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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEWS Bierman Field Athletic Building 516 15th Avenue Southeast Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612) 625-4090 Fax 625-0359 For Immediate Release January 3, 2001 TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE ,FOR WISCONSIN BASKETBALL GAME Just over 1,500 tickets remain for Saturday' s Big Ten match-up with rival No. 12 Wisconsin at 7 p.m. at Williams Arena. Tickets for the game are $25 and $10 for all U of M students with a valid university ID. It will be Minnesota's biggest crowd of the season. Wisconsin was a Final Four participant last season and has started the season with a 9-1 record. The Gophers (12-1) are off to their best starts since 1976-77. Minnesota holds a 62-26 edge over Wisconsin at Williams Arena and is 13-2 in the last 15 games .. ~·· GOPHER SPORTS r--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------, I TRACK & FIELD NEXT UP: Northwest Open at the U ..... ~ .... 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J ~-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Week in Gopher Sports is a production of the Uni,·ersity o f 1\linnesota !\len's Athletics Media Relations Office at 208 Bierman Field ~ ·· ·· Athletic Building, 516 15th Ave. SE, 1\linneapolis, !\IN 55408. Bill Crumley, Director; Brad Ruiter, Associate Director; John Romo, Assistant ·-' Director; Jeff Keiser, Publications Coordinator; !\like Corriga n, Heidi Johnson and Kevin Kurtt, Interns. ' ; , WRESTLING JARED LAWRENCE WINS 149-PDUND TITLE AT M IDLANDS WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS Sophomore Jared Lawrence captured the 149-pound championship at the lidlands Wrestling Championships, leading the tap-ranked Golden Gopher grapplers ro the 2000 team title in EvanstOn, Ill. Lawrence, seeded fourth in the rournament, defeated 1 o. 2 Dave EspositO of Lehigh 6-3 in the title match. For the event, Lawrence, ranked fourth in the nation, went 5-0 with rwo major decisions and a fall. The Golden Gophers rook the team title with 144 points with Iowa State in second with 133 points. The 1\[aroon and Gold cruised tO the team cham pionship as four 1\linnesota grapplers advanced tO their respective title matches. At 125 pounds, junior Leroy Vega went 4-1, losing tO 2000 1 CAA Champion Jody Strittmatter of Iowa 12-4 in the title match. 1 o. 5 seed Brett Lawrence defeated top-seeded Teague Moore 2-1 en route to the 133-pound championship match, where he fell to Cody Sanderson 2-1. At 165 pounds, third-seeded Brad Pike lost to top-seed Joe Heskett of Iowa State 4-0 in the title match. Pike, ranked third in the nation, went 5-1 in the tOurnament with a major decision and pin. The Golden Gophers also were helped tO the team title as Luke Becker, iatt Kraft and Damian Hahn placed in the tap eight. Becker, seeded fourth at !57 pounds, took third place, defeating Cole Sanderson of lowa State 9-4 in the third-place match. With the win, Becker a\·enged a 6-5 loss tO Sanderson in the quarterfi nals. At 174 pounds, Kraft captured fifth place, going 4-2 with a pin at I :56 of Princeton's Greg Parker in the fifth -place match. Hahn, seeded third, rook third place at 184 pounds, going 3- 2 for the eYent. Hahn defeated VictOr Sveda of Indiana in a -==-.,..- 5-3 sudden \'ictory decision in the third-place match. J Former Golden Gopher Tim Hartung, a two-time NCAA champion, cap tured second place at 197 pounds, forfeiting to Lee Fullhart in the title march. The rap-ranked ;\linncsma wrestling team, 5-0 on rhe season, takes on o. 2 Oklahoma State Sunday, Jan. 7 at 3:00 p.m. at \\'illiams Arena. Ticker~ arc available by calling 612-624-8080 or 1-800-UGOPHER or online at \vww.gopherspons .com. 200001 ScHEDULE/RESULTS 200001 ScHEDULE/RESULTS D ate Event SiteLResults D ate Event SiteLResults Nov. 11 Bison Open Nine title:; Jan. 12 Boise State Boise, Idaho ov. 18 North Dakota State w, 44-0 Jan. 20-21 National Duals State College, Pa. Kaufman-Brand O pen Two titles Jan. 26 Michigan Sports Pavilion Nov. 24 Northern Open Nine titles Jan. 27 Purdue Williams Arena Nov. 26 Northern Iowa w, 36-3 Feb. 2 Indiana Bloomington, Ind. Dec . 