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Gopher Sports: News & Notes
4/2/2025 9:51:00 AM | Athletics
Catch up on all the latest news from Gopher Athletics from the past week.
WEDNESDAY
- Women's Basketball vs. Belmont | Indianapolis, IN | 5PM | ESPN2
THURSDAY
- #10 Gymnastics at NCAA Salt Lake Regional | 2PM | ESPN+
FRIDAY
- Track & Field at Florida Relays
- Softball at Purdue | 4PM | B1G+
- Baseball vs. Penn State | 6PM | B1G+
SATURDAY
- Track & Field at Florida Relays
- Track & Field at Hamline Invitational
- Rowing at Rocky Top Invite | Knoxville, TN
- Volleyball at South Dakota State | 10AM
- Soccer at South Dakota State | 1PM
- Softball at Purdue | 1PM | B1G+
- Volleyball vs. Creighton | Brookings, SD | 1:30PM
- Tennis at USC | 2PM
- Baseball vs. Penn State | 3PM | B1G+
SUNDAY
- Women's Golf at Boilermaker Spring Classic
- Softball at Purdue | Noon | B1G+
- Tennis at UCLA | Noon
- Baseball vs. Penn State | 1PM | B1G+
MONDAY
- Women's Golf at Boilermaker Spring Classic
TUESDAY
- Baseball vs. South Dakota State | 6PM | B1G+
LAST WEEK
Baseball (11-14, 2-7)
L, 7-16 vs. Iowa
L, 0-13 vs. Iowa
L, 6-7 vs. Iowa
- @GopherBaseball: Drew Berkland hit his ninth home run of the season, just three shy of last year's team lead
Women's Basketball (24-11, 8-10)
W, 82-77 vs. Gonzaga | WBIT Quarterfinal
W, 66-52 vs. Florida | WBIT Semifinal
- GopherSports.com: Grace Grocholski spoke with ESPNU after scoring 20 points against the Gators
Women's Golf
T-7th Place at Coach Mo Classic
- Mariana Mesones tied for 13th place to lead Minnesota
Men's Hockey (25-11-4, 15-6-3)
L, 4-5 (ot) vs. UMass
Softball (13-21, 2-8)
L, 0-2 vs. Northwestern
L, 2-3 vs. Northwestern
L, 3-14 (6) vs. Northwestern
Men's Swimming & Diving
28th Place at NCAA Championships
- Jacob Johnson (200 fly), Bar Soloveychik (1650 free) and Drew Bennett (Platform) earned honorable mention All-America honors
- Soloveychik became a four-time All-American and broke his own school record, while Johnson set a new school record to place 10th
Tennis (9-11, 1-6)
W, 4-0 vs. Rutgers
L, 0-4 vs. Maryland
- @GopherWTennis: Anali Kocevar clinched the Rutgers win with her victory at No. 3 singles
Track & Field
at Raleigh Relays
- Ali Weimer set a new school record in the 10,000 meters
GopherSports.com: Women's Basketball will face Belmont tonight in the championship game of the WBIT in Indianapolis. Tip off is set for 5PM on ESPN2.
KFAN.com: Coach Plitzuweit previewed the matchup on KFAN with Parker Fox from the Men's Basketball team (5:40 mark). Fox sat in for regular host Dan Barreiro and you can listen to his entire show here.
GopherSports.com: Gymnastics will head west for the NCAA Salt Lake Regional which is set for Thursday at 2PM on ESPN+. Minnesota will compete against UCLA, Southern Utah and Boise State with the top two teams advancing to Saturday's regional final.
WCCOTV.com: WCCO's Marielle Mohs stopped by Gymnastics practice to chat with Mya Hooten and Jordan Lyden.
GopherSports.com: For the fifth straight season, Hooten was named an All-American by the WCGA after earning honors on floor.
Anwagolf.com: Isabella McCauley will tee off at 8:21AM this morning in the first round of the Augusta National Women's Amateur. The first two rounds will be shown on the Golf Network beginning at 12:30PM.
GopherSports.com: Men's Track & Field achieved the program's second highest ranking after being rated No. 3 in the latest USTFCCCA team rankings.
GopherSports.com: Game themes have been unveiled for the 2025 Football season with a Gold Out slated for the season opener.
GopherSports.com: Volleyball's "Gopher Spotlight" series continues with freshman Carly Gilk.
The Latest on Coach Medved
- GopherSports.com: Coach Medved's First 24 Hours
- GopherSports.com: Coach Medved Sits Down with Mike Grimm
- GopherSports.com: Golden Gopher Podcast
- Fox9.com: Coach Medved Talks with Fox 9's Pierre Noujaim
- KSTP.com: One on One with Coach Medved
Kare11.com: Men's Basketball's student managers are headed to the Final Four this weekend after advancing in the Managers March Madness bracket.
MLB.com: The Marlins' Max Meyer tied a career-high with seven strikeouts in 5.2 innings in his season debut on Sunday.
Gophers in the NHL:
- Jimmy Snuggerud (St. Louis), Oliver Moore (Chicago), Sam Rinzel (Chicago), Matthew Wood (Nashville) and Connor Kurth (Tampa Bay) signed NHL contracts
- @NHLBlackhawks: Moore and Rinzel made their NHL debuts on Sunday
- @StLouisBlues: Snuggerud skated in his first game last night
- @StLouisBlues: Snuggerud participated in his first practice with the Blues
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