A trio of men lingered around the University of Minnesota’s outdated Bierman Track and Field Stadium on Wednesday afternoon.
To the untrained eye, they looked like three rather unassuming college...
A University alumnus may have been wearing green instead of the usual maroon and gold at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational over the weekend, but his experience with the Gophers helped propel him...
With the Big Ten outdoor championships one weekend away, the Gophers track and field teams got a sneak peek at Big Ten competition Saturday at the Musco Twilight in Iowa City, Iowa.
Minnesota’s women’s...
Gophers men's track and field alumni Hassan Mead ran the world's second-fastest 5,000-meter run time in 2014 at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational in Palo Alto, Calif., on Sunday.
Mead...
Given the past few Minnesota winters, an uptick in seasonal depression around the Twin Cities is probably merited.
In senior Megan Geyen’s case, though, distress in recent years hasn’t been...
Minnesota’s track and field teams have written a lot of program history at the Drake Relays. But there wasn’t much to add to the books after the 105th installment of the meet in Ames, Iowa,...
There have been 104 Drake Relays in the history of the prestigious meet, but it’s hard to beat last year’s for the Gophers women’s track and field team.
Minnesota’s distance medley...
The Gophers men’s track and field team placed second at the Carleton Relays on Saturday in Northfield, Minn., even without its full roster.
Carleton took home the meet title with 103 team points...
A fifth-grader tearing through a 400-meter dash, afro blowing in the wind as he leaves his competition in the dust, may sound like the epitome of fun.
Rashawn Fountain didn’t think so at first.
After...
PHILADELPHIA — Gophers defenseman Brady Skjei was the first Minnesota player to kneel on the ice before the clock had even run out, Union players already clearing the bench.
Minnesota senior captain...
PHILADELPHIA — Before the clock ran out, Gophers player Brady Skjei was kneeling on the ice and Union players were clearing the bench.
Minnesota senior captain Nate Condon skated aimlessly around...
PHILADELPHIA — At first, reactions were predictable after Minnesota beat North Dakota in the waning seconds of the Frozen Four semifinal.
Gophers senior defenseman Justin Holl scored his first...
When players reflect on past games, they tend to think about fantastic goals, acrobatic saves or the big win.
That’s not the case when the Gophers men’s hockey team reminisces about rival North...
Change is hard, but change after 33 years of consistency is even harder.
When throws coach Lynne Anderson retired this summer after more than three decades as an assistant coach for the Gophers women’s...
If a collective groan — or a more subtle eye roll — emits from the postgame media gathering outside the Gophers men’s hockey locker room, the source of exasperation isn’t hard to...
Minnesota’s women’s track and field head coach, Matt Bingle, said before the second meet of the outdoor season that his team wanted to shake off the rust.
It did much more than that.
The Gophers...
The concept of trajectory can be a tricky thing, but it hasn’t seemed to be a problem for Gophers senior pole vaulter Zach Siegmeier.
He ended his junior track and field season with a big jump —...
As far as celebrations go, the Gophers’ after winning the NCAA West Regional wasn’t the most exuberant.
Minnesota players skated leisurely to huddle around goaltender Adam Wilcox. Gloves, helmets...
The Gophers men’s hockey team advanced to the finals of the NCAA West Regional with dominant 7-3 win over Robert Morris on Saturday at the Xcel Energy Center.
Minnesota will face either St. Cloud...
The Gophers men’s hockey team has something to prove, which may seem unusual for a program that’s been ranked No. 1 for most of the regular season.
But lately, Minnesota has struggled to put...
The Gophers men’s hockey team endured an upset loss in the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament Friday, but it’s hard to feel too bad for the No. 1 team in the nation and the Big Ten regular-season...
The Gophers men’s hockey team hasn’t concerned itself too much with rankings or standings this season.
Instead, it just focused on playing the best.
That hasn’t been much of an issue,...
A typical Sunday afternoon at the Fasching household looks like that of many Minnesota families.
Hudson Fasching sits with his parents and siblings in the living room of their Burnsville home — a...
The Big Ten regular-season title will have to wait another week.
The No. 1 Gophers men’s hockey team beat Ohio State 5-1 on Friday, but it couldn’t pull out the final win needed to claim the...
As the Gophers men’s hockey team’s regular season nears a close, there aren’t a lot of firsts left to be accomplished.
Yet Minnesota scratched another first off its list in Friday’s...
