It was uncertain how far the Gophers men's tennis team would go this year after losing their top two players last season. Despite the losses, the Gophers qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the third...

Newfound consistent playing is key to the success of one Gopher's tennis player. After a three-year rollercoaster ride that fluctuated between great highs and lows for men’s tennis player Marino Alpeza,...

The Gophers' Big Ten tournament run came to an end against the No. 1 team, but not before a victory against a border rival. For the Minnesota men's tennis team, it started off with a promising win in the...

After the end of her collegiate career, tennis will still be an active part of senior Caitlyn Merzbacher's life. Merzbacher's next chapter in her lifelong tennis journey will just be starting as she prepares...

The Gophers' (15-8, 4-7 Big Ten) effort proved to be not enough this weekend against Illinois and Northwestern. Minnesota lost to Illinois 5-2 and then to Northwestern 4-3 at the Baseline Tennis Center. "Its...

When he first arrived to the United States and the University of Minnesota, sophomore Vlad Lobak was expecting to immediately step into a high spot in the men's tennis lineup. Unfortunately for the Ukrainian,...

After being renamed in 2017, Maturi Pavilion is in for more significant changes this summer. University of Minnesota Athletics recently announced that a major renovation project to Maturi Pavilion had...

The Gophers' women's tennis team knew this weekend would be a challenging one as they prepared to take on No. 29 Northwestern and No. 34 Illinois. Minnesota came prepared and battled all the way back from...

The Gophers hit the road this weekend and made two stops in Michigan.  On Sunday, Minnesota was in East Lansing, Michigan, to take on Michigan State a day after falling to the University of Michigan....

Both of the Gophers' tennis programs had two duals to play over the weekend, with the men's team winning two and the women's team losing two. The men's team stayed in Minneapolis over the weekend and walked...

There's no senior slide for one Gophers student-athlete. Since the Minnesota women's tennis team (10-7, 3-2 Big Ten) concluded their 2018 season last spring, senior Bita Mancera realized her tennis career...

Although the No. 35 Minnesota men's tennis team (12-5, 1-4 Big Ten) began the season on fire, the momentum from their non-conference schedule has not transferred over after dropping their fourth consecutive...

After the Gophers' men's tennis team lost both their No. 1 and No. 2 singles players to graduation a year ago, Josip Krstanovic knew his role during his senior season was going to increase drastically. "We...

As eight members of Minnesota’s wrestling program traveled to Pittsburgh for the NCAA Tournament over the weekend, four of them left as All-Americans. For Mitch McKee at 141, Devin Skatzka at 174 and...

Although the University of Minnesota's men's tennis team kicked off the Big Ten season with a victory last weekend, they dropped two consecutive matches to Iowa and Nebraska in week two.  "After two...

The Gophers continued their success from last weekend with two victories against conference opponents this weekend. The Gophers (9-6, 2-1 Big Ten) took an east coast trip to start the year, as they opened...

While many students from across the country are heading somewhere tropical for spring break, the Gophers volleyball team has a special spring break trip of its own. The team will be training and competing...

The Gophers wrestling team (14-3, 7-2 Big Ten) walked away from the Big Ten wrestling Championship with their heads held high, as six wrestlers placed in the top five leading to 101.5 points and a fourth...

For the first time since 2008, the Big Ten Wrestling Championships will be hosted in Minnesota.  While the conference season concluded the last weekend in February for the rest of the Big Ten, the...

The Gophers men's tennis (11-1), who just had a weekend off, came back right where they left off as they hosted and swept both the University of Washington and Drake University. "It's nice to cap off the...

Although the college volleyball season is seven months away, many of the Gophers volleyball team are back in action this weekend in hopes of being selected to the USA National Collegiate Team. Thirteen...

In the first ever match-up between the Minnesota men's hockey team and No. 12 Arizona State, the Gophers came out on top, upsetting ASU (21-11-1), 5-1 at 3M Arena at Mariucci Friday night. The Gophers...

As the No. 13 in the 174-weight class, Devin Skatzka's transition to the Gophers has been nearly flawless. Skatzka transferred to Minnesota after a three-year stint at Indiana University. He matched up...

The No. 8 Gophers wrestling team's (14-3, 7-2)  final regular season dual, which was scheduled to be held on Thursday at Northrop Auditorium, was canceled Wednesday due to the recent inclement winter...

