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Goldy Gopher

11/11/2026 6:04:00 AM | Athletics

Catch up on all the latest news from Gopher Athletics from the past week.

THIS WEEK

Wednesday

  • 7PM: #19 Volleyball vs. #22 Indiana | B1G+

Thursday

  • 7PM: Men's Basketball vs. Southern | B1G+

Friday

  • 11AM: #22/28 Cross Country at NCAA Midwest Regional
  • 6PM: #2 Women's Hockey vs. #9 St. Cloud State | B1G+
  • 7PM: Men's Hockey vs. Alaska Anchorage | Fox 9+ | B1G+

Saturday

  • 1PM: #2 Women's Hockey at #9 St. Cloud State | B1G+
  • 1PM: #17 Women's Basketball vs. Kansas State | Sioux Falls, SD | B1G+
  • 6PM: Football at Penn State | FS1
  • 6PM: Men's Hockey vs. Alaska Anchorage | Fox 9+ | B1G+
  • 7PM: #19 Volleyball vs. Michigan State | BTN

Sunday

  • 9AM: #8 Wrestling at Mountaineer Invite

Monday

  • 7PM: Men's Basketball vs. Western Illinois | BTN

Tuesday

  • 7:30PM: #19 Volleyball at #1 Nebraska | BTN

LAST WEEK

Men's Basketball (3-0)
W, 76-62 vs. St. Thomas
W, 63-61 at Cincinnati

  • @GopherMBB: Bobby Durkin's last second three was No. 5 on ESPN's Top Plays
  • @GopherMBB: Road win means snack time

Women's Basketball (3-0)
W, 87-79 at Marquette
W, 86-47 vs. Southern

  • @GopherWBB: Grace Grocholski led the Gophers with 25 points at Marquette

Football (5-4, 3-3)
L, 20-34 vs. #5 UCLA

Men's Hockey (3-4-3, 1-1-2)
T, 1-1 vs. #1 Wisconsin
L, 0-6 vs. #1 Wisconsin

Rowing
at Rivanna Romp

  • GopherSports.com: The Gophers concluded their fall schedule in Earlysville, Va.

Men's Swim & Dive
L, 132.5-165.5 at Wisconsin

Women's Swim & Dive
L, 115.5-182.5 at Wisconsin

Tennis
at ITA Sectional Championships
at Michigan State Invitational
Hosts UTR College Circuit

  • GopherSports.com: Minnesota wrapped up its fall schedule with a trio of events

Volleyball (15-6, 9-5)
L, 1-3 vs. #16 Penn State
W, 3-0 at Iowa

  • @GopherVBall: Elena Hoecke had back-to-back aces against the Hawkeyes

Wrestling
at Daktronics Invitational


Cross Country travels to Ames, Iowa for the NCAA Midwest Regional which is set for Friday with the top two teams advancing to nationals. The men are ranked third and the women fourth in regional rankings. At-large selections will be announced on Saturday (Championship Central).

Fox9.com: Coach Fleck previewed Football's first trip to Penn State since 2022 during his TV show on Fox last night.

GopherSports.com: Coach Larson hosted his weekly radio show ahead of this week's series against Alaska Anchorage.

GopherSports.com: Fifth-year Izzy Roemer and junior Sam Scott earned the conference's Sportsmanship Award for Cross Country.

The Latest from Gopher Digital:

GopherSports.com: NCAA Champion Max McEnelly and Vance VomBaur were named to the 2026-27 Big Ten Wrestlers to Watch list.

APNews.com: The AP's Dave Campbell looked at the instant impact of kicker Luke Drzewiecki.

Gopher Shorts:

@GopherVBall: In between wins against UCLA and USC, Volleyball visited Santa Monica Beach.

GopherSports.com: Former Gopher Parker Fox was a guest on the Golden Gopher Podcast.

KSTP.com: KSTP looked at Blake Cashman's path from Gopher walk-on to Viking standout.

@GopherWGym: Junior Teryn Crump was mic'd up during a recent Gymnastics workout.

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