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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 ..

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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.

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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.

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------~ 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 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- 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. He went on to post another 9.950 at NCAA four sophomores. With the limitless potential that several of this Qualifying and a 9.250 at the NCAA Championships in the year's athletes possess, rhe Golden Gophers are certainly capable of pommel horse to finish 39th in the nation. Strother's limitless making the jump back into the thick of the Big Ten race this sea- talent will definitely be a valuable asset of the 2001 edition of son. Minnesota gymnastics. With his potential, the Golden Returning for the Maroon and Gold this season is a group Gophers have in Strother a significant athlete who should be of talented athletes that should provide a solid core on which a force in the Big Ten for the next three years. to climb back to the top of the college gymnastics world. The Also returning to the Minnesota lineup are Tim Koehler valuable leadership that Bob Goss and Allen Sopko can furnish will cer­ and Bryan Hutchinson. Koehler, a sophomore from North tainly be significant as the Minnesota roster consists of a great deal of Bergen, N.J., enters his second season of competition in Gold youth. Country following a 2000 campaign that saw him compete in all nine meets. · Goss, a native of Kenosha, Wis., will look to build on a 2000.season that saw Koehler enters the 200 1 season with hopes of providing Minnesota with solid him tie or better career-highs in three events and qualify for NCAA event qual­ scores in several events. ifying. Despite battling injury through much of his career at Minnesota, Goss Throw into the mix redshirt freshman Hutchinson, a solid arhlete that did managed to score career-bests in the pommel horse (9 .750), vault (9.575) and not compete during the the 2000 season, and the 2001 edition of Minnesota parallel bars (9.575) during the 2000 campaign while competing in all nine gymnastics boasts numerous returnees who should contribute on the scoreboard meets. His 9.575 on the vault was a season-best individual score for the Golden in many different ways for the Maroon and Gold. Joining the Minnesota pro­ Gophers. The 2001 season will be Goss' best oportunity to put his injury trou­ gram this season are freshmen Bill Callahan, Jeff Cohen, Randal Direen, bles behind him and excel in competition while offering leadership to under­ Mitchell Griffin, Panagiotes Nikolaides, Josh Nitzberg, Eric Steele and Gabriel classmen. Suarez-Borden. Steele should be a big contributor on three events while Sopko, of Brookfield, Wis., had a solid 2000 season that saw him participate Callahan, Griffin and Nitzberg are expected to contribute throughout the sea­ in nine meets and the still rings competition at NCAA event qualifying. Sopko son. also posted careet-highs in the floor exercise (9.400) and still rings (9 .300) dur­ With the significant talent that the Golden Gophers have both returning and ing the year. The 2001 season will provide him with an opportunity to build on joining the Minnesota program, the 2001 Gold Country gymnastics team a career that has experienced its share of bad luck due to injuries. Sopko will look expects to battle for the top of the Big Ten and rebound back into the national to improve upon his performances last year and help the Minnesota gymnastics spotlight in college gymnastics. Given the team's impeccable credentials and tra­ program back to the elite national level. dition of success, there exists no reason why these Maroon and Gold gymnasts In addition to the leadership that Goss and Sopko wi ll be asked to provide, cannot vault this storied program into irs rightful place - among the elite of the NCAA.

Date Event Site LR e§ult Name Yr. Hometown Jan. 13 Windy City Invitational Chicago, Ill. Bill Callahan Fr.. Marshfield, Mass. Jan. 20 Illinois Champaign, lll. Jeff Cohen Fr. Lexington, Miss. Jan. 27 Iowa 1o w a City, 1ow a Justin Conner Jr. Dalls, Texas Feb.3 Michigan State Sports Pavilion Randal Direen Fr. Colorado Springs, Colo. Feb. 10 Winter Cup TBA Bob Goss Sr. Kenosha, Wis. Feb. 16 Ohio State Sports Pavilion .l\fitchell Griffm Fr. Morrow, Ga. Feb.24 Michigan Sports Pavilion Todd Guilbeau Jr. Houston, Texas Mar. 6 Temple Sports Pavilion Bryan Hutchinson So. Floodwood, Minn. Mar. 9 Illinois-Chicago Chicago, Ill. Tim Koehler So. North Bergen, N.J. Mar. 11 Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. Panagiotes Nikolaides Fr. Dallas, Texas Mar. 23-24 Big Ten Championships State College, Pa. Joshua Nitzberg Fr. Lincoln, Calif. Apr. 5-7 NCAA Championships Columbus, Ohio Allen Sopko Sr. Brookfield, Wis. Eric Steele Fr. Knoxville, Tenn. Jason Sting! So. Waukesha, Wis. Clay Strother So. Jasper, Texas Gabriel Suarez-Borden Fr. Forest Lake, Minn. TRACK & FIELD 2001 MINNESOTA TRACK & FIELD OUTLOOK Three 2000 Big Ten finalists in middle distance e,·ents return to the Golden Gophers this season. e.nior Jason Owen, sophomore Toby The niversiry of i\linnesora men's track and field ream begins the 2001 Henkels and junior Brian l\leyer finished third, fourth and eighth respec­ campaign and their quest ro regain both the indoor and outdoor tide with ti,·eh- in the 800m last season. Henkels and l\[e,·er also fmishcd fourth and a few unknowns. It is a young ream and lost some great talent from last se,· e~th at the Big Ten Indoor Championships.· Redshirt fre shmen Zach season, but what Head Coach Phil Lundin and his team ha,·e gained from Edmonson and Adam Steele and true freshman R\·an Ford will join them experience and new talent should more than make up for what was lost. tO make the 800m one of l\linnesota's strongest e\·ents. The 1500m will "\Y/e are extremely excited about the 2001 campaign," Lundin said. also be exceptional. Andrew l\lcKessock, lCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championship qualifier, returns to lead this group. Owen and redshirt "Most of our excitement comes from the unknown, but with the freshman Neil Hanson are also strong in dus e\·ent. unknown comes youth, excitement and a willingness to compete at the rop level." orne of l\linnesota's top cross country athletes bring their experience to the distance events for the track season. enior Jeremy Polson, junior Joe The Golden Gophers don't seem tO have anv weak eYents this season. Corr and redshin fres hman Willl\lcComb are expected tO be They have a great balance of veterans and t;lented newcomers that will ___..__ scorers in the Big Ten meets. Redshirr freshman keep i\linnesota track and field at the rop of the Big Ten Luke l\[ullranin will be competitiYe in the Conference this season and in years tO come. 3000m steeple chase. One of i\linnesota's strongest areas will be the multi-events. Big Ten runner-up junior The senior duo of l\[ark Fahey and Ben i\leyer Lyndon McDowell leads the talented group return from outstanding 2000 season to lead and multi-event coach l\Iario Santegna looks for the throwers. Fahey won the discus at the Big Ten him to be moving tO national caliber marks this Outdoor Championships last year. He and Meyer also bar­ season. Also returning are junior Jesse Madsen and ded all season for the school record in the hammer throw. sophomore Jayme Pantekoek who both have been Fahey won out with a throw of 189-0. i\lichael Ehlers should Big Ten placewinners. The newcomer to the group will continue to get stronger in the shot put and redshirt freshman be freshman Erik Svensson, last year's Swedish national ™Lynden Reder should be able to earn points in the weight and decathlon champion. hammer throws.