Senior night for the Gophers men’s hockey team could have played out much differently.
While the Gophers completed a sweep of Penn State with a 2-1 victory Saturday after a 5-1 victory Friday, the...
The Gophers men’s hockey team is one of the top programs in the nation, so competition for playing time is fierce.
Jostling for position isn’t for first-line starting spots, though. It’s...
Jake Parenteau and Tom Serratore met online.
Well, sort of.
They didn’t swipe through each other’s profile pictures on Tinder, but the two seniors on the Gophers men’s hockey team connected...
The Gophers men’s hockey team wasn’t scoring many goals — a pattern that culminated with a sweep last weekend at Wisconsin.
Minnesota rebounded in a big way this weekend at Mariucci Arena,...
The Gophers need a serious bounce back.
Wisconsin swept Minnesota last weekend — the first time the Gophers have been swept in about two years — and also did away with Minnesota’s 14-game...
In a single series, the Gophers men’s hockey team doubled its losses and suffered its first sweep and conference losses of the season.
It was unexpected, to say the least.
No. 12 Wisconsin beat No....
The Gophers men’s hockey team isn’t into being “cute” on the ice. That’s something freshman forward Hudson Fasching learned firsthand.
Fasching already has nine goals this...
A quick glance at Vinni Lettieri’s family tree is enough to know he could make sports history.
His grandfather, hockey legend Lou Nanne, played for the Gophers in the 1960s. He competed at the 1968...
It seems the series of big weekends for the Gophers men’s hockey team finally took its toll.
After the Hockey City Classic and North Star College Cup on consecutive weekends, the Gophers returned...
Two names sit atop the Gophers men’s hockey team’s stat sheet for most goals.
One could have been predicted before the season even started, while the other has been a bit of a dark horse.
Minnesota...
As expected, the No. 1 Gophers men’s hockey team asserted itself as the best program in the state Saturday.
Minnesota won the inaugural North Star College Cup on Saturday at the Xcel Energy Center...
There was a time in the not-so-distant past when all five Division I hockey programs in Minnesota played in the same conference.
That changed this season with the development of the Big Ten hockey conference...
It was the first meet of the winter season, but the Gophers men’s and women’s track and field teams certainly didn’t treat the Northwest Open at the Fieldhouse as a warm-up lap.
The women’s...
For all the hype created by Friday’s Hockey City Classic — held outdoors at TCF Bank Stadium — the game itself wasn’t loaded with excitement.
While the Gophers beat Ohio State 1-0...
Considering the way Friday’s game against Michigan State started, ending in a 2-2 tie before losing in a shootout wasn’t the worst result for the Gophers. And rebounding Saturday with a 3-2...
When Gophers head men’s hockey coach Don Lucia first met 15-year-old Seth Ambroz, he said he was “socially awkward” and could barely look the coach in the eye.
Now, the junior forward...
The Gophers men’s hockey team is only 9-for-59 on power-play attempts so far this season — converting at slightly more than a 15 percent clip.
But freshman defenseman Michael Brodzinski helped...
Sophomore goaltender Adam Wilcox had a career-high 36 saves in Friday’s 6-1 win over Minnesota-Duluth at Mariucci Arena.
A couple of days later, it was Bulldogs sophomore goaltender Matt McNeely...
Jake Bischoff is one of seven true freshmen on the Gophers men’s hockey team this year.
And while some of Bischoff’s classmates might have overshadowed the defenseman by making early scoring...
Sophomore goaltender Adam Wilcox led the Gophers to an impressive 4-1 win Friday night with 34 saves against Minnesota State-Mankato.
Still, Wilcox didn’t take his usual place in net in Saturday’s...
Adjusting to Division I hockey on the No. 1 team in the nation can be daunting for any freshman, but Gophers forwards Justin Kloos and Taylor Cammarata said the transition has been easier together.
The...
Gophers men's hockey freshman forward Hudson Fasching earned the Big Ten conference's Third Star on Tuesday for his performance at the split series on the road at Notre Dame.
Fasching recorded...
The Gophers split a series with Notre Dame over the weekend, in part due to strong play from the freshman class.
Minnesota had six goals in the series, and freshmen accounted for five of them.
The Gophers...
Three weeks ago, Gophers senior forward Tom Serratore reunited with his family when the Gophers played at Bemidji State.
This weekend, head coach Don Lucia will partake in a family reunion of his own,...
