Sports

Minnesota in sixth after day two of Big Ten meet

by Kent Erdahl
Published February 20, 2004

Minnesota's women's swimming and diving team broke an 18-year-old school record twice during Thursday's Big Ten Championships at the University Aquatic Center, an impressive feat considering it was accomplished...

U to battle Oklahoma State on Sunday

by Aaron Blake
Published February 20, 2004

Don't expect Minnesota wrestling coach J Robinson to get misty when he returns to his alma mater, Oklahoma State, on Sunday. The Gophers coach, who graduated from Oklahoma State in 1969, has much more...

Gophers lose by 20 to Hawkeyes

by Dan Miller
Published February 20, 2004

U struggles throughout en route to road loss

First day of Big Ten swim meet complete; Minnesota tied with two for fourth place

Published February 19, 2004

An elaborate opening ceremony featured smoke rising off the pool at the Big Ten Women's Swimming and Diving Championships that began Wednesday night at the University Aquatic Center. The smoke cleared...

Minus Whalen, Gophers fill holes

by Dan Miller
Published February 19, 2004

Minnesota's women's basketball players are taking on new roles in the star's absence.

Whalen won’t need surgery

by Dan Miller
Published February 18, 2004

Lindsay Whalen, Minnesota's women's basketball team's injured all-time leading scorer, heard good news Tuesday morning at a doctor's appointment. The All-American could be in store for a quicker-than-expected...

U set to host Big Ten swimming and diving meet

Published February 18, 2004

Four-day event returns to aquatic center for the first time since 1999

Gophers begin final Big Ten push

by Adam Fink
Published February 18, 2004

Following an 83-68 shellacking by Iowa on Jan. 24, Minnesota's men's basketball team knew something needed to change on the defensive end of the court. The Hawkeyes shot 53.5 percent, shredded the Gophers'...

Men’s tennis team falls to Harvard

by Dan Miller
Published February 17, 2004

Minnesota's men's tennis team lost a tight dual match Monday, falling 4-3 to No. 21 Harvard at the Baseline Tennis Center. The 31st-ranked Gophers lost the doubles point and won the opening set of each...

U’s Duncombe makes the right move

by Aaron Blake
Published February 17, 2004

Jon Duncombe graduated from Country Lane High School in St. Michael, Minn., burned out from wrestling and unsure what he was going to do with himself. So he decided he might as well go to school. Then...