University of Minnesota Athletics
Gopher Sports: News & Notes
3/25/2026 10:06:00 AM | Athletics
Catch up on all the latest news from Gopher Athletics from the past week.
WEDNESDAY
- Baseball vs. St. Thomas | Siebert Field | 6PM | B1G+
THURSDAY
- Track & Field at Raleigh Relays | Raleigh, NC
- Men's Swim & Dive at NCAA Championships | Atlanta, GA | 9AM | 11AM | 5PM | ESPN+
FRIDAY
- Track & Field at Raleigh Relays | Raleigh, NC
- Men's Swim & Dive at NCAA Championships | Atlanta, GA | 9AM | 11AM | 5PM | ESPN+
- Baseball vs. Ohio State | 3PM | B1G+
- Tennis vs. #18 Michigan | 4PM
- Softball vs. Illinois | 5PM | B1G+
- #4 Women's Basketball vs. #1 UCLA | Sacramento, CA | 6:30PM | ESPN
SATURDAY
- Track & Field at Raleigh Relays | Raleigh, NC
- Men's Swim & Dive at NCAA Championships | Atlanta, GA | 9AM | 11AM | 5PM | ESPN+
- Soccer vs. South Dakota State | 1PM
- Softball vs. Illinois | 1PM | B1G+
- Baseball vs. Ohio State | 2PM | B1G+
SUNDAY
- Softball vs. Illinois | Noon | B1G+
- Tennis vs. Michigan State | Noon
- Baseball vs. Ohio State | 1PM | B1G+
LAST WEEK
Baseball (16-8, 2-4)
L, 6-8 at Indiana | Recap
L, 2-7 at Indiana | Recap
W, 14-2 (8) at Indiana | Highlights
Women's Basketball (24-8, 13-5)
W, 75-58 vs. Green Bay | Recap
W, 65-63 vs. Ole Miss | Recap
- @GopherWBB: Watch every angle of Amaya Battle's Sunday gamewinner
Men's Golf
10th Place at Bell Bank "Pay It Forward" Collegiate
Women's Golf
5th Place at Bell Bank "Pay It Forward" Collegiate
- Bella McCauley led Minnesota with a seventh-place finish at -4
Gymnastics
3rd Place at Big Ten Championships | Recap
- @GopherWGym: Arianna Ostrum was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year, while Ostrum, Emma Slevin and Jordyn Lyden won event titles
Softball (11-20, 3-3)
W, 2-0 at Iowa | Highlights
L, 2-3 at Iowa | Recap
W, 1-0 at Iowa | Highlights
- @GopherSoftball: Maggie Werner led off Friday's win with a home run
Women's Swimming & Diving
16th Place at NCAA Championships | Recap
- Elna Widerstrom finished in third place in 3-meter diving
- Katie McCarthy, Vivi del Angel and Widerstrom earned All-American honors
Tennis (10-10, 0-6)
W, 7-0 vs. South Dakota | Recap
L, 2-4 at Rutgers | Recap
L, 0-4 at Maryland | Recap
Track & Field
8 wins at USF Alumni Invitational | Recap
- @GopherCCTF: The men's 4x100m relay team posted the fourth-fastest time in the world and second in school history
Wrestling
9th Place at NCAA Championships | Recap
- GopherSports.com: Max McEnelly became the 19th Gopher to win a national title with a 4-3 decision against top-seed Rocco Welsh
- McEnelly, Jore Volk and Andrew Sparks earned All-American status
GopherSports.com: After becoming the first Gopher to win the NCAA title at 184 pounds, Max McEnelly spoke to the media on Monday morning.
@GopherWrestling: Gopher Digital has a cinematic recap of McEnelly's march to the title.
GopherSports.com: Women's Basketball will face top seed UCLA in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen on Friday night. Tip off is set for 6:30PM on ESPN. This is Minnesota's fourth Sweet Sixteen appearance and first since 2005.