For the second straight week, the Gophers' wrestling team dominated a conference opponent. This time, the Gophers took down the Indiana Hoosiers, walking away with nine individual match victories, including...

Minnesota got back into the win column Saturday after beating the struggling Indiana Hoosiers 84-63.  The win snapped the Gophers' (17-9, 7-8 Big Ten) four-game losing streak that they had coming...

With only two weeks remaining in the regular season before the No. 7 Gophers (13-3, 6-2) host the Big Ten Championships, there are a lot of bright spots for the team.  One such spot is the success...

The Gophers (13-3, 6-2 Big Ten) wrestling team dominated the Maryland Terrapins 45-0 Sunday, bouncing back after falling to Nebraska on Friday.  The win is the first shut-out for the Gophers in a...

As the Gophers team looked for its first sweep over border rival No.19 Wisconsin(17-6, 9-3 Big Ten) in a decade, poor shooting, a handful of second chance opportunities and fouls derailed the Gophers'...

It is not often that one of the newest additions to a collegiate athletics team is someone who has four-years of prior experience. Sean Russell (19-3), the No. 6 wrestler in the 125-weight class is just...

The Gophers men’s tennis team (5-1) took a road-trip down south to Alabama over the weekend and came out with two victories over SEC opponents.  “I thought we played well pretty much up and down...

The No. 7 Gophers (12-2, 5-1 Big Ten) wrestling team dominated the Purdue Boilermakers in the team’s first dual at Maturi Pavilion in three weeks.  “I thought our guys came out with a lot of energy...

One year after arriving in Dinkytown from Illinois, Gophers wrestler Steve Bleise is starting to feel right at home.  Bleise transferred to the University of Minnesota from Northern Illinois last...

No. 7 Minnesota (11-2, 4-1 Big Ten) wrestling team traveled to Madison with one goal: a victory.  In the 97th meeting between the two border rivals, the Gophers continued the athletic department's...

Wrestling is brutal on the body; it’s common for wrestlers to participate while dealing with aches and pains. Junior Mitch McKee has taken this to the extreme, fighting back from severe injury to quickly...

Minnesota's wrestling team (10-2, 3-1 Big Ten) got back on the winning path in Illinois over the weekend as the Gophers toppled Illinois 26-15 Friday, and Northwestern 29-12 Sunday afternoon.  “It...

The dream of playing for a championship in Minneapolis ended Friday as the Gophers' volleyball team was eliminated in the Sweet Sixteen after being upset by Oregon (23-10) in four sets: 25-21, 41-39, 25-14...

The Gophers volleyball team is headed to the Sweet Sixteen for the fourth-consecutive season, but two true freshmen have made their presence felt all season. Libero C.C. McGraw and outside hitter Adanna...

For the fourth straight year, the Gophers volleyball team is on their way into the Sweet Sixteen. After a defensive show Friday, it was the offense’s turn to lead the Gophers (27-3) Saturday to a victory...

Minnesota's (26-3) lock-down defense pushed the Gophers into the second round of the NCAA Tournament.  For the fourth straight year, the Gophers began the NCAA Tournament at home. They held Bryant...

For the fourth consecutive season, the Gophers volleyball team will open the NCAA tournament at home. On Sunday, in front of more than 100 family members, friends, season ticket holders and boosters in...

Coming into the final weekend, the Gophers volleyball team was the only undefeated team left in the Big Ten. Although No. 3 Minnesota (25-3, 19-1) dropped one match this weekend, they bounced back Saturday...

The Gophers volleyball team's quest to be the first Big Ten team to go undefeated in the regular season since 2009 came to an end Friday when they were topped by No. 7 Penn State (23-6, 14-5 Big Ten) on...

Setter Samantha Seliger-Swenson has been through a lot with Minnesota. The three-time All-American Seliger-Swenson has been to two Final Fours and has been a part of over 100 victories for the Gophers'...

The Gophers volleyball team seems to be impervious to losing. With one weekend to go in conference play No. 3 Minnesota (24-2, 18-0 Big Ten) clinched the program's third Big Ten championship Saturday as...

The Gophers (23-2, 17-0 Big Ten) just know how to win. No. 3 Minnesota went on to win its 18th consecutive match and 17th in Big Ten play Friday as the Gophers topped Maryland (17-12, 8-9 Big Ten) in four...