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U OF M BASEBALL ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS ANNOUNCED
The University of Minnesota baseball program announced the recipients of the annual Dick Siebert Endowment Scholarships for the 1995 season at the annual Minnesota Baseball Banquet held Friday evening at the Sheraton Minneapolis Metrodome.
Senior outfielder Mark V andersall was honored as the scholarship endowed by Calvin Griffith, senior pitcher Andy Hammerschmidt received the David Weiner donated scholarship, and sophomore shortstop Steve Huls was presented with the award donated by Paul Molitor.
The endowed scholarships are made possible by private contributions made by the previously • mentioned donors as a means to help support Golden Gopher baseball. Eventually, the goal is to have all nine positions endowed by scholarship donation.
"To be able to keep up with other programs in the country in the areas of funding and maintaining a high quality program at the University of Minnesota, it is necessary to receive private funding in the area of scholarship grants to enable us to free up money to use in other parts of our program," said Golden Gopher Head Coach John Anderson. "This is a way for us to do that, and in the same way honor the late Dick Siebert, who gave so much to this University and baseball in the state of Minnesota." UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§
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GOLDEN GOPHER MEN'S SWIM TEAM 1\'IPROVES RECORD TO 8·1 WITH THREE DUAL WINS
The University of Minnesota men's swimming and diving team came away with three dual victories at the two-day Wisconsin Quad Duals in Madison. The Golden Gophers defeated Purdue 206·146, Indiana 198-154 and the host Badgers 213-129. The three wins improved Minnesota's overall record to 8-1 and its Big Ten mark to 4-1.
Minnesota won five of the 10 events the first day, led by junior Bernie Zeruhn. The Hamburg, Germany, native captured a pair of individual events: the 200 free and the 200 tly. Other individual winners on Friday night for the Gophers included P.J. Bogart on the one-meter springboard and Paul Domer in the I 00 breast.
Leading the way for the Golden Gophers on Saturday afternoon was the trio of P.J. Bogart, Paul Domer and Derek Williams. Bogart won the three-meter springboard to give him Yictories in both diving events for the weekend. Domer took home first in the 200 breast with a time of 2:05.92. Williams won the 100 fly with a 49.91 clocking.
The Golden Gophers also won the 200 medley relay on Friday and both the 200 and 400 free relays on Saturday, giving them a total of 10 wins out of 18 events for the two-day competition.
-\1innesota is currently ranked lOth in the country. The Golden Gophers will play host to the Big Ten Men's Swimming and Diving Championships, which will take place at the U of M Aquatics Center Fe h. 23-25.
WISCONSIN QUAD DUALS at Madison FEB. 4, 1995 TEAM SCORES Minnesota 213, Wisconsin 129; Minnesota 206. Purdue 146; Minnesota I98, Indiana 154; Indiana 188, Wisconsin 160; Purdue 190. Wi~consin !51
!-Meter Diving-- I. P.J. Bogart, Gophers. 583.45; 2. Isaac Bjorklund, Gophers, 475.70; 3. Michael Sime, Gophers, 468.60 200 Medley Relay-- Minnesota, I :33.42; Purdue, 1:35.05; Indiana, I :35.73 I 000 Free-- Stromberg, Wisconsin. 9: II -+-+: \1anolis Lentaris, Gophers, 9: 19.60; Barnes, Indiana, 9:20.11 200 Free-- Bernie Zeruhn, Gophers, I :40.93: Pierce, Wisconsin, I :42.07; Lorenz, Wisconsin, I :42.14 I 00 Back-- Ruminski, Indiana, 49.54; Duane Dobko. Gophers, 50.69; Sutherland, Purdue, 52.84 100 Breast-- Paul Domer, Gophers, 57.23; Hansen, Wisconsin, 58.03; Schultz. Wisconsin, 58.92 200 Fly-- Bernie Zeruhn, Gophers, I :50.73: Fredelte. Purdue. I :52.13; Place, Purdue, I :52.96 50 Free-- Gazonski, Indiana, 20.73; Buoadunna, Indiana, 20.89, Matt Schlessman, Gophers. 20.91 200 IM -- Barnes, Indiana, I :52.97; Brown, Purdue, I :53.03, Manolis Lentaris, Gophers. I :54.88 800 Free Relay-- Indiana, 6:44.12; Wisconsin. 6:46.34; Minnesota, 6:46.48 3-Meter Diving-- I. P.J. Bogart, Gophers. 47S.35; 2. Isaac Bjorklund, Gophers, 458.00; 3. Soare, Indiana, 439.05; 4. Michael Sime, Gophers, 437.45; 5. Johnson, Wisconsin, 355.55 200 Free Relay-- I. Minnesota A, I :23. I 0; 2. Indiana, I :23.94; 3. Purdue, I :26.59; 4. Minnesota B, I :27.06; 5. Wisconsin. I :27.23 400 IM -- I. Barnes. Indiana, 3:59.06: 2. Brown. Purdue, 3:59. 12; 3. Iglinski, Indiana, 4:04.30; 4. Yetter, Wisconsin, 4:04.82; 5. Haack, Indiana, 4:07.17 I 00 Free-- I. Gazonski, Indiana, 45.54: 2. Ullom, Purdue, 46.90; 3. Pierce. Wisconsin, 47.22; 4. Fero, Purdue, 47.42; 5. Scott Walker, Gophers, 47.43 200 Back-- I. Ruminski, Indiana, I :-+8.0 I: 2. Sutherland. Purdue, I :51.02; 3. Mullins, Indiana, I :52.76; 4. Plumb, Indiana. I :53.11; 5. Batzer, Purdue, I :53.39 100 Fly-- I. Derek Williams, Gophers, 49.91; 2. Place. Purdue, 50.71; 3. Fredette, Purdue, 50.87; 4. McLaughlin, Purdue. 51.70; 5 . ~att Schiess man, Gophers, 51 .84 • 00 Free-- 1. Kalaus, Wisconsin, 4:27.98: 2. Bernie Zeruhn. Gophers, 4:28.01; 3. Barnes, Indiana, 4:29.62; 4. Manolis Lentaris, Gophers. 4:34.00; 5. Stromberg, Wisconsin, 4:35.81 200 Breast-- I. Paul Domer, Gophers, 2:05.92; 2. Haack, Indiana, 2:07.39; 3. Brown, Purdue, 2:07.39; 4. Hansen, Wisconsin. 2:09.35; 5. Yetter, Wisconsin, 2:09.65 , 400 Free Relay-- 1. Minnesota A, 3:03.33; 2. Indiana, 3:03.88; 3. p:!Jrdue, 3:06.92; 4. Minnesota B, 3: 10.86; 5. Wisconsin. 3:12.07 I \ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IEW§
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PRO-ALUMS DOWN GOLDEN GOPHERS
Led by Paul Molitor's solo horner in the sixth inning, the Pro-Alumni team defeated the University of Minnesota 6-3 Saturday afternoon at the Metrodorne. A crowd of 3,614 saw the fourth annual event.
The Golden Gophers had taken a 3-2lead through five innings on a two-run double by Shane Gunderson in the third inning and an RBI by Steve Huls in the fourth. Molitor's round tripper in the sixth then spurred a two-run seventh and a single run in the eighth for the Pro-Alumni. Molitor, Brian Raabe, and Mike Oster all had two hits apiece to lead a 10- hit attack for the winners.
Gunderson's two hits led the Golden Gophers at the plate. The Golden Gopher pitching staff was split up between the Pro-Alumni roster and the current Golden Gopher team, with sophomore David Lance notching the win for the Pro-Alumni team. Sophomore Justin Pederson tossed three innings of scoreless ball to earn the save. Tony Felling took the loss for the Golden Gophers.
Minnesota opens the regular season with a horne series against 18th-ranked North Carolina State at the Metrodorne this Friday through Sunday. Friday's opener gets underway at 6:30 p.m.
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THREE GOLDEN GOPHERS EARN BIG TEN ATHLETE OF THE MONTH HONORS
A trio of University of Minnesota male student-athletes have been named Big Ten Athletes of the Month in their respective sports.
Senior Keita Cline collected the award in track & field. He won the long jump with an NCAA provisional qualifying mark of 25-1 3/4, and then doubled back to take the triple jump with a leap of 51-1 3/4 at the Minnesota Invitational on Jan. 28. This past weekend at the Cargill Games in Winnipeg, Cline won the triple jump with an NCAA provisional qualifying mark of 51-10 1/2.
Currently ranked second in the country at 177 pounds, senior Brett Columbini earned the award in wrestling. He won 10 straight matches during the month, including a 2-1 win over fifth-ranked Quincy Clark of Oklahoma on Jan. I4, and an I I-9 overtime victory over fourth-ranked Rohan Gardner of Northwestern on Jan. 2 I. The I 994 All-American is a perfect I 5-0 overall in dual matches this season, including 5-0 in the Big Ten.
Senior Brian Yee claimed the award in gymnastics. In addition to winning the all around with a score of 112.05 at the Windy City Invitational on Jan. 14, he also earned top honors on the floor exercise (9.80), pommel horse (9.55) and horizontal bar (9.70). When Minnesota defeated top-ranked Ohio State on Jan. 21, he posted a team-high score of 56.45 in the all-around and took top honors on the pommel horse (9.75) and the vault (9.35).
Recently, the Houston native earned the fifth and final spot on the U.S. National Team with his performance at the Winter Cup National meet held Jan. 27-28. Last weekend, he won the all-around competition with a season-high performance of 57.40, and also took the top spot on the pommel horse (9.75), vault (9.25) and parallel bars (9.70) in the Golden Gophers' win at Illinois-Chicago. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA le lEW§
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GOLDEN GOPHER GOLDEN GOPHERS THIS WEEK WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 HOTLINE Basketball at Indiana The Golden Gopher Hotline features daily inter 7p.m. Bloomington, Ind. views with players and coaches. It is available to WCCO-AM 830, Midwest Sports Channel WEDNESDAY, fEBRUARY 8 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Tennis Head Coach Davi9 Ceatz with a preview of the Golf at Puerto Rico/NCAA Challenge all day Ice Volleys Rio Mar, Puerto Rico Track/Field at <:;yclone Invitational THURSDAY, fEBRUARY 9 11:30 a.m. Hockey Head Coach Doug Woog with a preview of the Ames, Iowa weekend series with UMD Wrestling at Michigan· noon Ann Arbor, Mich. fRIDAY, fEBRUARY 10 Gymnastics vs. Michigan Baseball Head Coach John Anderson with a preview of 1 P.·m. the weekend series with North Carolina State Sports Pavilion Tennis vs. Boise State Ice Volleys SATURDAY, fEBRUARY 11 6:30p.m. Hockey Head Coach Doug Woog with post-game com 98th Street ments following Friday night's game versus UMD Baseball vs. North Carolina State 7 p.m. HHH Metrodome SUNDAY, fEBRUARY 12 KFAN-AM 1130 Hockey Head Coach Doug Woog with post-game com Hocke_y vs. UMD ments following Saturday night's game versus UMD 7:05p.m. Mariucct Arena KSTP-AM 1500, Midwest Sports Channel (MSO WEEKLY MEDIA LUNCHEONS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12 Golf at Puerto Rico/NCAA Challenge Coach Haskins hosts a weekly media luncheon begin all day ning at noon each Tuesday, with the exception of Feb. 28, Rio Mar, Puerto Rico in the Oub Room at Williams Arena. On that week, the Baseball vs. North Carolina State luncheon will be held on Monday, Feb.27. An attempt 1 p.m. HHH Metrodome will be made each week to have the upcoming opponent KFAN-AM 1130 coach live via teleconference call. Wrestling at Michigan State lp.m East Lansing, Mich. Golden Gophers Travel To Indiana: The Colden Gophers will travel to Indiana Wednesday for a 7 p.m. game wah the Hoosiers that will be televised on Mid west Sports Channel. Minnesota (15-6, 6-3), is coming off an 80-58 vtctory over Michigan at home last Saturday that put the Colden Gophers in a tie for third place at the halfway point oi the season, just two games out of first place. The Coaches: Minnesota is coached by Clem Haskins who is in his ninth season at the helm. Haskins is credited with being the architect of the rebuilding process of the Minnesota basketball program. He took over a program that was down in 1986 and has elevated it back to the elite circles of collegiate basketball. In his nine seasons, he has posted a 147-118 overall record and 1994-95 MINNESOTA BASKETBALL SCHEDULE a 64-89 Big Ten record. He has a career mark of 248-191 that includes six seasons at Western Kentucky and eight-plus at Nov.10 FORT HOOD (exh) 102-59 w Minnesota. He has led the Golden Gophers to post-season play Nov.17 CROATIAN NATL TEAM (exh) 106-57 w five of the last six 5ea$0ns. In 1993, he led the Colden Gophers Nov. 23-26 Great Alaska Shootout to the NIT crown. Last year the Maroon and Cold posted a 21- 12 record and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Anchorage, Alaska Tournament, marking the first time in history that the school Nov. 24 vs. Arizona (1st round) 72-70W has posted back-to-back 20-win seasons. Nov. 25 vs. Villanova (semifinals) 85-64 w Nov. 26 vs. Brigham Young (finals) 79-74 w Indiana is coached by Bob Knight, who is in his 30th season as Nov. 29 SACRAMENTO STATE 102-84 w a collegiate head coach and his 24th at the helm of the Hoosiers. He is the winningest coach in Big Ten history with a Dec.1 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 92-56 w 298-113 record in conference games. His overall mark of 653- Dec.ll RHODE ISLAND 90-65W 231 is one of the best among active coaches. He has been Dec.13 CINCINNATI 91-88 (ot)L named Big Ten Coach of the Year six times. Knight has led the Dec. 17 ®California 82-75 L Hoosiers to 11 Big Ten Championships, 18 NCAA Tournament Dec. 21 TEXAS SOUTHERN 71-50 L appearances, and three NCAA titles. This year he has led his Dec. 23 SAN JOSE STATE 115-68 young Hoosier squad to a 13-8 overall record, and a 5-4 mark w in the Big Ten. Dec. 28 @James Madison 74-68 w Dec. 31 MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE 98-57W About the Hoosiers: The Hoosiers, who are coming oif an 88- - Jan.4 PENN STATE 69·67W 67 road win over Northwestern, are led by senior center Alan Jan. 7 @Purdue 68-60L Henderson. A workhorse in the paint who can shoot, block Jan.ll NORTHWESTERN 105-74 w shots, pass, hit the three-pointer, and rebound with the best players in the country, he is averaging 23.4 points, 9.3 @Wisconsin Jan. 14 74-67 L rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game. In Big Ten games he is aver- Jan.18 OHIO STATE 81-61 w aging 21.8 points and 10.0 rebounds. Junior forward Bnan Jan.21 ILliNOIS 77·66 w Evans is second in scoring with an 18.3 average per game. His Jan. 25 @ Michigan State 54-53 L average slips to 17.8 for Big Ten games. Indiana's mam weak- Jan. 28 @Iowa 55-54 w ness this year has been a young backcourt. Neil Reed, Steve Feb.4 MICHIGAN 80-SSW Hart, and Michael Hermon have been the primary starters in the backcourt. Hart was the only one with any expenence com- Feb.8 @Indiana 7p.m. ing into the season with five starts last year as a freshman. Feb.15 IOWA 7p.m. Offensively, their strength is shooting, with a team average of Feb.18 MICHIGAN STATE 2p.m. 48 percent overal in Big Ten games as well. They have been Feb.22 @Illinois 7p.m. outrebounded in Big Ten games by a 36.8 to 34.6 margtn and Feb.25 @Ohio State 11 a.m. are shooting 68 percent (373-550) from the charity stripe Indiana has shot 33 percent from behind the three-pOint arc Feb. 28 WISCONSIN 6:30p.m. overall and 27 percent in conference games. Mar.4 @ Northwestern 7p.m. Mar.9 PURDUE 7p.m. The Series with the Hoosiers: Indiana leads the all-time series Mar. 11 @Penn State 7p.m. with Minnesota 80-48. Last year the Golden Gophers were beaten 78-66 in Bloomington, but rebounded with a 106-56 win Schedule is subject to change over the Hoosiers in Minneapolis. Coach Haskins has a 4-13 career mark vs. Indiana, and a 4-12 mark while at the helm of All times listed are central the Colden Gophers. Minnesota has not won m Bloomington Home games in CAPS and Bold since the 1989-90 season, when Willie Burton scored 20 points and Minnesota had five players in double figures in the 75-70 win. That year, and the 1976-77 season, are the only vears that ~ Coach Knight has lost to Minnesota twice. This year the teams ~ only meet once in regular season play. ------··---- Seniors Key Big Win Over Michigan: Seniors Townsend Orr second on the all-time list. His 292 assists puts him eighth all (Dolton, Ill.), Voshon Lenard (Detroit, Mich.), and Jayson time on that list. Walton (Dallas, Tex.) were the keys in an 80-58 win over Michigan last Saturday. The three combined for 50 points and Orr Third on All-Time Assists List: Townsend Orr's 10 assist 22 rebounds. Orr led all players with 20 points, including a per performance against James Madison (12-28-94) vaulted him fect 9-9 day at the charity stripe. Lenard had one of his best over three Golden Gopher guards in the all-time assists chart. games of the year and blew the game open with four big three He passed over Kevin Lynch (301), Melvin Newbern (300), and pointers and 19 points. He also added eight rebounds. Walton Ray Williams (296) into third place. He now has 350 career posted his finest performance since December, as he came off assists. He can pass Marc Wilson (375), but has little chance of the bench to notch his sixth double-double of the year with 11, surpassing Arriel McDonald's record of 547 career assists. Orr points and 10 rebounds. Minnesota blew the game open in the is also second on the all-time three-pointers made list with 144 first half, shooting 53.8 percent from the field, including 5-10 career three-pointers, behind only Vashon Lenard's 250 three from three-point range. The 22-point margin of victory for pointers. Orr is also second to Lenard on the all-time three Minnesota was the second highest in the history of the series point attempt list with 380 to Lenard's 670. Orr is sixth on the against Michigan (in the 1968-69 season, Minnesota beat all-time steals list with 153 career thefts. Michigan 94-67). Thomas A Force in the Paint: Sophomore center John Thomas Townsend Orr Leads the Colden Gophers: Senior All-Big Ten (Minneapolis, Minn.) has answered one of the big question candidate Townsend Orr is the Golden Gophers' team leader marks going into the season by playing solidly in the paint for on and off the court. He demonstrated that in the Great Alaska the Maroon and Gold. Thomas staked his claim on the starting Shootout when he was named MVP of that tournament. He center job by posting an impressive performance in the season scored 15 points in the Cincinnati game and was the leading opener against Arizona (11-24-94) when he brought down 11 scorer in the California game with 21 points, 19 of which came rebounds against Arizona's talented frontline. He also had in the second half. The 21-point effort was a season and career eight points vs. James Madison (12-28-95) and 11 points and high for Orr. On Dec. 23, he helped break a three-game skid by five rebounds against San Jose State (12-23-94). In the Big Ten scoring 17 points and dishing out four assists in the win over opener against highly-regarded John Amaechi of Penn State (1- San Jose State. He scored 11 points and had a career-high 10 4-95), he scored 14 points and had six rebounds, while holding assists in the win over James Madison (12-28-94). Against Ohio Amaechi to 10 points and 10 rebounds. Against Rashard State (1-18-95), he scored 17 points on 7-10 shooting to pace the Griffith (1-14-95), Wisconsin's pre-season All-Big Ten center, he Golden Gophers, and followed that with an 18-point, nine scored 13 points and had nine rebounds and clearly won the rebound, seven-assist performance against Illinois (1-21-95). battle in the paint, limiting Griffith to nine points and eight Against Iowa (1-28-95), he had just seven points from the field rebounds. In the Illinois game (1-21-95), he started slowly with on 3-7 shooting, but added eight assists while leading the team no points and six turnovers in the first half. He rebounded by to the big road win. His 20-point, five-assist performance scoring 10 points, including eight straight, in the second half. against Michigan (2-4-95) paced the team. A tremendous scor Against Iowa (1-28-95), he again started slow with four points ing talent who is a natural shooting guard, he is being asked to and three turnovers in the first half. He scored the final eight sacrifice his own scoring numbers to help the team win by points of the game, including the big game-winner with three playing the point guard spot. He has done an outstanding job seconds left, to finish with 12 points and four rebounds. He is of running the Gopher offense and distributing the ball. He is averaging 8.1 points and 5.0 rebounds per game. In Btg Ten second on the team in scoring with a 13.3 average, and is also games, he is averaging 9.3 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. averaging 4.5 assists and 4.9 rebounds per game. In conference A prototype power player with great strength, Thomas has play, he is averaging 13.0 points per game and is shooting 48 been Minnesota's most consistent player the past five games. percent from the field and 50 percent from three-point range. His back-up at the center position is the seven-footer, Trevor He has led the team in scoring in nine games. If he continues to Winter (So., Slayton, Minn.), who is averaging 14 minutes, 4.1 post these type of numbers, he will be in the running for post points and 3.3 rebounds per game. He had a great game vs. San season honors. Jose State (12-23-94) when he scored a career-high 12 pomts and hauled down six rebounds in 23 minutes. Agatnst Ohio V Stands for Voshon and Victory: Senior All-America candi State (1-18-95), Winter had eight points and six rebounds 1n 16 date Voshon Lenard is having a great final campaign. He has minutes. He has a nice shooting touch, excellent hands, and is started all21 games and has led the team in scoring in 13 getting better each game. games. He is averaging 17.