illinois | Waterloo, Wisconsin | 1:00 p.m.
- Softball vs. Rutgers | 1:00 PM | B1G+
- Baseball vs. Indiana | 2pm | B1G+
Sunday
- Big Ten Championship Women's Golf | Havre de Grace, Maryland
- Tennis at Rutgers | 11am
- Softball vs. Rutgers | 12pm | B1G+
- Baseball vs. Indiana | 1:00 PM | B1G+
Tuesday
- Baseball vs St. Thomas | 6:30pm | B1G+
recent results
Baseball (14-16, 3-6)
L, 1-8 Michigan
W, 8-3 Michigan | highlight
L, 3-10 Michigan
mens golf
1st place at High Meadows Intercollegiate | summary
- Ben Wallian finished the third round at -15 and earned medalist honors.
women's golf
7th place at Buckeye Invitational | summary
- Isabella McCauley led Minnesota in a tie for 14th place.
rowing
2 wins in Kansas Double Duel | summary
Softball (21-18, 7-5)
L, 3-5 Indiana
L, 2-15 (5) Indiana
L, 4-5 Indiana
Tennis (11-10, 4-5)
W, 4-2 vs. Michigan State | summary
L, 1-6 vs #2 Michigan | summary
- clock: Freshman Mia Liepert earned a win against the Spartans on Friday.
track & field
At the Bethel Invitational
At the Brian Clay Invitational | summary
GopherSports.com: Maia Hooten will compete on vault at the NCAA Gymnastics Championships in Fort Worth on Thursday. Watch live on ESPN2 starting at 8 p.m.
@gopherWGym: Gymnastics finished the year in 12th place, the best in the Big Ten in the country.
GopherSports.com: Don't miss the special feature on Jon Anderson in BTN's “At The Plate” series.
NACDA.com: Gopher Athletics moves up to No. 28 in the latest Learfield Doctor's Cup standings.
@GopherWockey: At the 2024 IIHF Women's World Championship, Abby Murphy and three alumni won silver medals, and Neri Laitinen helped Finland win bronze.
hockeynews.com: Another Gopher, Josephine Buven, also represented Sweden at the World Championship and was featured in Hockey News.
GopherSports.com: The volleyball player will travel to Europe next month for 12 days in Turkey, Slovenia and Italy.
GopherSports.com: Game times for the September women's college volleyball showcase have been announced. Minnesota, Wisconsin, Stanford and Texas will be participating in this event.
MNDaily.com: Alex Karwowski of the Minnesota Daily writes about Vance Vombauer and his rise from the 26th seed to an All-American at the NCAA Wrestling Championships.
Fox9.com: Coach Fleck met with the media Tuesday at the end of spring practice.
Academic news:
- football: Football ranked 11th in the NFF Hampshire Honor Society.
- wrestling: Minnesota named NWCA Team Scholar All-America
Roster news:
GopherSports.com: Men's hockey will face Denver in the 2025 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame Game over Thanksgiving weekend.
@MikeGrimm3: Hockey broadcaster Frank Mazzocco was a guest on Mike Grimm's Go Gopher Podcast.
@MLBPipeline: After allowing just one run against the Braves on Saturday, Marlins forward Max Meyer improved to 2-0 with a 2.12 ERA. He was then given an option to Triple-A to help manage his workload as he returns from injury.
@gopher_tennis: International tennis athletes try to pronounce the names of several Minnesota cities.
ESPN.com: Former Gopher Eric van Rooyen qualified for the Masters for the first time in three tries. He is scheduled to tee off at RBC Heritage tomorrow at 7:35 a.m.
GopherSports.com: Parker Fox spoke with Justin Gard about his decision to return for the 2024-25 basketball season on the latest episode of the Golden Gopher Podcast.
NHL Gophers:
- @gopherhockey: Rookie Logan Cooley wins Arizona's overtime game.
- @gopherhockey: Eric Johnson scored a goal, but Philadelphia narrowly missed the playoffs.
- @gopherhockey: Newly signed Jackson Nelson scores his first professional goal with the Providence Bruins.
This date:
- April 17, 2004: Lindsay Whalen was selected fourth overall in the 2004 WNBA Draft by the Connecticut Sun.
- April 17, 2002: Piper Ritter has 15 strikeouts and pitches her first complete game in a 6-0 win over Drake.
