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College Baseball: Gophers fall to Oklahoma State 16-9 in Dairy Queen Classic
Mike Isola 03/07/2010 - 11:23am

The Minnesota baseball team (2-7) fell to Oklahoma State (4-1) 16-9 in the Dairy Queen Classic at the Metrodome on Saturday.

In the first game of the day, Northwestern defeated Loyola Marymount 3-0. Oklahoma State is now 2-0 in the Dairy Queen Classic, while Northwestern and Loyola Marymount are 1-1.

Minnesota trailed 12-0 heading into the bottom of the third, before it clawed its way back into the game to make it 12-9. It remained a three-run lead before Oklahoma State scored four insurance runs in the top of the ninth.

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Mens College Hockey: Gophers to open WCHA Playoffs at North Dakota
Mike Isola 03/07/2010 - 9:18am
Photo Courtesy of University of Minnesota

For the first time since 1987, Minnesota will play a postseason hockey game against North Dakota in Grand Forks as the teams will meet in a first round Western Collegiate Hockey Association playoff series March 12-14.

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Womens College Hockey: Gophers advance to WCHA championship on May's game-winner
Mike Isola 03/06/2010 - 11:10pm
Gophers Laura May and Becky Kortum celebrate the game-winner Saturday afternoon. Minnesota now faces Minnesota-Duluth for the WCHA Championship at noon on Sunday. Photo courtesy Eric Miller/University of Minnesota

Laura May scored the game-winning goal at 3:31 in double overtime to help the No. 3 University of Minnesota women’s hockey team to a 5-4 win Saturday afternoon at Ridder Arena.

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Mens College Hockey: Late goal lifts Wisconsin past Gophers 3-2 in Target Center
Mike Isola 03/05/2010 - 10:43pm
Photo Courtesy University of Minnesota

Wisconsin scored a late goal and Minnesota had three goals disallowed as the Badgers pulled out a 3-2 victory on Friday at Target Center.

The Badgers' Craig Smith scored his second goal of the game with 4:12 left to break a 2-2 deadlock and give Wisconsin the victory. Minnesota, meanwhile, had an apparent goal disallowed in each period.

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Womens College Basketball: Penn State bounces Gophers from Big Ten Tournament, 63-52
Mike Isola 03/04/2010 - 7:53pm
Minnesota ended its season with a 63-52 loss to Penn State in the first round of the 2010 Big Ten Conference Tournament. The Golden Gophers finished the season with a disappointing 13-17 record, their first losing season in nine years.

China Antoine led the Gophers with 12 points, all of them coming in three-point field goals. She was the only Gopher in double figures.
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Mens College Hockey: Border Battle Game Notes: Minnesota vs. Wisconsin
Mike Isola 03/03/2010 - 4:01pm

The regular season comes to a close this weekend as Minnesota hosts Wisconsin in a two-game series on Friday and Sunday. Friday's game will be played at Target Center in downtown Minneapolis before the teams return to campus for Sunday's regular season finale at Mariucci Arena. Both teams are jockeying for final seeding for next week's WCHA playoffs. 

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Mens College Basketball: Minnesota struggles in 83-55 loss at Michigan
Mike Isola 03/02/2010 - 11:44pm

Minnesota struggled against an inspired Michigan team that was playing on its Senior Night, and the result was an 83-55 loss to the Wolverines at Crisler Arena Tuesday night.

The Golden Gophers (17-12, 8-9 Big Ten) jumped ahead early in the game by making their first three field goal attempts. Junior guard Blake Hoffarber opened the scoring with a three-pointer, followed by a basket by senior forward Damian Johnson, and another jumper by Hoffarber to put Minnesota up, 7-3.

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Womens College Hockey: Räty named Patty Kazmaier finalist
Mike Isola 03/02/2010 - 6:01pm
Photo courtesy Eric Miller/University of Minnesota

USA Hockey has announced University of Minnesota freshman goaltender Noora Räty (Espoo, Finland) has been named a Patty Kazmaier top-10 finalist, an award given out to the top Division I women’s hockey player each season.

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Womens College Basketball: Gophers drop regular season finale to Michigan State 70-50
Mike Isola 02/28/2010 - 9:27pm
Minnesota's China Antoine drives past a Michigan State defender during the Gophers 70-50 loss to the Spartans in the regular season finale Sunday.
Photo courtesy Sylvia Hesse
 
Minnesota concluded its regular-season schedule with a 70-50 loss at Michigan State on Sunday.
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Womens College Hockey: Gophers win triple-overtime thriller over Minnesota State 4-3
Mike Isola 02/27/2010 - 11:41pm
Emily West scored her ninth gamewinner of the season in Saturday's triple overtime thriller with Minnesota State. Photo courtesy Eric Miller/University of Minnesota

It took 3 hours and 47 minutes of competition, but Emily West scored the game-winning goal at 1:16 in triple overtime to defeat the Minnesota State University, Mankato Mavericks, tonight at Ridder Arena.

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