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Gopher Sports: News & Notes
11/5/2025 9:36:00 AM | Athletics
Catch up on all the latest news from Gopher Athletics from the past week.
WEDNESDAY
- #22 Volleyball at #11 Wisconsin | 7PM | FS1 | Preview
FRIDAY
- #24 Swim & Dive vs. #22/15 Wisconsin | Pack the Pool | 5PM | B1G+
- Women's Basketball vs. Manhattan | 7PM | B1G+
- Men's Hockey vs. Notre Dame | 7PM | Fox9+ | B1G+
SATURDAY
- Men's Basketball vs. Alcorn State | 11AM | Peacock
- #22 Volleyball vs. #1 Nebraska | 2:30PM | Peacock
- Men's Hockey vs. Notre Dame | 7PM | Fox9+ | B1G+
SUNDAY
- #10 Wrestling at Bison Open | Fargo, ND | 10AM
- Rowing at Rivanna Romp | Charlottesville, VA | 11AM
TUESDAY
- Women's Basketball vs. Marquette | 7PM | B1G+
LAST WEEK
Men's Basketball (1-0)
W, 87-60 vs. Gardner-Webb | Highlights
- @B1GMBBall: Mark Coyle congratulated Coach Medved after his first Gopher debut
Women's Basketball (1-0)
W, 91-47 vs. North Dakota | Highlights
- Freshman Makena Christian had 23 points in her Gopher debut
Men's Cross Country
7th at Big Ten Championships | Recap
- Aidan Jones led Minnesota with a 26th-place finish
Women's Cross Country
7th at Big Ten Championships | Recap
- Isabelle Schmitz paced the Gophers with a 23rd-place finish
Football (6-3, 4-2)
W, 23-20 (OT) vs. Michigan State | Highlights
- @GopherFootball: Minnesota had a nine-play, 65-yard drive with 29 seconds left to force OT
Men's Hockey (2-7-1, 0-2-0)
L, 2-5 at #14 Wisconsin | Highlights
L, 0-4 at #14 Wisconsin | Recap
Women's Hockey (10-2-0, 6-2-0)
W, 5-1 at #1 Wisconsin | Highlights
L, 2-7 at #1 Wisconsin | Highlights
- Minnesota snapped the Badgers' 23-game win streak and 37-game unbeaten streak
Women's Swim & Dive (5-1, 2-0)
W, 190-109 at Iowa | Recap
- Minnesota claimed first place in 13 of 16 races
Tennis
at Spartan Invite | Recap
Volleyball (17-6, 7-5)
W, 3-0 vs. Illinois | Highlights
L, 2-3 vs. #22 USC | Highlights
- Julia Hanson had a career-best 23 kills in the win against Illinois
Wrestling
4 titles at Southeast Open | Recap
- RS Freshman Koy Hopke beat three ranked foes to win heavyweight title in Gopher debut
GopherSports.com: Gopher Athletics unveiled a redesigned GoldenGopherFund.com.
Fox9.com: Coach Medved appeared on Fox 9 yesterday afternoon to talk about the season opening win on Monday.
WCCOTV.com: After back-to-back seasons derailed by injury, guard Mara Braun returned to the lineup for last night's season opener.
GopherSports.com: Coach Motzko previewed this week's home series against Notre Dame during his weekly radio show.
GopherSports.com: Wrestling's home duals against Nebraska (1/16) and Ohio State (1/23) will air live on BTN. Minnesota's home opener against SDSU on Nov. 25 has been moved to Williams Arena.
GopherSports.com: Max McEnelly and Vance VomBaur were named 2025-26 Big Ten Wrestlers to Watch.
@GopherWBB: Basketball's Taylor Woodson helped introduce transfer Finau Tonga to Gopher fans.
GopherSports.com: Gopher Digital has a cinematic recap of Volleyball's 3-0 sweep of Illinois last week.
GopherSports.com: Goalkeeper Sarah Martin earned Minnesota's Big Ten Sportsmanship Award as league honors were announced.
GopherSports.com: Leadership U hosted its annual Leadership Council Kickoff Event in September.
GopherSports.com: Former Gopher quarterback Adam Weber was a guest on the Golden Gopher Podcast.
@GopherFootball: Football hosted its annual HopeKids Trick or Treating event.
WCCOTV.com: WCCO's Ren Clayton sat down with quarterbacks Drake Lindsey and the Vikings' Max Brosmer.
@GopherVBall: Volleyball documented a day off in Seattle last month.
Gophers in the NHL:
- @PredsNHL: With help from Erik Haula, Matthew Wood scored his first NHL goal
- @PredsNHL: Wood added his third goal last night against the Wild
- @UtahMammoth: The Mammoth locked up Logan Cooley with a new eight-year contract
- @NHL: Jimmy Snuggerud scored against the Canucks
Gophers in the NFL:
- @GopherFootball: Blake Cashman had 14 tackles and a forced fumble in the Vikings' win
- @GopherFootball: Rashod Bateman found the end zone in Baltimore's win last Thursday
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