"Erik brings a national quality race in the sprint hurdles as well," In the high jump, Marc Johannsen has been a national qualifier and will Lundin said. "That is something d1at is unique for i\linnesota. He could fight for the Big Ten indoor and outdoor tides this season. Sophomore improve school records and help the relays perform at the top of the field Scott Berggren continues to improve and has 7-0 plus potential. Steve on the national level." Slattery returns with his 17-0 plus potential in the pole vault and is espe­ cially strong outdoors. Newcomer Omar Clemmons is a great talent in the Minnesota's ftrst All-American sprinter, senior Tom Gerding returns to long jump. The coaches are expecting big things from him this season. lead the Golden Gopher sprinters. Junior Andy Wiberg will also be a strong returner in the longer sprints. In the short sprints, senior Steve The track and field staff is ell.1'ecting great things from all the athletes this Burkholder is fully recovered from last season's injury and back to his season, both the veterans and the newcomers. "The outcome of this sea­ 1999 school record setting pace. Junior Matt Taylor and redshirt freshman son will depend on the returners being consistent,"Coach Lundin said. Ben Taylor will also be big contributers in the short sprints. "\Y/e have a lot of talented newcomers, but we need the leadership of the veterans." Junior Bob Quade will lead the hurdlers. He finished third in the 400 hur­ dles at the 1999 Big Ten Championships and fourth in 2000. He will be The returners are up to the challenge and the newcomers are chomping at joined by Swedish national champion Mikael Jakobsson. Jakobsson will be the bit. With all the potential this team has, the dream of Big Ten tide joined in the 110 hurdles by red shirt freshman Ryan Melena. returning to Minnesota could soon become reality.

r------~ 2000-01 SCHEDULE 2000-01 SCHEDULE Date Event Site Date Event Site Jan. 13 Northwest Open UM Fieldhouse Apr. 12-14 Sea Ray Relays Knoxville, Tenn. Jan. 20 Home Meet UM Fieldhouse Apr. 14 Hamline Quad St. Paul, Minn. Jan. 27 Minnesota Open UM Fieldhouse Apr. 20-21 Texas Team Austin, Texas Feb. 1 Northern Iowa Classic Cedar Falls, Iowa Apr. 21-22 Mt. Sac Relays Walnut, Calif. Feb. 9-10 Cyclone Classic Ames, Iowa Apr. 21 Carleton Relays Northfield, Minn. Feb. 16 Snowshoe UM Fieldhouse Apr. 25 Macalester St. Paul, Minn. Feb. 24-25 Big Ten Indoor Champs. State College, Pa. Apr. 27-28 Drake Relays Des Moines, Iowa Mar. 2 NCAA Qualifying Meet Ames, Iowa May 4 Cardnial Invitational Palo Alto, Calif. Mar. 9-10 NCAA Indoor Champs. Fayetteville, Ark. May 4 Hamline St. Paul, Minn. Mar. 15-16 Texas A&M (Decathletes) College Station, Texas May 5 Iowa Twilight Invitational Iowa City, Iowa e Mar. 17 Texas A&M Invite College Station, Texas May 12 Home Meet Bierman Field Mar. 22-23 Mesa CC (Decathletes) Mesa, Ariz. May 18-20 Big Ten Outdoor Champs. Bloomington, Ind. Mar. 31 Stanford Invitational Palo Alto, Calif. ~ay 30- NCAA Outdoor Champs. Eugene, Ore. 5-7 Texas Relays Austin, Texas June 2 1 Apr. I ~------· WRESTLING

l\latr Brown defeated 'o. 3 Leroy \"e~ga 4-3. \"ega led 3-1 after tWO periods No. 1 MINNESOTA WRESTLERS FALL TO No. 2 OKLAHOMA e STATE 25-12 bur Brown scored an escape and a rakedown in rhe third to defeat rhe two-rime All-American. No. 4 Brett Lawrence closed the meet with a rou~- ing victory at 133 pounds o,·er 1 o. 3 Charles Walker. Lawrence. trailing The top-ranked Golden Gopher wrestling team mer irs match in No. 2 the majority of the march, scored an escape and a rakedown in rhe final 17 Oklahoma State, losing 25-12 in front of 9,566 rowdy laroon and Gold seconds to notch his 14th triumph of the season. fans at Williams Arena. l\£innesota (5-1), competing shonhanded with 197- pound Owen Elzen injured and heavyweight Garrett Lowney ineligible, The Golden Gophers next face No. 9 Nebraska in Lincoln. Neb., on mustered only 12 points, irs lowest team total since a 26-10 loss to the Thursday, Jan. 11 , and No. 13 Boise Stare in Boise, Idaho, on Friday, Cowboys during the 1996-97 season. January 12.

The meet starred ar 141 pounds with 1 o. 10 Chad Erikson defeating Oklahoma Stare 25, l\unnesota 12 Johnny Thompson by a 13-7 decision. Erikson rook the lead ar 1:27 of the Williams Arena - unneapolis, Minn. first period and never looked back, winning the opening march with 2:37 141 Chad Erikson (l\IINt ) dec. Johnny Thompson (OSU), 13-7 advantage rime. Ar 149 pounds, 0 U's o. 2 Reggie Wright ended 149 Reggie Wright (OSU) dec. Jared Lawrence 011NN), 9-6 No.3 Jared Lawrence's 16-march win streak with a 9-6 decision in 157 Luke Becker (l\IIN ) dec. Shane Roller (OSU), 7-4 one of the fearured marches of the day. With th e march tied ar six 165 Brad Pike (l\IINN) dec. Ty Wilcox (OSU), 4-3 late in the third period, Wright scored a takedown at I :58 to seal 174 Tyrone Lewis (OSU) dec. l\latr !Vafr (OSU), 9-4 the victory. 184 Dan Cormier (OSU) maj . dec. Damion Hahn (l\ONN) 19-7 At 157 pounds, o. 5 Luke Becker posted a 7-4 197 lark Munoz (OSU) pinned Eli Ross (l\11NN), decision win over 1 o. 15 Shane Roller. Becker used 5:30 a takedown and a two-point near-fall in the third period H\'VT James Huml (OSU) pinned l\Uke Flanagan ro claim his 17th win of the season. No. 3 Brad Pike picked (l\1INN), 2:24 up another three ream points for the Golden Gophers in rhc 125 latr Brown (OSU) dec. Leroy \'ega (l\11 N), 4-3 165-pound march, defeating No.7 Ty Wilcox 4-3. With the win, 133 Brett Lawrence (l\11 N) dec. Charles Walker (OSU), the Brownsdale, Minn., native moved his o\·erall record ro 17- 2. 7-6

Ar 174 pounds, No. 15 l\latr Kraft fell ro o. 11 TI-rone Lewi~ by a 9-4 decision. Lewis, up 7-2 after the second period, led the entire march. In another fearured march, o. 4 Dan Cormier posted a 19-7 major decision on No. 3 Damion Hahn ro give the Cowboys four ream points and rht: lead for good ar 10-9. Cormier scored seven takedowns and a three-point ncar-fall ro roll ro ,·ic ­ ro ry.

The Golden Gophers continued their slide in the 197 -pound march as OSU's No. 2 r-.Iark Munoz pinned true freshman Eli Ross in 5:30. Ross, filling in for the injured Elzen, was competing in hi s first dual mee t for l\£innesora. At heavyweight, the Cowboys' Jamt:s Huml pinned l\ukc Flanagan at 2:24 to seal Oklahoma Stare's team ,·ictory in the dual meet.

Oklahoma State posted a maj or upset in rhe 125-pound match a ~ No. 17

------~ 200001 SCI-tEDULE/RESUL1S 200001 ScHEDULE/RESULTS D ate Event Site LResults D ate Event Sit~LR~sults Nov. 11 Bison Open Nine titles Jan. 12 Boise State Boise, Idaho Nov. 18 North Dakota State W, 44-0 Jan. 20-21 National D uals State College, Pa. Kaufman-Brand Open Two title~ Jan. 26 Michigan Sports Pavilion Nov. 24 Northern Open ine title ~ Jan. 27 Purdue Williams Arena Nov. 26 Northern Iowa w, 36-3 Feb. 2 Indiana Bloomington, Ind. Dec. 2 UNI Open (non-varsity) Two titles Feb. 4 Illinois Champaign, Ill. Dec. 10 Hofstra \Y/, 33-3 Feb. 9 Michigan State Sports Pavilion Princeton w, 45-0 Feb. 11 Penn State Williams Arena Seton Hall \'

For Immediate Release January 16, 2001

SATURDAY MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME TIME MOVED

The University of Minnesota men's basketball game vs. Indiana on Saturday, Jan. 20 at Williams Arena has been moved to an 11:47 a.m. tip off. The game, originally scheduled to start at 11:17 a.m., has been adjusted to accommodate the Federal Presidential Inauguration that will be televised by all networks. The game is being televised by ESPN Regional and will be shown locally on KSTP-Channel5 . •

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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEN'S TENNIS TEAM TO HOST THE FOSTER KLIMA ICE VOLLEYS CLASSIC

The 18th-ranked University of Minnesota men's tennis team will host the Foster Klima Ice Volleys Classic at the 98th Street Racquet Club in Bloomington, Minn., this weekend. The Golden Gophers are the defending champions in the tournament, which is in its 20th year.

Minnesota will host North Carolina State at 6:30p.m. on Friday, Jan. 12. No. 30 Indiana Sate will meet 63rd-ranked Oregon in the other semifinal. The two winners on Friday night will meet Saturday in the championship match at 6:30 p.m. , while the remaining two teams will meet in the consolation final .