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game. He is shooting 44.8 percent (52-116) from the Kolander Posts Big Games vs. Illinois And Iowa: Sen10r co field and 36.6 percent (26-71) from three-point range for Big captain Chad Kolander (Owatonna, Minn.) posted strong Ten games. This year he has demonstrated that he can score games vs. lllinois (1-21-95), with 14 points and three rebounds, inside or outside and is helping out on the boards as well with and Iowa (1-28-95), with eight first half points. The lllinots his 4.0 rebounds per game average. An all-tournament selec game marked the first time he was out of the starting lineup tion at the Carrs Great Alaska Shootout, he has proven that he this year, and he responded with a big performance off the is a clutch player. He is currently second on the all-time scoring bench. Kolander started the season strong, averagtng m double list with 1,939 career points, just 63 points behind Mychal figures in all three games of the Great Alaska Shoot out Since Thompson's school record of 1,992. At his current pace, he will then he has been up and down, averaging 5.6 points per game become the all-time leading scorer in school history during the in the 14 games between the tournament and the llltno1s game, Illinois game on Feb. 22. He would break the 2,000 points barri with just two games in that span in double figures. For the year er in that same game at his current pace. Lenard is also a strong he is averaging 6.5 points and 4.1 rebounds per game If defender as evidenced by his 164 career steals, which puts him Minnesota is to contend for the Big Ten title, thev wdl need consistent inside play and scoring from Kolander. team's offense as the season progresses. Walton Bounces Back: One of the biggest reasons for the Big Defense: Minnesota leads the Big Ten in scoring defense, Golden Gophers' great start this year was the play of Jayson holding teams to an average of 64 points per game . In the last Walton . He had an incredible start to his senior season, notch~ three games, the Golden Gophers have held the1r opponents to ing five double-doubles in the first nine games. He was one of an average of 55 points per game, while posting a 2-1 record, the lone bright spots in the loss to Texas Southern on Dec. 21 with the 5~53loss at Michigan State (1-25-95) the only blemish. when he posted 10 points and 10 rebounds. Against Rhode The Golden Gophers went into the Michigan (2-~95) game Island (12-10-94) he snared a career-high 16 rebounds and holding conference opponents to 39.5 field goal shooting and scored 14 points. In the Great Alaska Shootout (11-2~94) he improved that mark by holding Michigan to 35.5 for the game had three double-doubles, OOR/16PTS vs. Arizona, 10R/14PTS (22-62). Minnesota has now held its opponents to a 38.9 mark vs. Villanova, 15R/11PTS vs. BYU). He missed his first start of (185475), good for at least second in the conference. the year against Ohio State (1-18-95) after struggling in the four previous Big Ten games. He responded by scoring 11 points Cleaning the Glass: The Golden Gophers have done an excel and hauling down five rebounds off the bench. His big 11- lent job cleaning the glass this year, posting a 889-743 rebound point, 10-rebound performance against Michigan (2495) gave ing edge in their first 21 games. Walton's excellent play early him six double-doubles for the year. He is averaging 9.2 points this year, coupled with the emergence of Jacobson as a and 6.8 rebounds per game overall. In conference games he is rebounder with 4.7 per game, has been a big reason. Orr and averaging 9.3 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. If the Golden Lenard have also helped on the boards from the guard spot. In Gophers are to remain in the hunt for the Big Ten title, he must addition, sophomore centers John Thomas and Trevor Winter play like he did in the non~onference part of the schedule. A have stepped up their games. Thomas is bringing down 5.0 strong inside~utside player, he can drive to the basket or pull rebounds per game, while Winter has come off the bench to up and hit the jumper. Rated as one of the top up-and~oming bring down 3.3 rebounds per game. If the Golden Gophers con players in the Big Ten after his sophomore season, Walton was tinue to clean the glass effectively, they will be a force tn the hobbled by knee injuries last year. Big Ten. Minnesota has won the battle on the boards 1n 16 of their 21 games. They are P-3 when they have outrebounded Grim Starting: Junior forward David Grim (Massillon, Ohio) their opponents. They are 2-3 when they are outrebounded or is reaping the benefits of increased playing time by improving the rebounds are equal. his numbers. He has started the last four games for the Golden Gophers. A fine outside shooter, he is off to another strong Bench Scoring: The Golden Gophers' trademark of bench start, shooting 34.5 percent (19-55) from three-point range and depth is starting to show even with this young bench. 39.6 percent overall (44-111) this season. His big three-pointer Minnesota's bench has outscored its opponents' bench by a won the game vs. Penn State (1-~95). Against Wisconsin (1-14- 539-374 margin or an average of 25.6 to 17.8 points per game. 95), he pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds. In addition to In addition, Minnesota's bench has outrebounded its oppo his offensive contributions, he has played great defense and his nents by an average of 14.2 to 11.1 (298-234). The Minnesota three steals against fifth-ranked Arizona (11-2~94) helped the bench runs 11 players deep with Wolf (seven minutes per Golden Gophers upset the Alaska tournament favorites. He can game) and Whaley (eight minutes per game) the only two of play outside or inside, and is a relentless competitor in the the 11 not averaging double figures in minutes played paint. He had his first start of the year vs.lllinois (1-21-95) and had six points and five rebounds. He is averaging 6.3 points Golden Gophers Boast Four Starters With Over 100 Career and 3.6 rebounds per game, and is second on the team in steals Games: The Golden Gophers have a very experienced team with 23 to Orr's 35. especially in five of their seniors. Townsend Orr 018GPl, Voshon Lenard (117GP), Chad Kolander (113GP, and Jayson Jacobson Above the Crowd: Highly-touted freshman Walton (110GP) have all played over 100 career games. In addi guard/forward Sam Jacobson (Cottage Grove, Minn.) has tion, Ryan Wolf (Sr., Martinsville, Ind.) has played in 93 games. taken his game co a higher level as a freshman. A legitimate Voshon Lenard has started in 116 out of 117 games plaved and candidate for Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors, this fine has only missed one game in his career. This says a lot c~bout talent gets better and better with each game. He is averaging the experience and durability of this senior class. 7.8 points and 4.7 rebounds per game, which is fifth and fourth on the team, respectively. In Big Ten games, he is averaging 7.2 Wolf Sees Extended Action: Senior Ryan Wolf (Martinsville, points and 4.3 rebounds per game. Against San Jose State on Ind.) has seen extended action in the past few weeks and has Dec. 23, he notched his first career double-double with 16 provided strong defense and has hit some key three-pomters. points and 10 rebounds. In addition, he dished out a team-high Against Wisconsin (1-1~95), he played 12 minutes. scored six six assists in 19 minutes of play. Against Iowa (1-28-95), he points and had two assists and two big steals. Agamst Ohio scored 10 points and added six rebounds and two assists. Six of State (1-18-95), he played 12 minutes and scored seven points his 10 points, including a thundering ?aseline dunk, led a 1~2 with two assists and three steals. In the win over IllinOis {1-21- run that put Minnesota up 37-26 seven minutes into the second 95), he was 2-2 from three-point range and played 10 great half. This highly-talented player is just coming into his own. minutes of defense. If this veteran can contribute off the bench He has tremendous athletic ability, and will be an impact play with strong defense and good shooting, he will further bolster er for the Golden Gophers the rest of the season. He can play at the team's backcourt depth. small forward or at shooting guard. 'Nith his strong outside shooting (48.4, 61-126), and tremen.: -1s first step to the basket, National Spotlight: The Golden Gophers have been m the he is very difficult to defend. His experience and confidence national spotlight this year with six nationally-telev1sed game develops more each game, and he will play a bigger role in the already in 12 games. Minnesota posted big wms over Arizona (72-70), Villanova (85-64), and Brigham Young (79-74) in front Courtney James, a 6-8 power forward from Ben Davis High of ESPN national television audiences, and a big road win over School in Indianapolis, Ind., committed to the Gophers. He is a James Madison in front of an ESPN II national audience. They big forward with a prototype Big Ten physique. He was also lost tough ESPN games to Cincinnati and California, two high recruited by Indiana, Purdue and Kentucky. Last year he aver ly-respected programs. Last year, the Golden Gophers posted a aged 18.2 points per game and 9.6 rebounds at Pike High 4-2 record in nationally-televised games, and this year they are School. James is ranked 27th nationally by Blue Chip lllustrated an identical 4-2. magazine. Lenard Named a Naismith And Wooden Award Candidate: Quincy Lewis, a 6-7, 200-pound forward from Little Rock, Ark., Returning All-America guard Voshon Lenard has been named is a smooth passer and great leaper who also signed on with a candidate for the prestigious John Wooden Player of the Year Minnesota. Prep Stars Recruiters Handbook calls him, "A Award and the Naismith Player of the Year Award. Lenard clutch player who runs the court well and can score as well as ranked third in the Big Ten in scoring last year (21.6) and was a block shots. This national top 30 senior is a big-time prospect." UP! honorable mention AU-America selection. He was taken as Lewis led Parkview High School to the state championship as a the 46th overall pick in the 1994 NBA Draft by the Milwaukee sophomore and second place as a junior. In addition, his Bucks, but elected to return to school for his senior season. Arkansas Wings AAU team won the AAU national champi onship the past two years. Lenard Picked First-Team All-Big Ten By Media: Returning All-American Voshon Lenard was also named to the pre-sea Charles Thomas, a 6-4, 190-pound guard/forward from son All-Big Ten first team by the Big Ten media contingent at Harlan, Ky also signed on with Minnesota. Thomas is a multi the Big Ten Tip-off Luncheon on Oct. 27 in Indianapolis, Ind. sport athlete who averaged 19.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.5 Other players named to the first team include: Michael Finley steals per game, while shooting 56 percent from the field and (UW), Rashard Griffith (UW), Shawn Respert (MSU), and Alan 38 percent from three-point range. He was a first team all-state Henderson (IU). Lenard was an All-Big Ten second team selec selection last year, and was the MVP of the 1994 Kentucky tion last year and an honorable mention All-America pick Class A State Tournament. Hoop Scope magazine rates (UP!). Thomas 61st in the nation and as one of the top three players available in Kentucky. Thomas also is a standout baseball play Weekly Media Luncheons: The weekly Golden Gopher er for Harlan High School. Last year he batted .484 with five Basketball Media Luncheons are held every Tuesday at noon, homers in 32 games and is projected as a possible maJOr league with two exceptions due to scheduling. The schedule remain baseball draft selection next spring. ing is as follows: Tues., Feb. 7, Tues., Feb. 14, Tues., Feb. 21, Mon., Feb. 27 •, Tues., Mar. 7! Luncheons that are on days Miles Tarver is a 6-8, 210-pound forward from Alameda, Calif., other than Tuesday are due to date of game or opponents via Pittsfield, Maine where he is attending Maine Central Prep schedule. Institute. Tarver played four years for St. Joseph's High School in Alameda, Calif., helping them win two consecutive state Fax-on-Demand: To access the latest information on Golden championships as a sophomore and freshman. He started three Gopher basketball, use the Big Ten Fax-on-Demand system. years for St. Joseph's and was a teammate of Jason Ktdd of the From the handset of your fax machine call (404) 399-3066. The NBA's Dallas Mavericks for two seasons. Last year he averaged Big Ten passcode is 282. Select the information you want by the 19.2 points and 11.5 rebounds per game. request numbers listed below, then press the start button on your machine when prompted. This service is for media use "We are really excited about the four young men who have ·only. decided to come to Minnesota," said Head Coach Clem Haskins. "They all bring some excellent basketball skllls to our 2215 Cumulative Team & Individual Stats team, as well as being first class individuals." 2216 Pre-Game Notes Package (24 hrs prior to game) 2217 Box Score From Most Recent Game Bob Gibbons of Gibbons Scouting Service ranked Minnesota's 2218 Honors Candidates recruiting class at the end of the early signing period 11th in 2219 Numerical/ Alphabetical Roster the nation, and second or third in the Big Ten. 2220 Signees List Golden Gophers Celebrate "100 Years Of Hoops" With Golden Gopher Basketball on TEAMLINE: Golden Gopher Event-Filled Big Ten Basketball Season: The 1994-':lS -,chool basketball can be heard wherever you are in the world by call year marks the lOOth season of Golden Gopher men's basket ing TEAMLINE at 1-800-846-4700. TEAMLINE will hook your ball. In an effort to promote this historic year, the Department call up with WCCO and Ray Christensen at a declining rate of of Men's Athletics has partnered up with a number of bust between 50 cents and 20 cents per minute. Just call1-800-846- nesses in the community to help celebrate this event. 4700 and enter Minnesota's four digit code of 5320 and you will be connected with all the Golden Gopher action. All promotions and special events celebrating "100 Years of Hoops" which began Jan. 16 and will culminate in mtd-March. Golden Gophers Ink Four Top Recruits To National Letters Following is a list of fun events and other exciting promottons Of Intent: The University of Minnesota basketball program that are being planned: I I signed four top recruits to national letters of intent during the early signing period. All four players are ranked in the top 100 Jan. 16 -Feb. 18 nationally and two are ranked in the top 30, depending on the • Team of the Century: Fans can vote for thetr Golden Copher le rating service Team of the Century. Ballots will be available at Rambow Foods, as well as at the Jan. 18 Ohio State game and the Jan. 21 Iowa State battled back to win the next four matches. Second Illinois game. ranked Brett Colombini's (Sr., Redwood Valley, Calif.) 14-6 • Commemorative Pepsi cans: A total of 2.5 million commemo- major decision at 177 pounds put Minnesota back in the lead . rative Pepsi and Diet Pepsi cans will be circulated marketwide 14-13. Iowa State went ahead 16-14 after Robbie Steger defeat featuring Minnesota's "100 Years of Hoops' logo. ed Jeremy Goeden (Fr., Grand Rapids, Minn.) in a hard • Collectible cups: A 32-ounce collectible Kevin McHale cup fought match 5-3 at 190 pounds. But fifth-ranked Minnesota will be available at all participating Pepsi retail locations. heavyweight Billy Pierce Minnesota Squeaks Past Flames In Gymnastics: The sixth ranked Golden Gophers men's gymnastics team <2-0l held off the eight-ranked Illinois-Chicago to gain a 224.85 - 22-1 635 vic Wrestlers Upset No.3 Iowa State: The sixth-ranked Golden tory in a non-conference dual meet held in Chicago Saturday. Gophers upset third-ranked Iowa State 18-16 on Friday at the Sports Pavilion. Minnesota then defeated No. 16 Wisconsin 28- Senior captain Brian Yee (Sr., Houston, Texas) led the Golden 9 on Sunday at the Sports Pavilion. Minnesota is now 14-3 Gophers with a season-high 57.40 in the all-around. Yee also overall and 4-1 in Big Ten dual meets. won individual events on the pommel horse (9.75), parallel bars (9.70) and vault (9.25), and finished second in floor exer Against the Cyclones, Minnesota won the first three matches to cise (9.60) and horizontal bar (9.55). ln addition, sophomore take a 10-0 lead. Ninth-ranked Brandon Paulson (So., Coon Heath Wall (So., Sterling Heights, Mich.) took top honors on Rapids, Minn.) defeated Alfonso Cruz 8-1 at 118 pounds to the still rings with a 9.70 and junior Andrew Weaver (Jr., give Minnesota a 3-0 lead. The Golden Gophers took a 7-0 lead Albuquerque, NM) finished second on the parallel bars with a as 12th-ranked Tim Harris (Sr., St. Louis, Mo.) won by a 16-5 mark of 9.55. major decision over Mark Schulze at 134 pounds. Minnesota jumped out to a 10-0 lead after Jason Davids (Fr., Forest Lake, Up Next: Minnesota's next home meet will be on Feb 11. when Minn.) defeated ninth-ranked Clody Tate 11-8 at 142 pounds. they take on Michigan in the Sports Pavilion. - - - 1994-95 Mmnesota Golden Gophers BASKbi'BALL TEAM STATISTICS INCLUDES LEAGUE GAMES & NON-LEAGUEGAMES TOTALI;cl 3-PTFG FREE111ROWS REBOUNDS AVG AVG NAME G ST FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT Ff FfA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF DIS AST AST ·m BLK S1L MIN PTS AVG Lenanl 21 21 118 286 41.3 55 159 34.6 71 98 72.4 32 56 88 4.2 47 0 50 2.4 33 6 21 30 362 17.2 IUGHS: PfS 28 vs SACRAMENTO ST. RBS 9 vs Villanova AST 6 vs CINCINNATI Orr 21 21 92 204 45.1 48 108 44.4 47 66 71.2 17 86 103 4.9 48 0 95 4.5 43 I 35 29 279 13.3 IUGHS: PTS 21 vs California RBS 9 vs Villanova AST I 0 vs 1ames Madison WaJ100 21 16 73 187 39.0 0 .0 48 65 73.8 55 87 142 6.8 49 2 37 1.8 33 4 14 20 194 9.2 HIGHS: PI'S 17 vs SACRAMENTO ST. RBS 16 vs RHODE ISLAND AST 5 vs Arizona Thomas 21 21 70 144 48.6 0 0 .0 30 52 57.7 51 53 104 5.0 54 2 12 .6 44 7 12 21 170 8.1 HIGHS: PfS 14 VS RHODE ISLAND RBS II vs Arizona AST 2 vs CINCtNNA'n Ja(;obson 21 5 61 126 48.4 II 32 34.4 31 45 68.9 48 50 98 4.7 52 3 30 1.4 28 I 12 17 164 7.8 HIGHS: PTS 16vsSANJOSESTATE RBS IOvsSAN JOSE STATE AST 6vsSAN JOSE STATE Kolander 21 17 55 104 52.9 0 0 .0 27 43 62.8 40 47 87 4.1 48 2 33 1.6 34 13 17 21 137 6.5 HIGHS: Pl'S 15 vs Arizona RBS 9 vs James Madison AST 3 vs CENTRAL CONNECTICUT Grim 20 4 44 Ill 39.6 19 55 34.5 18 25 72.0 20 52 72 3.6 34 30 1.5 35 9 23 21 125 6.3 IUGIIS: PfS 13 vs Brigham Young RBS 10 vs Wisconsin AST 4 VS IlLINOIS Winler 21 0 33 61 54.1 0 0 .0 20 27 74.1 26 43 69 3.3 55 2 12 .6 20 12 10 14 86 4.1 IUGIIS: PIS 12 vs SAN JOSE STATE RBS 9 VS CEN'IRAL CONNECTICUT AST 2 VS MIDDUi TENNESSEE SfA llams 20 0 21 50 42.0 I 6 16.7 17 24 70.8 8 II 19 1.0 39 0 32 1.6 17 0 14 11 60 3.0 lllGllS: PTS II vsMIDDLETENNESSEEST,\ RBS 4vsCEN"IRALCONNEC1lCUT AST 5 vs ViUanova Wolf 20 0 14 45 31.1 10 3.' 28.6 12 15 80.0 3 13 16 .8 20 0 20 1.0 17 0 7 7 so 2.5 JDGllS: PTS 7 YS RHODE ISLAND RBS 4 VS RHODE ISLAND AST 5 vs RHODE ISLAND Wholey II 0 12 26 46.2 3 8 37.5 3 10 30.0 4 II 15 1.4 12 0 10 .9 7 5 3 8 30 2.7 HIGIIS: PlS 8 vs CENlRAL CONNEC11CUT RBS 3 vs CENTRAL CONNECTICUT ~~· 2 vs CENTRAL CONNECTICUT Walkins 12 0 2 3 66.7 0 .0 3 33.3 2 4 6 .5 8 0 3 .3 I I 2 2 5 .4 1-IJGHS: PfS 2vsSACRAMENTOST. RBS 3 VS CENTRAL CONNECTICUT AST I vs RHODE ISLAND Crinenden II 0 I 2 50.0 0 0 .0 3 4 75.0 3 4 .4 0 0 4 .4 4 0 5 .5 IUGIIS: PTS 2 vs SACRAMENTO ST. RBS I vs Villanova AST I vs ViUanova Osterman 7 0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 3 3 .4 0 0 .0 0 0 0 () IUGIIS: RBs 2 vs NORlHWESTmN 'JliAM 63 3.0 2 -,orAL 21 596 1349 44.2 147 405 36.3 328 477 6118 307 582 889 42.3 467 12 3611 I 7 5 3 Ill 59 I '12 I 66 7 7'J 4 Ill< illS VS I'I'S 115 SAN JOSE STAT!: 1ms 56 vs RIIODE ISLAND AST 2li vs MIDDLE TENNESSEJ' STAlE \11111~l·-.,,,..J (ndJnL {Ht,!hl·l I ll'l'l 1'-.l·.', I\ lli:AIJIIAIJ H.I-J!Ol·t' ! 1994-95 Minnesota Goldm Gophers BASKETBALL TEAM STA 11STICS INQlJDiiS LEAGUE GAME'> TOTAL FG 3-PT FG 1-REE THROWS REBOUNDS AVG AVG NAME G ~~ FG FGA PCT FG FGA PCT Fr i'TA PCT OFF DfJ1 10T AVG PF DIS ~~ ~~ 10 BLK SU. MIN PTS AVG Lenanl 9 9 52 116 44.8 26 71 36.6 19 29 6S.S IS 21 36 4.0 23 0 20 2.2 17 2 7 31 149 16.6 IUGHS: PTS 21 vs NORUIWESTERN RBS 8 v1 MICHIGAN AST s v1 mno ~~ATE Orr 9 9 39 82 47.6 24 48 SO.O IS 20 75.0 4 37 41 4.6 22 0 43 4.8 16 0 16 30 117 13.0 1-UGHS: PTS 20 vs MICI-UGAN RBS 9 v1 IUlNOJS AST 8 vs Iowa lbomas 9 9 37 77 48.1 0 0 .0 10 21 47.6 24 28 52 5.8 27 6 .7 28 4 2 23 84 9.3 I·IIGIIS: J>'J'S 14 VS PENN STATE RBS 9 vs Wisconsin AST 2vsOIDOSTATE Jacobson 9 5 27 52 Sl.9 3 12 25.0 8 II 72.7 18 21 39 4.3 25 2 II 1.2 17 I s 17 65 7.2 HJGIIS: PTS II vs Wisconsin R8S 7 vs PENN STATE AST 2 VS PENN STATE Kolander 9 S 23 Sl 45.1 0 0 .0 8 12 66.7 18 19 37 4.1 21 16 1.8 13 4 s 21 54 6.0 IUGIIS: PTS 14 VS NOR111WESTERN RBS 8 VI NOR'IliWES'fFRN AST 3 VS Pllrdue Walaon 9 4 21 so 42.0 0 0 .0 12 21 57.1 12 31 43 4.8 23 2 8 .9 10 3 s 17 54 6.0 HIGHS: PTS II vsOIDOSTATE RBS 10 vs MJCI-DGAN AST 4 VS Pllrdue Grim 9 4 16 43 37.2 4 17 23.5 9 II 81.8 10 32 42 4.7 16 13 1.4 19 s 13 22 45 5.0 lUG liS: PTSIOvsNOR~ RBS 10 YS Wisconsin AST 4 VS IUlNOIS Wanatr 9 0 9 20 45.0 0 0 .0 10 12 83.3 8 II 19 2.1 23 0 s .6 9 6 5 13 28 3.1 ID Wolf 9 0 8 22 36.4 6 17 35.3 S 6 83.3 0 4 4 .4 10 0 8 .9 4 0 s 8 27 3.0 Ill< illS: J>'J'S 7vsOIDO~IA1E RBS 3 vs Wisconsin AST 3 VS NORUIWESTERN IIams 8 0 4 12 33.3 0 2 .0 7 9 77.8 3 3 6 .8 16 0 9 1.1 9 0 5 10 IS 1.9 HIGHS: PTS 4 VS NOR111WESTBUJ RBS 2 vs Pwduc AST 4 vsOIIJOSTATE Whaley 4 0 3 s 60.0 0 .0 0 4 .0 1 s 6 1.5 s 0 S 1.3 2 I 0 6 6 1.5 HIGHS: PTS 2 vs NOR111WESTBUJ RBS 3 YS NOR111WESTiiRN AST 2 VS NORUIWESTERN Wmins 4 0 I 2 SO.O 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 I .3 2 0 2 .5 I 0 2 2 .5 HIGHS: PTS 2 VS NORUIWES'IBtN RBS I VS MICI-DGAN AST I YS NORUIWESTERN Crillenden 5 0 0 I .0 0 0 .0 2 50.0 I 0 .2 0 0 0 .0 3 0 .2 lUG liS: J>'I'S I VS MJCIDGAN RBS I YS MICI-DGAN Ostennan 4 0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 3 3 .8 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 HJGIIS: RBS 2 YS NORTiiWESTFR.N m~M 24 2.7 0 "IUI"AL 9 240 533 45.0 63 169 37.3 104 158 65.8 114 240 354 39.3 214 7 146 16.2 148 26 72 M7 71 'I IIICIIS l'l"S 105 vs NORTHWESTERN RBS 46 VS NOR'lliWJ;sTERN AST 26 vs NOt< rt IWISil;t !\111Hu.. ·'),J(.& ( ,,.jJut ( 11 'l'ltd'> t ){'l't J'\ I.:\ I"\ I>LAillL\IJ.KI:.liULINDS 20 .'X e e e - - - 1994 -95 Minnesota Golden Gophers BASKETBAll. TEAM STATISTICS MN FG% OPPONENT OPP FG% HIGH SCORER HIGH REBOUNDS{ A'I1R>ID PLACE& DAlE n 39.4 Arizona 70 45.3 18 Lenanl II Thomas 7,863 8:00 November 24, Anchorage, Alaska 85 46.2 Villanova 64 32.8 19 Lenanl 10 Walton 7,863 8:00,November 25, Anchorage, Alaska 19 On 79 390 Brigham Young 74 45.5 24 Lenanl 15 Walton 7,863 8:00 November.26, Anchorage, Alaska 102 47.1 SACRAMBIITO ST. 84 50.8 28 U:nanl 9 Walton 13,230 7:00 Nove"'lber 29, Minneapolis, Minn 92 51.5 CENT. CONNECTICUT 56 36.1 19 l.manl 9 Winter 13,220 7:00 December ·1, Minneapolis, Minn 90 41.6 RHODE ISLAND 65 39.4 17 On 16 Walton 13,S53 1:00 December II Minneapolis,Minn 88 42.1 ar CINCINNA11 91 54.9 19 Lenanl 8 Thomas 14,494 8:30, December 13 Minneapolis, Minn 75 36.5 California 82 52.8 21 On 9 On 11,200 9:00 December 17 ,Oakland, Calif. 