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Gopher Sports: News & Notes
10/8/2025 9:37:00 AM | Athletics
Catch up on all the latest news from Gopher Athletics from the past week.
WEDNESDAY
- Baseball Scrimmage | 3PM
- #14 Volleyball vs. UCLA | 7PM | BTN | Preview
THURSDAY
- Baseball Scrimmage | 3PM
- Soccer vs. Southern Cal | 7PM | B1G+
- #12 Men's Hockey vs. #11 Boston College | 8PM | BTN
FRIDAY
- #24 Swim & Dive vs. South Dakota/Nebraska | 3:30PM | B1G+
- Softball vs. Bryant & Stratton | 5PM
- Baseball Scrimmage | 5PM
- #3 Women's Hockey vs. #10 St. Cloud State | 5:30PM | B1G+
- #12 Men's Hockey vs. #11 Boston College | 6PM | Fox 9+ | B1G+
SATURDAY
- #3 Women's Hockey at #10 St. Cloud State | 1PM | Fox 9+ | B1G+
- Men's Basketball Scrimmage | 2:30PM | Details
- Football vs. Purdue | 6:30PM | BTN | Preview
SUNDAY
- #14 Volleyball vs. Ohio State | 1PM | B1G+
- Soccer vs. #4 UCLA | 1PM | B1G+
MONDAY
- Women's Golf at Dale McNamara Invite | Broken Arrow, OK
TUESDAY
- Women's Golf at Dale McNamara Invite | Broken Arrow, OK
LAST WEEK
Men's Cross Country
3rd Place at Loyola Lakefront Invite | Recap
- Aidan Jones finished in 14th place
Women's Cross Country
8th Place at Loyola Lakefront Invite | Recap
- Nadia Phillips led the Gophers in 29th place
Football (3-2, 1-1)
L, 3-42 at #1 Ohio State | Highlights
Men's Golf
7th Place at Marquette Intercollegiate | Recap
- Jack Wetzel had a career-best eighth-place finish
Women's Golf
T-9th Place at Illini Invite | Recap
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Isabella McCauley finished tied for seventh for her first top-10 finish of the year
Men's Hockey (1-1-0)
W, 6-3 vs. Michigan Tech | Highlights
L, 3-5 vs. Michigan Tech | Highlights
Women's Hockey (4-0-0)
W, 5-0 at #13 Boston U | Highlights
W, 5-2 at #13 Boston U | Highlights
- GopherSports.com: Abbey Murphy repeated as WCHA Forward of the Week after six-point weekend
Rowing
Hosts Head of the Mississippi Regatta | Recap
Soccer (5-6-1, 1-4-1)
L, 0-3 vs. #24 Wisconsin | Recap
Tennis
at Iowa State Invite | Recap
Volleyball (13-2, 3-1)
L, 1-3 at Michigan | Highlights
W, 3-1 at Northwestern | Highlights
GopherSports.com: Swimming & Diving is ranked No. 24 in the CSCAA preseason rankings ahead of Friday's season opener against Nebraska and South Dakota at the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center.
GopherSports.com: Coach Fleck previewed Saturday's Homecoming matchup against Purdue during his weekly press conference.
Fox9.com: Catch a replay of last night's The P.J. Fleck Show on Fox 9.
GopherSports.com: Setter Stella Swenson has joined Julia Hanson on the AVCA Player of the Year watchlist.
GopherSports.com: Coach Cook was the latest guest on the Golden Gopher Podcast.
GopherSports.com: Game times and television schedules have been announced for the 2025-26 Basketball season: MEN | WOMEN
@B1GMBBall: Coach Gates was mic'd up during a recent Men's Basketball workout.
Gophers in the NHL:
- GopherSports.com: Eighteen former Gophers are on NHL rosters as the season kicks off this week
- @AnaheimDucks: Jackson LaCombe signed an eight-year contract extension with the Anaheim Ducks
- @NHL: Former No. 1 overall pick Erik Johnson announced his retirement after 1,023 career games.
@GopherMGolf: Jack Wetzel chipped in from the bunker during the Marquette Intercollegiate on Monday.
@MikeGrimm3: Tight ends Jameson Geers and Drew Biber were guests on Mike Grimm's Go Gopher Podcast.
GopherSports.com: Defensive lineman Jaxon Howard was featured in NutriSource's Pups with a Purpose.
Gophers in the NFL:
- @Saints: Jordan Howden sealed a Saints win with an 86-yard fumble return
- @GopherFootball: Boye Mafe had the tackle for loss in the Seattle-Tampa Bay game
YouTube.com: Former Gopher Lou Nanne was inducted into the Minnesota Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
CBSNews.com: WCCO TV took a deep dive on the origin of the Minnesota Rouser.
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