The Golden Gophers return eight of nine letterwinners from a team which advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 2000 for the third time in past five seasons. Highlighting the returnees are the past two Big Ten Freshmen of the Year, junior Thomas Haug and sophomore Harsh Mankad. Haug won the Region IV Championship in the fall, while Mankad advanced to the finals of the Big Ten Singles Championships this past weekend. • Admission to the Foster Klima Ice Volleys Classic is free .

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GOLDEN GOPHER BRETT LAWRENCE NAMED BIG TEN WRESTLER OF THE WEEK

Minnesota senior wrestler Brett Lawrence has been named the Big Ten Wrestler of the Week, following his impressive performances last week versus No.8 Nebraska and No. II Boise State. Lawrence, currently ranked second in the nation at 133 pounds, defeated top-ranked Todd Beckerman ofNebraska 7-4 and posted a 15-6 major decision victory over Charlie Griggs of Boise State.

A native of Sandpoint, Idaho, Lawrence has defeated the No. 3- and No. !-ranked wrestlers in the 133-pound wei ght class in consecutive meets. Versus Oklahoma State, Lawrence, ranked fourth at the time, beat No.3 Charles Walker 7-6 on a takedown with two seconds remaining tu win the match. He followed that sturming performance with his upset of then-No.l Beckerman in Lincoln, Neb. Lawrence currently holds a 16-1 overall record with a 7-0 dual meet mark. He also posted a huge win this season over 1998 118-pound NCAA Champion Teague Moore at the Midlands Wrestling Championships. - ~~~------,

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This Week in Gopher Sports is a production of the: L' ni'u~m · of ;\linncsota ;\len's Athletics Media Relations Office at 208 Bierman Field Athletic Building, 516 15th A,·c. SE, :'-linncapoli~. ;\[\ 55411H. Bill Crumley. Director; Brad Ruiter, Associate Director; John Romo, Assistant Director; Jeff Keiser, Publicatiom Coordinator; ;\like: Corngan, l·kidi Johnson and Kevin Kurtt, Interns. GYMNASTICS MEN'S GYMNASTICS TEAM FINISHES FIFTH AT THE WINDY CITY 3. Leo Oka, Illinois, 9.150. 1\linnesoca fmishers: 4. Bob Goss, 9. 100: 4. Cia,· INVITATIONAL trother, 9.100; 9. Justin Conner, 9.000; 22. Tim l...:.oehler, 8.800: 24. Bill A Callahan, 8.750; 38. Todd Guilbeau, 8.350. W The Universiry of 1\linnesota men's gymnastics team finished in fifth place with a score of 202.250 at the 2001 Windy Ciry Im;tational in Chicago, Ill. Parallel Bars: 1. Tim Dehr, 1\lichigan, 8.800; 2. Scon Vetere. 1\lichigan. The University of i\lichigan won the se,·en-team event with a score of 8.750; 3. Linh Hoang, Illinois, 8.650. 1\linnesota fmishers: j, Jus ton Conner, 207.550. 8.450; 15. Bill Callahan, 8.250; 20. Bob Goss, 8.000; 24. Todd Guilbeau, 7.750; 31. Clay Strother, 7.600; 35. Tim l...:.oehler, 7.450. Leading the way for the Golden Gophers was sophomore Clay Strother. Strother fmished third in the all-around with a score of 50.800. The Jasper, Horizontal Bar: 1. Tony Cesar, Iowa, 8.900; 1. Justin Conner, 1\linnesota, Texas native earned third-place honors on the floor exercise with a score of 8.900; 1. Greg Cook, Illinois, 8.900. Other 1\linnesota fmishers: 13. Tim 8.900 and finished tied for fourth on the vault with a score of 9.100. Senior l...:.oehler, 8.500; 13. Clay Strother, 8.500; 23. Todd Guilbeau. 8.200: 24. Josh Bob Goss also placed fourth on the Yault with a 9.1 00. Nitzberg, 8.150; 39. Bill Callahan, 7 .400.

Junior Justin Conner also performed well on the night, fmishing in a three­ All-Around: 1. Leo Oka, Illinois, 51.250; 2. Linh Hoang, Illinois, 51.050: 3. way tie for fust in the horizontal bar with a score of 8.900. Iowa's Tony Clay Strother, 1\linnesota, 50.800; Other 1\linnesota fini shers: 9. Tim Cesar and Illinois' Greg Cook shared the honors with Conner. Conne; Koehler, 48.500; 11. Todd Guilbeau, 47.800; 14. Bill also placed fifth on the parallel bars with an 8.450. Callahan, 46.350.

For the Golden Gophers, it matches their highest fmish at the Windy City with fifth -place fmishes coming in 1995 and 2000. linnesota next faces Illinois Saturday, January 20, at 7 p.m. in Champaign, Ill.

Team Scores 1. 1\lichigan, 207.550; 2. Illinois, 207.200; 3. Ohio State, 205.400; 4. Iowa, 205.150; 5. 1\linnesota, 202.250: 6. Michigan Stare, 201.350; 7. Illinois-C hicago, 196.250.

Floor Exercise: 1. Jamie atalie, Ohio State. 9.050; 2. l...:.e,·in Roul son, 1\lichigan, 8.900; 3. Cia\· Strother, Minnesota, 8.900; 3. Brad Golden: 1\li~hi ga n State, 8.900. Other 1\linnesoca finishers: 17. Bill Callahan, 8.500: 30. 1\litch Griffm, 8.250; 31. Bob Goss, 8.200; 39. Josh l\itzberg. 7.8j0; 40. Tim l...:.oehler, 7.800.

Pommel Horse: 1. Jon Plante, i\lichigan State, 9.350: 2. Tim Dehr, 1\lichigan, 9.200; 3. Tony Cesar, Iowa, 8.950. :'\linncsota finishers: 8. r\llen Sopko, 8.600; 13. i\litch Griffin, 8.500; 18. Cia\· Strother. 8. 200; 26. Bob Goss, 7.900; 30. Todd Guilbeau, 7.750; 42. Bill Callahan, j .350.

Still Rings: 1. Scott \ 'e tere, i\lichigan, 9.150; 1. Daren Lmch, Ohio State, 9.150; 3. Brad l...:.cnna, :'\lichigan, 9.000. :'\linnc ~ora fini~hcr s: 12. Cia\· Strother, 8.500; 21. Bill Callahan, 8.100: 21. Allen Sopko, H.l 00: 2H. Ti~ l...:.oehler, 7. 950; 34. Todd Guilbeau, 7.6j0.

Vault: 1. Linh Noang, Illinois, 9.3j0; 2. Earnest :-.:d~ o n. Ohio State, 9.200: ·-2-aa·o:o·1--SCHEDulE)-RESUL.TS ______2o_o_o __ RosrEFi ______

Date furo.! Sir~L Res u lt N ame Yr. Hometown Jan. 13 Wind\' City lm·itational 5th of reams Bill Callahan Fr.. Marshfield, Mass. Jan. 20 Illinois Champaign. Ill. Jeff Cohen Fr. Lexington, Miss. Jan. 27 Iowa Iowa Cit:\', Iowa Justin Conner Jr. Dalls, Texas Feb.3 Michigan State Sports Pavilion Randal Direen Fr. Colorado Springs, Colo. Feb. 10 Winter Cup TBA Bob Goss Sr. Kenosha, Wis. Feb. 16 Ohiq S ta~e Sports Pavilion Mitchell Griffin Fr. Morrow, Ga. Feb.24 Michigan Sports Pavilion Todd Guilbeau Jr. Houston, Texas Mar. 6 Temple Sports Pavilion Bryan Hutchinson So. Floodwood, Minn. 1\far. 9 Illinois-Chicago Chicago, Ill. Tim Koehler So. North Bergen, .J. 1\!ar. 11 Nebraska Lincoln. Neb. Panagiotes Nikolaides Fr. Dallas, Texas Mar. 23-24 Big Ten Championships State College, Pa. Joshua Nitzberg Fr. Lincoln, Calif. !A Apr. 5-7 CAr\ Championships Columbus, Ohio Allen Sopko Sr. Brookfield, Wis. !W Eric Steele Fr. Knoxville, Tenn. ! Jason Sting! So. Waukesha, Wis. : Clay Strother So. Jasper, Texas ! _____Gabriel__ _ __Suarez-Borden______Fr. ____Forest______Lake, Minn.______J: ~------··················· ...... ········· ····· ...TENNIS . .· ·········· ...... ····················

MANKAD DEFEATED IN FINALS OF BIG TEN SINGLES Jon Svensson CHAMPIONSHIPS clef. Eric Kozlowski, Iowa, 6-2, 6-3 lost to Henry Beam, lichigan, 7-6 (5) , 0-6, 1-2, retired, injury Universiry of Minnesota sophomore Harsh Mankad was defeated in the finals of the Big Ten Singles Championships in Ann Arbor, J\lich. Mankad, Jorge Duenas the tournament's top seed, was ousted by Jason Marshall of Purdue bv a lost to Rahman Smiley, Indiana, 3-6, 4-6 score of 6-1, 6-3. Marshall was seeded second in the tournament. ·

Mankad defeated ninth-seeded J\lichael Calkins of Illinois, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-2 in the round of 16 and beat si.'l:th-ranked Chris Porter of Ohjo State, 7-6 (2), 6-2, to advance to the semifmal. Fellow sophomore Erik Robertson ad\·anced to the round o f ---4-. 16, but was defeated by ninth-seeded Jamje Gresh of Penn State, 6-7 (6), 6-2, 6-3. Robertson defeated eighth-seeded Brad Erickson of Northwestern, 4-6, 6- 1, 6-4, to advance to the round of 16.