50 28.4 TEXASSOUTHH{N 71 40.0 liOn 10 Walton 13,168 7:00, December 21,Minneapolis, Minn 115 52.0 SAN JOOESTA1E 68 38.7 17 On 10 Jacobson 1.3,619 7:00, December 23 Minneapolis, Minn 14 45.0 James Madison 68 46.2 16 Walton 9 Kolander 7,300 6:30,December 28, Harrisonburg, VA 98 55.4 MIDDLE 1ENNFSSEE S 57 34.9 25 Lenanl 6 Walton 13,983 I :00 December 3 I, Minneapolis, Minn 69 38.8 P@INSTA1E 61 50.0 21 Lenanl 7 Jacobson 14,019 7:00, January 4, Minneapolis, MN 1 On 60 39.7 Punlue 68 50.0 16 U:nanl 1 Kolander 14,123 Noon, January 7, West Lafayeue, IN 105 59.4 NOR'JliWFSI'8{N 74 31.3 27 U:nanl 8 Kolander 13,985 7:00 January II, Minneapolis, Mlnn 67 35.6 Wiscoosin 74 47.8 17 Oir 10 Grim 11,500 7:00 January 14, Madison, Wis 81 45.2 OHIO STAlE 61 30.0 17 On 8 lbomas 14,258 7:00 January 18, Minneapolis, MN 77 59.2 llllNOIS 66 40.4 18 On 9 Orr 14,527 2:00 January 21, Minneapolis, MN 53 37.5 Michigan Stale 54 36.4 14 Lenanl 7 Thomas 15,138 7:00, January 25, E. Lansing, Mich. 55 48.0 Iowa 54 34.7 15 Lenanl 8 Grim 15,500 Noon, January 28, Iowa City lA 1!0 44.2 MIOOOAN 58 35.5 20 Orr 10 Walton 14,520 1 p.m., February 4, Minneapolis, MN ll;Mi ROCORD All.. GAMES I 5- 6 71.4 % lEAGUE 6- 3 66.6% Minnesota Gains Three Points From Huskies: The Maroon & Gold gained a 3-3 tie on Friday night, and an 8-1 victory on Saturday afternoon in Houghton, Michigan last weekend. The Golden Gophers did not pick up any ground on the leaders. A but they remain in fourth-place in the WCHA standings with W 27 points on the season. The Bell Tolls: Senior co-captain Scott Bell (Inver Grove Hgts., Minn.) turned in a four-point performance on Saturday afternoon with two goals and two assists. His second goal of the afternoon was shorthanded which was his first shorthand 1994-95 MINNESOTA HOCKEY SCHEDULE ed goal of the season and seventh of his career. Oct.21 at Minnesota-Duluth 5-4W Freshman Holds Scoring Lead: Freshman Ryan Kraft Oct. 22 at Minnesota-Duluth 6-2W (Moorhead, Minn.) currently leads the WCHA in scoring Ocr.28 WISCONSIN 2-1 (OTI W among freshman with 29 points (10-19=29) in the WCHA. He is 0CT.29 WISCONSiN (TARCET CENTER) 5-2\\! ahead of Minnesota-Duluth's Mike Peluso, who has 26 points Nov.4 ST. CLOUD STATE 5-3 w Nov.5 at St. Ooud State 5-2W (9-17=26). Kraft posted a power-play goal and dished out one Nov. 11 at North Dakota 4-4(0DT assist last weekend. Nov.l2 at North Dakota 4-3 L Nov.19 MICHIGAN TECH 3-2 Defensemen Post First of the Year: Two Golden Gophers defensemen notched their first goal of the season over the weekend. Junior Charlie Wasley (Edina, Minn.) posted his first goal of the season on Friday night that gave Minnesota a 3- pound forward notched 25 go·als and 18 assists last year as a 21ead at 13:59 of the third period. Junior transfer Jay Moser junior. Smith, who has led Warroad in scoring each of the last (Cottage, Minn.) tallied his first career goal as Golden Gopher two seasons, had career totals of 45 goals and -!9 assists enter on the power-play at 6:37 of the second period. ing his senior season. The 6-1, 175-pound forward scored 58 points (28 goals, 30 assists) last year as a JUnior. The numbers vs. Michigan Tech Minnesota was 4/19 on the power play "Wffve added size, speed, and skill to our future," said Woog. Michigan Tech was 0/10 on the power play "They are all winners and want to be part of a winning pro Minnesota had 40 penalties/137 minutes gram with championship goals and expectations." Michigan Tech had 46 penalties/144 minutes Minnesota is outscoring its opponent 48-22 in the third period Golden Gophers on MSC: Once again this season the Golden Minnesota is 12-1-1 when they score four or more goals Gopher hockey team can be seen on Midwest Sports Channel. Minnesota is 9-1-0 when leading after two periods The Maroon & Gold will be televised 32 times this season, plus the playoffs. The Woog Line: Doug Woog (Minnesota '66) is in his lOth sea son at the helm of the Golden Gophers. During his career he Golden Gopher Hockey on KSTP-AM 1500: The Golden has recorded a 290-120-26 record (212-79-24 in WCHA), giving Gophers are in their second season of a three-year contract him one of the highest winning percentages (.695) of any colle with KSTP-AM. All games can be heard live on KSTP with for giate coach in the country. Last season's appearance in the mer North Star broadcaster and NHL Hall of Fa mer AI Shaver. NCAA Tournament was the ninth consecutive in his career. In Shaver will be joined by former Golden Gopher Tom Vannelli. addition, he has. taken the team to NCAA Final Four appear ances five times and his teams have finished first or second in Fax-on-Demand: To access the latest information on Golden the WCHA for nine straight seasons. Woog's record during his Gopher hockey, use the Big Ten Fax-on-Demand system. From career versus Minnesota-Duluth is 25-12-2. He is 13-7-0 at the handset of your fax machine call (404) 399-3066. The Big UMD and 11-5-2 at home and 1-0-0 at a neutral site. Ten passcode is 282. Select the information you want by the request numbers listed below, then press the start button on The Opponent: The Bulldogs have been the hottest team in the your machine when prompted. This service is for media use . league since tli.e break as they went on an eight-game winning only. streak. The eight-game winning streak came to an end on Saturday as UMD fell 3-2 to St. Cloud State. The previous night 2201 Entire Weekly Release UMD got an overtime goal from wing Sergei Petrov at 3:14 to 2255 Cumulative Team & Individual Stats lift the Bulldogs to a 3-2 victory. 2256 Pre-Game Notes Package (24 hrs prior to game) 2257 Scoring Summaries UMD is lead by Head Coach Mike Sertich, who is in his 13th 2258 Honors Candidates season at the helm of the Bulldogs. Sertich, the all-time leader 2259 Numerical/ Alphabetical Roster in coaching victories at UMD, has amassed an overall record of 265-225-33 (.529) and has also guided the Bulldogs to all three In addition, the WCHA's weekly news and statistical release is of their WCHA titles (1984, 1985 and 1993) and all four of their available on the Info Connection's Fax-On-Demand system. NCAA playoff berths (1983, 1984, 1985 and 1993). He owns a Weekly WCHA releases will no longer be mailed. The updated 20-33-4 record in 57 confrontations with the Minnesota Golden weekly release will be available by 11 p:m. (CTl on Sunday Gophers. evenings. If there are Sunday games being played in the WCHA, the release will be available at 5 p.m. (CTl on Monday. The Series Record: The Golden Gophers lead in the all-time WCHA Players of the Week will be available on Fax-On series against the Bulldogs 90-47-9, dating back to 1952. Back Demand each Monday at 5 p.m. (Cf). The WCHA Fa'<·On on Oct. 20-21, the Golden Gophers opened their 1994-95 season Demand System may be accessed by using the hand set of any with a series sweep over their intra-state rivals in Duluth. Fax machine and by using the same procedures as above. The Minnesota came from behind in the first game for a 6-5 victory, WCHA passcode is 9242. and pounded the nets the second night for a 6-2 victory. 1001 Entire Release Signees: The University of Minnesota hockey program 1002 Standings, last week scores, events & sum manes announced last fall the signing of four prospects to national let 1003 Team notes and team stats ters of intent to play hockey for the Golden Gophers. Mike 1004 Scoring & goaltending Anderson of Bloomington (Jefferson), Minn., Billy Kohn of 1005 1994-95 schedule and scores Roseville, Minn., and the St. Paul Vulcans, Erik Rasmussen of 1006 Players of the Week St. Louis Park, Minn., and Wyatt Smith of Warroad, Minn.; have committed to the Golden Gophers beginning with the Catch Coach Woog &: The Golden Gophers: Coach Doug 1995-96 academic year. Woog once again hosts a 30-minute show every Fnday before the series opener, 30 minutes before game time, on Mtd west Anderson, a 6-0, 170-pound wing, scored 58 points (16 goals, 42 Sports Chanriel (MSC). On KSTP-AM (1500), Woog wtll con assists) as a junior at Jefferson. Kohn is a 5-11, 185-pound duct a 20-minute interview each Saturday at 11 a.m, a post defenseman is a 1994 graduate of Roseville High School, where game interview after each contest, and a 10-minute -;how each he scored 18 goals and 14 assists during his senior season. Monday at 8:10a.m. He also makes some Saturdav appear Rasmussen entered his senior season at St. Louis Park High ances after home contests at 11:05 p.m. on KARE-T\ ·,"Copher School with career totals of 50 goals and 55 assists. The 6-0, 180- Sports Extra" program during the season. · the locker room. Normally practice is open to the media, unless Credential Requests: Requests for working media credentials otherwise specified by Coach Doug Woog. for 1994-95 Colden Copher home games at Mariucci Arena must be made in advance on letterhead to Karen Zwach at the Assured Seating Ticke~ :<.etum Policy: This season the - University of Minnesota Media Relations office. The fax num University of Minnesota .'v1en's Athletic Department is offering· ber is (612) 625-0359. corporate sponsors J · : assured seat holders at the SSOO or $750 level the opportunity ;J return tickets. A receipt for a charitable 1995 WCHA Final Five: The WCHA has agreed to a title spon gift in the amount of the tickets face value will be given and sorship with Apex One, a leading national design and manu men's athletics will use the tickets to accommodate additior.• d facturer of authentic game uniforms, to become the title spon fans. The policy requires that the tickets must be physically sor of the 1995, 1996 and 1997 WCHA Championships. Apex returned to the Development Office at the Bierman Building, One, headquartered in New Jersey, is a licensee of the NBA, 516 -15th Avenue SE, Room 226, Minneapolis or copies of the NHL, NFL and MLB, and over 80 major colleges and universi tickets must be faxed in with the ticket holder's signature at ties, including the University of Minnesota. (612) 626-7859 by.4:30 p.m. the Wednesday before each game. The pairings for the 1995 Apex One WCHA Tournament are as Phone calls cannot be accepted in order to ensure there is no follows: Team 5 vs. Team 4 on March 16 at 7:05 p.m.CT; Team 3 confusion at the game. A receipt for the tickets will be sent in vs. Team 2 on Friday, March 17 at 2:05 p.m.; Winner of the mail. If you have any questions, please call (612) 625-4569. Thursday's game vs. Team 1 on Friday, March 17 at 7:05p.m. CT; Third Place Came on Saturday, March 18 at 2:05 p.m.; All-Star Game To Be Held At Mariucci Arena: The Shrine Broad moor Trophy Championship Came on Saturday, March East-West AU-Star Hockey Classic is moving to the University 18 at 7:05 p.m. CT. of Minnesota this spring. The 1995 Classic will be held on Sunday April 9 at 1 p.m. All seats for the Classic are reserved. Colden Gophers on Teamline: All Minnesota games can be Tickets are priced at: SlZ (adult), $9 (student), and 58 for heard live by those outside the KSTP-AM listening area on groups of 20 or more. Tickets can be purchased at Mariucci Teamline. Fans who want to hear a game should diall-800- Arena or by calling (612) 624-8080 or 1-800-U-Copher. 846-4700 and then enter Minnesota's Team Code of 5320.The cost to hear a game is billed either to your Visa or Mastercard. A portion of the proceeds goes to Colden Copher athletics. Interviews: All requests for player and/or coach interviews, whether in person and/or via phone, are arranged by the University of Minnesota Media Relations Office. Please call the Media Relations Office at (612) 625-4090 to schedule inter views, and by allowing at least 24 hours prior notice for the interview, arrangements can be greatly facilitated. In general, player interviews are conducted prior to practice (Noon to 2 p.m.) in the players lounge, Media Relations Office, or outside CURRENT WCHA STANDINGS w L T Pts CF CA 1. Colorado Coli. (22-8-0) 17 7 0 34 124 79 2. Denver (18-9-1) 14 9 1 29 102 92 Wisconsin (15-11-3) 13 9 3 29 94 86 4. Minnesota (15-10-3) 12 9 3 27 96 76 5. Michigan Tech. (13-12-4) 10 11 3 23 80 97 6. Minnesota-Duluth (12-13-4) 9 12 4 22 94 102 7. North Dakota (12·15-1) 10 13 1 21 91 115 No. Michigan (11-15-3) 9 12 3 21 83 94 9. St. Cloud State (11-17-0) 9 15 0 18 88 89 Alaska-Anch. (10-16-0) 9 15 0 18 77 99 LAST WEEK'S RESULTS AND THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE mes Minnesota 8, Mich. Tech. 1 Minn.-Duluth@ Minnesota Minn.-Duluth@ Minnesota Denver 5, No. Michigan 3 Alaska-Anch.@ Mich. Tech Alaska-Anch.@ Mtch. Tech St. Cloud St. 3, Minn-Duluth 2 Denver@ North Dakota Denver@ North Dakota Wisconsin 5, North Dakota 1 No. Michigan @ Colorado Col. No. Michigan @Colorado Col. Ala:·Anch. 6, Colorado Col. 5 (ot) Wisconsin@ St. Cloud St. This Sunday's Games Wisconsin@ St. Cloud St. e 1994-95 Minnesota HOCKEY STATS AFTER 28 GAMES - - OVERAll lEAGUE ONLY pp NO NAME GP G A PTS PEN MIN SH HAT WG EN GP G A PTS PEN ------·------MIN 21 Brian Bonin,( 28 23 17 40 7 14 8 2 1 2 1 24 20 13 33 7 14 19 Justin McHugh,W 20 20 13 33 12 24 7 0 2 3 1 18 16 13 29 12 24 05 Dan Trebil,D 28 5 27 32 5 10 3 0 0 1 0 24 4 24 28 5 10 0 7 Ryan Kraft, W 28 10 19 29 12 24 7 0 1 1 0 24 6 18 24 11 22 20 Mike Crowley,D 26 5 20 25 27 54 3 0 0 1 0 24 5 18 23 25 50 10. Scott Bell,W 25 9 13 22 24 75 5 1 0 3 0 22 9 10 19 23 73 23 Dan Woog,C 28 5 10 15 15 30 1 0 0 0 0 24 5 9 14 15 30 18 Andy Brink,C/D 27 3 12 15 6 23 1 0 0 0 0 23 3 10 13 6 23 33 Nick Checco,C/W 27 8 6 14 19 38 0 0 1 1 0 23 8 Ei 14 18 36 29 Dan Hendrickson,W 24 3 18 13 18 53 0 0 0 1 0 21 3 9 12 .16 49 17 Dave larson,W 26 5 4 9 29 61 2 0 0 1 0 22 4 3 7 26 55. 27 Jed Fiebelkorn,W 25 2 5 7 31 97 0 0 0 0 0 21 1 4 5 28 91 09 Casey Hankinson,( 21 4 1 5 19 76 2 0 0 0 0 19 4 1 5 19 76 08 Joe Pankratz,W 18 3 2 5 6 12 0 0 0 0 0 14 2 2 4 5 10 13 Jay Moser,D 11 1 4 5 9 29 1 0 0 0 0 8 1 3 4 6 23 28 Jason Godbout,D 22 1 4 5 11 zz 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 4 5 10 20 04 Brian La Fleur, D 20 0 5 5 8 16 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 5 5 8 16 16 Brandon Steege,W 13 1 3 4 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 3 4 4 8 02 Greg Zwakman,D 27 0 4 4 10 20 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 4 4 9 18 11 Bobby Dustin,C/W 16 3 0 3 10 20 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 0 2 8 16 06 Charlie Wasley,D 20 1 2 3 16 32 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 1 2 16 32 22 Jesse Bertogl iat,W 15 0 3 3 18 47 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 2 2 15 41 31 Jeff Callinan,G 27 0 2 z 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 1 1 0 0 25 Brent Godbout,W 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 ~ 30 Jeff Moen,G 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 t2 Jason Seils,( 6 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 2 Bench 2 4 1 2 ------·------Minnesota 28 112 186 298 320 793 40 3 5 14 2 24 96 163 259 295 743 OPPONENTS 28 87 125 212 334 696 31 2 0 10 1 24 76 112 188 308 644 OVERAll lEAGUE ONlY NO GOALIE w l T GP PER MIN GA AVG SAY PCT w l T GP PER MIN GA AVG SAY PCT ------·------31 Jeff Callinan 14 7 3 27 79 1559:55 74 2.85 585 .888 11 6 3 23 67 1312:53 63 2.88 484 .885 30 Jeff Moen 1 3 0 4 9 141:10 12 5.10 65 .844 1 3 0 4 9 141:10 12 5.10 65 .844 ------·------Minnesota 15 10 3 28 86 1701: 5 86 3.03 650 .883 12 9 . 3 24 74 1454: 3 75 3.09 549 .879 OPPONENTS 1015 J 28 86 1703: 2 112 3.95 841 .882 9 12 3 24 74 1457:10 96 3.95 701 .880 Minnesota OPPONENTS PERIOD 1 2 3 OT TOTAl 1 2 3 OT TOTAl GOALS 32 31 48 1 112 30 33 22 2 87 SHOT ON GOAl 322 306 313 12 953 246 258 212 19 735 GOALIE SAVES 213 229 191 17 650 290 275 265 11 841 PENAl TIES 89 114 113 4 320 101 118 108 8 335 -· ., 1994 <)') .esota HOCKEY STATS AFHR 28 GAMES W I T MN OPP OPPONENT ATTEND PLACE & DATF w 5 4 Minn. Duluth 5438 Of(( A reno, 7: 35 •\0 ·?I '<)4 • w & z Minn Duluth 54 38 DE< ( II r·eno. 7 fl', 10 .' ,' <14 w( n r ) l 1 WI\CONSIN <)',0 ~ Mor·iu< 10 28 44 w ., z WISCON5JN 16485 larQf>t Center, 7:0S 10:29:<)4 w ) 3 ST. Cl OlJD '>TATE 9411 lolariuccl Arena, 7:05 11/04/94 w ., 2 St . ( 1oud \tate 6377 Not' 1 Hocltey Center, 11/05/94 1 ( () 1) 4 4 North llakot a 6067 Enqe 1 stad A reno, 7: 35 11/11/94 l 3 4 North Dakota 6067 Enqelstad Areno,7:35 11/12194 l(OT) z 3 MICHIGAN TECH 9328 Martucci Arena, 1:05 11/19/94 w 6 2 MICHIGAN TfCH 9231 Martucci Arena, 2:05 11/20/94 w 3 2 Michiqan State 15101 St.Paut Civic Center 11/25/94 w 4 3 Michiqan 15078 St.Paul Civic Center 11/26/94 L 3 4 DENVER 9354 Martucci Arena, 7:05 12/10/94 L 2 3 DENVER 9188 Martucci Arena, 7:05 12/11/94 w 3 1 Colorado Colleqe 2989 AFA Cadet Ice Arena, 1Z/16/94 L 2 9 Colorado Co11eqe 2995 AFA Cadet Ice Arena, 12117/94 ~ w 6 2 YALE 9445 Martucci Arena, 7:85 12/38/94 L(OT) 3 4 Boston University 9387 Martucci Arena, 7:85 12131194 T(OT) 2 2 Northern Michiqan 3332 Lakeview Arena, 7:85 81186/95 L 3 6 Northern Michiqan 3600 Lakeview Arena, 7:85 81187/95 w 6 3 Alaska-Anchoraqe 6406 Sull tvan Arena, 7:05 01113/95 L 0 1 Alaska-Anchoroqe 6406 Sul Hvan Arena, 7:05 01114/95 L 3 4 COLORADO COLLEGE 9504 Martucci Arena, 7:05 01120/95 w 7 4 COLORADO COLLEGE 9487 Martucci Arena, 7:05 01/21/95 w 6 2 Wisconsin 8500 Dane County Coliseum 01/27/95 L 5 6 Wisconsin 8500 Dane County Cot iseum 01128/95 T(OT) 3 3 Mlchi.qan Tech. 3568 Student Ice Arena, 7 0Z/03/95 w 8 1 Michigan Tech. 3533 Student Ice Arena, 1 02104/95 RECORD HOME ROAD SEASON LEAGUE 5- 5- 0 7- 4- 3 12- 9- 3 NON-LEAGUE 1- 1- 0 2- 0- 0 3- 1- 0 TOTAL 6- 6- 0 9- 4- 3 15-10- 3 ATIENDANCE HOME ROAD NEUTRAL LEAGUE 95,091 75,616 0 OTHER 18,832 0 30,179 TOTAL •••••• 75,616 30,179 AVERAGf 9,493 5,401 15,089 TOTAL 219,718 TOTAL AVG 7,847 POWER PLAYS ATT PPG P(T SH Minnesota 172 41 .240 3 OPPONENTS 146 31 .210 3 HAT TRICKS FOR 5 Nick Checco Minn. Duluth 10/21/94 Justin McHuqh Michiqan State 11125/94 Ryan Kraft YAlE i2/30/94 Justin McHuqh A l aska-Anchoraqe 01113/95 Brian Bonin Wisconsin 01/28/95 5HO~T HANDED FOR 3 Brian Bonin (1) Minn. Duluth 10122194 Brian Bonin (1) Boston Uni verst ty 12/31/94 Scott Bel I (1) Michigan Tech. 02/04/95 ' Cyclone Invitational: Head Coach Roy Griak's Golden Gopher Wolfpack Open The Season At The Dome This Weekend: The North Carolina State Wolfpack, ranked 18th in the nation track & field squad will compete in the Cyclone Invitational at by Collegiate Baseball, will come to the Metrodome for a three Ames, Iowa, on Friday and Saturday. The competition is sched game series next weekend to launch the 1995 regular season for uled to get underway at 6 p.m. Friday and 11:30 a.m. Saturday. both clubs. Friday evening's series lidlifter begins at 6:30p.m., with Saturday's game at 7 p.m. and the finale Sunday after Defending Champions: Two Golden Gophers return to the noon at 1 p.m. Cyclone Invitational as defending individual event champions. Senior Keita Cline (Sr., Gainesville, Fla.) captured the triple The Wolfpack, who finished 46-18 in 1994, will led by sopho jump a year ago with a leap of 51-9 1 I 4, and senior Chris more second baseman Tom Sergio (.366, 3 HR, 32 RBI), and Brinkworth (Bloomington, Minn.) won the shot put with a senior first baseman Andy Barkett (.345, 12 HR, 55 RBI>. Head personal-best toss of 58-11 3 I 4. Coach Ray Tanner is in his eighth season in charge of the pro gram, and is 317-130 as the Wolfpack skipper. He is currently Cargill Games Recap: Sophomore Tim VanVoorhis (Apple ninth among active Divsion I baseball coaches with a .709 win Valley, Minn.) won a pair of events to pace the Golden ning percentage. The series this weekend marks the first~ver Gophers at last Saturday's Cargill Games in Winnipeg, meeting between the two schools in baseball. Manitoba. VanVoorhis captured both the 60 meter and 300 meter dashes in 6.93 and 34.54, respectively. In addition, Keita Pro-Alumni Team Downs Golden Gophers 6-3: The fourth Cline won the triple jump with a season-best and NCAA provi annual Pro-Alumni Game was held Saturday at the sionaf qualifying mark of 51-10 11. Senior Chris Brinkworth Metrodome, with the Pro-Alumni team downing the '95 (Bloomington, Minn.) won the shot put with an NCAA provi Maroon and Gold squad 6-3. Toronto Blue Jay Paul Molitor led sional qualifying heave of 58-11/4. Junior Travis Nordrum the 10-hit attack for the victors with a 2-3 effort, including a (Boomer, Wis.) in the 600 meters (1:21.27), junior Paul solo homer over the left field fence in the sixth inning to knot Michalek (Bloomington, Minn.) in the mile (4:09.22) and the game at 3-3. The Pro-Alumni team scored twice in the sev sophomore Eric Stommes (Foley, Minn.) in the 200 meters enth and once in the eighth to put the game on ice and claim (22.15) also won individual events on the day for the Golden their third victory in the four years of the event. Gophers. In addition to Molitor, Twins infielder Brian Raabe and Big Ten Indoor Championships: The '95 Big Ten Indoor Minneapolis Loons' infielder Mike Oster each collected two Championships will be held Feb. 24-25 at Champaign, Ill. hits for the Pro-Alumni team. Shane Gunderson (Jr., Faribault, Minn.) knocked in two runs with a double in the second inning NCAA Indoor Championships: The '95 NCAA Men's and on his way to a 2-4 effort at the plate for the Golden Gophers. Women's Indoor Championships will be held Mar. I 0-11 at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis. In an effort to give as many of his pitchers as possible some innings before the regular season begins, Head Coach John Golden Gophers To Host Big Ten Outdoor Championships: Anderson split the staff in half for the game and had four The University of Minnesota will host the '95 Big Ten Men's pitchers see action for each team. Lefthander David Lance (So., and Women's Outdoor Championships at the Bierman New Brighton, Minn.) earned the win, while Justin Pederson Stadium on May 20-21. Iowa was originally scheduled to host (So., Chippewa Falls, Wis.) threw three innings of shutout ball the competition, but its track facility will not be ready m time for the save. for the meet. KFAN To Broadcast 39 Games In 1995: KFAN 0130 AM) will Season Bests: The top performance in each event for the again be the radio home of Golden Gopher baseball during the Golden Gophers during the 1995 indoor season ts Its ted below 1995 season. Included in the package for this season is a 39- (#NCAA provisional qualifier): game broadcast schedule, split between 29 home and 10 road games. Former Golden Gopher centerfielder Ryan Lefebvre 55m Chris Darkins 6.35 1-28-95 will be back for his second season of handling the play-by-play 200m Eric Stommes 22.15 2-4-95 for KFAN's schedule. The FAN will be broadcasting all three 400m Tim VanVoorhis 50.D7 1-21-95 games of this weekend's Golden Copher-N.C. State Wolfpack 600m Travis Nordrum 1:20.92 1-21-95 series. BOOm Jason Boon 1:53.55 1-28-95 Mile Paul Michalek 4:09.22 2-4-95 3000m Mark Gonzales 8:33.46 1-28-95 ~------~ ------~ --- -- I ' 55m Hurdles Niles Deneen 7.71 1-14-95 Loel reached the finals by defeating Jerry Turek of Illinois 7-5, ' 1-21-95 6-4 and Pusztai narrowly defeated Golden Gopher Stefan 4 x 400m Rei Scott Beadle 3:2.4.56 1-28-95 Tzvetkov (Sr., Sofia, Bulgaria) 6-1, 5-7, 7-6 (8-6). Loel, who has ~ ~Hutton not lost a singles match sincE Oct. 7, improved his record to 14- W' Seth Mischke 1 on the season. Travis Nordrum DMRel Kevin Dunbar 10:19.24 1-28-95 Minnesota added to its domination of the event when Donley Niles Deneen won the consolation championship with a 6-1. 6-4 victory over Jason Boon Chris Cahill of Penn State. Donley reached the finals by defeat Paul Michalek ing Grady Burnett of Michigan 3-S, 7-.6, 7-5. Long Jump Keita Cline 25-13/4# 1-28-95 Triple.Jump Keita Cline 51-101/2# 2-4-95 High Jump Jared Johnson 6-9 3/4 1-14-95 Shot Put Chris Brinkworth 58-11/4 # 2-4-95 Pole Vault Tye Harvey 16-4 3/4 1-14-95 Seth Mischke 16-4 3/4 1-14-95 ~~<\!; ~s Golden Gopher Men's Swim Team Improves Record To 8-1 With Three Dual Wins: The University of Minnesota men's swimming and diving team cam(" away with three dual vtcto ries at the two-day Wisconsin Quad Duals in Madison last weekend. The Golden Gophers f 1efeated Purd.ue 206-146, Indiana 198-154 and the h'lst Ba::lgers 213-129. The three wins Ice Volleys: The University of Minr.nsota hosts the Ice Volleys improved Minnesota' :o C' "'""1! record to 8-1 and its Big Ten tournament at the 98th Street Racqt, · ~ Club in Bloomington on mark to 4-1. Minnesota won seven individual events and three Friday and Saturday. The 14th am ai -:lassie tennis tourna of the four relays, giving the.,, a total of 10 wins out of 18 ._ ment will feature four teams rankt ,. :. ·the top 40 in the coun events for the two-day com~.·~tion. ~ try. The Golden Gophe:;s and TeM Loel Wins Big Ten Indoors: C<:!:;'':'oc Ross Loel (Sr., Rancho Next Up: The Golden Gophers \o-vill play host to an Jll-comers LaCosto, Calif.) won the Bit;·;· .. 5\, r,h-. Championship meet on Feb. 17-18. That will be the final tune-up betore the Big ~ Monday in Champaign, (;L 1.1 < dea, .. '•8 Peter Pusztai of Ten Men's Swimming and Diving Championshtps. whr(h will ~ Michigan 6-1, 1-.6, 6-2. It rt't For Immediate Release: February 13, 1995 GOLDEN GOPHER GOLDEN GOPHERS THIS WEEK HOTLINE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13 Golf at NCAA Challenge The Golden Gopher Hotline features daily inter all day views with players and coaches. It is available to Rio Mar, Puerto Rico the media 24 hours a day by calling (612) 625- WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15 7887. The Hotline is broadcast quality and is Basketball vs. Iowa changed by noon each day. This service is for 7p.m Williams Arena media use only. The following is the schedule for WCCO-AM 830, Midwest Sports Channel (MSCl the coming week: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6 Baseball at Central Florida Hockey Head Coach Doug Woog 3p.m Orlando, Fla. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7 Track/Field hosts Snowshoe Open 6p.m Basketball Head Coach Clem Haskins previews U of M Fieldhouse Wednesdays game against Iowa Wrestlii!& vs. Ohio State T:30p.m. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 Sports Pavilion • Baseball Head Coach John Anderson previews the Hockey at Denver weekend series at Central Florida 8:05p.m. Denver, Colo. KSTP-AM 1500, Midwest Sports Channel (MSC) THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY Hockey Head Coach Doug Woog previews the week 18 end series at Denver Gymnastics vs. Illinois 1 P-.m. Sports Pavilion FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10 Baseball vs. Central Florida Basketball Head Coach Clem Haskins' post-game press 1 p.m Orlando, Fla. conference following the game against Iowa KFAN-AM 1130 Basketball vs. Michigan State SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11-SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12 2p.m Basketball Head Coach Oem Haskins' post game press Williams Arena WCCO-AM 830, WCCO-TV (Channel4)) conference following the game against Michigan State Tennis vs. Alabama 2:30p.m. Knoxville, Tenn. Hockey_at Denver 8:0:,p.m. Denver, Colo. KSTP-AM 1500, Midwest Sports Channel (MSC) WEEKLY MEDIA LUNCHEONS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19 Coach Haskins hosts a weekly media luncheon begin Baseball vs. Central Florida l ning at noon each Tuesday, with the exception of Feb. 28, 1 p.m Orlando, Fla. in the Club Room at Williams Arena. On that week, the luncheon will be held on Monday, Feb.27. An attempt Tennis at Tennessee will be made each week to have the upcoming opponent 2:30p.m. Knoxville, Tenn. • coach live via teleconference call. Wrestling at Oklahoma State 7:30p.m. Stillwater, Okla. Big Week: The Golden Gophers (16~, 7-3 Big Ten) will play host to Iowa (14-9, 4-7) at 7 p.m. Wednesday ar ~ ·hen league leading Michigan State (17-3, 9-2) at 2 p.m. Satt: .. v. Broadcast Coverage: The Iowa game Wednesday will be teie vised on Midwest Sports Channel CMSC) with Dick Bremer on the play-by-play and Jim Dutcher as the analyst. Saturdays game against Michigan State, part of the Raycom weekend dou bleheader package, will be televised locally on WCCO-TV (4). Mike Goldberg will handle the play-by-play and former Wisconsin Coach Steve Yoder will be :"te analyst. WCCO-AM (830) is the exclusive radio station or Jlden Gopher basketball with Ray Christensen calling the act1on. 1994-95 MINNESOTA BASKETBALL SCHEDULE The Coaches: Clem Haskins is in his ninth season at the helm of the Golden Gophers. Haskins is credited with being the archi Nov.10 FORT HOOD (exh) 102-59 tect of the rebuilding process of the Minnesota basketball pro w gram. He took over a program that was down in 1986 and has Nov.17 CROATIAN NA TL TEAM (exh) 106-57W elevated it back to the elite circles of collegiate basketball. In his Nov. 23-26 Great Alaska Shootout nine seasons, he has posted a 148-118 overall record and a 64-89 Anchorage, Alaska Big Ten record. He has a career mark of 249-191 that includt:' Nov. 24 vs. Arizona (1st round) 72-70 w six seasons at Western Kentucky and nine at Minnesota. He · Nov. 25 vs. Villanova (semifinals) 85-64 led the Golden Gophers to post-season play five of the last s1x w seasons. In 1993, he led the Golden Gophers to the NIT crown Nov. 26 vs. Brigham Young (finals) 79-74 w and a 22-10 overall record. Last year the Maroon and Gold post Nov. 29 SACRAMENTO STATE 102-84 w ed a 21-12 overall record and advanced to the second round of Dec.1 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 92-56 w the NCAA Tournament, marking the first time in history that Dec.ll RHODE ISLAND 90-65 w the school has posted back-to-back 20-win seasons. Dec.13 CINCINNATI 91-88 (ot)L Iowa's Tom Davis has a 177-97 record in his ninth season at the Dec. 17 @California 82-75 L helm of the Hawkeyes. He is in his 24th season overall as a col Dec. 21 TEXAS SOUTHERN 71-50 L legiate head coach and has an impressive 451-247 mark. Davis Dec. 23 SAN JOSE STATE 115-68 w surpassed Lute Olson (168-90, nine years) as Iowa's all-time • Dec. 28 @James Madison 74-68 w winningest coach earlier this season. Only Rollie Williams (287) has coached more games at Iowa than Davis. The Hawkeyes' Dec. 31 MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE 98-57W 81-66 win at Ohio State back on Jan. 25 was Davis' 450th career Jan.4 PENN STATE 69-67W victory. Davis has directed the Hawks into the NCAA Jan. 7 @Purdue 68-60L Tournament in six of the past eight seasons. Jan.ll NORTHWESTERN 105-74 w Jan. 14 @Wisconsin 74-67 L Michigan State's Jud Heathcote is in his 19th and final year as head coach of the Spartans. He will bring a 335-217 mark into Jan.18 OHIO STATE 81-61 w Wednesday's home game against Illinois. The all-time win Jan. 21 ILLINOIS 77-66 w ningest coach in Michigan State history, he has announced that Jan. 25 @Michigan State 54-53 L he will retire following the 1994-95 season. He is in his 24th sea Jan. 28 @Iowa 55·54 w son overall and has a 415-270 record in that span. Heathcote has Feb.4 MICHIGAN led the Spartans to the NCAA Tournament eight times, includ so-ssw ing the national title in 1979. Feb.8 @Indiana 64·54W Feb.15 IOWA 7p.m. A Closer Look At The Haw keyes: It has been a frustrating sea Feb.18 MICHIGAN STATE 2p.m. son to say the least for Iowa. The Hawkeyes, who have lost four Feb.22 @Illinois 7p.m. Big Ten games by one point this year, dropped a tough 104-97 Feb.25 @Ohio State decision in overtime at Illinois Saturday. In the overtime there 11 a.m. were four ties or lead changes, and the score was tied at 93-93 Feb.28 WISCONSIN 6:30p.m. with three minutes remaining. Despite the heartbreaking Mar.4 @ Northwestern 7p.m. defeat, the play of sophomore forward Jess Settles was encour Mar.9 PURDUE 7p.m. aging. He scored 17 points and played 28 minutes for the Mar. 11 @Penn State 7p.m. Hawks, and is now averaging a team-leading 16.8 points a game. Bothered by back problems all season long, he has missed seven contests this season, including the game against Schedule is subject to change the Golden Gophers earlier this season in Iowa City. All times listed are central Home games in CAPS and Bold A Closer Look At The Spartans: Trailing 32-28 at the half at Penn State Saturday, Michigan State opened the second half with a 15-4 run to take command of the game en route to a con • vincing 68-53 victory over the Nittany Lions. Seniors Shawn Respert and Eric Snow form one of the finest backcourt tandems in the nation. Respert, who tallied 21 points in the win beginning at will be held at the Azur Restaurant in downtown .. over Penn State, leads the Big Ten in scoring with an average of Minneapolis. The Golden Gopher Team of the Century, voted 25.1 points per game. Snow registered 13 assists in Saturday's upon by the fans (approximately 80,000 ballots tabulated), will victory and is averaging a league-leading 7.4 assists on the sea be honored at this time. Ray Christensen, voice of the Golden son. Gophers on WCCO-AM (830), will emcee the event for former Golden Gopher players, their families, basketball booster Series Records: Minnesota has an 84-73 advantage in the all groups and "100 Years of Hoops" promotional partners. It is time series with Iowa, which includes a S1-291ead in games estimated that 90 former Golden Gopher players and coaches played in Minneapolis. Coach Haskins is 7-10 overall vs. Iowa will be in attendance. Social hour begins at 5:30 p.m. with the and is S-3 vs. the Hawks at Williams Arena. The Golden dinner at 7 p.m.and program scheduled to start at 7:45p.m. Gophers have a 48-38lead in the all-time series with Michigan Saturday (Minnesota vs. Michigan State) State. Haskins has a 7-10 overall career mark vs. the Spartans " A poster commemorating "100 Years of Hoops" will be given and is S-3 in games played at Williams Arena. to the first 10,000 fans entering the arena. The poster will be a replica of a Terrence Fogarty original, created exclusively for The Last Time: The Golden Gophers will face Michigan State this celebration. and Iowa for the second time this season this week. If the first " Minnesota's 1937, 1972 and 1982 Big Ten Championship meetings are any indication, it promises to be another exciting teams will be honored at halftime. week at Williams Arena. Jon Garavaglia drained an 18-foot " The Golden Gophers will wear special"100 Years of Hoops" jumper from the left baseline with 3.6 seconds remaining to lift commemorative uniforms specially designed by Apex One for Michigan State to a thrilling 54-53 win over the Golden this game only. Gophers at the Breslin Student Events Center in East Lansing " Fans attending the game will also be invited to stay after back on Jan. 25. Shawn Respert led all scorers with 20 points in wards for the annual Golden Gopher Alumni Game. the game. Senior Voshon Lenard (Detroit, Mich.), who scored Sunday-Mar. 20 a team-high 14 points in the game, had canned an 18-footer " The special commemorative uniforms worn by the Golden from the top of the key with 28.3 seconds left to give the Gophers in the Michigan State game and Terrence Fogarty Golden Gophers a one-point lead. Three days later at Carver signed and numbered "100 Years of Hoops" prints will be Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, sophomore John Thomas available in a silent auction. All proceeds will benefit the (Minneapolis, Minn.) took a beautiful pass underneath from Williams Scholarship Fund. senior Townsend Orr (Dolton, Ill.) and layed in the winning points with three second left to lift the Golden Gophers to an Huge Road Win: Seniors Townsend Orr, Voshon Lenard, and equally thrilling 55-54 win. Lenard paced Minnesota with 15 Jayson Walton were once again the keys in a 64-54 win at points, while Chris Kingsbury led the Hawkeyes with 18 Indiana last Wednesday. Lenard scored a team-high 21 points points. and was a perfect eight-for-eight from the charity stripe, Orr tallied 12 points and dished out six assists, and Walton regis Farewell Tour: Saturday will mark Jud Heathcote's 19th and tered 10 points and a team-high eight rebounds off the bench. final appearance at Williams Arena as head coach of the The Golden Gophers shot 56 percent (15 of 27) in the second Spartans. A special pre-game ceremony in his honor will take half en route to the victory over the Hoosiers. place on Saturday. He is 6-12 overall at Williams Arena against the Golden Gophers. Do You Remember?: The Golden Gophers are in the thick of things in the chase for the Big Ten crown with a 7-3 mark head Lenard Closing In On Scoring Record: Senior All-America ing into this week. Minnesota's last conference title came back candidate Voshon Lenard enters this week with 1,950 career in 1982 when the Golden Gophers were also 7-3 in league play points in Gold Country. He needs just 43 points to eclipse through 10 games. That team went on to win seven of their last Mychal Thompson's (1974-78) all-time University of Minnesota eight contests en route to the conference championship with a scoring record of 1,992 points. He is averaging 17.4 points, 4.2 14-4 mark. rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game this season. An all-tourna ment selection at the Carrs Great Alaska Shootout, he has start Ironmen: The Golden Gophers have a very experienced team. ed all 22 games this season and has led the team in scoring in Townsend Orr leads the way with 119 career games played. 13 games. In addition, he has hit double figures in 21 of 22 Ernest Nzigamasobo (1990-94) set the all-time school record games this season and holds virtually every school career and with 124 games, followed by Arriel McDonald (1990-94) with single-season record for three-point shooting. A complete play 121. Voshon Lenard (118GP), Chad Kolander (Owatonna, er at both ends of the floor, Lenard is also ranked second with Minn.) (114GP), and Jayson Walton (lllGP) have all played 165 career steals and seventh with 294 career assists. over 100 career games. In addition, Ryan Wolf (Sr., Martinsville, Ind.) is quickly closing in on the century mark The 1,000 Point Club: Seniors Jayson Walton (Dallas, Texas) with 94 career games played. Lenard, in fact, has started in 117 and Townsend Orr (Dolton, Ill.) are closing in on the coveted out of 118 games played, and has only missed one game in his 1,000 career point mark. Walton and Orr will enter career. This says a lot about the experience and durability of Wednesday's game against Iowa with 979 and 958 points, this senior class. respectively. Williams Arena: The Golden Gophers have registered an "100 Years of Hoops": The 1994-95 school year marks the 100th impressive 50-9 record (.847) over the past three seasons in season of Golden Gopher men's basketball and a number of Williams Arena. activities are planned for this weekend surrounding Saturday's game against Michigan State: Leading At The Half: When leading at the half, the Golden Friday Gophers have a perfect 13-0 record this season. " "100 Years of Hoops" Dinner- A private dinner and program ------~ -~ ---- Crunch Time: Getting out in front, and then successfully pro coveted 1,000 point mark during his career in Gold Country. • tecting the lead, has been a big key to the Golden Gophers' suc cess this season. The Golden Gophers are shooting an impres Kolander Provides Experience Up Front: Chad Kolander sive 83.3 percent (40-48) from the free throw line this season in scored eight first half points against Iowa in the Golden the final two minutes of games that are decided by 10 points or Gophers' one-point win at Carver-Hawkeye Arena last month. less. Voshon Lenard leads the way at 95.2 percent (20 of 21). Despite fighting through a number of ankle injuries all season long, he is averaging 6.3 points and 4.1 rebounds per game. 70 The Magic Number: The Golden Gophers are 12-2 this sea Ranked seventh on the all-time school list with 71 career son when they hold the opponent to 70 points or less. Only two blocks, he has played in 114 career games for the Golden Big Ten opponents (Northwestern with 74 on l-11-95; Gophers heading into the game against Iowa Wednesday. Wisconsin with 74 on l-14-95) have scored more than 70 points against the Golden Gophers this season. Wolf Makes An Impact: Ryan Wolf has seen extended action during the Big Ten season and has provided strong defense Defense, Defense: Minnesota leads the Big Ten in scoring and hit some key three-pointers for the Golden Gophers. He defense, holding teams to an average of 63 points per game. In has played in alllO Big Ten games and is averaging 2.9 points a the last four games, the Golden Gophers have held their oppo game. If this veteran who has played in 94 career games in nents to an average of 55 points per game (220), while posting a Gold Country can contribute off the bench with strong defense 3-1 record. The Golden Gophers are holding conference oppo and good shooting, he will further bolster the team's backcourt nents to 38.7 percent field goal shooting, and have now held depth. the opponents to less than 37 percent from the field in four straight league contests. Grim Reaper: Junior forward David Grim (Massillon, Ohio) has started the last five games for the Golden Gophers. A fine Cleaning the Glass: The Golden Gophers have done an excel outside shooter, his big three-pointer won the game vs. Penn lent job on the boards this year. They have a 42.4-35.4 advan State (1-4-95). He can play outside or inside, and is a relentless tage overall in rebounding, and a 39.8-33.8 per game edge in competitor in the paint. He had his first start of the year vs. conference play. The Golden Gophers have won the battle on Illinois (1-21-95) and had six points and five rebounds. He is the boards in 17 of 22 games overall this season. They are 14-3 averaging 6.4 points and 3.7 rebounds per game, and is also when they have outrebounded their opponents. ranked second on the team in steals with 25. Bench Scoring: Minnesota's bench has outscored its oppo Thomas A Force in the Paint: Sophomore center John Thomas nents' bench by a 554-381 margin or an average of 25.2 to 17.3 (Minneapolis, Minn.) has answered one of the Golden points per game. In addition, Minnesota's bench has outre Gophers' biggest question marks going into the season by play-~ bounded its opponents by an average of 14.3 to 10.9 (314-240). ing solidly in the paint for the Maroon and Gold. Thomas .._, A total of 11 players are averaging at least seven minutes per staked his claim on the starting center job by posting an game this season. impressive performance in the season opener against Arizona (11-24-94) when he brought down 11 rebounds against Orr Leads The Way: Senior All-Big Ten candidate Townsend Arizona's talented frontline. In the Big Ten opener against Orr is the Golden Gophers' team leader both on and off the highly-regarded John Amaechi of Penn State 0-4-95), he scored court. Honored as the MVP of the Great Alaska Shootout, he is 14 points and had six rebounds, while holding Amaechi to 10 ranked second on the team in scoring with an average of 13.2 points and 10 rebounds. Against Rashard Griffith (1-14-95), points a game, third in rebounds with 4.9 boards a game, and is Wisconsin's pre-season All-Big Ten center, he scored 13 points the team leader with 4.6 assists per game. A tremendous scor and had nine rebounds and clearly won the battle in the paint, ing talent who is a natural shooting guard, he is being asked to limiting Griffith to nine points and eight rebounds. He hit the sacrifice his own scoring numbers to help the team win by game-winner with three seconds remaining in the win over playing the point guard spot. In conference play, he is averag Iowa (1-28-95). He is averaging 8.0 points and 5.0 rebounds per ing 12.9 points per game and is shooting 47.3 percent from the game overall, and 8.9 points and a team-leading 5.7 rebounds field and 49.1 percent from three-point range. With 119 career per game in Big Ten play. games played, he is closing in on Ernest Nzigamasabo's (1990- 94) school record of 124. He needs just 42 points to reach the Winter Provides Frontcourt Depth: Sophomore Trevor Winter 1,000 point mark for his career. He is ranked third in all-time (Slayton, Minn.) is averaging.14 minutes, 4.0 points and 3.3 assists (356) and fourth with 156 career steals. In addition, he is rebounds per game as the back-up to John Thomas in the mid second on the all-time three-pointers made list with 146 career dle. He had a great game vs. San Jose State (12-23-94) when he three-pointers, behind only teammate Vashon Lenard's 251 scored a career-high 12 points and hauled down six rebounds three-pointers. Orr is also second to Lenard on the all-time in 23 minutes. He has a nice shooting touch, excellent hands, three-point attempt list with 385 to Lenard's 676. and is getting better each game. Walton Bounces Back: One of the biggest reasons for the Jacobson Rises Above the Crowd: Highly-touted freshman Golden Gophers' success this year has been the play of Jayson guard/forward Sam Jacobson (Cottage Grove, Minn.) has Walton. Rated one of the top up-and-coming players in the Big taken his game to a higher level as a freshman. A legitimate Ten after his sophomore season, Walton was hobbled by knee candidate for Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors, he contin- injuries throughout much of last season. He had an incredible ues to get better and better with each game. He is averaging 7.5 .a start to his senior season, notching five double-doubles in the points and 4.6 rebounds a game. Against San Jose State on Dec. WI' first nine games. An outstanding inside-outside performer, he 23, he notched his first career double-double with 16 points has played in all 22 games this season and is averaging 9.3 points and 10 rebounds. In addition, he dished out a team-high six and a team-leading 6.8 rebounds per game. Heading into assists in 19 minutes of play. Against Iowa (1-28-95), he scored Wednesday's game against Iowa, he is just 21 points shy of the 10 points and added six rebounds and two assists. Six of his 10 points, including a thundering baseline dunk, led a 14-2 run Golden Gophers Ink Four Top Recruits To National Letters ' that put Minnesota up 37-26 seven minutes into the second Of Intent: The University of Minnesota basketball program half. He has tremendous athletic ability, and will be an impact signed four top recruits to national letters of intent during the player for the Golden Gophers the rest of the season. early signing period. All four players are ranked in the top 100 nationally and two are ranked in the top 30, depending on the National Spotlight: The Golden Gophers have been in the rating service national spotlight this year with six nationally-televised games. Courtney James, a 6-8 power forward from Ben Davis High Minnesota posted big wins over Arizona (72-70), Villanova (85- School in Indianapolis, Ind., committed to the Gophers. He is a 64), and Brigham Young (79-74) in front of ESPN national tele big forward with a prototype Big Ten physique. He was also vision audiences, and a big road win over James Madison in recruited by Indiana, Purdue and Kentucky. Last year he aver front of an ESPN II national audience. They lost tough ESPN aged 18.2 points per game and 9.6 rebounds at Pike High games to Cincinnati and California, two highly-respected pro School. James is ranked 27th nationally by Blue Chip Illustrated grams. Last year, the Golden Gophers posted a 4-2 record in magazine. nationally-televised games, and this year they are an identical 4-2. Quincy Lewis, a 6-7, 200-pound forward from Little Rock, Ark., is a smooth passer and great leaper who also signed on with Naismith And Wooden Award Candidate: Returning All Minnesota. Prep Stars Recruiters Handbook calls him, "A America guard Voshon Lenard is a candidate for the presti clutch player who runs the court well and can score as well as gious John Wooden Player of the Year A ward and the block shots. This national top 30 senior is a big-time prospect." Naismith Player of the Year Award. Lenard ranked third in the Lewis led Parkview High School to the state championship as a Big Ten in scoring last year (21.6) and was a UPI honorable sophomore and second place as a junior. In addition, his mention All-America selection. He was taken as the 46th over Arkansas Wings AAU team won the AAU national champi all pick in the 1994 NBA Draft by the Milwaukee Bucks, but onship the past two years. elected to return to school for his senior season. Charles Thomas, a 6-4, 190-pound guard/forward from Lenard Picked First-Team All-Big Ten: Voshon Lenard was Harlan, Ky also signed on with Minnesota. Thomas is a multi also named to the pre-season All-Big Ten first team by the Big sport athlete who averaged 19.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.5 Ten media contingent at the Big Ten Tip-off Luncheon on Oct. steals per game, while shooting 56 percent from the field and 27 in Indianapolis, Ind. Other players named to the first team 38 percent from three-point range. He was a first team all-state include: Michael Finley (UW), Rashard Griffith (UW), Shawn selection last year, and was the MVP of the 1994 Kentucky Respert Golden Gopher Basketball on TEAMLINE: Golden Gopher basketball can be heard wherever you are in the world by call ing TEAM LINE at 1-800-846-4700. TEAM LINE will hook your call up with WCCO and Ray Christensen at a declining rate of between 50 cents and 20 cents per minute. Just call1-800-846- 4700 and enter Minnesota's four digit code of 5320 and you will be connected with all the Golden Gopher action. 