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Other Gopher Sports Minnesota is starting to dominate the series with the hated Badgers. On Friday night, the Gophers dispatched of Wisconsin (8-5) 30-22 30-26 31-29 behind a balanced effort. The match was evenly played, which has become a common occurrence in this series with the Badgers over the last couple of years. Minnesota once […] READ MORE
Other Gopher Sports Last Friday in Columbus, Minnesota faced the buzz-saw that is Stacey Gordon. The undefeated Buckeyes relied almost solely on their All-American to get them past the Gophers 30-24 30-23 18-30 30-24. The Ohio State senior pounded 36 kills, a four game rally scoring record for a Minnesota opponent, while hitting at a […] READ MORE
Other Gopher Sports Last weekend, the Minnesota volleyball team made a statement to the Big Ten conference: there is no easy kill against the Gophers. On Friday night, Minnesota raced past the reeling Michigan State Spartans 30-16 30-18 30-19, holding MSU to a horrendous -.024 hitting percentage ((kill-errors)/attempts). The only player on Michigan State who […] READ MORE
Other Gopher Sports In rally-scoring volleyball, being down two games to one and 28-24 usually means that you are as good as finished. Minnesota was in such a position on Friday night against the unheralded Rice Owls at the UNC Volleyball Classic in Chapel Hill, NC. Coach Hebert took a timeout, hoping the Gophers could […] READ MORE
Other Gopher Sports Minnesota knew it was in for a tough weekend of volleyball with the defending conference champs from the SEC, Big XII and MVC coming into the Sports Pavilion. Few, however, anticipated that the Gophers (7-1) would emerge from the weekend as the #1 team in America according to the AVCA Coaches’ Poll. […] READ MORE
Other Gopher Sports Last weekend, The Gopher Volleyball team followed up their strong performance at NACWAA with an easy sweep through Wyoming, beating UTSA, Idaho State and Wyoming a combined 9 games to zero. While all three matches went to plan, there were a few milestones of note. Paula Gentil broke the Minnesota career digs […] READ MORE
Other Gopher Sports Last season, the Gopher Volleyball team was ranked #6 in the pre-season by the AVCA. They failed with those high expectations, losing their first four matches, including dropping a five game match to the unheralded Kansas Jayhawks. Coach Hebert stated before the season began that the 2004 team would not repeat last […] READ MORE
Other Gopher Sports Last year, a group of women captured the hearts of many Minnesotans as they became one of the lowest seeds to ever advance to the NCAA Final Four. Sound familiar? Well, the Gopher Volleyball team’s performance last season was somewhat overshadowed by the basketball run, but most of the girls are back […] READ MORE
Howard Pulley League The summer began with 8 teams, and now we’re down to just 2. The Errol Carlstrom Playaz will take on A&A Millwork Thursday night at 7:15 pm in the championship game of the 2004 Howard Pulley’s Nike ProCity League. With A&A being the lone undefeated team in the playoffs, the Playaz would […] READ MORE
Howard Pulley League The final week of the Howard Pulley League’s regular season kicked off Tuesday night with a couple of closely contested games. Chicago Lake Liquors held off a tough Compass team in the opener, and Sabes Foundation used a big rally to knock off Petters Group in the finale. Compass, which was undefeated […] READ MORE