The Minnesota Daily

Gophers ‘not ready to win right now,’ but getting there

by Aaron Blake
Published November 18, 2003

Minnesota's wrestling team lost five All-Americans from last year's team, but Robinson believes in this year's squad.

No. 7 seed Wettengel wins Big Ten men’s tennis singles title

Published November 18, 2003

Minnesota men's tennis player Chris Wettengel won the 2003 Big Ten singles championship Monday in Ann Arbor, Mich., going 5-0 at the fall season-ending tournament. Wettengel, a senior, defeated the No....

Whalen garners all the Gophers’ attention

by Dan Miller
Published November 18, 2003

The annual women's basketball poster hanging in the windows of McDonald's and Papa John's displays six different figures, but all of them are of the same player - Lindsay Whalen. The program's poster girl...

Women’s hoops sputter to 85-73 exhibition win over Minnesota-Duluth

by Dan Miller
Published November 17, 2003

It was the Janel McCarville show in the first half Friday night at Williams Arena. McCarville had 10 points and seven rebounds along with three blocked shots as the Gophers sputtered past Minnesota-Duluth...

Wrestlers nab 6 championships at opening tourney

Published November 17, 2003

Minnesota's third-ranked wrestling team kicked off its 2003-04 season by claiming six titles at the Harold Nichols Open in Fort Dodge Iowa. Returning All-American Bobbe Lowe claimed the title at 125, while...

Men’s cross country team will make seventh straight NCAA appearance

Published November 17, 2003

Minnesota's men's cross country team garnered its seventh consecutive trip to the NCAA championships by placing second at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championship in Stillwater, Okla., on Saturday. The Gophers...

Schonrock aims to be well-rounded leader for Gophers

by Dan Miller
Published November 13, 2003

In a small, restrained voice from an undersized 5-foot-6-inch frame, Minnesota sophomore guard Shannon Schonrock described how she became a leader of Minnesota's 13th-ranked women's basketball team. "There...

Three women’s hoops players in line to fill Von Wald’s role

by Dan Miller
Published November 10, 2003

Three-headed monsters aren't seen every day. But one has been spotted at Williams Arena and can be seen quite frequently when Minnesota's women's basketball team takes the court. This season, the 13th-ranked...

U swimming and diving teams seeing success

Published November 10, 2003

The Gophers' men swept two meets over the weekend, while the women's team split with a pair of foes.

Reid’s prediction on Davis is a bold and iffy one

by Brian Stensaas
Published November 5, 2003

Sports predictions are well-documented. We've all heard about Babe Ruth's supposed called home run in the 1932 World Series. Few don't know about Joe Namath coming through with an assured victory over...