1'1'11 'I' e Mmnr,nta <;.,ldm <;.,rh•·r, llASKITBAI.I. TEAM STATISHCS INCI J IDES IJ·:A<;uH;AMFS & NON-LEAGUEGAMES TOTAl 1-(; li'JH; I·REETIIROWS REBOUNDS • i\V(; AV<; • NAMI' (I ST Hi I{;A I'CI n; H;A I'CI' Fr ITA I'CI' OFF DEF nn AV<; I'F DIS AST AST '10 BI.K S'll. MIN I'I'S AV<; l.cnanl 22 Z2 124 300 411 ~() lh'i 3:'.9 79 106 74.5 34 58 92 4 2 49 0 52 2.4 35 6 22 31 383 17.4 lfl(;fiS: I'I'S 21! vs SACRAMENTO s·1 RBS 9 vs Villanova AST 6 VS CINONN A11 On 22 22 96 213 45.1 so 113 44.2 49 70 70.0 18 89 107 4.9 50 0 101 4.6 45 I 38 29 291 13.2 IIIGIIS: PTS 21 vs California RBS 9 vs Villanon AST 10 vs James Madison Walton 22 16 78 195 40.0 0 .0 48 65 73.8 57 93 150 6.8 51 2 39 1.8 35 4 15 20 204 9.3 IIIGHS: PTS 17 vs SACRAMENTO ST. RBS 16 VS RHODE ISLAND AST 5 vs Arizona Thomas 22 22 12 150 48.0 0 0 .0 31 56 55.4 53 56 109 5.0 58 2 12 .5 47 7 13 21 175 8.0 IIIGHS: PTS 14vsRIIOI1EISI.AND RBS II vs Arizona AST 2vsCINCINNATI Ja<'ol>son 22 6 62 132 47.0 II 33 33.3 31 45 68.9 51 51 102 4.6 55 3 30 1.4 29 I 13 17 166 7.5 IIIGIIS: I'TS 16 VS SAN JOSE STAll\ RRSIOvsSANJOSESTATE AST 6 VS SAN JOSE STATE Kolander 22 17 ss 105 52.4 0 0 .0 28 45 62.2 42 49 91 4. I 50 2 33 1.5 34 13 17 21 138 6.3 IIIGIIS: I'I'S 15 vs Arimna RBS 9 vs James Madison AST 3 vs CENTRAL CONNECTICUT (Jrim 21 5 41 117 40.2 19 56 33.9 21 29 12.4 21 56 11 3.1 37 31 1.5 35 9 25 21 134 6.4 lll Winter 22 0 34 62 54.8 0 0 .0 20 27 74.1 26 47 73 3.3 58 2 12 .5 21 12 10 14 88 4.0 IIIGIIS: I'I'S 12 VS SAN JOSE STA 11~ RBS 9 VS CENTRAL CONNECI1CUT AST 2 vs MIDDLE TENNESSEE SfA I farris 21 0 21 52 40.4 I 6 16.7 17 24 70.8 8 II 19 .9 39 0 32 1.5 17 0 14 11 60 2.9 IIIGIIS: PI'S II vs MIDDU: TENNESSEE STA RBS 4 vs CEN.rRALCONNECTICUT AST 5 vs Villanova Wolf 21 0 14 4!1 29.2 10 3!1 26.3 14 17 82.4 3 13 16 .8 21 0 21 1.0 17 0 7 7 52 2.5 IIIGIIS: PTS 1 VS RIIODE ISLAND RBS 4 VS RHODE ISLAND AST 5 vs RHODE ISLAND Whaley 12 0 12 27 44.4 3 8 37.5 3 10 30.0 4 II IS 1.3 12 0 10 .8 1 5 3 7 30 2.5 IIIGIIS: PTS 8 VS CINIRAL CONNECllCUT RBS 3 VS CENTRAL CONNECllCUT AST 2 VS CENTRAL CONNECllCUT Watkins 12 0 2 3 66.7 0 .0 3 33.3 2 4 6 .5 8 0 3 .3 I I 2 2 5 .4 Hl Cri1tenden I I 0 I 2 SO.O 0 0 .0 3 4 75.0 I 3 4 .4 0 0 4 .4 4 0 5 .5 lfi(JJ IS: rrs 2 vs sAcRAMI·Nro sT. RBS I vs Villanova AST I vs Villanova Ostcnnan 7 () 0 () () 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 3 3 .4 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 IIIGIIS: RBS 2 VS NORTHWESTBrn '11\AM 69 31 3 IUIAL 22 61!1 1-l!J(, 44.0 ISO 421 35.6 345 501 68.9 320 613 933 42.4 489 12 380 17.3 330 59 181 1731 78.7 III Minncst~a Golden Gophers OPPONENTS DEADBAILREBOUNDS M 71 I'I'H 'I~ Monowsola Cioldl'll (ioplwrs 11/\SKFrtli\LL rEAM STi\TJS'IlCS I!';CU I()I'S IJ'A I man! r o ro 511 rm 44.11 n n 15.1 21 37 73.0 11 23 40 4 o 25 0 22 2.2 19 2 I! 32 170 17.0 lfl(iiiS ns 21 vs NOR nrwFsrERN RBS 8 vs MJCJ liGAN AST 5 vsOJllOSTATE Orr I 0 10 43 91 47.3 26 53 49.1 17 24 70.8 5 40 45 4.5 24 0 49 4.9 18 0 19 30 129 12.9 IIIGIIS: PTS 20 VS MICI liGAN RBS 9 vs ILUNOIS AST 8 vslowa Thomas 10 10 39 83 47.0 0 0 .0 II 25 44.0 26 31 57 5.7 31 6 .6 31 4 3 23 89 8.9 InGliS: PTS 14 vs PENN STATE RBS 9 vs Wisconsin AST 2vs0HIOSTATE Jacobson I 0 6 28 58 48.3 3 13 23.1 8 II 72.7 21 22 43 4.3 28 2 II 1.1 18 I 6 17 67 6.7 InGliS: J>TS II vs Wisconsin RBS 7 VS PENN STATE AST 2 vs PENN STATE Walton I 0 4 211 511 44.8 0 0 .0 12 21 57.1 14 37 51 5.1 25 2 10 1.0 12 3 6 17 64 6.4 JIIGIIS: PTS II vs OJ DO STATE RBS 10 vs MICIUGAN AST 4 vs Purdue Kolander I 0 5 23 52 44.2 0 0 .0 9 14 64.3 20 21 41 4.1 23 16 1.6 13 4 5 20 55 5.5 liJGIIS: PTS 14 vs NOR.IliWFSll~N RBS 8 VS NOR'Il !WESTERN AST 3 vs Purdue Grim 10 5 19 49 311.8 4 18 22.2 12 15 80.0 II 36 47 4.7 19 14 1.4 19 5 15 22 54 5.4 IIIGIIS: PI'S 10 vs NOR'll!WE'iTERN RBS 10 vs Wisconsin AST 4 VS ll.ilNOIS Winter 10 () 10 21 47.11 0 0 .0 10 12 83.3 8 15 23 2.3 26 0 5 .5 10 6 5 13 30 3.0 IIIGIIS: PTS 8 vs NORTIIWFSTI\RN RllS 6vs OIDOSTATE AST 2 vs Purdue Wolf I 0 0 II 25 32 0 11 20 30.0 7 8 117.5 0 4 4 .4 II 0 9 ~ 4 0 5 8 29 2.9 Jll(iiiS: PTS 7 vs 01110 STA'Il' RBS 3 vs Wisconsin AST 3 VS NORTIIWESTERN llarris 9 0 4 14 211.11 0 2 .0 7 9 77.8 3 3 6 .7 16 0 9 1.0 9 0 5 10 15 1.7 JIJGIJS: PTS 4 vs NORTIIWES.IlRN RBS 2 vs Purdue AST 4vsOlHOSTATE Whaley 5 0 3 6 50.0 0 .0 0 4 .0 I 5 6 1.2 5 0 5 1.0 2 I 0 5 6 1.2 IJIGIIS: PTS 2vsNORTIIWESTI\RN RBS 3 vs NORTifWESTERN AST 2 VS NORlHWESTFRN Watkins 4 0 I 2 50.0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 I .3 2 0 2 .5 I 0 2 2 .5 InGliS: PTS 2 VS NORTIIWESTI\RN RBS I vs MICHIGAN AST I VS NORlHWESTFRN Criltcndcn 5 0 0 I 0 0 0 .0 2 50.0 I 0 .2 0 0 0 .0 3 0 .2 IIIGIIS: J>Ts I vs MICIIIGAN RBS I vs MICHIGAN "!lAM 30 3.0 II YIAL I 0 2112 590 44.4 h6 185 35.7 121 182 h6.5 127 271 398 39.1! 236 7 158 15.8 160 26 81 711 71.1 IIIGIIS: ns IO.'i vs NORTIIWI~'illRN RHS 46 VS NORTIIWI'.STERN AST 26 vs NORTIJWESTERN ( II'I'ONI'NTS 10 205 SJO 3!!.7 49 173 28.3 171 246 69.5 122 216 338 33.8 185 2 120 12.0 162 26 61 630 63.0 IIIGIIS: I'rs 74 vs NORTJIWI~'iTERN Rns 41 vs 01110 sTATE AST 21 VS PENN STA'ffi Minnesota Golden Gophers OPPONENTS DJ'ADRAILREBOUNDS 21 30 - - - e I'I'H 'I~ \!nut<'"~" (;,,ldl'n (;oph"" flASK Ell! ALL TEAM S~ISTICS e .~1N 1{;% OPI'I'>NI~T ()1'1' l'(;'f,, Ill<;! I SCORER I II(;IIREilOUNDI'R ATil""'D PI .ACE & DA'Il' 12 1'14 Ariwna /() 4'11 18 Lcnanl I I Thomas 7,1!63 8:00 November 24, Anchora~:e. Alaska ~~ •lh 2 Villanova 64 J2.8 19 Lcnanl 10 Walton 7,Rh3 8:00,Novernber 25, Anchontge, Alaska 19 Orr 19 JQ 0 Brigham Young 14 45.5 24 Lcnanl 15 Walton 7,863 8:00 November 26, Anehmage, Alaska 102 47. I SACRAMENTO ST. 114 SO.!! 28 Lenanl 9 Walton 13,230 7:00 November 29, Minneapolis, Minn 92 51.5 CENT CONNECilClJT' 56 36.1 19 Lenanl 9 WinteT 13,220 7:00 December I, Minneapolis, Minn 90 41.6 RIIOJ)E lSI .AND 65 39.4 17 Orr 16 Walton 13,553 I :00 December II Minneapolis,Minn 88 42.1 m· CINCINNAll 91 54.9 19 Lenanl 8 Thomas 14,494 8:30, December 13 Minneapolis, Minn 15 36.5 California 82 52.8 21 Orr 9 Orr 11,200 9:00 December 17,0akland, Calif. so 28.4 TEXAS SOUTIIH~N 71 40.0 liOrr 10 Walton 13,168 7:00, December 21,Minneapolis, Minn 115 52.0 SAN JOSE STA 11~ 68 38.7 17 Orr 10 Jacobson 13,619 7:00, December 23 Minneapolis, Minn 74 45.0 James Madison 68 46.2 16 Walton 9 Kolander 7,300 6:)0,December 28, Harrisonburg, VA 98 55.4 MIDJ)LE ll~NNE~SI I ·-; 51 34.9 25 l.manl 6 Walton 13,983 I :00 December 31, Minneapolis, Minn 69 38.8 PENNSTAm 67 50.0 21 l.manl 1 Jacobson 14,019 7:00, January 4, Minneapolis, MN 1 Orr (,() 39.7 PunJue 68 50.0 16 Lenanl 1 Kolander 14,123 Noon, January 7, West lafayette, IN lOS 59.4 NORlliWI ~'ill~N 74 31.3 27 l.manl 8 Kolander 13,985 7:00 January II, Minneapolis, Mlnn 67 35.6 Wisconsin 14 47.8 17 Orr 10 Grim 11,500 7:00 January 14, Madison, Wis Rl 45.2 OIIIOSTAlE 61 30.0 17 Orr 8 Thomas 14,258 7:00 January 18, Minneapolis, MN 11 59.2 IUJNOIS M 40.4 18 Orr 9 Orr 14,527 2:00 January 21, Minneapolis, MN 53 37.5 Michigan State 54 36.4 14 l.manl 1 Thomas 15,138 7:00, January 25, E. Lansing, Mich. 55 4!Ul Iowa 54 34.7 15 ..,.,.,,, 8 Grim 15,500 Noon, January 28, Iowa City lA so 44.2 MICIIIGAN 58 35.5 20 On 10 Walton 14,520 1 p.m., February 4, Minneapolis, MN 64 38.6 Indiana 54 36.4 21 Lenanl 8 Walton 16,529 1 p.m., February 8, Bloomington,IN ·n~M RECORD AIL GAMES 16- 6 72.7% IJ~GUE 7- 3 70.0% Minnesota Sweeps Intra-State Rival Bulldogs: For the first time since the 1986-87 season, the Golden Gophers swept all four games with their intra-state rival Minnesota-Duluth. It was also the Maroon & Gold's first series sweep since the team's 6-0 start in the fall. Minnesota also posted its first shutout of the season in Friday's 3-0 win and then capped off the weekend Saturday with a 4-1 victory. With the sweep last weekend, the Golden Gophers moved into a second-place tie with this weekend's opponent Denver, both of whom have 31 points in the WCHA standings. 1994-95 MINNESOTA HOCKEY SCHEDULE The Opponent: Last weekend, the Denver Pioneers split with the North Dakota Fighting Sioux in Grand Forks. ND to set-up Oct. 21 at Minnesota-Duluth S-4 W this weekend's battle between the two second-place teams. Oct. 22 at Minnesota-Duluth 6-2W Denver won the opener 4-1 before losing 3-1 on Saturday. On OcT. 28 WISCONSIN 2-1 (OTI W Friday night, the Pioneers Chris Kenady turned in a fine per OcT.29 WISCONSIN (TARGET CENTER) 5-2W formance with a goal and two assists as Denver scored three Nov.4 ST. CLOUD STATE 5-3 w unanswered goals. UNO led 1-0 on Dane Like's goal at 12:06 of Nov.5 at St. Cloud State 5-2W Nov. 11 at North Dakota 4-4 (Of)T the first period. That held up until Angelo Ricci scored a short Nov. 12 at North Dakota 4-3 L hand goal on an assist from Kenady at 13:26 of the second. Nov.19 MICHIGAN TECH 3-2 (Of) L Denver's Garrett Buzan followed about four minutes later with Nov. 20 MICHIGAN TECH 6-2 w a goal, and Warren Smith netted the third score 21 seconds Nov. 25 COLLEGE HOCKEY SHOWCASE later on another Kenady assist. Kenady added an empty net (ST. PAUL CIVIC CENTER) goal with 37 seconds left in the game to close out the scoring. MICHIGAN STATE 3-2W Sinuhe Wallinheimo had 26 stops in net for Denver. On Nov. 26 COLLEGE HOCKEY SHOWCASE Saturday, Sioux center Darcy Mitani scored two goals to lead (ST. PAUL CIVIC CENTER) UNO over Denver 3-1. Warren Smith scored Denver's only MICHIGAN 4-3W goal of the evening, coming on the power-play at 2:48 of the 0EC.10 DENVER 4-3L DEC.ll DENVER 3-2L second to knot the game up at one, but Mitani scored his sec Dec. 16 at Colorado College 3-1W ond goal of the night at 16:12 for the game winner and gave the Dec. 17 at Colorado College 9-2 L UND a split for the weekend. DEC. 28 SWEDISH NAT. TEAM (EXH.) 4-4T e DEC. 30 MARIUCCI CLASSIC Denver is led by Head Coach George Gwozdecky, who is in his YALE 6-2W first season at the helm of the Pioneer and ninth season as a col DEC. 31 MARIUCCI CLASSIC legiate head coach. Gwozdecky owns a career record of 169- BOSTON UNIVERSITY 4-3 (OT) L 134-22 (.554). On Feb. 3, he record his 100th win as a Division I Jan. 6 at Northern Michigan 2-2 (OT) T head coach. Prior to his appointment last May, he served as Jan. 7 at Northern Michigan 6-3 L head coach of the Miami University (Ohio) for five seasons Jan. 13 at Alaska-Anchorage 6-3W his first Division I head job. During his tenure at Miami (Ohio), Jan. 14 at Alaska-Anchorage 1-0 L }AN. 20 COLORADO COLLEGE 4-3L he was twice named the Central Collegiate Hockey ]AN. 21 COLORADO COLLEGE 7-4W Association's Coach of the Year and posted an 83-96-19 (.467) Jan. 27 at Wisconsin 6-2W overall record. In 1992-93, his team won the school's first Jan. 28 at Wiscon:sin 6-5 L league title and he was named National Coach of the Year in Feb.3 at Michigan Tech 3-3T addition to being named CCHA coach of the year. Feb. 4 at Michigan Tech 8-lW FEB. 10 MINNESOTA-DULUTH 3-0W The Series Record: The Golden Gophers lead in the all-time FEB. 11 MINNESOTA-DULUTH 4-lW series against the Pioneers 72-43-8, dating back to 1951. Earlier Feb. 17 at Denver 8:05 this season, the Pioneers pulled off a series sweep against Feb. 18 at Denver 8:05 Minnesota in Mariucci Arena in a pair of one goal games ( 4-3, FEB.24 NORTH DAKOTA 7:05 FEB.25 NORTH DAKOTA 7:05 3-2). So far this season, the Pioneers have been the only team to Mar. 4 at St. Ooud State 2:05 take four points away from the Maroon & Gold during a two MAR.S ST. CLOUD STATE 2:05 game series. Mar. 9-10 WCHA First Round TBA Mar. 16-18 WCHA Playoff Championship Minding The Nets: Senior Jeff Callinan (Mound, Minn.) con (St. Paul Civic Center) TBA tinues to be the Golden Gophers' number one goaltender this Mar. 24-25 NCAA Regionals (Madison, Wis.) TBA season. He has played in 29 of 30 games this season, while Mar. 30 - Apr. 1 NCAA Championship sporting a 16-7-3 record. He leads the league with 36 shutout (Providence, R.I.) TBA periods and leads the league with a goal-against-average of 2.68. This past weekend, he cradled 45 of 46 shots on goal and All times are Central and subject to change Home games in CAPS and bold posted his first collegiate shutou on Friday. Callinan's career e record against the Bulldogs is 6-1-1 with a 2.60 GAA and .894 save percentage. Fiebelkorn Steps Forward: Senior wing Jed Fiebelkorn (Maple Grove, Minn.) posted his first multi-point garr Interviews: All requests for player and/or coach interviews, whether in person and/or via phone, are arranged by the University of Minnesota Media Relations Office. Please call the Media Relations Office at (612) 625-4090 to schedule inter- CURRENT WCHA STANDINGS w L T Pts GF GA 1. Colorado Col. (24-8-0) 19 7 0 38 133 83 2. Denver (19-10-1) 15 10 1 31 107 96 Minnesota (17-10-3) 14 9 3 31 103 77 4. Wisconsin (15-12-4) 13 10 4 30 102 95 5. Michigan Tech. (14-13-4) 11 12 3 25 89 108 6. North Dakota (13-16-1) 11 14 1 23 95 120 7. Minn.-Duluth (12-15-4) 9 14 4 22 95 109 8. St. Cloud State (12-17-1) 10 15 1 21 97 97 Northern Michigan (11-17-3) 9 14 3 21 87 103 10. Alaska-Anch. (11-17-0) 10 16 0 20 88 108 LAST WEEK'S RESULTS AND THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE Last Friday Results Alaska-Anch. 7, Mich. Tech. 4 This Friday's Games No. Michigan@ Mich. Tech. Minnesota 3, Minn.-Duluth 0 Colorado Col. 4, No. Mich. 1 Minnesota @ Denver Colorado Col. @ No. Dakota Denver 4, No. Dakota 1 St. Cloud St. 5, Wisconsin 4 Mich. Tech@ No. Mich. Mich. Tech 5, Alaska-Anch. 4 Alaska-Anch. @St. Cloud St. This Sunday's Games Colorado Col. 5, No. Mich. 3 Last Sunday's Result Colorado Col. @ No. Dakota Wisconsin@ Minn.-Duluth St. Cloud St. 4, Wisconsin 4 (at the Bradley Center, Last Saturday Results This Saturday's Games Milwaukee, Wis.) Minnesota 4, Minn.-Duluth. 1 Minnesota @Denver No. Dakota 3, Denver 1 Alaska-Anch. @St. Cloud St. 1994-95 Minnesota HOCKEY SlATS AFTER 30 GAMES OVERALL LEAGUE ONlY NO NAME GP G A PTS PEN MIN PP SH HAT WG EN GP G A PTS PEN MIN ------" 21 Brian Bonin,( 30 24 18 42 10 20 8 2 1 .J 1 26 21 14 35 10 20 19 Justi~o McHugh,W 22 20 13 33 14 28 7 0 2 4 1 20 16 13 29 14 28 0"i Oun Trebil,O 30 6 27 33 5 10 3 0 0 1 0 26 5 24 29 5 10 01 Ryan Kraft,W 30 10 19 29 13 26 7 0 1 1 0 26 6 18 24 12 24 20 Mike Crowley,O 28 5 22 27 29 58 3 0 0 1 0 26 5 20 25 27 54 10 Scott Bell,W 27 11 13 24 24 75 6 1 0 3 0 24 11 10 21 23 73 23 Dan Woog,C 30 5 12 17 15 30 1 0 0 0 0 26 5 11 16 15 30 H Nick Checco,C/W 29 9 7 16 19 38 0 0 1 2 0 25 9 7 16 18 36 18 Andy Brink, C/0 29 3 13 16 7 25 1 0 0 0 0 25 3 11 14 7 25 29 Dan Hendrickson,W 26 3 10 13 19 55 0 0 0 1 0 23 3 9 12 17 51 27 Jed Ftebelkorn,W 27 3 7 10 34· 103 0 0 0 0 0 23 2 6 8 31 97 17 Dave Larson,W 28 5 4 9 32 67 2 0 0 1 0 24 4 3 7 29 61 84 Brian La Fleur,D 21 6 6 9 18 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 6 6 9 18 09 Casey Hankinson,( 22 •4 1 5 20 78 2 0 0 0 0 20 4 1 5 20 78 08 Joe Pankratz,W 18 3 2 5 6 12 0 0 0 0 0 14 2 2 4 5 10 13 Jay Moser ,D 12 1 4 5 9 29 1 0 0 0 0 9 1 3 4 6 23 28 Jason Godbout,O Z3 1 4 5 11 22 0 0 e 0 0 19 1 4 5 10 20 06 Charlie Wasley,D 22 2 2 4 16 32 0 0 e 0 0 20 2 1 3 16 32 16 Brandon Steege,W 14 1 3 4 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 3 4 4 8 02 Greg ZwakMOn,D 29 0 4 4 12 24 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 4 4 11 22 11 Bobby Dustin, C/W 16 3 0 3 18 28 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 0 2 8 16 22 Jesse Bertogltat,W 15 0 3 3 18 47 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 2 2 15 41 31 Jeff Callinan,G 29 0 2 2 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 25 0 1 1 0 0 32 Will Anderson,W 1 0 8 e 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 Brent Godbout, W 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 30 Jeff Moen,G 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 12 Jason Sei ls,C 8 0 0 0 1 •2 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 2 Bench 2 4 1 2 ------Minnesota 30 119 196 315 341 835 41 3 5 ,-, 2 26 103 173 276 316 785 OPPONENTS 30 88 127 215 352 735 31 2 0 10 1 26 77 114 191 326 683 OVERALL LEAGUE ONLY NO GOAliE w L T GP PER MIN GA AVG SAV PCT w l T GP PER NIN GA AVG SAV PlT ------~------31 Jeff Callinan 16 7 3 29 85 1679:55 75 2.68 630 .894 13 6 3 25 73 1432:53 64 2. 68 529 . 892 30 Jeff Moen 1 3 0 4 9 141:10 12 5.10 65 .844 1 3 0 4 9 141: 10 12 5.10 65 .844 ------·------Minnesota 17 10 3 30 92 1821: 5 87 2.87 695 .888 14 9 3 26 80 1574: 3 76 2. 90 594 . 886 OPPONENTS to17 3 30 92 1823: 2 119 3.92 890 .882 '=t 14 3 26 80 1577:10 103 3.92 750 .879 Ninnesota OPPONENTS PERIOD 1 2 3 OT · TOTAL 1 2 3 OT TOTAl GOALS 33 35 50 1 119 30 33 23 2 88 SHOT ON GOAL 342 326 329 12 1009 262 274 226 19 781 GOALIE SAVES 229 245 204 17 695 309 291 279 11 890 PENAL TIES 96 122 119 4 341 106 125 114 8 353 e e e .. 1994-95 Minnela HOCKEY SlATS AFTER 30 GAMES OPP OPPONENT W-l- T MN ATTEND PlACE & DATE - POWER PlAYS ATT - w 5 4 Minn. Duluth 5438 DECC Arena, 7:35 10/21194 PPG PCT SH Minnesota 182 w 6 2 Minn. Duluth 5438 DECC Arena, 7:05 10/22/94 43 .240 3 OPPONENTS 157 W{OT) 2 1 WISCONSIN 9503 Martucci Arena, 7:05 10/28/94 31 .200 3 w 5 2 WISCONSIN 16485 Target Center, 7:05 10/29/94 w 5 3 ST. ClOUD STATE 9411 Martucci Arena, 7:05 11/04/94 HAT TRICKS FOR 5 w 5 2 St. Cloud State 6377 Nat '1 Hockey Center, 11/05/94 Nick Checco T(OT) 4 4 North Dakota 6067 Engelstad Arena, 7:35 11/11/94 Minn. Duluth 10/21/94 Justin McHugh Michiqan State 11/25/94 l 3 4 North Dakota 6067 Engelstad Arena, 7:35 11/12194 Ryan Kraft YALE 12/30/94 l(OT) 2 3 MICHIGAN TECH 9328 Martucci Arena, 1:05 11/19/94 Justin McHugh Alaska-Anchorage 01/13/95 w 6 2 MICHIGAN TECH 9231 Martucci Arena, 2:05 11/20/94 Brian Bonin 3 Wiscons1n 01/28/95 w 2 Michigan State 15101 St.Paul Civic Center 11/25/94 SHORT HANDED FOR 3 w 4 3 Michigan 15078 St.Paul Civic Center 11/26/94 Brian Bonin {1) Minn. Duluth 10/22/94 l 3 4 DENVER 9354 Martucci Arena, 7:05 12/10/94 Brian Bonin {1) Boston University 12131/94 l 2 3 DENVER 9188 Martucci Arena, 7:05 12/11/94 Scott Be 11 (1) Michigan Tech. 02/04/95 w 3 1 Colorado College 2989 AFA Cadet Ice Arena, 12/16/94 l 2 9 Colorado College 2995 AFA Cadet Ice Arena, 12/17/94 w 6 2 YAlE 9445 Martucci Arena, 7:05 12/30/94 l{OT) 3 4 Boston University 9387 Martucci Arena, 7:05 12/31/94 T(OT) 2 2 Northern Michigan 3332 lakeview Arena, 7:05 01/06/95 l 3 6 Northern Michigan 3600 lakeview Arena, 7:05 01/07/95 w 6 3 Alaska-Anchorage 6406 Sullivan Arena, 7:05 01/13/95 l 0 1 Alaska-Anchorage 6406 Sullivan Arena, 7:05 01/14/95 l 3 4 COlORADO COllEGE 9504 Martucci Arena, 7:05 01120/95 w 7 4 COLORADO COllEGE 9487 Martucci Arena, 7:05 01/21/95 w 6 2 Wisconsin 8500 Dane County Coliseum 01127/95 l 5 6 Wisconsin 8500 Dane County Coliseum 01/28/95 T(OT) 3 3 Michigan Tech. 3568 Student Ice Arena, 7 02103/95 w 8 1 Michigan Tech. 3533 Student Ice Arena, 1 02104/95 w 3 0 Minnesota-Duluth 9510 Martucci Arena, 7:05 02/10/95 w 4 1 Minnesota-Duluth 9505 Martucci Arena , 7:0 02/11/95 RECORD HOME ROAD SEASON lEAGUE 7- 5- 0 7- 4- 3 14- 9- 3 NON-lEAGUE 1- 1- 0 2- 0- 0 3- 1- 0 TOTAl 8- 6- 0 9- 4- 3 17-10- 3 ATIENDANCE HOME ROAD NEUTRAl lEAGUE •••••. 75,616 0 OTHER 18,832 0 30,179 TOTAl •••••. 75,616 30,179 AVERAGE 9,495 5,401 15,089 TOTAl 238,733 TOTAl AVG 7,957 Andy Hammerschmidt (Sr., New Ulm, Minn.) picked up win with a solid effort in 5.2 innings of work (7 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, o Friday: In a wild game to launch the new season for both clubs, the Golden Gophers prevailed 18-13 in Friday night's contest. The game featured 36 hits, 19 walks, four wild pitches and three hit-batsmen between the two clubs. After the Wolfpack had jumped out to a seemingly command ing 8-1 lead through two-and-a-half innings, the Golden Gophers sliced into the lead by sending 13 men to the plate and scoring six times in their half of the third. The Maroon and Gold Rush: The Golden Gophers will be back in action this Gold claimed the lead for good in an eight-run outburst the fol weekend in OrIa ~ ~ o, Fla., against the University of Central lowing inning, highlighted by Gunderson's bases-loaded triple. Florida Golden Kn1ghts. Friday's series opener is at 3 p.m., with Saturdav and Sundav afternoon contests at 1 p.m. Right-fielder Mike Mahady (Jr., Minnetonka, Minn.) had a Saturday's g~me will be broadcast on KFAN 1130-AM. career-high three hits and four RBI on the night to lead the Golden Gopher attack. Bender and Denning also had three hits The Golden Knights split four games last weekend in the Olive apiece. Garden Classic in Kissimmee, Fla., defeating Georgia (10-5), North Carolina (11-5), and dropping two decisions to Miami Weekend Stats Recap: Three veterans of the Golden Gopher (Fla.) (0-6, 4-5). Leading the way for UCF is rightfielder Adam lineup led the offensive charge against the Wolfpack over the Johnson with a .458 average through six games. The Golden weekend. Gunderson had multi-hit efforts in each game en Knights are 3-3 overall on the season. route to a 6-9 (.667) series. Bender collected four RBI to compli ment a 7-13 plate performance. Denning was 5-13 along with Golden Gophers Open Season By Taking Two Of Three some outstanding defensive plays in centerfield. From No. 18 North Carolina State: Trailing 8-7 heading into the ninth inning, No. 18 North Carolina State rallied for five Hormel Classic Set For March 3-5: The University of runs to claim a 12-9 victory over the University of Minnesota in Minnesota and Hormel Foods will join forces to once again the final game of a three-game series Sunday afternoon at the host one of the premier collegiate baseball tournaments in the Metrodome in Minneapolis. The Golden Gophers had won the country, the Hormel Classic March 3-5 at the Metrodome in ~ previous two games, Friday evening by a 18-13 count, and Minneapolis. This year's event looks on paper to be better than ., Saturday evening by the score of 5-3. ever, with top-ranked Louisiana State, third-ranked Florida State, and Big Ten rival Michigan comprising the tournament Right-fielder Troy Stein (So, Cold Spring, Minn.) got the field along with the Golden Gophers. Golden Gophers rolling in the second inning with a grand-slam homer, his first collegiate round tripper, to put Minnesota On Friday evening, March 3 when the Golden Gophers take on ahead 4-0. The lead then began to see-saw, with the Wolfpack the Michigan Wolverines at 7 p.m., Minnesota will attempt to scoring five runs in their half of the fourth to take the lead. break the all-time single-game attendance record for a NCAA Wolfpack left-fielder Tony Ellison, who finished the ",;ekend regular season game. The record is currently the 14,991 who series 11-14 at the plate, crushed the first of his two homers on saw the University of Florida vs. Mississippi State U r· · versity the day to highlight the inning. Left-fielder Shane McCarthy game in Starkville, Miss. on April22, 1989. (Sr., Billings, Mont.) aided the Maroon and Gold's counter attack with a homer in the Golden Gopher fifth as Minnesota In the opening game of the Oassic Friday afternoon, the poten took a 6-5 lead. tiallies for a game featuring the top two teams in the country when Louisiana State and Florida State square off at 12:15 p.m. Third baseman Tony Bender (Sr., Rock Island, Ill.) was 3-4 Saturday's matchups will have Florida State taking on the with three RBI on the day, including a two-run homer in the Golden Gophers at 2 p.m., followed by Michigan-Louisiana seventh which put the Golden Gophers ahead 8-7. First base State at 6 p.m. The final day on Sunday will feature Louisiana man Shane Gunderson (Jr., Faribault, Minn.) picked up his State vs. Minnesota at 1:15 p.m., and Michigan vs. Florida State third consecutive multi-hit game with a 2-3 effort in addition to at5 p.m. scoring three runs. KFAN To Broadcast 39 Games In 1995: KFAN 0130 AM) will Saturday: Minnesota claimed their second win of the season again be the radio home of Golden Gopher baseball during the with a 5-3 win. Centerfielder Wes Denning (Sr., St. Paul, 1995 season. Included in the package for this season is a 39- Minn.), led off the Golden Gopher first with his, and the game broadcast schedule, split between 29 home and 10 road team's, first home run of the new campaign. After the games. Former Golden Gopher centerfielder Ryan Lefebvre Wolfpack claimed the lead in their half of the fourth with three will be back for his second season of handling the play-by-play runs, the Golden Gophers tied the game at 3-3 in the bottom of for KFAN's schedule. Former Twins World Series hero Gene ~ the inning and took the lead for good with a run in the fifth on Larkin will join Lefebvre in the booth for selected Golden ~ an RBI single by designated hitter Bryan Guse (So, New Gopher home games. Brighton, Minn.). Guse added an insurance run for the Maroon and Gold with a sacrifice fly in the seventh to round Fax-On-Demand: Box scores from this weekend's action and out the scoring. cumulative statistics are available through the Fax-On-Demand Season Finale: Minnesota will host No. 22 Ohio State in their Back At Home: Minnesota will compete at home next weekend final home meet of the season Friday, Feb. 