University of Minnesota Athletics
Gopher Sports: News & Notes
12/17/2025 9:52:00 AM | Athletics
Catch up on all the latest news from Gopher Athletics from the past week.
FRIDAY
- Gymnastics Intrasquad Meet | Maturi Pavilion | 11AM | B1G+
SUNDAY
- Women's Basketball at Drake | 2PM | ESPN+
- Men's Basketball vs. Campbell | 5PM | BTN
LAST WEEK
Men's Basketball (6-5, 1-1)
L, 57-85 at #6 Purdue | Highlights
W, 89-53 vs. Texas Southern | Highlights
- @GopherMBB: Cade Tyson had a career-high 38 points and now leads the Big Ten in scoring
- @GopherMBB: Minnesota had 27 assists on 28 field goals for the best percentage by a B1G team this century
Women's Basketball (8-3, 0-1)
W, 82-44 vs. Alabama A&M | Highlights
W, 80-34 vs. Wyoming | Highlights
- @GopherWBB: Mara Braun reached 1,000 career points on Wednesday
- @GopherWBB: Grace Grocholski reached 1,000 career points on Sunday
Volleyball (24-10, 12-8)
L, 0-3 at #4 Pittsburgh | Recap
GopherSports.com: Ahead of Friday's intrasquad meet, Gianna Gerdes and Jordyn Lyden were named Big Ten Gymnasts to Watch while the team was tabbed fourth in the coaches poll.
GopherSports.com: Minnesota is also rated No. 15 in the Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association preseason rankings.
GopherSports.com: Coach Medved hosted his weekly radio show on Tuesday.
GopherSports.com: Volleyball's Stella Swenson and Kate Thibault have been named to the CSC Academic All-District Team.
GopherSports.com: 102 Gopher student-athletes earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for the fall season.
YouTube.com: Sophomore Chloe Primerano is trying to be the youngest player since 2010 on Canada's Olympic Hockey Team.
Kare11.com: Former Gopher All-American Taylor Heise is attempting to reach her first Olympics with USA Hockey.
GopherSports.com: Five future Gophers will compete for Team USA and Team Canada at 2026 IIHF U18 Women's Hockey World Championships this January.
GopherSports.com: Anthonett Nabwe earned Big Ten Field Athlete of the Week honors after her weight throw performance at the M City Classic.
@GopherCCTF: Minnesota will have a nation-best three competitors at next month's World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee.
GopherSports.com: Rower Lexi Schimnowski was identified as a 2025 RBC Future Olympian by National Sport Organization scouts.
@GopherSwimDive: Drew Bennett placed second in the 10-meter at the 2025 USA Diving Winter National Championships.
@MikeGrimm3: Quarterback Drake Lindsey was a guest on Mike Grimm's Go Gopher Podcast.
@GopherFootball: Lineman Nathan Roy was named a Freshman All-American by The Athletic.
@GopherVBall: Gopher Digital produced a Sweet Sixteen hype video for Volleyball's trip to Pittsburgh last week.
@GopherSoccer: Caroline Birdsell broke down her game-winning goal against USC in October.
GopherSports.com: Wrestling's Jore Volk was featured in the first episode of Hot Seat with Andrew Sparks.
Gopher Digital Cinematic Recaps:
GopherSports.com: Senior captain Brody Lamb was mic'd up during a recent Men's Hockey practice.
IHeart.com: Men's Hockey assistant Steve Miller was a guest on KFAN's Beyond the Pond on Saturday (24:30 mark).
WCCORadio.com: Former Gopher and World Juniors participant Trent Klatt joined WCCO Radio to talk about the upcoming tournament.
Gophers in the NFL:
- @GopherFootball: Eric Murray had the tackle for loss for the surging Jaguars
- @GopherFootball: Jack Gibbens sacked Josh Allen on Sunday afternoon