The Golden Gophers will next host their annual Ice Volleys this weekend at the 98th Street Racquet Club in Bloomington. 18th-ranked Minnesota will host North Carolina State, while Indiana State will face Oregon. The matches begin at 6 p.m. on Friday. The championship and consolation matches will be held on Sarurda\· ar 6 p.m. Admission is free.

BIG TEN SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIPS

#1 Harsh Mankad clef. J\like Hodge, J\lichigan State 6-0, 6-2 clef. Petar )\[andic, Iowa, 6-3, 7-6 (5) clef. #9 J\lichael Calkins, Illinois, 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-2 clef. #6 Chris Porter, Ohio State, 7-6 (2), 6-2 Semifmals - de f. #7 Philip Stolt, Illinois, 1-6, 6-1, (> -2 Finals - lost to #2 Jason )\!arshall, Purdue, 1-6. 3-6

Eric Robertson de f. J\lichael Jonckheere, )\[ichigan State, 6-1, 6-3 def. #8 Brad Erickson, Northwestern, 6-3, 6-2 lost to #9 Jamie Gresh, Penn State, 6-7 (6) , (>-2, (, . )

Tyson Parry dcf. )\[arr 1'\idsen, Penn State, 6-0, 6-1 lost to #9 )\[ike 1-..:osta, Illinois, 3-6, 6-3, 2-6

Date Event Site Date Event Site Sepr. 16-17 RazorRacket Invitaional Fayerrevilk, . \rk. Feb. 23 Michigan State East Lansing, Mich. Sept. 16-25 National Clay Courts Baltimore, i\ld. Feb. 25 Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. Sept. 29 Pepperdine Invitational i\laJjbu. Calif. Feb. 24-27 National Indoors Louisville, Ky. Ocr. 6-15 :\11- .-\merican Tourner .\thcns. Ga. Mar. 2 Wisconsin Bloomington, Minn. Ocr. 27-30 Regional Championships i\ladison, \\'is. Mar. 3 Ohio State Bloomington, Minn. Nov. 3-5 UNL\' Invite , Nev. Mar. 9 Purdue Bloomington, Minn Jan. 12 Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. i\lar. 16-18 Blue Grey Tournament Montgomery, Ala. Jan. 13-15 Big Ten Singles Champs :\nn .-\rbor, 1\lich. Mar. 24 Penn State . Bloomington, Minn. ,Jan. 19-20 Ice Volleys Bloomington, Minn. Apr. 14 Northwestern Chicago, Ill. ! Feb. 3-6 Rolex Indoors Dallas, Texas .-\pr. 15 Illinois Champaign, Ill. e ! Feb. 10-11 Boise State Invite Roisc, Idaho. Apr. 20 Iowa Bloomington, Minn. ! Feb. 16 Kansas Bloomington, Minn. Apr. 26-29 Big Ten Championships Madison, Wis. ! Feb. 17 Pennsylvania Bloomington, Minn. May 12-13 NCAA Regionals TBA :Feb. 18 Indiana Bloomington, Minn. May 18-27 NCAA Championships Athens, Ga. I I ~------4 TRACK & FIELD GOLDEN GOPHER MEN'S TRACKSTERS IMPRESSIVE IN SEASON OPENER e l The University of Minnesota men's rrack and field team put in some great performances in its first meet of the 2001 season at the orthwest O pen in the U of M Fieldhouse. Members of the Golden Gopher team took top honors in six events.

Senior Bob Quade, competing as an unattached athlete, took fust in the 400m with a time of 49.20. Freshman Adam Steele won the 600m with a 1:21.33. Fellow freshman Ryan Ford, running unattached, finished right behind him at 1:23.19. Freshman Martin Robeck, also competing unat­ tached, won the BOOm with a time of 1:55.34. Senior Brian .\!eyer and fel­ low fre shman Jon Ortloff frni shed in second and third respecti,·cly. Senior Jerem,· Polson won the mile with a career-best time o f 4:15.51. Freshman Josh D oBell took second in the same event witl1 a 4:16. 19. The 4x400m relay team of Steve Burkholder, Andy \\'ohlin, Andr \XIiberg and Mitch Potter won their event with a 3:19.11. Senior Ben f'.leyer won the only field ~~~5;: event for the Golden Gophers with a throw of 54-6 3/ 4 in the weight throw. Fellow senior Mark Fahey, competing unattached, took second and Mike Ehlers and Lynden Reder took fourth and fifth respectively.

Although a current Gopher didn't win the 60m, a former Gopher did, with four members of the current team right behinJ him. Tyrone .\liner, running for the Performance Athlctio track club, won with a 6.84. f'.litch Potter, Ben Tador, :\latt Tador anJ Ste1·e Burkholder finished in the next four places. Four :\linnesntam also placed in th e 60m hurdles. Rvan f'. !elena took thirJ with a time o f R.41. Joronne Williamson, Derek Sykes and Scott Ferguson took fifth, sc,·enth and eighth, respectively.

In the fidd events, J\like Ehlers and Jesse J\!adsen wok fifth anJ sen :nth in the shot put. .\!arc Johannsen tied for third in the high ju mp with a jump of 6-8 3/ 4. Scott Berggren anJ Derek S1·kes took fifth anJ sixth at (, -(, ."l/ 4. Lmdon .\lcDowell took sixth in developmental pule vault.

The Golden Gophers will be at home again next week fo r th e :\linnesuta Jm·itational. The meet begins at II a. m. in the L" of :\1 FidJhouse.

Fu ll results fo r the meet are a,-ailable o n raccbcrn·jam .com.

Date Event Site Date Event Site Jan. 13 Northwest Open No team scores .\pr. 12-1-t Sea Ray Relays Knoxville, Tenn. Jan. 20 Minnesota Meet UM Fieldhouse .\pr. 14 Hamline Quad St. Paul, Minn. Jan. 27 Gold Country Open UM Fieldhouse .\pr. 20-21 Texas Team Austin, Texas Feb. Northern Iowa Classic C~.:Jar Fa lb. I o\l"a :\pr. 21-22 Mt. Sac Relays Walnut, Calif. Feb. 9- 10 Cyclone Classic :\mt:s, I o\l"a :\pr. 21 Carleton Relays Northfield, Minn. Feb. 16 Snowshoe UM Fieldhouse :\pr. 25 Macalester St. Paul, Minn. Feb. 24-25 Big Ten Indoor Champs. Start: C:olkgt:, Pa. .\pr. 27-28 Drake Relays Des Moines, Iowa Mar. 2 NCAr\ ·Qualifying Meet :\ mt:s, Io\l"a ~ t ar 4 Cardnial Invitational Palo Alto, Calif. Mar. 9-10 NCAA Indoor Champs. Fayertt:\·ilk, :\ rk. May 4 Hamline St. Paul, Minn. Mar. 15-16 Texas A&M (Decathletes) College Station, Tnas I\ lay 5 Iowa Twilight Invitational Iowa City, Iowa Mar. 17 Texas A&l\llnvite Collegt: Station, Texas I\ lay 12 Home Meet Bierman Field I Mar. 22-23 Mesa CC (Decathletes) 1\ k sa, :\ riz . May 18-20 Big Ten Outdoor Champs. Bloomington, Ind. I ~I - I\ I Mar. 31 Stanford Invitational Palo :\Ito, Cali f. lay 30- NCAA Outdoor Champs. Eugene, Ore. I I I Apr. 5-7 Texas Relays :\ usti n, Tt: xas June 2 I I ~------J WRESTLING