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the on Feb. 18, when they face second-ranked Illinois at the Sports Sports Pavilion. The Golden Gophers then travel to Stillwater, Pavilion at 1 p.m. okla. to face No.2 Oklahoma State on Sunday, Feb. 19 in their final dual meet of the season. Minnesota will travel to Minnesota Tops Michigan: The sixth-ranked Golden Gophers Bloomington, Ind., March 4-5 for the Big Ten Conference (3-0) topped seventh-ranked Michigan (1-3) 226.05-223.225 in Championships. dual meet action Saturday afternoon. Senior captain Brian Yee (Houston, Texas) led the Maroon & Gold with a 56.60 all A Tie and a Loss: The sixth-ranked Golden Gophers tied No. around performance. Yee won individual events on the pom 14 Michigan 19-19 on Friday and then lost to fifth-ranked mel horse with a season-high 9.85 and parallel bars (9.70). Michigan State 19-15 on Sunday to come away from their Michigan road trip without a win. Minnesota is 14-4-1 overall In addition, junior Andrew Weaver (Albuquerque, N.M.), and 4-2-1 in the Big Ten. sophomore Heath Wall (Sterling Heights, Mich.) and fresh man Colby Van Cleave (Houston, Texas) took top honors in Against the Wolverines, Minnesota jumped ahead with an individual events. Weaver placed first on the high bar with a early 11-0 lead as sixth-ranked Brandon Paulson (So., Coon 9.60, Wall on the still rings with a mark of 9.725 and Van Rapids, Minn.) defeated Matt Stout 3-2 at 118 pounds and Cleave on vault with 9.55. Michigan's Rich Dopp finished sec ninth-ranked Ti:n Harris (Sr., St. Louis, Mo.) downed ond in the all-around competition with a 54.90 and placed first Michigan's Br2. )n Howe 11-3 at 126 pounds. At 134 pounds, on the floor exercise with a 9.65. Minnesota's J a Davids (Fr., Forest Lake, Minn.) won by a 15-7 major de( over Brian Aparo. Chad Carlson (Sr., Floor Exercise -1. Rich Dopp (Mich.)- 9.65; 2. Frank Ticknor Pennock, Mi-r: 'tended Minnesota's lead to 15-4 with a 12-4 (Minn.), Brian Yee (Minn.), Chris Harrington (Minn.) - 9.60; 5. major decisio' -the Wolverines' Bill Lacure at 150 pounds. Kris Klinger (Mich.)- 9.475; 6. Brian Winkler (Mich.) - 9.45. But Michigan !d back, winning four of the final five matches, to er ! meet in a 19-19 tie. At 177 pounds, second- Pommel Horse -1. Brian Yee (Minn.) - 9.85; 2. Chris Onuska ranked Brett·_ mbini (Sr., Redwood Valley, Calif.) of (Mich.)- 9.55; 3. Jason Taft (Mich.)- 9.45; 4. Bob Hubbard Minnesota W• · ; a 14-4 major decision over Michigan's Eric (Minn.)- 9.40; 5. Brian Winkler (Mich.) and Rich Dopp (Mich.)- Zimmerman.. .:. .. neavyweight, Minnesota's Billy Pierce (Jr., 9.15. Minneapolis, Minn.) lost just his fourth match of the season to Michigan's Airron Richardson 3-1. Still Rings - l.Heath Wall (Minn.) - 9.725; 2. Frank Ticknor (Minn.) and Brian Yee (Minn.)- 9.60; 4. Bob Young (Mich.)- On Sunday, the Golden Gophers won only four individual 9.55; 5. Royce Toni (Mich.) - 9.50; 6. Brian Winkler (Mich.)- 9.35 matches against the Spartans. Paulson lost only his second dual match of the season to Michigan State's Kelvin Jackson 6-1 at 118 pounds. Minnesota won the next two matches to take the Vault -1. Colby Van Cleave (Minn.)- 9.55; 2. Brian Yee (Minn.) lead 6-3 as Harris downed MSU's Brian Bolton 5-2 at 126 - 9.50; 3. Brian Winkler (Mich.)- 9.30; 4. Chris Harrington pounds and Davids defeated MSU's Jed Kramer 15-9 at 134 (Minn.) and Tim Lauring (Mich.)- 9.20 pounds. Michigan State won the next four matches to take the lead for good. Colombini extended his winning streak to 17 Parallel Bars -1. Brian Yee (Minn)- 9.70; 2. George Beatty with a 9-4 decision over Erich Harvey at 177 pounds. Pierce (Minn.)- 9.55; 3. Brian Winkler (Mich.)- 9.45; 4. Andrew rounded out Minnesota's scoring with a pin of Jason Peterson Weaver (Minn.)- 9.35; 5. Ryan Carns (Minn.)- 9.25; 6. Flavio in 1:27. Martins (Mich.)- 9.15 High Bar -1. Andrew Weaver (Minn.)- 9.60; 2. Jason MacDonald (Mich.)- 9.45; 3. Bob Hubbard (Minn.) and Bob Young (Mich.)- 9.30; 5. Colby Van Cleave (Minn.)- 9.25; 6. George Beatty (Minn.)- 9,20. All-Around -1. Brian Yee (Minn.)- 56.60; 2. Rich Dopp (Mich.) - 54.90; 3. Andrew Weaver (Minn.)- 54.40; 4. Bob Young (Mich.) - 53.00. 55m Hurdles Niles Deneen 7.69 2-11-95 4 x 400m Rei Scott Beadle 3:24.56 1-28-95 Lee Hutton Seth Mischke Travis Nordrum 4 x 800m Rei Bob Johnson 7:54.83 2-4-95 Jason Boon Paul Michalek Kevin Dunbar DMRel Kevin Dunbar 10:06.15 2-10-95 Tim VanVoorhis Jason Boon Snowshoe Open: In their final tuneup before the Big Ten Paul Michalek Indoor Championships, Head Coach Roy Griak's Golden Long Jump Keita Cline 26-1 3/4$ ""2-10-95 Gopher track & field squad will host the Snowshoe Open on Triple Jump Keita Cline 53-0 1/4 # ""2-11-95 Friday at the U of M Field House. The competition is scheduled High Jump Jared Johnson 6-9 3/4 1-14-95 to get underway at 6 p.m. Shot Put Chris Brinkworth 58-1 1/4 #'2-4-95 Pole Vault Tye Harvey 16-8 3/4 "2-11-95 Big Ten Indoor Championships: The '95 Big Ten Indoor Championships will be held Feb. 24-25 at Champaign, Ill. NCAA Indoor Championships: The '95 NCAA Men's and Women's Indoor Championships will be held Mar. 10-11 at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis. Cline Headlines Record Breaking Weekend: Senior co-captain Keita Cline (Gainesville, Fla.), junior Paul Michalek (Bloomington, Minn.) and sophomore Eric Stommes (Foley, Minn.) broke school records to pace the Golden Gophers at last weekend's Iowa State Classic in Ames, Iowa. After breaking his own school record (25-2 3/4, 1994) and qualifying automatical ly for the NCAA Indoor Championships with a leap of 26-1 3/4 Minnesota Prepares For Big Ten Championships: The in the long jump Friday, Cline completed an impressive week Aquatic Center on the University of Minnesota campus will end by winning Saturday's triple jump with a provisional qual once again be the site of the 1995 Big Ten Men's Swimming and ifying leap of 53-0 1 I 4. That eclipsed his own school record of Diving Championships. Fans might recall that the Golden 52-11 set last year. Michalek finished second in the mile with a Gophers served as hosts for the 1994 conference meet as well. school record clocking of 4:02.73. Mike Gebeke had held the school mark since 1982 with a time of 4:02.91. A transfer from Time Off: The Golden Gophers will be away from competition UM-Duluth, Stommes placed seventh in the 200 meters with a for the two weekends before the Big Tens. They were not school record clocking of 21.73. Junior Chris Darkins scheduled to compete last weekend and this weekend's event, (Houston, Texas), who finished second in the 55 meters with a an All-Comers Meet slated for the Aquatics Center, has been season-best time of 6.34, had held the school record in the 200 cancelled. with a time of 22.09 set in 1993. Michigan favored: Michigan will be favored to defend its title Golden Gophers To Host Big Ten Outdoor Championships: as this year's championship will feature some of the top colle The University of Minnesota will host the '95 Big Ten Men's giate swimmers and divers in the country. Michigan is the top and Women's Outdoor Championships at the Bierman ranked team in the country according to the most recent Stadium on May 20-21.lowa was originally scheduled to host CSCAA national poll. Minnesota is currently ranked lOth the competition, but its track facility will not be ready in time nationally. The other Big Ten team among the nation's top 25 is for the meet. Ohio State, which is ranked 17th. Season Bests: The top performance in each event for the Schedule Info: This year's Big Ten meet will take place Golden Gophers during the 1995 indoor season is listed below Thursday through Saturday, Mar. 23-25. Preliminaries in swim ($ NCAA automatic qualifier, # NCAA provisional qualifier, • ming events will begin at noon each day, with finals starting at school record): 7 p.m. Diving preliminaries begin at 1:30 p.m. each day. 55m Chris Darkins 6.34 2-11-95 Ticket Info: An all-session ticket package is $25 for adults and 200m Eric Stommes 21.73. 2-11-95 $20 for students. Single-session tickets range from $3-6, 400m Lee Hutton 49.87 2-11-95 depending on the day, and will be available at the door. For 600m Travis Nordrum 1:20.92 1-21-95 further ticket information, call the Golden Gopher Ticket Office BOOm Jason Boon 1:52.88 2-11-95 at 612/624-8080. Mile Paul Michalek 4:02.73 #. 2-11-95 3000m Mark Gonzales 8:33.46 1-28-95 5000m Mark Gonzales 14:51.73 2-10-95 Doubles (Saturday): Hjarrand/Donley, Minn. Pop/Diaz, Boise St. 8-4; Loel/Tzvetkov, Minn. def. Adams/Widen, Boise St. 8-6; B.Gabler /M.Gabler, Minn. def. Baker /Silva, Boise St. 9-8; What's On Tap: Minnesota will travel to Knoxville, Tenn. where they will face Alabama on Saturday at 2:30p.m and No. 17 Tennessee on Sunday at noon. Golden Gophers win Ice Volleys Tournament: The University of Minnesota won their first Ice Volleys Tournament since 1991 last weekend by winning both of their matches. Minnesota fin ished as the only undefeated team in the tournament held at the 98th Street Racquet Club. Minnesota competes in the NCAA Challenge: The University On Friday: The Golden Gophers defeated Texas A&M 6-1. of Minnesota is currently competing in the NCAA Challenge in Both teams were ranked25th in the IT A Rolex collegiate rank Rio Mar, Puerto Rico. The Golden Gophers are 13th in the 15 ings coming into the weekend. Minnesota swept the singles team tournament heading into Monday's second round action. matches to secure the victory. Ross Loel (Sr., Rancho LaCosto, Play continues through Tuesday. Calif.) defeated Blake Arrant 6-7, 7-3, 7-fJ at No.1 singles. The best score the Maroon and Gold could muster in an open Singles (Friday): ing round 309 was Jon Kelly (Sr., Mankato, Minn.) with a 74, Ross Loel, Minn. def. Blake Arrant, A&M 6-7, 6-3, 7-fJ; which ties him for 19th place. Stefan Tzvetkov, Minn. def. Carlos Tori, A&M 6-4, 1-6, 6-0; Lars Hjarrrand, Minn. def. Bernardo Martinez, A&M 1-6, 6-3, 6- NCAA Challenge- Rio Mar, Puerto Rico 2·, Round One Results: Erik Donley, Minn. def. Eric Horan, A&M 7-5, 6-4; 1. Georgia Tech 280 Ben Gabler, Minn. def. Rico Rodarte, A&M 6-2, 6-2; 2. F1orida 289 Adam Cohen, Minn. def. Robbie Krause, A&M 6-4,3-6, 6-1; 3. Virginia 293 4. Texas 299 Doubles (Friday): 5. F1orida Southern 300 Arrant/B.Martinez, A&M def. Rutili/Donley 9-8; 13. Minnesota 309 Horan/Rodarte, A&M def. Cohen/Tzvetkov 8-5; E.Martinez/Rodarte, A&M def. B.Gabler /M.Gabler 9-8; Minnesota Scores: 19. (t) Jon Kelly 74 On Saturday: The Golden Gophers defeated Boise State 4-3 28. (t) Mark Hanson 75 improving their record to 6-1 on the season. The two teams 62. (t) Aaron Barber 80 split the singles matches winning three a piece, the Golden Mark Halvorson 80 Gophers won the doubles point and the match with three victo 70. (t) Jeff Barney 83 ries in the doubles. In doubles, Minnesota was never threatened with their top two doubles teams winning handily. The brothers Gabler, Ben and Matt Gabler (So., Chambersburg, Pa.) played doubles together for the first time in the dual match season winning their match 9-8. Singles (Saturday): Ross Loel, Minn. def. Ernesto Diaz, Boise State 6-2, 6-1; Kenneth Baker, Boise State def. Stefan Tzvetkov, Minn. 3-6, 6-3, 6-2; Remy Pop, Boise State def. Lars Hjarrand, Minn. 6-2, 6-1; Ben Davidson, Boise State def. Erik Donley, Minn. 6-3, 7-6; Ben Gabler, Minn. def. Anthony Adams, Boise State 6-3, 7-5; Adam Cohen, Minn. def. 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This is a limited edition bott1e. with a portion ofthe proceeds from each sale to be donated to the University of Minnesota Athletic Department . • • R-96% 6123974911 02-14-95 !O:IlAM POOl #04 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§ Bierman Field Athletic Building 516 15th Avenue Southeast Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612) 625-4090 Fax 625-0359 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 15, 1995 TIME CHANGE FOR BASEBALL GAMES THIS WEEKEND The starting times for this weekend's Golden Gopher/University of Central Florida baseball series are: Friday, 2 p.m. (CT), Saturday and Sunday, noon (CT). Saturday's game will be broadcast on the home of Golden Gopher baseball, KFAN-AM 1130. • I ~- UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ·' I i· ~· Bierman Field Athletic Building 516 15th Avenue Southeast TO: Media Agencies Covering Golden Gopher Basketball FROM: Marc Ryan, Director of Media Relations RE: Coach Haskins Availability Today DATE: Feb. 16, 1995 Coach Haskins will be available to the media at 2:30 p.Ql. ~:IJ'':.u (lower level, east end) at Williams Arena to talk about .... ~..,~J;~ an injury update. Basketball team trainer Roger Schipper~ w£A,.~•. cw.q~....,. • .x '~ i~ i· .. I I UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Bierman Field Athletic Building 516 15th Avenue Southeast Minneapolis. MN 55455 (612) 625-4090 Fax 625-0359 FOR IMMEDIATERELEASE February 16, 1995 MEN'S ATHLETICS NAMES BASKETBALL TEAM OF THE CENTURY The University of Minnesota men's athletics department, in association with WCCO-TV, announced today the 100 years of Hoops Team of the Century. More than 80,000 ballots were cast by Minnesota basketball fans to vote for their favorite Golden Gopher player by decade. The Team of the Century will be honored at a banquet Friday night at Azur restaurant beginning at 5:30p.m., and at halftime of the Minnesota vs. Michigan State basketball game Saturday at 2 p.m. Team of the Century: 1900s: George Tuck: Minnesota's first All-American 1905. 1910s: Erling Platou: All-American 1919, All-Big Ten 1919. Team captain of the 1919 undefeated Helms Athletic Foundation National Champions. 1920s: Arnold Oss: Minnesota's first two-time All-American 1919 and 1921. A member of the Helms . Athletic Foundation National Champions in 1919. Team captain during the 1920-21 season. Oss was named in almost every all-conference team. He averaged 3.67 baskets per game and scored 90 points in the season. 1930s: John Kundla: Minnesota's Outstanding Player in 1939. He was a sophomore starter on the 1937 Big Ten championship team. As a senior captain he broke his own then-school record for points in a season with 201 points. He served as head coach of the Golden Gophers from 1959-68 compiling 110 wins and a winning percentage of .512 in those nine seasons. He also coached the Minneapolis Lakers to one NBL and four NBA titles and was recently named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. 1940s: Tony Jaros: Most Valuable Player 1946. A graduate of Minneapolis Edison High School. In the Northwestern game in 1946, Jaros broke a five year Big Ten record by making 11 free throws . He holds the Golden Gopher record for most free throws attempted in a single game with 20 against Wisconsin. 1950s: Meyer "Whitey" Skoog: One of only five two-time All-Americans at Minnesota in 1950 and 1951. All-Big Ten and team MVP 1950 and 1951. Scored 986 points in three years and was regarded as the greatest all-around player in the state's history at the time. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§ Bierman Field Athletic Building S 16 I 5th A venue Southeast Minneapolis, MN 55455 ( 612) 625-4090 Fax 625-0359 1960s: Lou Hudson: All-American, All-Big Ten selection in 1965. Minnesota retired his #14 jersey last season, one of only four players to receive that honor. Hudson is 13th on the career scoring list with 1,335 career points, and seventh on the single-season scoring list with 589 points. He played most of the 1965-66 season with a broken bone in his shooting hand. Hudson played 13 seasons in the NBA, nine of those with the St. Louis/Atlanta Hawks. He was a six-time NBA All-Star. , 1970s: Mychal Thompson: All-American 1977 and 1978, All-Big Ten 1976-78, team MVP 1976-78. Ranked first in all-time career scoring with 1,992 points, first in single-season scoring with 647 points, first in career rebounding with 956 boards, fourth in single-season rebounding with 312, and fourth in career blocks with 113 rejections. Holds a total of 10 career school records including most points, most field goals made (823) best field-goal percentage (.568), and most rebounds (956). Holds five single-season school records including most points (647), most points per game (25.9), and most field goals made (265). Holds the record for most blocks in a single game with 12 against Ohio State. His #43 jersey has been retired by the University. Thompson played 12 years in the NBA and won two NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers. 1980s: Kevin McHale: All-Big Ten 1979-80, team MVP 1979-80. Ranks fifth in career scoring with 1,704 points, holds the school record for career blocks with 235, second on the career rebounding list with 950, ninth in single-season scoring with 557 points, and eighth in single-season rebounding with 281 boards. Had his #44 jersey retired last season. In the NBA, he played 13 seasons with the Boston Celtics, won three NBA titles, appeared in seven All-Star games and won two NBA Sixth Man trophies. Professionally, McHale scored 17,335 career points and had 7,122 rebounds. 1990s: Voshon Lenard: Honorable mention All-American and Second Team All-Big Ten selection 1994. Currently ranks second on the career scoring list with 1955 points. Holds the records for most three-pointers made (251) and attempted (684) in a career. Holds the single-season record for three-pointers made (86) and attempted (209), broke his own single game record for three-pointers made with seven this season against Northwestern. Ranks seventh on the career assists list with 294 assists, and second on the career steals list with 165 steals. Player of the Century: Kevin McHale For more information on media access to the "100 years of Hoops" banquet contact Kyle Coughlin at Men's Athletics Media Relations at (612) 625-4090. .. U:"JIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§ Bierman Field Athletic Building 516 15th Avenue Southeast Minneapolis. MN 55455 ( 612) 625-4090 Fax 625-0359 For Immediate Release: February 20, 1995 GOLDEN GOPHER GOLDEN GOPHERS THIS WEEK WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 HOTLINE Basketball at Illinois The Golden Gopher Hotline features daily inter 7p.m It Champaign, Ill. views with players and coaches. is available to WCCO-AM 830, WCCO-TV (Channel4) the media 24 hours a day by calling (612) 625- 7887. The Hotline is broadcast quality and is THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23 changed by noon each day. This service is for Swimming & Diving hosts Big Ten Championships media use only. The following is the schedule for Prelims-noon Finals-7 p.m the coming week: Aquatic Center MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 Basketball Head Coach Oem Haskins Swimming & Diving hosts Big Ten Championships Prelims-noon TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 Finals-7 p.m Basketball Head Coach Clem Haskins previews Aquatic Center Wednesday's game against Illinois Hockey vs. North Dakota 7:05J?.m. Mariucc1 Arena WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 KSTP-AM 1500, Midwest Sports Channel (MSC) Swimming & Diving Head Coach Dennis Dale pre views the Big Ten Championships, hosted by the SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25 Golden Gophers at the Aquatic Center this week Basketball at Ohio State 11 a.m. Columbus, Ohio THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23 WCCO-AM 830, Midwest Sports Channel (MSC) Track & Field Head Coach Roy Griak previews this weekend's Big Ten Indoor Championships Swimming & Diving hosts Big Ten Championships Prelims-noon Finals-7 p.m FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 Aquatic Center Hockey Head Coach Doug Woog previews the week Baseball at Mississippi State end series against North Dakota 1p.m Starkville, Miss. KFAN-AM 1130 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25 Hockey Head Coach Doug Woog's post-game press Track & Field at Big Ten Indoor Championships conference following Friday's game against North Champaign, Ill Dakota 4:30p.m. Hockey vs. North Dakota SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26 7:05J?.m. Mariucc1 Arena Hockey Head Coach Doug Woog's post-game press KSTP-AM 1500, Midwest Sports Channel (MSC) conference following Saturday's game against North Dakota SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26 Track & Field at Big Ten Indoor Championships WEEKLY MEDIA LUNCHEONS Champaign, Ill. noon Coach Haskins hosts a weekly media luncheon begin Baseball at Mississippi State ning at 11:45 a.m. this Tuesday in the Oub Room at 2P,.m A Williams Arena. This week, Illinois Head Coach Lou Starkville, Miss. • Henson will be on teleconference call beginning at 11:50 a.m. Reminder... next week's luncheon will be on Gymnastics vs. Iowa 1p.m Monday, Feb. 27 at noon due to the game with Iowa City, Iowa Wisconsin on Tuesday, Feb. 28. ... On The Road Again: The Golden Gophers (17-7, 8-4 Big Ten)] " will hit the road this week to play Illinois (16-8, 7-5) and then Ohio State (5-18, 1-12). Game time Wednesday against the Fighting Illini at Assembly Hall in Champaign is at 7 p.m., while Saturday's encounter with the Buckeyes at St. John Arena A is set to get underway at 11 a.m. (Central) . :- Broadcast Coverage: The Illinois game Wednesday will be tele vised on WCCO-TV (4) with Dick Bremer on the play-by-play and Jim Dutcher as the analyst. Saturday's game against Ohio State, part of the Raycom weekend doubleheader package, will be televised locally on Midwest Sports Channel (MSC). Tom Hamilton will handle the