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Upon Further Review has everything you ever wanted to know about Gophers athletics (and then some). The Daily’s Sports team brings in-depth analysis, live blogs of Minnesota game days as well as any extra tidbits of information to help fans get their Gophers sports fix.
Mon, 12/24, 1:35pm (5 months ago)
Gophers freshman women's basketball player Kayla Hirt was announced the Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Monday.
Hirt scored 12 points and snagged a team-high 12 rebounds in Minnesota's 86-43 victory over Northern Iowa on Friday.
Hirt, a Bemidji, Minn., native, sat out the entire 2011-12 season with a torn ACL.…
Fri, 12/14, 5:26pm (5 months ago)
Head coach Brad Frost announced Friday that the Gophers women's hockey team has signed seven players to National Letters of Intent. The seven players, six from Minnesota, will be called upon to help fill the hole in the roster left at the end of the season.
Forwards Dani Cameranesi, Kate Flug, Kate…
Wed, 12/12, 2:34pm (5 months ago)
Gophers freshman forward Hannah Brandt was named the WCHA Rookie of the Week on Wednesday for the fifth time this season.
Brandt had a goal and two assists in Minnesota's two wins against Bemidji State last weekend.
She is second in the country with 48 points in 20 games, behind only linemate…
Wed, 12/12, 1:09pm (5 months ago)
Gophers senior outside hitter Katherine Harms earned first-team All-America honors Tuesday from the American Volleyball Coaches Association. Junior middle blocker Tori Dixon was named second-team All-America, while junior outside hitter Ashley Wittman made the honorable mention list.
These are the first All-America titles for both Dixon and Harms, who were also…
Tue, 12/11, 5:25pm (5 months ago)
Sophomore hockey defenseman Blake Thompson will leave the Gophers after this semester, Minnesota head coach Don Lucia announced Tuesday.
“While I’m disappointed in Blake’s decision to transfer, I respect his choice and appreciate his contributions to the program over the last two years,” Lucia said in a release. “Our team and…
Tue, 12/11, 2:33pm (5 months ago)
University of Wisconsin athletics director Barry Alvarez will earn $118,500 for coaching the Badgers in the Rose Bowl. The former head coach of the team from 1990 to 2005, Alvarez will receive a $50,000 bonus if Wisconsin beats Stanford on New Year’s Day.
The executive committee of Wisconsin's Board of Regents on Tuesday agreed…
Mon, 12/10, 5:29pm (5 months ago)
Gophers sophomore point guard Rachel Banham was named Co-Big Ten Player of the Week on Monday.
She averaged 20.7 points, six rebounds and six assists in leading Minnesota to wins over Denver, Missouri-Kansas City and Robert Morris.
In perhaps her most impressive performance this season, Banham made five three-pointers and scored 29…
Thu, 12/6, 11:01pm (5 months ago)
Minnesota's softball team will kick off its season Feb. 9 against DePaul in Las Vegas, Nev. The team will play 35 games on the road before playing a home game at Jane Sage Cowles Stadium. Its first home series will come April 5-7 against Wisconsin.
The Gophers will travel from coast…
Thu, 12/6, 2:44pm (5 months ago)
Freshman women's hockey forward Hannah Brandt was named the WCHA Player of the Month for November by the American Hockey Coaches Association on Wednesday. Brandt, who is second on the Gophers in points with 45, had six goals and eight assists in eight games during November.
Noora Räty was honored as…
Tue, 12/4, 12:48pm (6 months ago)
Junior middle blocker Tori Dixon and senior outside hitter Katherine Harms have earned spots on the NCAA Mideast All-Region team, the American Volleyball Coaches Association announced Tuesday.
Both Dixon and Harms made the All-Big Ten team this season as well. This is Dixon's second selection to the All-Region team and Harms'…
Tue, 12/4, 12:36pm (6 months ago)
Two Gophers divers won Big Ten Conference Diver of the Week awards Tuesday.
Junior Maggie Keefer earned the title after winning both 1-meter and 3-meter this weekend in the Jean Freeman Invite. She scored 318.65 in 1-meter and 326.40 in 3-meter. Both are season-highs for Keefer and NCAA Zone Diving qualifying…
Tue, 12/4, 11:54am (6 months ago)
Brady Skjei and Mike Reilly are one step closer to representing the United States in the 2013 International Hockey Federation World Junior Championship.
The two freshmen defensemen have been named to the U.S. National Junior team’s preliminary roster, according to a release from USA Hockey. The two will attend a team…
Mon, 12/3, 11:08pm (6 months ago)
Former Gophers golfer Donald Constable has earned a PGA Tour card for the 2013 season. Constable became the fourth player from the University to earn full-time PGA Tour status.
Constable, a former All-Big Ten selection who graduated in 2011, is the first Gophers golfer since 2002 to earn tour privileges through…
Thu, 11/29, 2:40am (6 months ago)
Freshman women's hockey defenseman Lee Stecklein was named WCHA Rookie of the Week on Tuesday.
Stecklein scored her first collegiate goal on Saturday against New Hampshire on the power play in the Gophers' 10-2 win. She also contributed two assists.
The next day, she scored the Minnesota's first goal, again on the power…
Wed, 11/28, 6:23pm (6 months ago)
The Atlantic Coast Conference has found a replacement for Maryland as its 14th member.
Louisville, a member of the Big East Conference, will likely join the ACC starting in 2014, the same year Maryland joins the Big Ten.
The Cardinals will be required to pay the Big East a $10 million exit…
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RT @mndailysports: FIU guard Malik Smith has signed a tender to play for the #Gophers and Richard Pitino, his coach at FIU. Eligibility pending an NCAA waiver. -
FIU guard Malik Smith has signed a tender to play for the #Gophers and Richard Pitino, his coach at FIU. Eligibility pending an NCAA waiver. -
#Gophers women's rowing finishes 5th at the Big Ten championships for the fourth year in a row. Ohio State wins the seven-team meet.
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#Gophers softball ends season with a 3-0 loss to Hawaii in the NCAA tournament. This was the team's first NCAA appearance since 2003.
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