No. 2 MINNESOTA 0UTOUELS No. 8 NEBRASKA 26-12 No.2 GOLDEN GOPHERS DROP No. 11 BOISE STATE 22-14

Second-ranked Minnesota outdueled No. 8 Nebraska 26-12 in Lincoln, The second-ranked University of Minnesota wrestling ream defeated io. II eb., as the Golden Gophers posted upsets in several matches to roll to vic­ Boise 22-14 in Boise, Idaho, \Vinning the fmal four hours ro push their tory. Minnesota won seven of ten matches, including the fmal fi,·e, to push record to 7-1 on the season. its record to 6-1 on the season. The meet opened at 157 pounds with fifth-ranked Luke Becker losing to third-ranked Kirk White by a 2-1 decision. The loss was Becker's first in a The meet opened at 174 pounds with 16th-ranked ~! a tt 1-Jaft defeating o. dual meet this season. ~linnesota rebounded at 165 pounds as No. 3 Brad 10 Ari Conner by a 9-5 decision. At 184 pounds, fourrh-ranked Damion Pike posted a 19-4 technical fall on BS 's Casey Eager. Hahn gave i\linnesota four team points with his 19-8 majo r decision tri­ umph over NU's Matt Fletcher. At 174 pounds, the Broncos retook the team lead with Par Owens 6-3 deci­ sion victory O\'er o. 16 i\latt 1-Jafr. Damion Hahn responded ar 184 Nebraska then put together a string of three-s traight ,·icrories, beginning pounds, dropping Cash Edwards with a 12-4 ma jor decision. Once at 197 pounds where top-ranked Brad Vering pinned freshman Eli Ross again, Boise State recaptured the lead with consecuri,-e ,-ictories at in 1:49. The Cornhuskers took the team lead ar 9-7 as N 's hca,·y­ 197 pounds and heavyweight. Eighth-ranked Rusty Cook posted a weight, Pat Miron, scored a takedown in sudden death m·ertime m·er 22-7 technical fall on ~lin n esota freshman Eli Ross at 197 pounds Mike Flanagan to win 3-1. At 125 pounds, I ebraska scored a and o. 8 Bart johnson followed with a 3-1 decision win m·er i\like minor upset as No. 6 Jason Powell outlasted fourtl1 - Flanagan at heavyweight. ranked Leroy Vega to take a 13-11 decision. Minnesota, trailing 14-9, reeled off four-s traight ~linnesota ended the 'Huskers win streak and starred victories to avoid the upset. At 125 pounds, No. 4 one of their one, winning the dual meet's final fi,·c Leroy Vega broke his three-match losing streak, defeat­ matches to clinch the hard-fought victory. r\r 133 pounds. ing No. 18 Ben Vombauer 7-2. Brett Lawrence contin­ third-ranked Brett Lawrence scored an upse t o f rop-rankcd Todd ued his domination at 133 pounds, notching a 15-6 major Beckerman with his 7-4 triumph. o. 7 Chad Erikson then decision triumph over Charlie Griggs. Lawrence gave the downed unrankcd Dusty Spaulding 9-5 ar 141 pounds. Golden Gophers the team lead for good and moved his overall record to 15-1. Ar 149 pounds, third-ranked Jared Lawrence added six ream points to .\linnesora's roral with his pin of Tra,·is Baker in 5:45. In per­ At 141 pounds, o. 7 Chad Erikson remained unbeaten in haps the mos t exciting and certainly the most srunning dual meets at 8-0 with his 6-1 victory over Gabe Vigil. match of the night, fifth-ranked Luke Becker upset :-\ o. 2 -=:::::::.-~ Third-ranked Jared Lawrence clinched the win for Bryan Sm·der with a 4-3 decision in the !57- pound march . Becker. trailing Minnesota in the 149-pound match, defeating Collin 3-0 after rwo periods, scored four points in the fm al stanza. includmg a rake ­ Robertson 12-5. down " ·ith rwo seconds remaining, to win and clmch rht· Cioldcn Gopher ream ,·icton ·.

Third-ranked Brad Pike closed our the night with a dormnaring I (o-6 maj or decision triumph m-er Tony Denke in the 165-pouml marc.:h . f-2-oo-o:o-;r-SCHEDuLE/-RESUL.lS ____ 2ooO:O-;r-SCHEDULE/RESU-L.lS- : Date Event Site /Res ults Date E vent Site/Results Nov. 11 Bison Open :\im· riri e~ Jan. 12 Boise State . w, 22-14 NO\-. 18 North Dakota State \'( -+-+ -0 Jan. 20-21 National Duals State College, Pa. Kaufman-Brand O pen Two riri e~ Jan. 26 Michigan Sports Pavilion Nov. 24 Northern Open i\ine ri d e~ Jan. 27 Purdue Williams Arena Nov. 26 Northern Iowa w, 36-3 Feb. 2 Indiana Bloomington, Ind. Dec. 2 Ur I Open (non-\'arsity) T,,-o riri e~ Feb. 4 Illinois Champaign, Ill. D ec. 10 Hofstra \\: 33-3 Feb. 9 Michigan State Sports Pavilion Princeton \\ ~ -+S-0 Feb. 11 Penn State Williams Arena Seton Hall w: 37-2 Feb. 16 Wisconsin Madison, Wis. Dec. 29-30 Midlands One ririe Feb. 18 Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Jan. 7 Oklahoma State L , 25-12 1ar. 3-4 Big Ten Championships Evanston, Ill. I !Jan. 11 Nebraska 1\Iar. 15-17 NCAA Championships Iowa City, Iowa I ~------UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§

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For Immediate Release January 22, 2001

MIAMI, AUBURN HIGHLIGHT NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE FOR GOLDEN GOPHER BASEBALL TEAM

The University of Minnesota baseball team will face both Auburn University and the University of Miami in their 200 I non-conference schedule. Both teams are ranked among the top 15 in numerous preseason top-25 polls. The Golden Gophers will play 29 games on the road over the next three months. Their tirst road trip will be in mid-Feb. when the Maroon and Gold travel to Mobile, Ala., for the Coca-Cola Classic. Minnesota will host its own tournament the weekend of March 2-4 when Miami, San Diego State and Arkansas visit Minneapolis for the 17'h annual Hormel Foods Baseball Classic. WDGY-630 AM Radio will broadcast 35 games live this year.

The Golden Gophers open up the 200 I season with their annual Pro-Alumni game. This year's match-up is scheduled for Monday, Feb. 5 at the HHH Metrodame. First pitch will be at 6:35p.m. Former major leaguer and future hall-of-farner Paul Molitor will be in attendance, along with current major league stars Kerry Lightenberg, Denny Neagle and Dan Wilson. Other returning players include Greg Olson, Mark Merila, Kai Freeman, Robb Quinlan, Craig Selander and Aron Amundson.

Inaugurated in 1992, the Pro-Alumni Game has brought back Major Leaguers who have donned the Maroon and Gold, including members of the 3,000-hit club in Hall ofFamer Dave Winfield and 1993 World Series MYP Paul Molitor and Major League All-Stars in Denny Neagle, Greg Olson and Dan Wilson. Proceeds from the game go to the Dick Siebert Scholarship Endowment Fund.

University of Minnesota 2001 Baseball Schedule Date Opponent Time Feb. 5 Pro-Alumni Game# 6:30p.m. Feb. 11 Central Michigan # 7:00p.m. Feb. 12 Central Michigan (2) 1:00 p.m.

COCA-COLA CLASSIC at Mobile, Ala. Feb. 16 vs . Auburn 2:30p.m. Feb. 17 vs. South Alabama 3:30p.m. Feb. 18 VS . orth Carolina li :OOa.m. Feb. 23 at South Florida 6:00p.m. Feb. 24 at South Florida # 12:00 p.m. Feb. 25 at South Florida # (TD) 12:00 p.m.

HORMEL FOODS BASEBALL CLASSIC at HHH Metrodome Mar. 2 Miami vs . San Diego State 12:15 p.m. Arkansas vs. Minnesota 6:30p.m. Mar. 3 Miami vs . Minnesota# I :30 p.m .. Arkansas vs. San Diego State 7:00p.m. Mar. 4 Arkansas vs . Miami II :00 a.m. San Diego State vs. Minnesota# 3:00p.m.