play-by-play and Bill Hosket will be the analyst. WCCO-AM (830) is the exclusive radio station for Golden Gopher basketball with Ray Christensen calling the 1994-95 MINNESOTA BASKETBALL SCHEDULE action. Nov.10 FORT HOOD (exh) 102-59W The Coaches: Clem Haskins is in his ninth season at the helm of Nov.17 CROATIAN NATL TEAM (exh) 106-57W the Golden Gophers. Haskins is credited with being the archi Nov. 23-26 Great Alaska Shootout tect of the rebuilding process of the Minnesota basketball pro gram. He took over a program that was down in 1986 and has Anchorage, Alaska elevated it back to the elite circles of collegiate basketball. In his Nov.24 vs. Arizona (1st round) 72-70W nine seasons, he has posted a 149-119 overall record and a 66-90 Nov. 25 vs. Villanova (semifinals) 85-64W Big Ten record. He has a career mark of 250-192 that includes Nov.26 vs. Brigham Young (finals) 79-74 w six seasons at Western Kentucky and nine at Minnesota. He has led the Golden Gophers to post-season play five of the last six Nov.29 SACRAMENTO STATE 102-84 w seasons. In 1993, he led the Golden Gophers to the NIT crown Dec.1 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 92-56W and a 22-10 overall record. Last year the Maroon and Gold post Dec.ll RHODE ISLAND 90-65W ed a 21-12 overall record and advanced to the second round of Dec.13 CINCINNATI 91-88 (ot)L the NCAA Tournament, marking the first time in history that the school has posted back-to-back 20-win seasons. Dec. 17 @ California 82-75 L Dec. 21 TEXAS SOUTHERN 71-50 L Illinois Coach Lou Henson is in his 20th year as head coach of Dec.23 SAN JOSE STATE 115-68 w the Fighting Illini. He will bring a 402-207 record into Dec. 28 @ James Madison 74-68W Wednesday's game against the Golden Gophers and a 642-314 .. mark in 33 seasons overall. He is the winningest coach in ~ Dec.31 MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE 98-57W Illinois history and the seventh winningest active Division I Jan.4 PENN STATE 69-67W head coach. With a 204-150 record in Big Ten play, he is one of Jan. 7 @Purdue 68-60L only four coaches to register at least 200 victories in league play. Jan.ll NORTHWESTERN 105-74 w Ohio State's Randy Ayers is in his sixth season at the helm of Jan. 14 ®Wisconsin 74-67L the Buckeyes and he has logged a 103-70 record going into Jan.18 OHIO STATE 81-61 w Wednesday's home game against Purdue. Ayers directed the Jan. 21 ILliNOIS 77-66 w Buckeyes to back-to-back Big Ten crowns in 1990-91 and 1991- Jan. 25 @ Michigan State 54-53 L 92, and was honored as the Big Ten Coach of the Year both sea Jan. 28 ®Iowa 55-54 w sons. Feb.4 MICHIGAN 80-SSW A Closer Look At The Fighting Illini: Illinois was idle this past Feb.8 @Indiana 64-54W weekend. The Fighting lllini dropped a 68-58 decision to Feb.15 IOWA 74-70L Michigan State in East Lansing last Wednesday. Sophomore Feb.18 MICHIGAN STATE 66-57W guard Kiwane Garris is having another fine seal)on. He leads the team in scoring with an average of 16.2 points a game. Feb.22 @Illinois 7p.m. Senior center Shelly Clark, a 6-9, 261-pound workhorse in the Feb.25 @Ohio State 11 a.m. middle, is averaging 11.3 points and a team-leading 7.6 Feb.28 WISCONSIN 6:30p.m. rebounds a game. Junior guard Richard Keene, who leads the Mar.4 @ Northwestern 7p.m. team in three-pointers, is averaging 10.7 points a game. Mar.9 PURDUE 7p.m. A Closer Look At The Buckeyes: Ohio State, who will play Mar. 11 @Penn State 7p.m. host to Purdue Wednesday, fell85-66 at Iowa Saturday despite 24 points from Doug Etzler. A 6-0 senior guard, he is averaging Schedule is subject to change a team-leading 16.0 points a game this season. Antonio Watson, All times listed are central a 6-9 senior center, is averaging 15.8 points and 7.1 rebounds a Home games in CAPS and Bold game. A tight end on the football team, 6-7 senior forward Rickey Dudley is averaging a team-leading 7.4 rebounds a .a game. ~ Series Records: Illinois has a 90-56 advantage in the all-time series with Minnesota, which includes a 57-16lead in games Heathcote's final appearance at Williams Arena as head coach played in Champaign. Coach Haskins is 5-10 overall vs. of the Spartans. He will retire following this his 19th season at Illinois. The Buckeyes lead the all-time series with the Golden the helm of the Michigan State program. A special pre-game Gophers 65-45, which includes a 40-15 advantage in games ceremony was held in his honor. He finished his career with a played in Columbus. Haskins is 5-10 overall against Ohio State. 6-13 overall record at Williams Arena against the Golden Gophers. Do You Remember?: The Golden Gophers have lost 15 games in a row to Illinois at Assembly Hall. The last Minnesota victo Back-To-Back-To-Back: Coach Haskins' Golden Gophers put ry in the building was a 75-69 decision back on Feb. 16, 1978, together back-to-hack 20-win seasons for the first time in school when Mychal Thompson registered a game-high 27 points to history by going 22-10 in 1992-93 and 21-12 in 1993-94. With a lead the Golden Gophers to the win. Audie Matthews paced 17-7 mark thus far this season, the Golden Gophers are on the the Fighting lllini with 20 points in the game. The Golden verge of putting together three straight 20-win seasons. Gophers finished 17-11 overall that season and 12-6 in the Big Ten which was good enough for second-place in the league Looking Good: The Golden Gophers have an 8-4 league record standings. The most recent Golden Gopher win at St. John this season with six regular season games remaining. Since Arena in Columbus came back on March 11, 1989, when Willie winning the school's most recent Big Ten basketball crown Burton and Melvin Newbern scored 17 points apiece in back in 1981-82 with a 14-41eague mark, Minnesota's best Minnesota's 78-70 victory over the Buckeyes in the regular.sea records in conference play have been 11-7 in 1989-90 and 10-8 son finale for both teams. Perry Carter paced the Buckeyes with last season. 16 points. The win evened the Golden Gophers' Big Ten record at 9-9 (17 -11 overall) and they went on to receive a bid to the Lenard Closing In On Scoring Record: Senior All-America NCAA Tournament where they advanced to the "Sweet 16" candidate Voshon Lenard enters this week with 1,972 career before falling to Duke. points in Gold Country. He needs just 21 points to eclipse Mychal Thompson's (1974-78) all-time University of Minnesota Injury Updates: Townsend Orr (left foot injury, 32 minutes), scoring record of 1,992 points. He is averaging 16.9 points, 4.2 Trevor Winter (left elbow, 14 minutes) and Chad Kolander (eye rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game this season. An all-tourna injury, 19 minutes) all saw extensive action against Michigan ment selection at the Carrs Great Alaska Shootout, he has start State Saturday. David Grim, however, played only two min ed all 24 games this season and has led the team in scoring in utes against the Spartans due to an upper right arm injury. 14 games. In addition, he has hit double figures in 22 of 24 games this season and holds virtually every school career and The Last Time: The Golden Gophers will face Illinois and Ohio single-season record for three-point shooting. A complete play State for the second time this season when they meet this week. er at both ends of the floor, Lenard is also ranked second with Leading 30-24 at the half, the Golden Gophers broke open a 165 career steals and seventh with 299 career assists. close game by shooting 58 percent (18-31) from the field in the second half en route to an 81-61 victory over Ohio State at The 1,000 Point Club: Senior Jayson Walton became the 29th Williams Arena back on Jan. 18. Seniors Townsend Orr player in school history to score 1,000 or more career points (Dolton, Ill.), Voshon Lenard (Detroit, Mich.) and Jayson when he tallied the first two points of the game in Saturday's Walton (Dallas, Texas) paced the Golden Gophers with 17, 14 big win over league-leading Michigan State. He is now ranked and 11 points, respectively. Rickey Dudley led four Buckeyes 26th on the all-time list with 1,013 career points in Gold into double figures with 15 points. Three days later at Williams Country. Fellow senior Townsend Orr is also closing in on the Arena, Orr tallied 18 points and fellow senior Chad Kolander coveted 1,000 career point mark. Orr will enter Wednesday's (Owatonna, Minn.) registered 14 points to lead the Golden game at Illinois with 981 career points. Gophers to a 77-66 win over Illinois. The Fighting lllini's Kiwane Garris scored a game-high 20 points. Once again, Walton Shines: In the past four games, Jayson Walton is aver superb shooting in the second half proved to be the difference aging 13.8 points (55) and 8.5 rebounds (34) per game, while as the Golden Gophers drained 74 percent (17-23) of their field shooting 60.5 percent (23-38) overall from the field. goal attempts in the final20 minutes. "100 Years of Hoops": The 1994-95 school year marks the 100th Big Win: Voshon Lenard scored 17 points to lead a total of four season of Golden Gopher men's basketball and a number of Golden Gophers in double figures in Saturday's 66-57 win over activities took place last weekend surrounding the game league-leading Michigan State at Williams Arena. Jayson against Michigan State. Golden Gopher fans cast 81,440 ballots Walton (14), sophomore center John Thomas (Minneapolis, to determine the top player of each decade. The winners were Minn.) (12) and freshman forward Sam Jacobson (CoHage as follows: Grove, Minn.) (10) joined Lenard in double figures. Walton 1900s: George Tuck also added a game-high eight rebounds, while Thomas had 1910s: Erling Platou seven of his own. In addition. Townsend Orr registered a 1920s: Arnold Oss game-high seven assists. The Golden Gophers shot 56 percent 1930s: John Kundla (14-25) from the field in the second half, while their stingy 1940s: Tony Jaros defense limited the usually potent Michigan State offensive 1950s: Meyer "Whitey'' Skoog attack to just 38 percent (23-60) shooting from the field for the 1960s: Lou Hudson game. The Spartans' Shawn Respert, who came into the contest 1970s: Mychal Thompson as the Big Ten's leading scorer, scored a hard-earned 17 points 1980s: Kevin McHale in the game. The Golden Gophers held the sharpshooter to six 1990s: Voshon Lenard of 21 shooting overall from the field for the game, including Player of the Century: Kevin McHale just two of 11 from three-point range. Silent Auction: The special commemorative uniforms worn by Farewell Jud: Last Saturday's game also marked Jud the Golden Gophers in last Saturday's game against Michigan State and Terrence Fogarty signed and numbered "100 Years of bounded its opponents by an average of 13.9-10.7 (333-256). A Hoops" prints are available in a silent auction. All proceeds total of 11 players are averaging at least seven minutes per will benefit the Williams Scholarship Fund. For more informa game this season. tion, call (612) 625-4879. Orr Leads The Way: Senior All-Big Ten candidate Townsend r White Uniforms to Stay: The Golden Gophers will wear the Orr is the Golden Gophers' team leader both on and off the special commerative white home uniforms worn last Saturday court. Honored as the MVP of the Great Alaska Shootout, he is for the remaining two home games at Williams Arena and ranked second on the team in scoring with an average of 13.1 throughout tournament play when they are the designated points a game, is tied for third in rebounds with 4.7 boards a • home team. The Golden Gophers usually wear gold uniforms game, and is the team leader with 4.7 assists per game. A at home. tremendous scoring talent who is a natural shooting guard, he is being asked to sacrifice his own scoring numbers to help the lronmen: It's no secret that the Golden Gophers have a very team win by playing the point guard spot. In conference play, experienced team. Townsend Orr leads the way with 121 career he is shooting 47 percent (31-66) from three-point range. With games played, which ties him with Arriel McDonald (1990-94) 121 career games played, he is closing in on Ernest for second-place on the all-time school list. Ernest Nzigamasabo's (1990-94) school record of 124. He needs also Nzigamasobo (1990-94) set the all-time school record with 124 just 19 points to reach the 1,000 point mark for his career. He is games. Voshon Lenard (120), Chad Kolander (116), and Jayson ranked third in all-time assists (367) and fourth with 160 career Walton (113) have all played over 100 career games. In addi steals. In addition, he is second on the school's all-time list with tion, Ryan Wolf (Sr., Martinsville, Ind.) is quickly closing in 151 career three-pointers made, behind only teammate Voshon on the century mark with 95 career games played. Lenard, in Lenard's 254. Orr is also second on the all-time three-point fact, has started in 119 out of 120 games played and has only attempt list with 398 to Lenard's 692. missed one game in his career. This says a lot about the experi ence and durability of this senior class. Walton Bounces Back: One of the biggest reasons for the Golden Gophers' success this year has been the play of Jayson Williams Arena: The Golden Gophers have registered an Walton. Rated one of the top up-and Bench Scoring: Minnesota's bench has outscored its oppo Thomas A Force in the Paint: Sophomore center John Thomas nents' bench by a 589-402 margin or an average of 24.5-16.8 has answered one of the Golden Gophers' biggest question .a points per game. In addition, Minnesota's bench has outre- marks going into the season by playing solidly in the paint for .. the Maroon and Gold. Thomas staked his claim on the starting Weekly Media Luncheons: The weekly Golden Gopher center job by posting an impressive performance in the season Basketball Media Luncheons are held everv Tuesdav at noon, opener against Arizona (11-24-94) when he brought down 11 with two exceptions due to scheduling. Th~ schedule remaining rebounds against Arizona's talented frontline. In the Big Ten is as follows: Tuesday, Feb. 21, Monday, Feb. 27 •, Tuesday, opener against highly-regarded John Amaechi of Penn State (1- Mar. 7. ~ince the Golden Gophers play host to Wisconsin on 4-95), he scored 14 points and had six rebounds, while holding Feb. 28, that week's luncheon will be held on Monday, Feb. 27. Amaechi to 10 points and 10 rebounds. Against Rashard Griffith (1-14-95), Wisconsin's pre-season All-Big Ten center, he Fax-on-Demand: To access the latest information on Golden scored 13 points and had nine rebounds and clearly won the Gopher basketball, use the Big Ten Fax-on-Demand system. battle in the paint, limiting Griffith to nine points and eight From the handset of your fax machine call (404) 399-3066. The rebounds. He hit the game-winner with three seconds remain Big Ten passcode is 282. Select the information you want by the ing in the win over Iowa (1-28-95). Recognized as one of the request numbers listed below, then press the start button on most improved players in the Big Ten, he is averaging 8.0 your machine when prompted. This service is for media use points and 4.8 rebounds per game overall, and 8.9 points and only. 5.2 rebounds per game in Big Ten play. 2215 Cumulative Team & Individual Stats Winter Provides Frontcourt Depth: Sophomore Trevor Winter 2216 Pre-Game Notes Package (24 hrs prior to game) (Slayton, Minn.) is averaging 14 minutes, 4.1 points and 3.3 2217 Box Score From Most Recent Game rebounds per game as the back-up to John Thomas in the mid 2218 Honors Candidates dle. He had a great game vs. San Jose State (12-23-94) when he 2219 Numerical/ Alphabetical Roster scored a career-high 12 points and hauled down six rebounds 2220 Signees List in 23 minutes. He has a nice shooting touch, excellent hands, and is getting better each game. Golden Gopher Basketball on TEAMLINE: Golden Gopher basketball can be heard wherever you are in the world by call Jacobson Rises Above the Crowd: Highly-touted freshman ing TEAMLINE at 1-800-846-4700. TEAMLINE will hook your guard/forward Sam Jacobson has taken his game to a higher call up with WCCO and Ray Christensen at a declining rate of level as a freshman. A legitimate candidate for Big Ten between 50 cents and 20 cents per minute. Just call1-800-846- Freshman of the Year honors, he continues to get better and 4700 and enter Minnesota's four digit code of 5320 and you will better with each game. He is averaging 7.8 points and 4.7 be connected with all the Golden Gopher action. rebounds a game. Against San Jose State on Dec. 23, he notched his first career double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds. In addition, he dished out a team-high six assists in 19 minutes of play. Against Iowa (1-28-95), he scored 10 points and added six rebounds and two assists. Six of his 10 points against the Hawks, including a thundering baseline dunk, led a 14-2 run that put Minnesota up 37-26 seven minutes into the second half. He has tremendous athletic ability, and will be an impact player for the Golden Gophers down the stretch. National Spotlight: The Golden Gophers have been in the national spotlight this year with six nationally-televised games. Minnesota posted big wins over Arizona (72-70), Villanova (85- 64), and Brigham Young (79-74) in front of ESPN national tele vision audiences, and a big road win over James Madison in front of an ESPN II national audience. They lost tough ESPN games to Cincinnati and California, two highly-respected pro grams. Last year, the Golden Gophers posted a 4-2 record in nationally-televised games, and this year they are an identical 4-2. Naismith And Wooden Award Candidate: Returning All America guard Voshon Lenard is a candidate for the presti gious John Wooden Player of the Year Award and the Naismith Player of the Year Award. Lenard ranked third in the Big Ten in scoring last year (21.6) and was a UPI honorable mention All-America selection. He was taken as the 46th over all pick in the 1994 NBA Draft by the Milwaukee Bucks, but elected to return to school for his senior season. Lenard Picked First-Team All-Big Ten: Voshon Lenard was also named to the pre-season All-Big Ten first team by the Big Ten media contingent at the Big Ten Tip-off Luncheon on Oct. 27 in Indianapolis, Ind. Other players named to the first team include: Michael Finley (UW), Rashard Griffith (UW), Shawn Respert (MSU), and Alan Henderson (IU). Lenard was an All Big Ten second team selection last year and an honorable men tion All-America pick (UPI). 1994-95 Minnesota Golden Gophers BASKeTBALL TEAM STA'I1STICS INCLUDES lEAGUE GAMES & NON-LEAGUEGAMES lUfALFG 3-PTFG FREETHROWS REBOUNDS AVG AVG NAME G ST RJ RJA PCf FG FGA PCf fT fTA PCf OFF DEF 1Uf AVG PF DIS AST AST TO BLK STL MIN IYrS AVG Leruud 24 24 131 325 40.3 59 181 32.6 84 Ill 75.7 36 65 101 4.2 52 0 57 2.4 38 9 22 31 405 16'} lllGHS: PTS 28 vs SACRAMENTO ST. RBS 9 vs Villanova AST 6 vs CINCINNATI Orr 24 24 102 231 44.2 55 126 43.7 55 77 71.4 18 95 113 4.7 57 0 112 4.7 48 I 42 29 314 13.1 lllGHS: PTS 21 vs California RBS 9 vs Villanova AST 10 vs James Madison Walton 24 17 92 218 42.2 0 .0 54 74 73.0 61 105 166 6.9 55 2 44 1.8 35 4 16 21 238 9.9 lllGHS: PTS 20 vs Iowa RBS 16 vs RHODE ISLAND AST 5 vs Arizona Thomas 24 24 78 160 48.8 0 0 .0 37 65 56.9 54 60 114 4.8 63 2 14 .6 49 7 15 21 193 8.0 lllGHS: PTS 14vsRHODEISLAND RBS II vs.Arizona AST 2vsCINCINNATI Jacobson 24 8 70 146 47.9 13 37 35.1 33 47 70.2 54 59 113 4.7 61 3 33 1.4 36 2 17 18 186 7.8 lllGHS: PTS 16vsSANJOSESTATE RBS IOvsSAN JOSE STATE AST 6 vs SAN JOSE STATE Kolander 24 17 55 110 50.0 0 0 .0 28 45 62.2 43 52 95 4.0 55 2 33 1.4 37 15 19 21 138 5.8 lllGHS: PTS 15 vs Arizona RBS 9 vs Junes Madison AST 3 vs CENTRAL CONNEC11CUT Grim 23 6 49 121 40.5 19 57 33.3 21 29 72.4 21 56 77 3.3 37 31 1.3 36 II 25 20 138 6.0 lllGHS: PTS 13 vs Brighun Young RBS 10 vs Wisconsin AST 4 VS ILliNOIS Winter 24 0 38 67 56.7 0 0 .0 22 29 75.9 28 50 78 3.3 63 2 13 .5 23 13 II 14 98 4.1 HIGHS: PTSI2vsSANJOSESTATE RBS 9 vs CENTRAL CONNECilCUT AST 2 vs MIDDLE TENNFSSf£ STA Harris 23 0 21 56 37.5 I 7 14.3 20 28 71.4 8 13 21 .9 40 0 34 1.5 17 0 14 II 63 2.7 lllGHS: PTS II vsMIDDLETENNFSSEESTA RBS 4vsCENTRALCONNECI1CUT AST 5 vs ViUanova Wolf 22 0 14 49 28.6 10 38 26.3 14 17 82.4 3 13 16 .7 25 0 22 1.0 18 0 9 7 52 2.4 HIGHS: PTS 7 YS RHODE ISLAND RBS 4 YS RHODE ISLAND AST 5 YS RHODE ISLAND Whaley 13 0 13 28 46.4 3 8 37.5 3 10 30.0 4 11 15 1.2 12 0 10 .8 7. 5 3 7 32 2.5 lllGHS: PTS 8 YS CEN1RAL OONNECilCUT RBS 3 YS CENTRAL CONNECilCUT AST 2 YS CENTRAL CONNEC11CUT Watkins 12 0 2 3 66.7 0 .0 3 33.3 2 4 6 .5 8 0 3 .3 I I 2 2 5 .4 HIGHS: PTS 2 YS SACRAMENTO ST. RBS 3 YS CENTRAL OONNECilCUT AST I YS RHODE ISLAND Crittenden II 0 I 2 50.0 0 0 .0 3 4 75.0 I 3 4 .4 0 0 4 .4 4 0 5 .5 lllGHS: PTS 2 vs SACRAMENTO ST. RBS I vs Villanova AST I vs ViUanova Osterman 7 0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 3 3 .4 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 lllGHS: RBS 2 vs NORTHWESTERN 1FAM 75 3.1 16 lUfAL 24 666 1516 43.9 160 456 35.1 375 539 69.6 333 664 997 4 1.5 529 12 410 17.1 365 68 197 1!!67 77.l! lllGHS: PTS 115 vsSAN JOSE STATE RBS 56 vs RHODE ISLAND AST 28 vs MIDDLE TENNESSEE STA 11£ OPPONENTS 24 554 1348 41.1 133 420 31.7 370 570 64.9 296 563 859 35.8 495 12 306 12.8 406 72 141 161167.1 lllGHS: PTS 91 vsCINCINNATI RBS 49 VS TEXAS SOUTIIERN AST21 vs PENN STATE Minnesota Golden Gophers OPPONENTS DEADBAIL REBOUNDS 67 85 e • e e. - - 1994-95 Minnesota Golden Gophers BASKETBALL TEAM STA11STICS INCLUD~ illAGUEGAM~ TOTALFG 3-PTFG fREETHROWS REBOUNDS AVG AVG. NAME G ST FG RJA PCT R] FGA PCT FT FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF DIS AST AST TO BLK ~IL MIN l'TS AVG Lmud 12 12 65 155 41.9 30 93 32.3 32 42 76.2 19 30 49 4.1 28 0 27 2.3 22 5 8 32 192 16.0 1-UGHS: PTS 27 VS NORTIIWESTERN RBS 8 VS MICIDGAN AST 5 VS OHIO STATE Orr 12 12 49 109 45.0 31 66 47.0 23 31 74.2 5 46 51 4.3 31 0 60 5.0 21 0 23 31 152 12.7 1-UGHS: PTS 20 vs MICI-UGAN RBS 9 vs ILLINOIS AST 8 vslowa Thomas 12 12 45 93 48.4 0 0 .0 17 34 50.0 27 35 62 5.2 36 8 .7 33 4 5 22 107 H.9 1-UGHS: PTS 14vsPENN STATE RBS 9 vs Wisconsin AST 2vsOHIOSTATE Walron 12 5 40 81 49.4 0 0 .0 18 30 60.0 18 49 67 5.6 29 2 15 1.3 12 3 7 19 98 8.2 1-UGHS: PTS 20 vs Iowa RBS 10 vs MICHIGAN AST 4 vs Purdue Jacobson 12 8 36 72 50.0 s 17 29.4 10 13 76.9 24 30 54 4.5 34 2 14 1.2 25 2 10 19 87 7.3 1-UGHS: PTS 11 vs Wisconsin RBS 7 vs PENN STATE AST 2 vs PENN STATE Grim 12 6 21 53 39.6 4 19 21.1 12 15 80.0 II 36 47 3.9 19 14 1.2 20 7 15 20 58 4.H 1-UGHS: PTS10vsNORTIIWESTERN RBS 10 vs Wisconsin AST 4 VS IUJNOIS Kolander 12 5 23 57 40.4 0 0 .0 9 14 64.3 21 24 45 3.8 28 16 1.3 16 6 7 20 55 4.6 1-UGHS: PTS14vsNORTIIWESTERN RBS 8 VS NORTHWESTERN AST 3 vs Purdue Win1er 12 0 14 26 53.8 0 0 .0 12 14 85.7 10 18 28 2.3 31 0 6 .5 12 7 6 14 40 3.3 1-UGHS: PTS8vsNOR~ RBS 6 VS OHIO STATE AST 2 vs Purdue Wolf 11 0 8 26 30.8 6 20 30.0 7 8 87.5 0 4 4 .4 15 0 10 .9 5 0 7 8 29 2.6 1-UGHS: PTS 7vsOHIOSTATE RBS 3 vs Wisconsin AST 3 vs NORTHWESTERN Harris 11 0 4 18 22.2 0 3 .0 10 13 76.9 3 5 8 .7 17 0 II 1.0 9 0 5 9 18 1.6 1-UGHS: PTS 4 VS NORTHWES~ RBS 2 vs Purdue AST 4vsOIUOSTATE Whaley 6 0 4 7 57.1 0 .0 0 4 .0 I 5 6 1.0 5 0 5 .8 2 I 0 5 8 1.3 1-UGHS: PTS2vsNOR~ RBS 3 VS NORTIIWESTBm AST 2 vs NORlHWFSTERN Walkins 4 0 1 2 50.0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 I .3 2 0 2 5 I 0 2 2 .5 1-UGHS: PTS2vsNOR~ RBS 1 VS MICHIGAN ~'T I VS NORlHWFSI'ERN Crittenden 5 0 0 1 .0 0 0 .0 2 50.0 I 0 .2 0 0 0 .0 3 0 .2 1-UGHS: PTS 1 vs MICHIGAN RBS I vs MICIOGAN Ostennan 4 0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 3 3 .8 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 1-UGHS: RBS 2 VS NORTHWESTERN TEAM 36 3.0 14 TOTAL 12 310 700 44.3 76 220 34.5 151 220 68.6 140 322 462 38.5 276 7 188 15.7 195 35 97 847 70.6 HIGHS: PTS IOSvsNORTHWESTERN RBS 46 VS NORll~TERN ~·26 VS NORTHWF.STERN OPPONENTS 12 253 642 39.4 63 211 29.9 192 286 67.1 148 270 41!1 34.8 218 3 143 11.9 190 30 70 761 63.4 HIGHS: PTS 74 VS NORTHWESTERN RBS 47 vs MICHIGAN STATE AST 21 VS PENN STAn! Minnesota Golden Gophers OPPONENTS DEADBAU. REBOUNDS 24 38 1994 -95 Minnesota Golden Gophers BASKbi'BALL TEAM STAnSHCS MN RJ% OPPONBIIT OPP FG% IDGHSCORER IDGH REBOUND~ ATIHID PLACE& DATE 72 39.4 Arizooa 70 45.3 18 Lenard II Thomas 7,863 8:00 November 24, Anchorage, Alaska 85 46.2 Villanova 64 32.8 19 Lenard 10 Walton 7,863 S:OO,November 25, Anchorage, Alaska 19 Orr 79 39.0 Brighun Young 74 45.5 24 Lenard 15 Walton 7,863 8:00 November 26, Anchorage, Alaska 102 47.1 SACRAMENTO ST. 84 50.8 28 Lenard 9 Walton 13,230 7:00 November 29, Minneapolis, Minn 92 51.5 CENT. CONNOCilCUT 56 36.1 19 Lenard 9 Winter 13,220 7:00 December I, Minneapolis, Minn 90 41.6 RHODE ISLAND 65 39.4 17 Orr 16 Walton 13,553 I :00 December II Minneapolis,Minn 88 42.1 Of CINCINNA11 91 54.9 19 Lenard 8 Thomas 14,494 8:30, December 13 Minneapolis, Minn 75 36.5 California 82 52.8 21 Orr 9 Orr 11,200 9:00 December 17,0akland, Calif. 