The rink at Mariucci Arena isn’t the only place Gophers hockey players have to show their toughness. For the six players in the team’s junior class, that grit is carried over to their home...
A usual Saturday morning at Mariucci Arena involves the Gophers men’s hockey team practicing hard or preparing for an upcoming game.
But last Saturday, sophomore defenseman Mike Reilly skated with...
The two games between the Gophers men’s hockey team and Boston College this weekend started off similar enough, but they ended very differently.
While Minnesota scored two goals in about the first...
At the beginning of this season, there wasn’t much expectation surrounding the Gophers men’s hockey team.
Minnesota lost five juniors to the NHL. One incoming freshman left the team for the...
Junior forward Sam Warning earned the Big Ten conference's First Star award Tuesday.
The Gophers men's hockey team defeated Bemidji State on the road last weekend 6-3 and 5-1. Warning recorded...
Starting wasn’t the Gophers’ strong suit against Bemidji State over the weekend — but finishing was.
Minnesota swept the Beavers with a 6-3 win Friday and 5-1 win Saturday, despite giving...
The Serratore family will descend on Bemidji, Minn., this weekend for the nonconference series between Bemidji State and Gophers men’s hockey.
Moms, sisters, brothers, grandpas and at least two Toms...
Junior forwards Sam Warning and Kyle Rau from the Gophers men's hockey team received spots in the inaugural Big Ten Three Stars announced Tuesday.
Warning earned the Second Star after he won the MVP...
Freshmen Hannah and Paige Tapp may be twin sisters and Gophers volleyball players, but they’re not exactly the same.
Hannah is a true middle blocker while Paige plays on the right side. Hannah is...
The Gophers volleyball team moved up one spot to No. 10 in the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association poll released Monday.
Minnesota lost in five sets on the road to No. 4 Penn State on Wednesday...
The Gophers volleyball team has lost only three matches this season, but all have been against ranked opponents. In fact, Minnesota had only beat one ranked opponent all season.
Until this weekend.
No....
On paper, the Gophers volleyball team and Penn State were evenly matched with identical 3-1 conference records and only two total losses on the season.
And the five-set match Wednesday night proved it.
No....
Junior forward Seth Ambroz described his teammate and roommate, Travis Boyd, as “lackadaisical” when he’s away from the Gophers men’s hockey team.
“He’s a not in a hurry...
While most of Karlie Hauer’s teammates are just arriving at practice, the sophomore outside hitter is already on the court, practicing her spike and her serve to the nearly empty gym.
That extra...
The Gophers volleyball team dropped to No. 11 in the nation, according to the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association poll released Monday.
Minnesota was at No. 8 before a three-set loss to Nebraska...
The Gophers men’s hockey team had just one exhibition game before the start of its 2013-14 season.
While the Gophers may have hoped for it to be a slow and easy warm-up, that notion was quickly smashed...
The Gophers volleyball team kicked off its first road trip of the Big Ten season in rocky fashion.
No. 10 Nebraska swept No. 8 Minnesota on Friday at the Bob Devaney Sports Center before the Gophers mounted...
A lot has changed in a year for the Gophers men’s hockey team.
Minnesota lost five juniors to the NHL and graduated its lone senior. Then before the season even started, freshman Tommy Vannelli left...
Gophers outside hitter Daly Santana hasn’t changed much between her freshman to sophomore seasons.
She’s still a solid starter with a fast arm and even faster jump-spin serve. But the Puerto...
The Gophers volleyball team climbed one spot to No. 8 in the nation, according to the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll released Monday.
Minnesota opened Big Ten conference play at 2-0 with...
Senior outside hitter Ashley Wittman earned the Big Ten conference's Defensive Player of the Week award Monday.
The Gophers swept Indiana and Purdue last week in straight sets, starting off the conference...
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The first time the Gophers volleyball team played a ranked opponent this season, it resulted in a five-set loss — the only stain on Minnesota’s season so far.
But the second...
The Gophers beat Indiana in straight sets in their Big Ten opener at the Sports Pavilion on Wednesday night.
Not that there was really ever any doubt.
Minnesota is No. 9 in the nation and was tabbed to...
Sarah Wilhite’s high school career was decorated, to say the least.
The Eden Prairie High School and Northern Lights Volleyball Club outside hitter was a high school All-American, Miss Volleyball,...
The Gophers volleyball team is still ranked No. 9 in the nation, according to the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll released Monday.
Minnesota swept the action at the Dartmouth Tournament on...