-more- Mar. 7 St. Cloud State 6:30p.m. Mar. 9 Connecticut 6:30p.m. Mar. 10 Connecticut 2:00p.m. Mar. II Connecticut # 1:00 p.m. Mar. 16 at Oregon State# 6:00p.m. Mar. 17 at Oregon State# 2:00p.m. Mar. 18 at Oregon State # (TD) l:OOp.m. Mar. 23 at Purdue*# 3:00p.m. Mar. 24 at Purdue (2)* # I:OOp.m. Mar. 25 at Purdue*# 1:00 p.m. Mar. 27 at Butler 3:00p.m. Mar. 28 at Ball State 3:00p.m. Mar. 30 at Indiana*# 3:00p.m. Mar. 31 at Indiana (2)* # 1:00 p.m. Apr. at Indiana*# I:OOp.m. Apr. 4 at Northern Iowa 3:00p.m. Apr. 6 Michigan State*# 3:00p.m. Apr. 7 Michigan State (2)* # l :OO p.m. Apr. 8 Michigan State*# (TD) 1:00 p.m. Apr. II MSU , Mankato 3:00p.m. Apr. 13 Michigan*# 3:00p.m. Apr. 14 Michigan (2)* # I:OOp.m. Apr. 15 Michigan*# 1:00 p.m. Apr. 18 at Iowa State 3:00p.m. Apr. 20 at Iowa* # 3:00p.m. Apr. 21 at Iowa (2)* # 1:00 p.m. Apr. 22 at Iowa* # (TD) I:OOp.m. Apr. 24 Southwest State 4:00p.m. Apr. 25 Iowa State 6:00p.m. Apr. 27 at Ohio State* # 6:30p.m. Apr. 28 at Ohio State (2)* # 4:00p.m. Apr. 29 at Ohio State* # (TD) l:OOp.m. May 2 St. Scholastica 6:00p.m. May 6 St. Thomas # 2:00p.m. May II Northwestern* # 6:30p.m. May 12 Northwestern (2)* # 4:00p.m. May 13 Northwestern* # l :OOp.m. May 17-20 Big Ten Tournament TBA May 25-:n CAA Regional Finals TBA Jun. 1-3 CAA Super Regional Finals TBA Jun . 8- 16 College World Series at Omaha, Nebraska

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Illinois now holds a 39-24 advantage over l\linnesota in dual meets.

The Golden Gophers' next meet is Saturday, Jan. 27 against the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. They will return home the following weekend, Saturday, Feb. 3, to face .tvlichigan State.

Team Scores: 1. Illinois, 208.150, 2. Minnesota, 204.350

Floor Exercise: 1. Clay Strother, Minnesota, 9.250; Bob Rogers. Illinois, 8.500; 3. Linh Hoang, Illinois, 8.400. O ther !'vlinnesota fini shers: 6. Eric Steele, 8.450; t8. Bob Goss, 8.350; t8 . Josh Nitzberg, 8.350; t8. Bill Callahan, 8.350; 11. !\!itch Griffin, 8.300.

Pommel Horse: 1. Mitch Griffin, Minnesota, 8.650; 2. Tim Dehr, l\lichigan, 9.200; 3. Tony Cesar, Iowa, 8.950. Other l\linne ~ota finishers: 5. Clav Strother, 8.300; t8. Bob Goss, 7.750; t8. Allen Sopko, 7.750; 10. Todd Guilbeau, 7.400; 12. Eric Steele, 6.750.

Still Rings: I. Leo Oka, Illinois, 9.200; 2. Linh Hoang, Illinois, 9.150; t3 . Sean-Paul Crawford, Illinois, 8.700; t3. Nathan Torres, Illinois, 8.700. l\finnesota finishers: t5. Clay Strother, 8.550; t5. Eric Steele, 8.550; 7. Tim J..:oehlcr, 8.500; I 0. Allen Sopko, 8.150; II . Gab rid Suarez. 7 .900; 12. Bill Callahan, 5.900.

\'ault: I. Sean-Paul Crawford, Illinois, 9.200; 2. Clay Strother, Minnesota, 9.050; t3 . Linh Hoa ng. Illinois, 8.950; t3. Bob Goss, Minnesota, 8.950. Other Minnesota fmishers: 5. Eric Steele, 8. 900; t(>. Tim 1-:ochlc r. 8.850; t6. Justin Conner, 8.850; 8. Todd Guilbeau, 8.800.

D ate Event Site LRell!Jit N a m e Yr. Home town Jan. 13 Windy City Im;tational 5th of 7 teams Bill Callahan Fr. . Marshfield, Mass. Jan. 20 Illinois L, 2114.3511-211H.I50 Jeff Cohen Fr. Lexington, l'vfiss. Jan. 27 Iowa Iowa City. Iowa Justin Conner Jr. Dalls, Texas Feb. 3 Michigan State Sports Pavilion Randal Direen Fr. Colorado Springs, Colo. Feb. 10 Winter Cup Tl3;\ Bob Goss Sr. Kenosha, Wis. Feb. 16 Ohio State Sports Pavilion l\litchell Griffin Fr. Morrow, Ga. Feb.24 Michigan Sports Pavilion Todd Guilbeau Jr. Houston, Texas Mar. 6 Temple Sports Pavilion Bryan Hutchinson So. Floodwood, Minn. Mar. 9 Illinois-Chicago Chicago, Ill. Tim Koehler So. North Bergen, N.J. Mar. II Nebraska Lincoln, Neb. Panagiotes N ikolaides Fr. Dallas, Texas Mar. 23-24 Big Ten Championships State College, Pa. Joshua Nitzberg Fr. Lincoln, Calif. Apr. 5-7 NCAr\ Championships Columbus. O hio Allen Sopko Sr. Brookfield, Wis. Eric Steele Fr. Knoxville, Tenn. Jason Sting! So. Waukesha, Wis. Clay Strother So. Jasper, Texas Gabriel Suarez Fr. Forest Lake, l'vfinn. SWIMMING & 0 1v IN G DAN CROASTON WINS MoST VALUABLE DIVER HONORS AT to 3-1 overall this season. DALLAS MORNING NEWS INVITE l'vlinnesota lost the first event, the 200 medley relay, bur won the ne."t seven. University of Minnesota senior diver Dan Croasron earned most valuable Freshman Justin Mortimer won the 1000 free by nearly five seconds with a diver honors after winning both the 1- and 3-merer diving competitions ar rime of 9:27.08. the Dallas Morning News Invitational in Dallas, Texas. The eYent, hosted by Southern Methodist Universiry concluded on Sarurday. t\linnesora finished Junior Brandon Crook followed up with a win in the 200 free with a 1:40.71. third of the six reams with 284 points. Senior Alex Massura rook first in the 100 back with a rime of 49.32. Freshman lartin Gusta\-vson took top honors in the 100 breast \vith a 56.67. Kearn Croasron earned a score of 361.75, which is an TCAA qualiying mark, ro Ang achieved a new career best in the 200 fl y, winning the e\·ent with a win the 3-merer diving comp·eition. He won the !-meter on Friday. 1:46.21. The Golden Gophers took the top three spots in the 50 free, led by Golden Gopher Jeff Hackler also won an e\·ent in Saturday's junior Ricardo Dornelas. Se.nior Grant Buder and sophomore Allen Ong fin­ competition. Hackler took first in the 200 breast with a time of ished right behind him with rimes of 20.89 and 20.90. Senior Dan Croasron 2:00.27. finis hed the Gopher run with the first of his two first place honors of the day -j~!5!:1t:~by winning the 1-merer diving competition by almost 100 points. l\:linnesota finished in the top three in four orher e\·ents. The 400 1!!: Iowa won the nest event, the 100 free, but Minnesota starred free relay placed third with a rime of 3:03.87. Freshman distance back in where ir left off with the 200 back. Junior Ben Barrell swimmer Justin Mortimer earned second place honors in the 500 free won the event with a 1:49.35. Jeff Hackler won his second 200 \vith a rime of 4:28.38. Alex t\lassura had rwo third place finishes, one in the breast of the weekend, with a rime of 2:01.17. Hackler won the 200 back and one in the 100 free, with rimes of 1:49.37 and 45.29 respec­ same event ar the Dallas Morning News Invitational yes­ tively. ~==:::;::~ rerday. Man Taylor rook the 500 free by near!)' eight sec­ onds with a 4:34.91. Ang won his second event of the day Team Results "--<>J-~,..... ~~,..._,.====:::=:::::::_wi th the 100 fly, while Croaston also won his second, the 1) Tennessee - 344 3-merer diving. 2) St\fU - 323.50 3) M innesota - 284 Iowa took the top rwo places in the 400 IM, but Minnesota capped off the 4) Florida - 265 meet with a strong finish. The 400 free relay team of Dornelas, Buder, Taylor 5) Nebraska - 230 and junior Brandon Crook came from behind to win by just over five tenths 6) Auburn - 227.50 of a second. The \vin marked Minnesota's 14th consecutive Big Ten dual win. l\1innesota's MEN'S SWIMMING REMAINS UNDEFEATED IN BIG TEN DUALS last Big Ten defeat in a dual meet came ar the hands of Iowa in the 1997-98 season. The Uni,·ersiry of ;\finnesota men's swimming and di\i.ng team continued their '"i.nning streak in Big Ten conference dual mt:t:r ~ a~ rht:y handih· dt:fcar­ The Gophers travel ro Madison, Wis. ·next weekend for the annual triple dual ed rhe Iowa Hawkeyes 175-112 at the U ni, · cr~iry o f ;\linnt:sora Aquatic \\ith Wisconsin and Purdue. The meet begins ar 5 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. Center. t\linnesota won 13 of the 16 e\·ents to imp ron: their dual meet record on Sa rurday. f-2oo0{]1--SCHEiiilEjRESUL.TS- I !Date E vent Site ~ ------:Oct. 14 lntrasquad Meet No team scores Oct. 27 Alumni Meet No team scores Oct. 28 1'\unhwesrern & Indiana w 80-60, w 91-49 1 O\'. 3--+ ?\orth Carolina L 171.5-198.5 Nov. 17-19 Minnesota Invi tational 1st of 7 team s Dec. 1-3 Georgia 1m ·irational 1st of 7 teams

