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Gopher Sports: News & Notes
12/3/2025 6:53:00 AM | Athletics
Catch up on all the latest news from Gopher Athletics from the past week.
WEDNESDAY
- Men's Basketball vs. #22 Indiana | 6PM | BTN | Preview
THURSDAY
- Swim & Dive Hosts Minnesota Invitational | 10AM | YouTube
- Men's Hockey at Ohio State | 6:30PM | BTN
- #11 Wrestling vs. #22 Little Rock | Mequon, WI | 7PM
FRIDAY
- Swim & Dive Hosts Minnesota Invitational | 10AM | YouTube
- Track & Field Hosts M City Classic | 10AM
- #3 Women's Hockey at St. Thomas | 2PM | Fox 9+ | B1G+
- Men's Hockey at Ohio State | 5PM | BTN
- #17 Volleyball vs. Fairfield | 7PM | ESPN+
SATURDAY
- Swim & Dive Hosts Minnesota Invitational | 10AM | YouTube
- #3 Women's Hockey vs. St. Thomas | 2PM | B1G+
- NCAA Volleyball Second Round | 7PM | ESPN+
SUNDAY
- #11 Wrestling vs. NDSU | 1PM | B1G+
- Women's Basketball vs. #7 Maryland | 3PM | BTN
LAST WEEK
Men's Basketball (4-4)
L, 68-72 vs. Stanford | Recap
L, 75-86 vs. Santa Clara | Recap
Women's Basketball (5-2)
L, 58-63 vs. Alabama | Recap
W, 77-40 vs. Samford | Highlights
Football (7-5, 5-4)
W, 17-7 vs. Wisconsin | Highlights
- @GopherFootball: Check out Saturday's locker room celebration
- John Nestor was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week after nine tackles, two interceptions and a fumble recovery
Men's Hockey (7-9-1, 3-3-0)
W, 6-5 (ot) at #4 Denver | Highlights
- @GopherHockey: Javaon Moore had the overtime gamewinner against the Pioneers
Volleyball (22-9, 12-8)
W, 3-1 vs. #11 Purdue | Highlights
L, 0-3 vs. #10 Wisconsin | Highlights
GopherSports.com: Follow along as Gopher Football unveils its recruiting class as part of National Signing Day. Coach Fleck will hold his press conference at 11AM.
GopherSports.com: Volleyball will host the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament after receiving the No. 4 seed in the Pittsburgh region. Iowa State will face St. Thomas at 4:30PM on Friday followed by the Gophers and Fairfield at 7PM.
@GopherVBall: The team reacted to its at-large selection during Sunday's selection show on ESPN.
GopherSports.com: Coach Cook, Stella Swenson and Julia Hanson met the media yesterday to preview the first and second rounds.
GopherSports.com: A trio of Gophers earned Big Ten Volleyball honors highlighted by Hanson being a unanimous first-team selection.
GopherSports.com: Ahead of tonight's Big Ten opener against Indiana, Coach Medved hosted his first weekly radio show on Tuesday.
GopherSports.com: LJ Mooney and Brodie Ziemer, along with signed prospect Jacob Kvasnicka, have been named to Team USA's preliminary roster for the upcoming World Juniors.
Fox9.com: Fox 9's Jim Rich talked with Coach Motzko about the 28-man preliminary roster for Team USA.
NHL.com: Mooney, a Montreal Canadiens draft pick, was profiled on NHL.com.
2025 Senior Salutes:
InsideGymnastics.com: Freshman Lacie Saltzmann and her journey to Minnesota was featured on InsideGymnastics.com.
@GopherWTennis: Tennis' 'Get to Know' series continues with junior Jeselle Ante.
@Sportsnet: Kelly Pannek scored twice as the Minnesota Frost spoiled the PWHL home debut of the Seattle Torrent in front of 16,014 fans.
GopherSports.com: A drone followed Goldy Gopher down University Avenue prior to Saturday's game.
KFAN.com: Gopher Hockey legend John Mayasich appeared on KFAN's Beyond the Pond on Saturday morning (50:00 mark).
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