2 u I Open (non-varsity) Two titles Feb. 4 Illinois Champaign, Ill. Dec. 10 Hofstra w, 33-3 Feb. 9 Michigan State Sports Pavilion Princeton w, 45-0 Feb. 11 Penn State Williams Arena Seton Hall w, 37-2 Feb. 16 Wisconsin Madison, Wis. Dec. 29-30 l\1idlands One title Feb. 18 Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Jan. 7 Oklahoma State Williams Arena Mar. 3-4 Big Ten Championships Evanston, Ill. Jan. 11 Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. Mar. 15-17 NCAA Championships Iowa City, Iowa I I ~---------- - ---------------------------------- -- ------ - -- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNIVERSITY OF MIN ESOTA JEW§ Bierman Field Athletic Building 516 15th Avenue Southeast Minneapolis. MN 55455 (612) 625-4090 Fax 625-0359 For Immediate Release January 5, 2001 ANDERLE TO JOIN BASKETBALL TEAM Golden Gopher football player Matt Anderle, of Roseville, Minn., will join the basketball team for his first workout this afternoon. The 6-6, 271-pound Anderle earned his third letter at defensive tackle this past fall for Minnesota. A former All-Conference basketball performer at Mounds View High School, Anderle will add inside strength during Minnesota's game preparation for Big Ten opponents. The Golden Gophers host Wisconsin Saturday at 7 p.m. at Williams Arena. Approximately 1,500 tickets remain for the game. Tickets can be purchased by calling (612) 624-8080 or 1-800-UGOPHER (846-7437). They can also be purchased at the game or online by visiting www. gopherspmts.com. ........ o·· ······· P.................H ........ E ............ R .......... S.... P .... ......0 .... A., ............T ........... .... _ G ...· .. · ................... · .· .·.·····.· ...... · .. · s r----------------------------------------------------------------~ ~ -----------------------, ..... -----, TRACK & FIELD NEXT w1n at c... l> z c: l> ~-< · ~ il . ~ ..CD SWIMMING & :DIVING , tJp: ' lAsT WEEK: None ,,•N';'''• .. -.·~·:·:· ···- · ...... ,, '·· .:···.--·-·· -------------- - ------------------------------------------- -- ----- - --- - ------------------- -- - ~ This Week in Gopher Sports is a production of the Uni,·ersiry of i\llinnesota _Men's Athletics Media Relations Office at 208 Bierman Field Athletic Building, 516 15th Ave. SE, i\llinneapolis, l\IN 55408. Bill Crumley, Director; Brad Ruiter, Associate Director; John Romo, Assistant Director; Jeff Keiser, Publications Coordinator; Mike Corrigan, Heidi Johnson and Kevin Kuru, Interns. GYMNASTICS 2001 M INNESOTA M EN'S GYMNASTICS OUTLOOK the Golden Gophers welcome back a number of Maroon and Gold athletes that made a name for themselves throughout the 2000 season. A Tradition-rich programs have that rare abiliry to fight through the tough times. Junior Justin Conner, a native of Dallas, Texas, was Minnesota's only qualifi- W Teams with a storied history of success do nor stay down for long. Programs that er in the all-around for the NCAA Quaifying meet a year ago. He went on to have fallen on hard rimes find it easier to rebound to prominence when there finish in the 18th spot at the NCAA Championships in the all-around, posting exists a legacy of victory. a score of 53.200. Competing in all nine meers, Conner set career-highs in five The University of Minnesota gymnastics program has experienced the dis of six events in the last two meers, including a 55.925 all-around score against appointment of finishing in the lower half of the Big Ten for three consecutive Nebraska. Minnesota's most consistent returning all-around gymnast, Conner seasons for the first time since 1969-71. Regardless, the 2001 Golden Gophers will be expected to provide the Golden Gophers with significant points in all six will look to use the tradition of success and the legacy of victory to their advan events in each meer. tage in their efforts to rebound to national prominence in collegiate gymnastics. Junior Todd Guilbeau, of Houston, Texas, also had a solid season a year ago, Minnesota struggled through much of the 2000 season, bur came on strong posting career-highs in the floor exercise (9.400), pommel horse (9.850), still versus Illinois-Chicago and Nebraska to post back-to-back dual meet wins in the rings (9.050) and vault (9.400) during the 2000 campaign. Guilbeau also hopes final two weeks of the season. The Golden Gophers finished 2-5 on the year and to provide Minnesota with strong all-around performances to vault the Maroon finished in seventh place in the Big Ten. The ream also qualified nine gymnasts and Gold back to prominence. for individual competition at the NCAA Qualifying meet held in Iowa City, Jasper, Texas, native Clay Strother had a spectacular freshman season for Iowa. · Minnesota a year ago, posting school record scores of9.950 in both With a tough year behind them, the 2001 edition of the floor exercise and the pommel horse. Strother also notched an Minnesota gymnastics will rely heavily on the production of under all-around score of 56.675, a season-best individual score for classmen as the Gold Country roster contains eight freshmen and the team.