1 Jan. 19-20 Dall as 1\ Iorning News Invite 3rd of 6 teams !J an. 21 Iowa w, 175-112 I l Jan. 26-27 Purdue & Wisconsin Madison, Wis. Feb. 2-3 Minnesota Challenge Aquatic Center Feb. 22-24 Big Ten Championships Aquatic Cen ter Mar. 4 Go-Pher-It Invitational Aquatic Center

1ar. 8-10 1 CAA Di,·ing Zone Bloomington, Ind Qualifying Mar. 22-24 NCAA Championships Athens, Ga. Home Meets in Bold ...... ················· ...... TENNIS . . ········ ...... ·····················

GOLDEN GOPHERS DROP NAILBITER TO INDIANA STATE 4-3 IN ICE VoLLEYS T ITLE MEET

Indiana State University edged out the University of l\linnesota men's ten­ nis team 4-3. The 18th-ranked Golden Gophers were in a dead hea t with the 30th-ranked Sycamores 3-3 headed into doubles play. Harsh l\!ankad and Jorge Duenas teamed up to defeat Jonas Piibor and Dalibor l\lihajlovic. 8-4 in number one doubles, but Chris Wettengel and Zharinov dropped their match 4-8 to Stefan Him and Henry Choi in the number three pairs. The battle in the number two court would decide the Ice \ "oUeys champion. Eric Robertson was paired with Jon Svensson for the Golden Gophers. They muscled back from a 2-5 deficit to send the match into a tie- breaker, but Vedran Vidovic and Lovre Brajko,·ic slipped one down the line to take the match and the title away from the defending champions. .

Indiana State 4 Minnesota 3

Singles: 1. Harsh Mankad - 1\linn v. Jonas Piibor- ISU (6-4; 6-1) 2. Jorge Duenas - l\linn. v. Stefan Him- ISU (6-4; 6-4) 3. Chris Wettengel - l\linn. , .. \'edran Vidovic - ISU (0-6; 6-7) 4. ZharinO\·- !\linn. v. Lovre Brajkovic- ISU (4-6: (, . 7) 5. Jon Svenson- l\linn. v. Henry Choi- lSU (4-6; .1 -6) 6. Eric Robertson - l\linn. Y. David O'Connell- ISU (7-5; 6-4)

Doubles: 1. Duenas/l\!ankad v. Piibar/ l\iihaglovic (8-4) 2. Robenson/ Svenson v. \'idO\·ic/BrajkoYic (8-'J) 3. Wcttengel / Zharino,· , .. Hirn/Choi (4-8)

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I I I D ate E vent Date E vent Site I ~ I I Sept. 16-1 7 RazorRacket Invitaional hm.:ttevilk. .\rk. Feb. 23 Michigan State East Lansing, Mich. I I Sept. 16-25 National Clay CourtS Balrimore. :'\IJ. Feb. 25 Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. Sept. 29 Pepperdine Invitational :'\lalibu, Calif. I: eb. 2-+-27 National Indoors Louisville, Ky. Oct. 6-15 All-American Tourney :\them. c;a. Mar. 2 Wisconsin Bloomington, Minn. Oct. 27-30 Regional Championships ;\l a Ji~on. \\"is. Mar. 3 Ohio State Bloomington, Minn. Nov. 3-5 UNLV Invite La ~ \ "egas, Nev. Mar. 9 Purdue Bloomington, Minn Jan. 12 Notre Dame South lknJ, lnJ. Mar. 16- 18 Blue Grey Tournament Montgomery, Ala. Jan. 13-15 Big Ten Singles Champs :\nn :\rbor, 1\ lich. Mar. 24 Penn State Bloomington, Minn. Jan. 19-20 Ice Volleys Bloomington, Minn. Apr. 14 Northwestern Chicago, Ill. Feb. 3-6 Rolex Indoors D a lla~. Texas ,\ pr. 15 Illinois Champaign, Ill. Feb. 10-11 Boise State Invite Ho i~ e, IJaho. Apr. 20 Iowa Bloomington, Minn. e Feb. 16 Kansas Bloomington, Minn. Apr. 26-29 Big Ten Championships Madison, Wis. Feb. 17 P ennsylvania Bloomington, Minn. May 12-13 NCAA Regionals TBA Feb. 18 Indiana Bloomington, Minn. 1\1ay 18-27 NCAA Championships Athens, Ga. ·------TRACK & FIELD MEN'S TRACK PERFORMS WEll. AT MINNESOTA OPEN 800 l\lerer Run Two members of the University of !'vlinnesota men's track and field ream rook 2) Toby Henkels -1:52.43 first place honors and several others placed in the top five of their e\·enrs at the 7) Jason Owen - 1:57.69 Minnesota Open indoor track meet Saturday at the Uni\·ersity of l\linnesota Fieldhouse. Redshirt freshman Will McComb won the mile run with a time of !\We Run 4:15.27 and senior Mark Fahey won the weight throw \v-ith a toss of 56-1 3/ 4. 1) Willl\fcComb - 4: 15.27 2) Martin Robeck* - 4:15.77 Several other Gophers performed well in their second meet of the 2001 indoor 3) Neil Hanson- 4:16.58 season. Matt Taylor finished third in the 60m dash. Bob Quade rook fourth in 4) Joe Corr- 4:18.95 the 400m dash as an unattached athlete. Brian :-.!eyer and Toby Henkels each 6) Ryan Ford - 4:20.62 placed second in the 600m and BOOm respecri\·ely . ."\linnesota swept the top 11) Zach Edmonson - 4:38.40 four places in the mile with l'vlartin Robeck (as an unattached athlete), Neil Hanson and Joe Corr took second, third and fourth behind l\lcComb. Ryan 60 Meter Hurdles Melena finished fourth in the 60m hurdles. In the field e\·enrs, !\like 4) Ryan Melena - 8.31 Ehlers rook fourth in the shot put Ben l\leyer fmishcd right behind 9) Derek Sykes -8.77 Fahey in the weight throw and Lynden Reder placed fourth. !\[arc Johannsen finished fifth as an unattached athlete in .-"""'"""""" 4x400 Meter Relay the high jump. ."\linnesora had two place in the top fi\·e 4) l\1innesota - 3:20.38 in the pentathlon, both as unattached athletes. Freshmen 11) Minnesota- 3:30.65 Travis Brandstatter and Jason Swenson rook second and fifth respecri\·ely.

