The Minnesota Daily

Gophers sweep Boilermakers in four-game series

by Tim Klobuchar
Published March 31, 1997

For all the talk about how aluminum bats inflate offensive statistics in college baseball, last year's Gophers hit home runs at a rate that would have made dead-ball era teams wince. They finished with...

Gophers take 4th at Big Ten championships

by Susan Filkins
Published March 31, 1997

For a mere 30 seconds on March 23, Iowa men's gymnastics coach Tom Dunn thought his team had pulled out an upset and won the Big Ten championship at the Sports Pavilion. Heavily favored Ohio State had...

Preparations go ahead for first break-in trial

by Jodi Compton
Published March 31, 1997

One of four men accused of an off-campus burglary and rape incident is going to trial this week in Hennepin County District Court. Puiassance J. Andersen, along with several acquaintances, is charged...

Three U wrestlers take 3rd at NCAAs

by Allison Younge
Published March 31, 1997

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- Gophers 142 pounder Jason Davids had trouble sleeping after a disheartening 10-4 loss in the NCAA semifinals to Indiana's Roger Chandler. For the third time this season, Chandler's...

Wrestlers take third at NCAA championships

by Allison Younge
Published March 31, 1997

CEDAR FALLS Iowa -- One single point was the difference for the Gophers' third place trophy at the NCAA wrestling tournament held at Northern Iowa's UNI-Dome. "One of our goals was to bring something...

nd of the road:

by Todd Zolecki
Published March 31, 1997

INDIANAPOLIS -- Years from now this Gophers men's basketball team will be remembered. Not because it lost to Kentucky 78-69 in the Final Four, but because it got there in the first place. And that accomplishment...

Gophers storm Mickey Mouse club

Published March 31, 1997

Lake Buena Vista, Fla. -- During spring break at Walt Disney World in Florida, Mickey Mouse took a back seat to Goldy Gopher -- for a few hours anyway. While thousands of Gophers fans filled the Alamodome...

Gophers women’s tennis team loses its second of the year

Published March 31, 1997

The Gophers women's tennis team lost its second match of the season on Friday to Brigham Young of Hawaii, 4-0. The match was delayed by rain, which forced the cancellation of three singles matches. BYUH...

Seniors remembered by work ethic

by Michael Rand
Published March 31, 1997

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. -- Dan Woog left the locker room at Van Andel Arena, his vision clouded by tears. The Gophers hockey team had lost to Michigan 7-4 in the NCAA West Regional, and Woog, hair slicked...

James gets bittersweet homecoming

by Todd Zolecki
Published March 31, 1997

INDIANAPOLIS -- The homecoming for Gophers forward Courtney James, which he hoped might end with a national championship tonight, became a bittersweet weekend, not only for himself, but for his family. Besides...