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Other Gopher Sports Following its fifth straight sweep, a 3-0 romp over Indiana, the Gophers head into one of their toughest road challenges yet. On Friday, Minnesota takes on the 21st ranked Purdue Boilermakers in West Lafayette. Saturday, the Gophers head into Huff Hall, one of the Big Ten’s toughest volleyball environments, to take on […] READ MORE
Other Gopher Sports Coming off their heartbreaking five game upset loss to Wisconsin, the Minnesota volleyball team could have been at risk for an early Big Ten season swoon, which last happened in 2003. The 2005 Gophers have bounced back ferociously, sweeping their last four opponents as they head to Indiana for a match up […] READ MORE
Other Gopher Sports Minnesota fell to #9 in the AVCA top 25 this week following their upset loss at #10 Wisconsin on Friday. The Gophers held leads of 1-0 and 2-1 before dropping the final two games to the Badgers. Minnesota came back on Saturday night to sweep Northwestern despite continued struggles on offense. In […] READ MORE
Other Gopher Sports The #5 Minnesota volleyball team rolled through the competition in Forth Worth, TX, this weekend as they took the tournament championship. The Gophers swept Campbell and Maine before defeating the host Horn Frogs 3-1. Meredith Nelson was named the tournament MVP and was joined on the All-Tournament team by Paula Gentil and […] READ MORE
Other Gopher Sports #5 Minnesota marched through another week of volleyball with a 4-0 record, dropping only one game in the process. The Gophers ran away with the KSU tournament in Manhattan after blowing past Houston and Florida State before slugging out a 3-1 victory over #24 Kansas State. Minnesota finished up the week with […] READ MORE
Other Gopher Sports The recruiting database was an exciting new feature to the GopherHole and will continue to be updated and improved over the coming months, but that was just the beginning to the new features we hope to bring you in 2006. The next in line is a column of Gopher related notes covering […] READ MORE
Howard Pulley League One of the best things about the Howard Pulley League is the opportunity to catch an early glimpse of the incoming Gopher freshmen. That was the case Tuesday night, when Brandon Smith and Damian Johnson made their debuts for the very athletic Sabes/Petters team in the nightcap. Gopher fans weren’t the only […] READ MORE
Other Gopher Sports Stanford won their sixth volleyball title today, defeating Minnesota 30-23 30-27 30-21. Ogonna Nnamani smoked the Gophers for 29 kills while hitting .562. Full recap of the match and an in-depth look at the program’s future is coming soon. READ MORE
Other Gopher Sports After the Gophers let game two slip away to the USC Trojans last night in Long Beach, volleyball fans might’ve thought that Minnesota was finished. The thought continued into game three, when the Gophers let another big lead slip away. However, the team showed the same grit and resolve that has gotten […] READ MORE
Other Gopher Sports Minnesota vs. USC, we’ve all seen this before right? The two teams squared off in last season’s national semifinal, and played again early this season in the NACWAA Invitational. Fear not, Gopher fans, although Minnesota lost both times to the Women of Troy, there is no reason to think that tonight will […] READ MORE