Wisconsin's TJ Nelson set a new fieldhouse record and achie\·cd a NCAA provisional time with a 7.83 in the 60m hurdle~ . Al~o compet­ ing was 2000 Olympian and former Golden Gopher J..::cita Cline. Cline Weight Throw rook second in the 60m with a time of 6.89 and sixth in the 400m with a time 1) !\lark Fahey- 56-1 3/4 of 50.19. Full i\linnesora results \vith times follow. Full results are a\·ailable on 2) Ben Meyer - 55-9 1/4 raceberryjam.com 4) Lynden Reder- 53-2 1/4 6) l\1ike Ehlers- 51-10 1/2 60 l\ leter Dash 3) l\latt Taylor · 6.97 High Jump 7) •te\ ·e Burkholder -7. 12 5) l\larc Johannsen* -6-8 3/4 7) Scott Berggren - 6-4 3 I 4 200 l\lerer Dash 8) Josh Paulson* - 6-4 3/4 6) Andy Wiberg - 23.38 9) Derek Sykes- 6-2 3/4 6) Ryan .\!elena -23.38 9) Todd Bordewick* -23.68 Pole Vault 11 ) \"ince Donahoe• -23.98 8) Ste\·e Slattery - 14-6 11 ) Jayme Panrekoek -14-0 400 ."\lctcr Dash 4) Bob Quade' - 50.03 Pentathlon 600 1\lctcr Dash 2) T ra\;S Brandstatter* - 3,445 2) Brian :'\lcycr · I :20. 27 5) Jason Swenson* - 3,096 8) Jon Ortloff' - I :23.0(> • · unattached

Date Event Site D ate fum! ~ Jan. 13 Northwest Open No team scores .\pr. 12-14 Sea Ray Relays Knoxville, Tenn. Jan. 20 Minnesota Open No team scores :\pr. 14 Hamline Quad St. Paul, Minn. Jan. 27 Gold Country Open UM Fieldhouse .\pr. 20-21 Texas Team Austin, Texas Feb. 1 orthern Iowa Classic Cedar Falb, Iowa :\pr. 21 -22 Mt. Sac Relays Walnut, Calif. feb. 9-10 Cyclone Classic .\mcs, Iowa :\pr. 21 Carleton Relays Northfield, Minn. Feb. 16 Snowshoe UM Fieldhouse :\pr. 25 Macalester St. Paul, Minn. Feb. 24-25 Big Ten Indoor Champs. State Collcgc, J>a. Apr. 27-28 Drake Relays Des Moines, Iowa lar. 2 NCA .-\ Qualifying Meet , \mes, Iowa lay 4 Cardnial Invitational Palo Alto, Calif. Mar. 9-10 NCAA Indoor Champs. Fa~ · ette \ · ille, :\ rk. !\lay 4 Hamline St. Paul, Minn. Mar. 15-16 Texas :\&l\l (Decathletes) Collcge Station, Texas May 5 Iowa Twilight Invitational Iowa City, Iowa Mar. 17 Texas A&l\1 Invite College Station, Texas !\lay 12 Home Meet Bierman Field Mar. 22-23 Mesa CC (Decathletes) l\ lcsa, :\ riz . May 18-20 Big Ten Outdoor Champs. Bloomington, Ind. Mar. 31 Sranford Invitational Palo :\lro, Calif. !\lay 30- NCAA Outdoor Champs. Eugene, Ore. ,Apr. 5-7 Texas ReJa,·s :\ustin, Tcxas June 2 I ~ ------WRESTLING

rwo matches this week. Minnesota ~hosts Se\·enth-ranked Michigan Friday, No. 2 MINNESOTA UPEND No. 1 OKLAHOMA S TATE FOR e NATONAL DUALS TITLE Jan. 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Sports Pavilion and Purdue Saturday, Jan. 27 ar 7: 30 p.m. in Williams Arena. The second-ranked University of Minnesota wrestling ream exacted its revenge on top-ranked Oklahoma State today in the title meet of the 2001 125 - No.5 Leroy Vega (l\U N) dec. No 10 Matt Brown (OSU), 6-4 National Wrestling Duals at State College, Pa., defeating the Cowboys 20- 133 - Johnny Thompson (OSU) dec. No.2 Brett Lawrence (l\ 11 N t ), 4-1 12. The Golden Gophers won their second National Duals championship, 141 - o. 8 Chad Erikson (MI N) dec. No.5 Charles Walker (OSU), 4-0 following runner-up finishes in 1999 and 2000. With the triumph, 149- No. 2 Reggie Wright (OSU) dec. No.3 Jared Lawrence (l\IINN), 3-1, OT 1\-linnesota improves to 11 -1 on the season and laid its claim as the top dual 157 -No. 5 Luke Becker (l\UNN) dec. No. II Shane Roller (OSU), 7-2 team in the nation. 165 - No. 3 Brad Pike (l\UNN) pinned Billy Gabel (OSU), 6:34 174 - 1 o. 11 Tyrone Lewis (OSU) dec. Jacob Volkmann (l\ llNN), 8-4 The Golden Gophers won six of ten matches and upset the Cowboys in a 184 - No.4 Damian Hahn (l\1INN) dec. No.3 Daniel Corrnier (OSU), 4-3 rematch of OSU's 25-12 defeat of l\linnesota on .January 7 at Williams 197 - No. 2 Mark Munoz (OSU) dec. o. 9 Owen Elzen (l\ llN ), 9-4 Arena. The meet started with 125-pound Leroy \'ega getting his re\·enge HWf - No. 5 Garrett Lowney (l\IINN) dec. James Huml (OSU), 3-2 for his earlier loss to Cowboy Matt Brown, defeating the OSU grappler * Minnesota deducted one team point for unsportsmanlike conduct 6-4 to give Minnesota an early 3-0 lead. Oklahoma State re sponded with an upset at 133 pounds as unranked Johnny Thompson beat FINAL SCORE: MINNESOTA 20 OhLAHOMA STATE 12 No. 2 Brett Lawrence 4-1. At 141 pounds, Minnesota retook the team lead with No. 8 Chad Erikson's 4-0 defeat of 1 5 Charles Walker.

Jared Lawrence suffered his third defeat on tl1e year in the 149-pound match as second-ranked Reggie Wright downed the third-ranked Golden Gopher 3-1 in 0\·ertime. l\linnesota responded again as o. 5 Luke Becker dropped 1\o. II Shane Roller 7-2 to gi\·e the Maroon and Gold a 9-6 lead. Then, at 165 pounds, third-ranked Brad Pike ga\·e ;\linnesota six huge team poi nts with hi s pin of Billy Gabel at 6:34. The fall moYed the Golden Gophers to 15-6 on the scoreboard with four match­ es remaining.

;\linnesota split the final four marches with the CowbO\·s, ••u-6' gi\·ing up only decisions in the rwo losses. At 174 pounds, unranked Golden Gopher Jacob Volkmann fell 8-4 ro No. II TYrone Lewis. Then, at 184 pounds, fourth-ranked Damian Hahn got his r e\ · ~n ge on No. 3 Daniel Cormier with a 4-3 decision triumph. Cormier had defeated Hahn with a 19-7 major decision at the January 7 meet.

At 197 pounds, the CowbO\·s pulled within six points of the Golden Gophers as l\io. 2 ;\lark Munoz downed 1\:o. 9 O wen Elzen 9-4. But the Maroon and Gold, needing onh· to prevent OSU from winning by technical fall or pin, posted a 3-2 title-clinching win ar hean·weighr as fi fth -ranked GarrettLowney dropped Cowboy James Hum!.

The Golden Gophers now set their sights on the Big Ten dual season with -2-oo-O:O-;f-SCHEoulE/-RESuLTS ____ 2oo001--sa:iEiiilE7RE5ULTS--1 Date Event Site/Results Date E vent Site /Resultss ! Nov. 11 Bison Open Nine titles Jan. 20-21 National Duals State College, Pa. : 1 Nov. 18 North Dakota State w·, ' -0 :1 " ~ Hofstra W, 22-9 1 Kaufman-Brand Open Two titlt:s Nebraska W, 30-9 Nov. 24 Northern Open inc titlt:s Iowa W, 20-17 Nov. 26 Northern Iowa W, 36-3 Oklahoma State W, 20-12 Dec. 2 U I Open (non-varsity) Two titks Dec. 10 Hofstra \\ 33_3 Jan. 26 Michigan Sports Pavilion Princeton \X ; 45-0 Jan. 27 Purdue Williams Arena Seton Hall \X: 37-2 Feb. 2 Indiana Bloomington, Ind. Dec. 29-30 Midlands One title Feb. 4 Illinois Champaign, Ill. Jan. 7 Oklahoma State L, 25-12 Feb. 9 Michigan State Sports Pavilion Jan. 11 Nebraska \\; 26-12 Feb. 11 Penn State Williams Arena Jan. 12 Boise State \\; 22-14 Feb. 16 Wisconsin Madison, Wis. 1 ! Feb. 18 Iowa Iowa City, Iowa : Mar. 3-4 Big Ten Championships Evanston, Ill. ! Mar. 15-17 NCAA Championships Iowa City, Iowa ~ ------