University of Minnesota Athletics
Gopher Sports: News & Notes
8/26/2026 5:16:00 AM | Athletics
Catch up on all the latest news from Gopher Athletics from the past week.
THIS WEEK
Thursday
8PM: Soccer at #15 BYU | ESPN+
Friday
8PM: #14 Volleyball vs. #12 Arizona State | Sioux Falls, SD | Fox 9+ (locally) | FOX
Saturday
4PM: #14 Volleyball vs. #13 Creighton | Sioux Falls, SD | FS1
Sunday
5PM: Soccer vs. St. Thomas | B1G+
LAST WEEK
Soccer (2-0-1)
W, 2-1 at NDSU
- Ava Westlund erased a 1-0 deficit with two second-half goals (Watch: Free Kick | Penalty Kick)
GopherSports.com: #14 Volleyball opens the season against #12 Arizona State on Friday and #13 Creighton on Saturday in Sioux Falls, SD. Friday's match will air locally on Fox 9+ due to the Vikings Game.
@MikeGrimm3: Coach Cook previewed the season on Mike Grimm's Go Gopher Podcast.
GopherSports.com: Coach Fleck held a press conference on Monday to preview next week's home opener against Eastern Illinois.
GopherSports (PDF): The 2026 Football Media Guide is now available.
GopherSports.com: You can check out 54 years of Football Media Covers here.
Preseason Honors:
- Football: Lindsey Named to Manning Award Watch List for Top Quarterback
- Football: Turner Named to Watch List for 2026 Comeback Player of the Year Award
- Football: Maxwell Football Club Puts Smith on Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List
GopherSports.com: Ali Weimer and Emmett Gerres were named Big Ten Runners to Watch ahead of next week's Cross Country opener.
GopherSports.com: Women's Basketball unveiled its 2026-27 non-conference schedule which kicks off Nov. 2 against Harvard.
GopherSports.com: Tennis announced the addition of Leina Gao for the 2026-27 season.
Gopher Shorts:
- @GopherVB: Fun with Frown Filter
- @GopherVB: Camp Sights & Sounds
- @GopherFootball: Chrome is Back
- @GopherFootball: Inside Fall Camp with Drake Lindsey
- @GopherFootball: J Cole Concert
- @GopherFootball: Trip to the Vikings Game
- @GopherFootball: Cascade Bay Visit
@GopherMBB: Men's Basketball's '94 Feet' series continues with Malachi Palmer (Watch) and Nolan Groves (Watch).
@GopherFootball: Former Gopher Ko Kieft found the end zone for Tampa Bay against the Chiefs.
Gophers in the MLB:
- @MLBPipeline: After making his major league debut with two starts in April, the Angels' George Klassen is 2-1 with a 2.01 ERA in four starts since being called back up.
- @SportsNet: Toronto's Brett Bateman is batting .328 after collecting his second three-hit game in his last four starts last night.
- All-Star Max Meyer (9-1, 2.68 ERA) remains shut down since before the break in July.
@GopherWrestling: Max McEnelly earned the win against three-time NCAA Champion and UFC fighter Bo Nickal at the Real American Freestyle event in Cleveland.
@GopherVBall: Go behind the scenes of Volleyball media day with sophomore Kelly Kinney.
YouTube.com: Former Gopher and MLB Hall of Famer Dave Winfield sat down with Mark Rosen to talk about his career and upcoming book.