Sports

Women’s team par for course in N.C.

by Lou Raguse
Published April 5, 2004

Minnesota's women's track and field season, at this point, is like a relay team in midrace. The runner coming down the straight-away represents intense preseason training, and the runner awaiting the baton...

Tennessee downs LSU in other semi

by Brian Stensaas
Published April 5, 2004

Once again, the Volunteers found themselves winning in the final moments.

Minnesota dominates Iowa in duel

by Kent Erdahl
Published April 5, 2004

The Gophers won four of the five events en route to the win over the rival Hawkeyes.

Minnesota takes three of four games out east

by Noah Seligman
Published April 5, 2004

Senior Piper Marten is now the 19th player in Division I history with 1,000 strikeouts.

Fans get taste of big-time

by Dan Miller
Published April 5, 2004

Hundreds of Minnesota women's basketball fans walked from their hotels to the New Orleans Arena for a Gophers autograph session and public practice Saturday afternoon. On the sunny, 75-degree day, Gophers...

Hoops coaches will get raises, bonuses for making Final Four

Published April 5, 2004

Coach Pam Borton and her assistants will be rewarded for leading Minnesota's women's basketball team to the Final Four, Athletics Director Joel Maturi said. Maturi said he plans to talk with Borton about...

Golden run ends: UConn’s Taurasi is just too much for U to handle

by Brian Stensaas
Published April 5, 2004

Gophers' top defender Shannon Bolden couldn't quite shut down this star.

Butts comes up big in the clutch to put Tennessee in the championship yet again

by Dan Miller
Published April 5, 2004

Despite missing a shot with seven seconds left and the game tied, Tasha Butts was huge.

Consolation? Whalen and McCarville earn honors

Published April 5, 2004

NEW ORLEANS - Even in defeat, there was a silver lining to Minnesota's women's basketball team's Final Four appearance. No one expected the Gophers to get this far - and surely not many would have expected...

Minnesota fans on campus cheered loudly until the end of the Gophers’ season.

by Kent Erdahl
Published April 5, 2004

The crowd watching Minnesota's Final Four game at Williams Arena sat silent as the closing seconds ticked off the clock in the team's 67-58 loss to Connecticut on Sunday night. But the hush that came over...