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Former Gopher Santana to play in Olympics with Puerto Rico volleyball team
Former Gophers volleyball player Daly Santana is headed to the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro with the Puerto Rico national team.
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Gophers lose, but stave off elimination in NCAA softball
The second-seeded Gophers (43-13) staved off elimination Saturday night by beating North Dakota State for the second time in as many days. They need to beat Washington twice today.
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Big Ten baseball tourament at a glance
The tournament begins Wednesday; the top-seed Gophers play No. 8 Iowa in the opening round.
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Groenewegen, Palkovich help Gophers top NDSU in NCAA softball regional
The junior struck out 11 in five innings and got out of one huge jam.
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Reusse: Gophers baseball bounces back to claim Big Ten crown
The Gophers, ninth-place finishers in the Big Ten in 2015, took care of business Friday and got some help to eventually hoist the hardware.
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Grieving Gophers hope to honor pitching coach with Big Ten title
The Gophers baseball team has heavy hearts as they try to win a Big Ten championship this weekend. Pitching coach Todd Oakes this week was placed in home hospice care.
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Source: Big Ten hockey planning to switch to on-campus playoffs
The Big Ten is in the process of approving a new format for its hockey tournament that would move games to on-campus sites beginning in 2018, a source confirmed to the Star Tribune.
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Taylor LeMay has caught on well with Gophers softball
Taylor LeMay has started all but three games at catcher for the Gophers the past three years and is a key part of their success heading into Friday's NCAA tournament opener against North Dakota State.
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Gophers' ace Groenewegen beats teams in every way possible
Sara Groenewegen's two-day Big Ten tournament totals: 24 innings pitched, six earned runs, 29 strikeouts — and 395 pitches. Oh, and a three-run home run.
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Gophers lose but stay in first place in Big Ten baseball
Despite the loss, first-place Minnesota (33-17, 15-6 Big Ten) remained one-half game ahead of Indiana (31-20, 15-7) in the conference race because the Hoosiers lost 4-1 at Nebraska.
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Six Gophers named to National Fastpitch Coaches Association's Great Lakes All-Region teams
Pitcher Sara Groenewegen, third baseman Sam Macken and shortstop Sydney Dwyer were picked for the first team.
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2016 Mariucci Classic to showcase hockey from several regions
The Gophers release the first piece of their 2016-2017 schedule with the annual Mariucci Classic two-day tournament.
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Scoggins: Gophers pitching coach makes most of extra innings
After a leukemia diagnosis and bone marrow transplant, Gophers pitching coach Todd Oakes' recovery has inspired others to donate time, money, blood and stem cells.
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Postseason plans for Gophers baseball
The Big Ten tournament starts Wednesday in Omaha, where the resurgent Gophers will look to end a nearly three-year victory drought.
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Gophers can clinch Big Ten baseball title this weekend
The Gophers have a half-game lead over Indiana, and both teams have three games remaining.
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NCAA softball tournament Seattle Regional
The double-elimination tournament begins Friday.
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Former U hockey star Travis Boyd emerges as OT hero in AHL playoffs
Boyd's Game 7 overtime goal propelled the Hershey Bears into the AHL Eastern Conference finals.
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'My new university': Kill takes associate AD job at Kansas State
"I know my coaching career's over, and I understand that," Jerry Kill said. "But I just can't sit around and look at a lake and roll my fingers. That'd be the worst health [decision] I could ever make."
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South Dakota St. baseball edges Gophers in 10th inning
Phil Velez of the Jackrabbits singled, moved to third on two wild pitches and scored on Zach Holt's one-out bunt single.
Twins, UND alum St. Peter, to honor NCAA champion North Dakota hockey at Target Field
Will the ire of some Gophers fans will be raised with news that the Twins are slated to honor the NCAA champion North Dakota men's hockey team before Sunday's game?
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Around the Region
- Longtime Hawkeyes football broadcaster Ed Podolak steps down from his radio analyst role
- Hailey Van Lith trying to make US Olympic 3x3 team; next college choice to come soon
- Sign of the times: NCAA approves coach-to-player helmet communication for 2024 football season
- UConn freshman Stephon Castle declares for NBA draft and becomes school's second one-and-done player
- FedEx pledges $25 million over 5 years in NIL program for University of Memphis athletes
- PWHL Minnesota allows late comeback to Montreal, fails to clinch playoff berth
- NHL team moving from Arizona to Salt Lake City will have a name starting with Utah
- Kansas adds AJ Storr after he led Wisconsin in scoring this past season
- Virginia law allows the state's colleges and universities to directly pay athletes through NIL deals
- Scoring sensation Lucy Olsen transfers to Iowa. Ex-Villanova player helps fill void of Caitlin Clark
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