The Gophers volleyball team took only one of its four matches past three sets this weekend.
Surprisingly, it wasn’t in the match in which a majority of the team’s starters stayed on the bench.
Minnesota...
Adrianna Nora may be a new face on the Gophers volleyball team, but opponents would be wise not to overlook the junior transfer from Baylor.
That’s because the right-side hitter openly admits that...
Kalei Mau could be considered a prodigy in more ways than one.
She only started seriously pursuing volleyball in 10th grade and has since landed a spot as an outside hitter with the Gophers’ volleyball...
The Gophers volleyball team had been riding high on a perfect season — eight victories, all in straight sets.
But up against its first ranked opponent of the season, the team lost its bearings.
No....
Minnesota’s volleyball team is off to a hot start this season with a perfect 7-0 record — all without dropping a set.
So is senior middle blocker Tori Dixon, who started the season by winning...
The Gophers women's volleyball team retained its No. 4 national ranking in the latest American Volleyball Coaches Association poll released Monday.
Minnesota still has a perfect record at 7-0 without...
The Gophers volleyball program has taken freshman Dalianliz Rosado off its roster for the season.
The libero/defensive specialist from Morovis, Puerto Rico, signed a National Letter of Intent last...
Last season, Alexandra Palmer transferred from sunny Santa Clara, Calif., prepared to fight for the starting setter spot on the Gophers’ volleyball team with a brand new Olympic coach.
A year later,...
The Gophers women’s volleyball team is perfect — for now.
Minnesota’s season started this weekend with nonconference action at the Alabama-Birmingham/Samford tournament. The Gophers dominated...
The Gophers volleyball team is ranked No. 4 in the nation, according to the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll released Monday.
Minnesota moved up two spots from its preseason ranking at...
Gophers volleyball's Tori Dixon earned the Big Ten conference's Player of the Week award Monday.
The senior middle blocker helped her team to four straight-set wins this weekend at the UAB/Samford...
Senior thrower Quentin Mege returned to the Gophers men’s track and field team this year despite graduating last spring with a mechanical engineering degree, but it hasn’t gone as planned.
The...
The Gophers men’s and women’s track and field teams scrambled to finalize their Big Ten outdoor championship rosters this weekend.
Both teams were scheduled to compete at a local meet Wednesday,...
Katie Loberg may be graduating in a few weeks with her journalism degree, but the former Gophers basketball forward could pass for a freshman on the track and field team.
Loberg joined the team about a...
The Gophers men’s and women’s track and field teams continued their strong traditions at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, this weekend.
The men won two events while the women won one and...
Junior Zach Siegmeier sort of fell into pole vaulting. He picked up the event his freshman year of high school to avoid offseason football conditioning and placed most of his focus on another spring sport,...
The Gophers men’s and women’s track teams claimed a combined nine event titles Saturday at the Musco Twilight in Iowa City, Iowa.
The women tallied five titles, including several sweeps.
Junior...
This weekend’s Musco Twilight in Iowa City, Iowa, may seem like a typical meet, but Jeri Johnson-Chambers views it as an opportunity.
The senior has a fairly singular goal for her final season with...
The Gophers men’s track and field team beat the No. 1 team in the nation and tied the No. 2 team Saturday at the John McDonnell Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark.
No. 22 Minnesota tallied 137 team...
Redshirt freshman Goaner Deng competed last month in the 4x400-meter relay at the NCAA indoor championships, an honorable accomplishment in his first competitive season with the Gophers.
But the proudest...
The Gophers men’s and women’s track and field teams had a successful weekend in different weather conditions.
While the men competed in the rain at the Hamline Invite, the women’s team...
Junior distance runner Laura Docherty is having a breakout season.
But her success has been long in the works — since birth, actually.
Docherty’s parents were both runners at Iowa, and her...
Senior Harun Abda earned the Big Ten conference's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week honor Wednesday.
Abda won the 800-meter run at the Stanford Invitational last weekend. His time of 1:48.64 ranks...
Rugby is one of the most violent sports in the world, but Nate Augspurger didn’t pick up his first major injury until February.
The former University of Minnesota club player got into the sport at...
The Gophers men’s and women’s track and field teams are still working out the kinks in their transition from the indoor to outdoor season.
The teams competed in their first full meets of the...
Senior Quentin Mege broke his own school record in the hammer throw in the first meet of the outdoor track and field season.
And to think he almost didn’t return to Minnesota for his last year of...
