The Minnesota Daily

Gophers finish 12th as hosts to NCAA championships

by Ryan Schuster
Published March 31, 1997

Over the weekend, the usually quiet University Aquatic Center was transformed into a loud, raucous arena during the men's NCAA swimming and diving championships. Throngs of people packed into the building...

Future unclear for fast-on-his-feet leader

Published March 31, 1997

PARIS (AP) -- Marshal Mobutu must have been mortified, slinking into his collapsing capital to jeers and whistles to watch three decades of triumph recede like a film running in rapid rewind. In hilltop...

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...

Bishop surprises all at NCAAs

by Ryan Schuster
Published March 31, 1997

Before the start of the second day of the men's NCAA swimming and diving championships Friday night at the University Aquatic Center, freshman Gophers swimmer Bill Bishop fake jabbed at his teammates...

Every goal is precious for U

by Michael Rand
Published March 17, 1997

The difference between heading into the third period of a hockey game trailing by one goal and two goals is dramatic. Such was Gophers coach Doug Woog's line of thinking -- at least for a few seconds...

Taylor has eyes on the prize

by Allison Younge
Published March 17, 1997

The last time Zac Taylor competed at the NCAA Tournament, he was known as the best 167-pounder in the nation. In 1995, he posted a perfect 15-0 dual meet record as a sophomore. His relentless, no-nonsense...

Hartung: The leader, the follower

by Allison Younge
Published March 17, 1997

Six years ago, Gophers 177-pound wrestler Marty Morgan capped off an undefeated 39-0 season and became coach J Robinson's first NCAA champion. Next week at the 1997 NCAA tournament in Cedar Falls, Iowa,...

Clemson stops limping, starts sprinting in tourney

by Tim Klobuchar
Published March 17, 1997

Baseball has an old saying that goes, "momentum is tomorrow's starting pitcher." Translated, the adage says that how a team performed yesterday has no relation to how it will perform today. A similar...

St.Cloud State got shafted by the NCAA selection committee

Published March 17, 1997

Sometimes friends just aren't there when you need them. Take, for example, when St. Cloud State hockey coach Craig Dahl was coming off the ice after his team's 6-0 loss to Colorado College in the third...

WCHA tournament comes to fitting end at Civic Center

by Michael Rand
Published March 17, 1997

In the week preceding the WCHA Final Five, league coaches seemed to be on a crusade to get this point across: The winner of the tournament would need to get some fortunate bounces along the way because...