Sports

Podominick joins program’s exodus

by Emily Wickstrom
Published April 5, 2006

Liz Podominick is the fourth player in the past two weeks to leave the team.

Forward Broback quits team

Published April 4, 2006

Star Minnesota women's basketball forward Jamie Broback left the program because of "personal reasons," coach Pam Borton announced in a statement released Monday. Broback, who just completed her junior...

Wick proving her worth in the stroke seat

by Matt Perkins
Published April 4, 2006

Senior rower Cheryl Wick started her career in the novice boat at St. Thomas.

Once a Gophers coach, Frese now with Terps in national title game

by Matt Anderson
Published April 4, 2006

Tonight Maryland women's basketball coach Brenda Frese will lead her team against Duke in the national championship game. Four years and four days ago, her last name was Oldfield, and she was in her last...

Gophers seek to meet even when not at the same one

by David McCoy
Published April 4, 2006

It's interesting that a track and field competition is called a meet. In the case of Minnesota's men's track and field team, the team is doing anything but that this season. Every week of the outdoor season,...

Opening Big Ten weekend in Michigan yields zero victories

by Emily Wickstrom
Published April 3, 2006

Michigan and Michigan State swept the Gophers this weekend.

United States nets no gold medal at Mariucci Arena

Published April 3, 2006

The U.S. won a pair of bronze medals in the men's events this weekend.

Pitching turnaround salvages split of series

by Robert Mews
Published April 3, 2006

The wild pitching in the home dome made for a rough start to Minnesota's Big Ten baseball opener against Penn State. But the Gophers (12-10, 2-2 Big Ten) rebounded with back-to-back shutouts to take a...

NCAA qualifying throws lead Gophers

by David McCoy
Published April 3, 2006

Hammer throws led the way for Minnesota's men's and women's track and field teams this weekend. In his first hammer throw of the season, Adam Schnaible won the Tiger Classic in Baton Rouge, La., on Saturday...

Minnesota glides to race wins in Iowa City

by Matt Perkins
Published April 3, 2006

Minnesota's rowing team overcame cold and windy conditions to top Creighton and conference rivals Iowa and Wisconsin over the weekend. The Gophers won five of six races Saturday on Lake McBride in Solon,...