Gopher Sports: News & Notes

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

WEDNESDAY

Men's Basketball vs. #10 Michigan State | 6PM | BTN | Preview

THURSDAY

Women's Basketball at #10 Iowa | 6PM | BTN

FRIDAY

#17 Track & Field at Fairgrounds Invite | Indianapolis, IN
#3 Women's Hockey at St. Thomas | Noon | B1G+
Softball vs. Miami (OH) | San Diego, CA | 1:30PM
Swim & Dive Hosts First Chance Meet | 5PM | B1G+
#6 Wrestling at #17 Rutgers | 6PM | B1G+
Softball at San Diego State | 6:30PM | Mtn West Network
Men's Hockey vs. Ohio State | 7PM | Fox 9 | B1G+

SATURDAY

#17 Track & Field at Fairgrounds Invite | Indianapolis, IN
#17 Track & Field Hosts Gopher Classic | 10AM
Tennis at Wyoming | 10AM
Softball vs. Miami (OH) | San Diego, CA | 11AM
Swim & Dive Hosts First Chance Meet | 11AM | 5PM | B1G+
Softball vs. Loyola Chicago | San Diego, CA | 1:30PM
#3 Women's Hockey vs. St. Thomas | 2PM | B1G+
#17 Gymnastics vs. #5 UCLA | 4PM | B1G+
Men's Hockey vs. Ohio State | 8PM | BTN

SUNDAY

Women's Basketball at Rutgers | 11AM | B1G+
Tennis at Colorado State | 12:30PM
#6 Wrestling at Maryland | 1PM | B1G+
Men's Basketball vs. Maryland | 1PM | BTN
Softball vs. Kentucky | San Diego, CA | 8PM

MONDAY

Men's Golf at Puerto Rico Classic | Rio Grande, PR

TUESDAY

Men's Golf at Puerto Rico Classic | Rio Grande, PR

LAST WEEK

Men's Basketball (10-12, 3-8)
L, 63-67 at Wisconsin | Highlights
L, 75-77 at Penn State | Highlights

Women's Basketball (16-6, 7-4)
W, 87-66 at Penn State | Highlights
W, 88-55 vs. Purdue | Highlights

Women's Golf
T-13th Place at Puerto Rico Classic | Recap

Mariana Mesones led Minnesota with an eighth-place finish after finishing five under

Gymnastics (4-2, 2-1)
W, 197.050-196.775 vs. #24 Iowa | Highlights

Men's Hockey (10-16-1, 6-10-0)
W, 4-1 vs. #7/8 Wisconsin | Highlights
W, 8-4 vs. #7/8 Wisconsin | Highlights

GopherSports.com: Erik Pahlsson was named B1G Second Star of the Week following five-point weekend

Women's Hockey (23-5-0, 17-5-0)
W, 3-2 (ot) vs. #1 Wisconsin | Highlights
L, 1-6 vs. #1 Wisconsin

@GopherWHockey: Molly Jordan had the overtime gamewinner on Friday night

Men's Swimming & Diving (6-5, 0-3)
L, 144.5-208.5 at Purdue
L, 139.0-214.0 at Northwestern | Recap

Women's Swimming & Diving (10-2, 4-1)
W, 242.5-110.5 at Purdue
W, 186.0-166.0 at Northwestern | Recap

Tennis (4-0)
W, 7-0 vs. Western Michigan
W, 6-1 at Northern Illinois | Recap

Track & Field
Hosts Jackson Classic
At Meyo Invitational | Recap

Isabelle Schmitz broke Minnesota's school record for the indoor mile

Wrestling (9-4, 3-2)
W, 21-16 at #4 Iowa | Highlights

GopherSports.com: Twelve Gophers will compete as the Winter Olympics begin this week in Milan. Women's Hockey begins on Thursday, while Men's Hockey starts on February 11. In addition, Cal Dietz is the Strength & Conditioning Coach of the U.S. Women's Team.

ESPN.com: ESPN's Emily Kaplan wrote about Abbey Murphy who is headed back to the Olympics for the second time in her career.

GopherSports.com: Men's Golf begins its spring schedule on Monday at the Puerto Rico Classic (Live Scoring).

GopherSports.com: Softball travels to San Diego to open its season at the SDSU Season Kickoff. Its five-game slate begins on Friday against Miami (OH).

KSTP.com: Three Gophers alums - Boye Mafe & Nick Kallerup (Seattle) and Jack GIbbens (New England) - will appear in Sunday's Super Bowl. KSTP caught up with Mafe's father and brother ahead of the game.

GopherSports.com: Men's Basketball announced the "Ski-U-Mah Strong" initiative with M Health Fairview Masonic Children's Hospital.

@GopherMBB: Junior forward Jaylen Crocker-Johnson was a guest on the Gopher Coaches Show on Fox 9.

@GopherBaseball: Baseball is introducing its newcomers in its new series 'In The Cage':

GopherSports.com: Soccer announced the addition of Gonzaga forward Katelyn Rigg.

@B1GWrestling: Redshirt freshman Charlie Millard was highlighted by BTN's Shane Sparks following his win at 157 pounds in Iowa.

@GopherFootball: Take a look back at the first week of Football's winter workouts.

@Buccaneers: Antoine Winfield Jr. was named Defensive MVP of last night's Pro Bowl Games as he sealed the NFC win with an interception.

Gopher Shorts:

Men's Golf: What is the hardest shot on the course?
Gymnastics: What's your favorite Gopher memory?
Volleyball: Best part about being back on the court?

@GopherHockey: Brodie Ziemer's goal in Saturday's rout of Wisconsin was #4 on ESPN's Top Plays.

Gophers in the NHL:

@MNWild: Brock Faber tied the game in Minnesota's OT win on Monday
@NHLBlackhawks: Sam Rinzel scored his second goal of the year for Chicago
@NHL: Jimmy Snuggerud scored the gamewinner with 8.4 to play

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Feb. 4, 2007: Tony Dungy, Ben Utecht, Darrell Reid and the Indianapolis Colts defeated Chicago, 29-17, in Super Bowl XLI

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