More March Madness:
- @GopherWBB: Locker Room Celebration
- @ESPN: Battle's gamewinner as it happened on ESPN
- @MikeGrimm3: Tori McKinney was a guest on Mike Grimm's Go Gopher Podcast.
- @GopherSports: Blanket Lady went viral over the weekend
- KFAN.com: Coach Plitzuweit appeared on KFAN on Monday afternoon (15:00 mark)
- APNews.com: Braun and Battle have found their reward for staying home
GopherSports.com: Jacob Johnson and Drew Bennett are headed to Atlanta, Ga., for this week's NCAA Championships. Johnson will swim on Thursday and Saturday, while Bennett will dive Thursday through Saturday.
GopherSports.com: Following a third-place finish at the Big Ten Championships, Gymnastics was selected to compete at the NCAA Corvallis Regional next week.
GopherSports.com: Jordyn Lyden and Arianna Ostrum earned first-team All-Big Ten Gymnastics honors, while Sarah Moraw was a second-team honoree.
GopherSports.com: Brett Larson was named Gopher Men's Hockey head coach and addressed the media on Tuesday afternoon.
@GopherHockey: Coach Larson met the team in the locker room prior to his news conference.
GopherSports.com: Mark Coyle introduced Greg May as new Gopher Women's Hockey head coach at a Monday press conference.
@GopherWHockey: Coach May addressed the team after being named head coach.
GopherSports.com: Coach Fleck met the media on Monday to preview the start of spring Football practice.
GopherSports.com: Peter Miller has been named Midwest Regional Women's Assistant Coach of the Year by the USTFCCCA for the ninth time in his career.
GopherSports.com: Zoie Dundon and Angelos Mantzouranis have been named to the 2026 Big Ten Women's and Men's Outdoor Track & Field watch list.
GopherSports.com: A trio of Gophers – Abbey Murphy, Sydney Morrow and Nelli Laitinen – earned All-America honors from the American Hockey Coaches Association.
GopherSports.com: Brodie Ziemer and Luke Mittelstadt earned second-team and honorable mention All-Big Ten Hockey honors, respectively.
Academic Honors:
- Women's Basketball: Battle, Braun, Grocholski, and McKinney Named CSC Academic All-District
- Men's Basketball: Grove, Tyson Named Academic All-District
- Athletics: Big Ten Awards 97 Gophers with Academic Honors
GopherSports.com: Tennis announced the signing of Ksenia Hanke to its 2026-27 class.
@B1GGymnastics: Coach Hooten was mic'd up during Saturday's Big Ten Gymnastics Championships.
GopherSports.com: Prior to last week's Women's Basketball games, Gopher great Rachel Banham narrated Gopher Digital's tournament hype video.
@GopherFootball: Minnesota hosted its annual pro day last week in the indoor facility.
Gopher Shorts:
- @GopherWGym: NCAA Selection Show Reaction
- @GopherWGym: Big Ten Championship Hype
- @GopherSwimDive: NCAA Championship Hype
- @GopherSoftball: Home Opener Friday
- @GopherBaseball: Home Opener Friday
- @GopherSoccer: Morning Affirmations
Gophers in the NHL:
- @PredsNHL: Brady Skjei capped a five goal first period for Nashville
- @PredsNHL: The Predators' Matthew Wood broke a 1-1 tie
- @MNWild: Brock Faber gave Minnesota a 2-0 lead last night
- @StLouisBlues: Jimmy Snuggerud got St. Lous on the board
- @AnaheimDucks: Jackson LaCombe gave the Ducks a 2-1 lead
On This Date:
- March 25, 2012: Men's Hockey defeated North Dakota 5-2 in St. Paul to advance to the program's first Frozen Four in seven years (Highlights).
- March 25, 2006: Gymnastics snapped Michigan's seven-year title streak by winning the Big Ten Championship for the first time since 1998.
- March 25, 2000: Women's Hockey defeated Brown 4-2 to win the 2000 AWCHA national title.