50 28.4 ~ SOl..J'I'I-ffiRN 71 40.0 II Orr 10 Walton 13,168 7:00, December 21,Minneapolis, Minn 115 52.0 SANJOOESTATE 68 38.7 17 Orr 10 Jacobson 13,619 7:00, December 23 Minneapolis, Minn 74 45.0 Junes Madi100 68 46.2 16 Walton 9 Kolander 7,300 6:30,December 28, Harrisonburg, VA 98 S5.4 MIDDLE'JENNFSSFE S 57 34.9 25 Lenard 6 Walton 13,983 1:00 December 31, Minneapolis, Minn 69 38.8 PENN STATE 67 so.o 21 Lenard 7 Jacobson 14,019 7:00, January 4, Minneapolis, MN 7 Orr 60 39.7 1\uduc 68 so.o 16 Lenard 7 Kolander 14,123 Noon, January 7, West Lafayette, IN 105 59.4 NOR1llWim'ERN 74 31.3 27 Lenard 8 Kolander 13,985 7:00 January II, Minneapolis, Mlnn 67 35.6 Wiscoosin 74 47.8 17 Orr 10 Grim 11,500 7:00 January 14, Madison, Wis 81 45.2 DIDO STATE 61 30.0 17 Orr 8 Thomas 14,258 7:00 January 18, Minneapolis, MN 77 59.2 lll.JNOIS 66 40.4 18 Orr 9 Orr 14,527 2:00 January 21, Minneapolis, MN 53 37.5 Michigan State 54 36.4 14 Lenard 7 Thomas 15,138 7:00, January 25, E. Lansing, Mich. 5S 48.0 Iowa 54 34.7 15 Lenard 8 Grim 15,500 Noon, January 28, Iowa City lA 80 44.2 MICHIGAN 58 35.5 20 Orr 10 Walton 14,520 7 p.m., February 4, Minneapolis, MN 64 38.6 Indiana 54 36.4 21 Lenard 8 Walton 16,529 7 p.m., February 8, Bloomington.IN 70 43.6 IOWA 74 48.1 20 Walton 8 Walton 14,540 7 p.m., February 15, Minneapolis,MN 66 43.6 MICIDGAN STATE 57 38.3 17 Lenard 8 Walton 14,531 2 p.m., February 18, Minneapolis,MN TEAM RECORD AIL GAMES 17- 7 70.8% LEAGUE 8- 4 66.6% • • e Minnesota Remains in Tie For Second Place; Faces North Dakota This Weekend: The Golden Gophers remain in a sec ond place tie after splitting with the Denver Pioneers last week end. The Golden Gophers won Friday night's game 5-1 and was shutout for the second time this season on Saturday, 3-0. Minnesota needs one-point to clinch home ice for the first round of the WCHA playoffs. In Saturday's loss, the Golden Gophers were blanked on the power-play (0-8) for the first time in nine games. The Opponent: Last weekend, the Fighting Sioux split with league leading Colorado College in Grand Forks, NO. North Dakota won the opener 5-3 before losing 3-2 on Saturday On Oct.21 at Minnesota-Duluth 5-4W Friday night, the Sioux's Teeder Wynne and Ryan Johnson each Oct. 22 at Minnesota-Duluth 6-2W had a goal and an assist. UNO outshot Colorado College in Ocr.28 WISCONSIN 2-1 (OTIW every period and 46-28 for the game. North Dakota led 3-1 after Ocr.29 WISCONSIN (TARGET CENTER) 5-2W one period on goals by Wynne, Johnson and Curtis Murphy. In Nov.4 ST. CLOUD STATE 5-3W the second period, Kevin Hoogsteen scored and Sean Beswick 5-2W Nov.S at St. Ooud State added a empty net goal late in the third. On Saturday night, Nov.ll at North Dakota 4-4(0f)T Nov. 12 at North Dakota 4-3 L UND took a 2-0 lead on first period goals by Scott Kirton and Nov.19 MICHIGAN TECH 3-2(0f) L Darcy Mitani but R.J. Enga's backhanded goal went through Nov.20 MICHIGAN TECH 6-2 w the legs of the Fighting Sioux goaltender Toby Kvalevog with Nov.2S COLLEGE HOCKEY SHOWCASE 1:57left in regulation to lift the Tigers to victory. (ST. PAUL CIVIC CENTER) MICHIGAN STATE 3-2W North Dakota is lead by first-year head Head Coach Dean Blais Nov.26 COLLEGE HOCKEY SHOWCASE who is 14-17-1 in his head coaching debut. Blais returned to the (ST. PAUL CIVIC CENTER) Fighting Sioux last May after helping build the program to a MICHIGAN 4-3W national powerhouse during the 1980's. He is also no stranger 4-3L DEc.10 DENVER to Gold Country, as he starred for the Maroon & Gold as for DEC.ll DENVER 3-2L ward from 1969-72, and served as an assistant coach for the Dec. 16 at Colorado College 3-1W Dec. 17 at Colorado College 9-2 L Golden Gophers during the 1976-77 season. During his nine DEC. 28 SWEDISH NAT. TEAM (EXH.) 4-4T seasons as an assistant coach at UND, the Sioux won two DEc. 30 MARIUCCI CLASSIC national championships, two WCHA titles and a third-place YALE 6-2W finish in the NCAA tournament. e DEC. 31 MARIUCCI CLASSIC BosTON UNIVERSITY 4-3 (OT) L The Series Record: The Golden Gophers lead in the all-time Jan. 6 at Northern Michigan 2-2(0f)T series against the Fighting Sioux 113-95-6, dating back to 1948. Jan. 7 at Northern Michigan 6-3L Earlier this season, North Dakota handed Minnesota its first tie Jan. 13 at Alaska-Anchorage 6-3W and loss of the season (4-4, 4-3) after Minnesota's 6-0 start. On at Alaska-Anchorage 1-0 L Jan. 14 Friday night, the Maroon & Gold got a last-second goal from }AN. 20 COLORADO COLLEGE 4-3L junior center Brian Bonin (White Bear Lake, Minn.) to tie the }AN.21 COLORADO COLLEGE 7-4W Jan. 27 at Wisconsin 6-2W game at four. On Saturday night, UND jumped on Minnesota Jan. 28 at Wisconsin 6-SL early as they took a 3-0 lead after one period and never looked Feb.3 at Michigan Tech 3-3T back. Feb.4 at Michigan Tech ~1W FEB.10 MINNESOTA-DULUTH 3-0W The BB's (Bonin-Bell): Bonin continues to be on fire, as he FEB.ll MINNESOTA-DULUTH 4-1W posted his second hat trick of the season in the same building Feb. 17 at Denver 5-1W were he recorded his first collegiate hat trick. With the three Feb. 18 at Denver 3-0L goals on Friday, Bonin continues to lead the team in scoring FEB.24 NORTH DAKOTA 7:05 with 45 points (27g, 18a). In his last ten games, he has 12 goals NORTH DAKOTA. 7:05 FEB.25 and 7 assists for 19 points. Bonin also added his fourth game Mar.4 at St. Ooud State 2:05 MAR.5 ST. CLOUD STATE 2:05 winning goal of the season in Friday's victory. He is currently Mar. 9-10 WCHA First Round TBA tied for third in scoring with his 45 points and is one point Mar. 16-18 WCHA Playoff Championship behind the league leaders. Senior co-captain Scott Bell (Inver (St. Paul Civic Center) TBA Grove Hghts., Minn.) posted three points on Friday, with a Mar. 24-25 NCAA Regionals (Madison, Wis.) TBA goal and two assists. His power-play goal gave Minnesota a 3-1 Mar. 30 - Apr. 1 NCAA Championship lead at 8:01 of the second period. He also set-up Bonin twice (Providence, R.I.) TBA the first on his game-winner and the second on Bonin's second goal of the evening mid way through the third. All times are Central and subject to change Home games in CAPS and bold Seils Shoots and Scores: Freshman center Jason Seils (South SL Paul, Minn.) posted his first collegiate point and goal Friday night to open the scoring for the Maroon & Gold at 2:31 of the first period. Minding The Nets: Senior Jeff Callinan (Mound, Minn.) con ing his senior season. The 6-1, 175-pound forward scored 38 tinues to be the Golden Gophers' number one goaltender this points (28 goals, 30 assists) last year as a junior. season. He has played in 31 of 32 games this season, while sporting a 17-8-3 record. He leads the league with 39 shutout "We've added size, speed, and skill to our future," said Woog. periods and a goal-against-average of 2.64. 'They are all winners and want to be part of a winning pro gram with championship goals and expectations." Freshman Holds Scoring Lead: Freshman Ryan Kraft (Moorhead, Minn.) currently leads the WCHA in scoring Golden Gophers on MSC: Once again this season the Golden among freshman with 30 points (10-20=30). He is ahead of Gopher hockey team can be seen on Midwest Sports Channel. teammate Mike Crowley (Bloomington, Minn.), who has 27 The Maroon & Gold will be televised 32 times this season, plus points on the season (5-23=28). the playoffs. The Power-Play and the Penalty-Killen: After leading the Golden Gopher Hockey on KSTP-AM 1500: The Golden league in power-play numbers the first four weeks of the sea Gophers are in their second season of a three-year contract son, the Golden Gophers lost their power-play punch. The with KSTP-AM. All games can be heard live on KSTP with for Maroon & Gold went on a 0-31 run during the month of mer North Star broadcaster and NHL Hall of Farner AI Shaver. January, but then has exploded for 18 power-play goals in the Shaver will be joined by former Golden Gopher Tom Vannelli. last nine games. They currently rank third in the league in the power-play department (43-195=22.1 ). Minnesota still remains Fax-on-Demand: To access the latest information on Golden atop the league in the penalty-kill area with 149-173 (.861) on Gopher hockey, use the Big Ten Fax-on-Demand system. From the season. the handset of your fax machine call (404) 399-3066. The Big Ten passcode is 282. Select the information you want by the The numbers vs. Denver request numbers listed below, then press the start button on Minnesota was 1/11 on the power play your machine when prompted. This service is for media use Denver was 2/7 on the power play only. Minnesota had 14 penalties/31 minutes Denver had 18 penalties/36 minutes 2201 Entire Weekly Release Minnesota is outscoring its opponent 52-24 in the third period 2255 Cumulative Team & Individual Stats Minnesota is 16-4-2 when their opponent scores three or fewer 2256 Pre-Game Notes Package (24 hrs prior to game) goals 2257 Scoring Summaries Minnesota is 13-1-1 when its scores four or more goals 2258 Honors Candidates Minnesota is 12-1-0 when leading after two periods 2259 Numerical/ Alphabetical Roster Minnesota is 10-2-3 in Friday night games In addition, the WCHA's weekly news and statistical release is The Woog Une: Doug Woog (Minnesota '66) is in his lOth sea available on the Info Connection's Fax-On-Demand system. son at the helm of the Golden Gophers. During his career he Weekly WCHA releases will no longer be mailed. The updated has recorded a 293-121-26 record (215~-24 in WCHA), giving weekly release will be available by 11 p.m. (Cf} on Sunday him one of the highest winning percentages (.695) of any colle evenings. If there are Sunday games being played in the giate coach in the country. Last season's appearance in the WCHA, the release will be available at 5 p.m. (CT) on Monday. NCAA Tournament was the ninth consecutive in his career. In WCHA Players of the Week will be available on Fax-On addition, he has taken the team to NCAA Final Four appear Demand each Monday at 5 p.m. (Cf). The WCHA Fax-On ances five times and his teams have finished first or second in Demand System may be accessed by using the handset of any the WCHA for nine straight seasons. Woog's record during his Fax machine and by using the same procedures as above. The career versus North Dakota is 29-12-3. He is 19-4-0 at home, WCHA passcode is 9242. 10-8-2 on the road and 0-0 at a neutral site. 1001 Entire Release Signees: The University of Minnesota hockey program 1002 Standings, last week scores, events & summaries announced last fall the signing of four prospects to national let 1003 Team notes and team stats ters of intent to play hockey for the Golden Gophers. Mike 1004 Scoring & goaltending Anderson of Bloomington (jefferson), Minn., Billy Kohn of 1005 1994-95 schedule and scores Roseville, Minn., and the St. Paul Vulcans, Erik Rasmussen of 1006 Players of the Week St. Louis Park, Minn., and Wyatt Smith of Warroad, Minn., have committed to the Golden Gophers beginning with the Catch Coach Woog &: The Golden Gophers: Coach Doug 1995-96 academic year. Woog once again hosts a 30-minute show every Friday before the series opener, 30 minutes before game time, on Midwest Anderson, a 6-0, 170-pound wing, scored 58 points (16 goals, 42 Sports Channel (MSC). On KSTP-AM (1500), Woog will con assists) as a junior at Jefferson. Kohn is a 5-11, 185-pound duct a 20-minute interview each Saturday at 11 a.m., a post defenseman is a 1994 graduate of Roseville High School, where game interview after each contest, and a 10-minute show each he scored 18 goals and 14 assists during his senior season. Monday at 8:10a.m. He also makes some Saturday appear Rasmussen entered his senior season at St. Louis Park High ances after home contests at 11:05 p.m. on KARE-TV's "Gopher School with career totals of 50 goals and 55 assists. The 6-0, 180- Sports Extra" program during the season. pound forward notched 25 goals and 18 assists last year as a junior. Smith, who has led Warroad in scoring each of the last two seasons, had career totals of 45 goals and 49 assists enter- Credential Requests: Requests for working media credentials otherwise specified by Coach Doug Woog. for 1994-95 Golden Gopher home games at Mariucci Arena must be made in advance on letterhead to Karen Zwach at the Assured Seating Ticket Return Policy: This season the University of Minnesota Media Relations office. The fax num University of Minnesota Men's Athletic Department is offering ber is (612) 625.{)359. corporate sponsors and assured seat holders at the 5500 or 5750 level the opportunity to return tickets. A receipt for a charitable 1995 WCHA Final Five: The WCHA has agreed to a title spon gift in the amount of the tickets face value will be given and sorship with Apex One, a leading national design and manu men's athletics will use the tickets to accommodate additional facturer of authentic game uniforms, to become the title spon fans. The policy requires that the tickets must be physically sor of the 1995, 1996 and 1997 WCHA Championships. Apex returned to the Development Office at the Bierman Building, One, headquartered in New Jersey, is a licensee of the NBA, 516 -15th Avenue SE, Room 226, Minneapolis or copies of the NHL, NFL and MLB, and over 80 major colleges and universi tickets must be faxed in with the ticket holder's signature at ties, including the University of Minnesota. (612) 626-7859 by 4:30p.m. the Wednesday before each game. The pairings for the 1995 Apex One WCHA Tournament are as Phone calls cannot be accepted in order to ensure there is no follows: Team 5 vs. Team 4 on March 16 at 7:05 p.m.CT; Team 3 confusion at the game. A receipt for the tickets will be sent in vs. Team 2 on Friday, March 17 at 2:05 p.m.; Winner of the mail. If you have any questions, please call (612) 625-4569. 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Interviews: All requests for player and/or coach interviews, whether in person and/or via phone, are arranged by the University of Minnesota Media Relations Office. Please call the Media Relations Office at (612) 625-4090 to schedule inter views, and by allowing at least 24 hours prior notice for the interview, arrangements can be greatly facilitated. In general, player interviews are conducted prior to practice (Noon to 2 p.m.) in the players lounge, Media Relations Office, or outside the locker room. Normally practice is open to the media, unless CURRENT WCHA STANDINGS w L T Pts GF GA 1. Colorado Col. (25-9-0) # 20 8 0 40 139 90 2. Denver (20-11-1) 16 11 1 33 111 101 Minnesota (18-11-3) 15 10 3 33 108 81 4. Wisconsin (16-12-4) 14 10 4 32 108 98 5. Michigan Tech. (15-14-4) 12 13 3 27 97 119 6. St. Cloud State. (14-17-1) 12 15 1 25 109 100 North Dakota (14-17-1) 12 15 1 25 102 126 8. Northern Michigan (12-18-3) 10 15 3 23 98 111 9. Minnesota-Duluth (12-16-4) 9 15 4 22 98 115 10. Alaksa-Anchorage (11-19-0) 10 18 0 20 91 120 #-clinched home ice for the opening round of WCHA Playoffs , , LAST WEEKS RESULTS AND THIS WEEKS SCHEDULE Last Friday Results St. Cloud St. 5, Ala.-Anch. 2 This Friday's Games St. Cloud St.@ No. Michigan Minnesota 5, Denver 1 Colorado Col. 3, No. Dakota 2 No. Dakota @ Minnesota Wisonsin @ Denver Mich. Tech 5, No. Mich. 3 Minn.-Ouluth@ Ala.-Anch. Mich. Tech@ Colorado Col. St. Cloud St. 7, Ala.-Anch. 1 Last Sunday's Result St. Cloud St. @ No. Michigan No. Dakota 5, Colorado Col. 3 Wisconsin 6, Minn.-Duluth 3 Wisonsin @ Denver (at the Bradley Center, This Sunday's Games Last Saturday Results Milwaukee, Wis.) This Saturday's Games Mich. Tech@ Colorado Col. Denver 3, Minnesota 0 No. Dakota @ Minnesota No. Mich. 8, Mich. Tech 3 Minn.-Ouluth@ Ala.-Anch. 1'- W l T MN OPP OPPONENT ATTEND PLACE & DATE 1994-95 Minnesota HOCKEY SlATS AFTER 32 GAMES w 5 4 Minn. Duluth 5438 DECC Arena, 7:35 10121194 w 6 2 Minn. Duluth 5438 OECC Arena, 7:05 10122/94 POWER PLAYS ATT PPG PCT SH W(OT) Z 1 WI SCONSTN 9503 Mar i. ucd A rena, 7:05 10/28/94 Minnesota 193 44 .230 3 w 5 2 WISCONSIN 16485 Tarqet Center, 7:05 10/29/94 OPPONENTS 164 33 .200 3 w 5 3 ST. CLOUD STATE 9411 Mari.ucct Arena, 7:05 11/04/94 w 5 2 5t. (loud State 6377 Nat'l Hockey Center, 11/05/94 T(OT) 4 4 North Dakota 6067 Enqelstad Arena, 7:35 11111/94 HAT TRICKS FOR 6 L 3 4 Ncr·th Dakota 6067 Enqelstad Arena, 7:35 11/12194 Nick Checco Minn. Duluth 10121/94 L(OT) 2 3 MICHIGAN TECH 9328 Martucci. Arena, 1:05 11/19/94 Justin McHuqh Mi.chiqan State 11/25/94 YALE 12/30/94 . w 6 2 MICHIGAN TECH 9231 Mari.ucci. Arena, 2:05 11/20/94 Ryan Kraft w 3 2 Mi.chi.qan State 15101 St.Paul Civic Center 11/25/94 Justin McHuqh Alaska-Anchoraqe 01/13/95 w 4 3 Mi.chi.qan 15078 St.Paul Civic Center 11126/94 Brian Bonin Wisconsin 01/28/95 L 3 4 DENVER 9354 Martucci. Arena, 7:05 12110/94 Brian Bonin Denver 02117/95 l 2 3 DENVER 9188 Martucci Arena, 7:05 12111/94 SHORT HANDED FOR 3 w 3 1 Col or ado Co II eqe 2989 AFA Cadet Ice Arena, 12/16/94 Brian Bonin El) Mi.nn. Duluth 10/22194 L 2 9 Colorado Colleqe 2995 AFA Cadet Ice Arena, 12117/94 Brian Bonin (1) Boston Uni vers i.ty 12131194 w 6 2 YALE 9445 Mari.ucci. Arena, 7:05 12130/94 Scott Bell (1) Mi. chtgan Tech. 02104/95 L(OT) 3 4 Boston University 9387 Martucci Arena, 7:05 12131/94 T(OT) 2 2 Northern Mi.chi.qan 3332 lakeview Arena, 7:05 01/06/95 L 3 6 Northern Mi.chiqan 3600 Lakeview Arena, 7:05 01/07/95 w 6 3 Alasko-Anchoroqe 6406 Sull i.van Arena, 7:05 01/13/95 L 0 1 Aloska-Anchoraqe 6406 Sullivan Arena, 7:05 01/14/95 L 3 4 COLORADO COLLEGE 9504 Martucci Arena, 7:05 01120/95 w 7 4 COLORADO COLLEGE 9487 Martucci. Arena, 7:05 01121/95 w 6 2 Wisconsin 8500 Dane County Col i.seum 01127/95 L 5 6 Wisconsin 8500 Dane County Co 1 t seum 01128/95 T(OT) 3 3 Mi.chi.qan Tech. 3568 Student Ice Arena, 7 02103/95 w 8 1 Mi.chi.qon Tech. 3533 Student Ice Arena, 1 02104/95 w 3 0 I>HNNESOTA-OUlUTH 9510 Martucci Arena, 7:05 02110/95 w 4 1 MINNESOTA-DULUTH 9505 Martucci Arena , 7:0 02111/95 w 5 1 Denver 4542 Denver Ice Arena 8 p 02117/95 L 0 3 Denver 4700 Denver Ice Arena, 8 02118/95 RECORD HOME ROAD SEASON LEAGUE 7- 5- 0 8- 5- 3 15-10- 3 NON-LEAGUE 1- 1- 0 2- 0- 0 3- 1- 0 TOTAL 8- 6- 0 10- 5- 3 18-11- 3 ATTENDANCE HOME ROAD NEUTRAL LEAGUE •••••. 84,858 0 OTHER 18,832 0 30,179 TOTAL ••,••• 84,8'>1! 30' 179 AVERAGE 9,495 5, 303 15,089 IOTAL 247,975 TOTAL AVG 7,749 - - ·e home three runs. Right-hander Joe Westfall (Jr., Marathon, Wis.), the first of four U of M pitchers, took the loss. Friday: Left-hander Jay Veniard stymied the Maroon and Gold, allowing just seven singles while benefitting from the work of , his infield turning four double plays. On the day, the senior southpaw walked one, struck out three, and had 16 ground ball outs, demonstrating impeccable control. For the Golden Gophers, third baseman Tony Bender (Sr., Rock Island, Ill.) and second baseman Bob Keeney (So., Burnsville, Minn.) each had two hits. Left-hander Andy Hammerschmidt (Sr., New Ulm, Minn.) was effective for seven innings before tiring in the eighth, when UCF tacked on Headin' South Again: The Golden Gophers will be back in four runs. action this weekend in Starkville, Miss., against the No. 15 1 Mississippi State Bulldogs. Saturday's series opener is at Leading Off: Getting the lead~ff man on is usually the key to p.m., with Sunday's game at 2 p.m. and Monday afternoon's a big inning, and this year's trends are no exception. Through finale at 1:30 p.m. Saturday's game will be broadcast on KFAN the first six games, 10 of 18 times (.556) the Golden Gophers 1130-AM. have put the lead~ff man on base, he has come around to score. Opponents have accomplished the feat 13 of 22 times The Bulldogs will open their season with the three-game set (.591). against the Golden Gophers. They are led by outfielders Ricky Joe Redd (.324, 6 HR, 43 RBI in '94) and Scott Triboulet (.306, 8 Senior Leadership: A pair of seniors are leading the way at HR, 35 RBI, 16 SB). first glance through the Golden Gopher statistics after six games. Bender leads the team with a .375 average (9-24), while The Series: The Golden Gophers are 5-7 in the all-time series Gunderson is hitting .364 (8-22). Each has a homer and four against the Bulldogs. The last time the two teams met was in RBI. Guse is leading the team with seven RBI. the Oscar Mayer Classic in 1992, when Mississippi State downed the Maroon and Gold 84. The previous meeting Hormel Classic Set For March 3-5: The University of before that was 1941. The game in 1992 was the only time the Minnesota and Hormel Foods will join forces to once again two schools have played in Minneapolis, with all other contests host one of the premier collegiate baseball tournaments in the at USM in Starkville, Miss. country, the Hormel Classic March 3-5 at the Metrod.ome in Minneapolis. This year's event looks on paper to be better than Golden Gophers Drop Three At UCF: The University of ever, with top-ranked Louisiana State, third-ranked Florida Central Florida Golden Knights, led by superb pitching perfor State, and Big Ten rival Michigan comprising the tournament mances, took three straight from the Golden Gophers over the field along with the Golden Gophers. weekend in Orlando, Fla. UCF won Friday's game 6-0, Saturday by a 7-1 count, and Sunday's final contest 4-3. For the On Friday evening, March 3 when the Golden Gophers take on weekend, the Golden Knights pitching staff posted a 1.33 ERA, the Michigan Wolverines at 7 p.m., Minnesota will attempt to allowing just 19 hits, five walks, and posting 25 strikeouts in 27 break the all-time single-game attendance record for a NCAA innings pitched. regular season game. The record is currently the 14,991 who saw the University of Florida vs. Mississippi State University Sunday: Right-fielder Adam Johnson nailed a solo homer in game in Starkville, Miss. on April22, 1989. the bottom of the seventh to counter first baseman Shane Gunderson's (Jr., Faribault, Minn.) solo blast in the top of the In the opening game of the Oassic Friday afternoon, the poten inning to lead UCF to a 4-3 victory. The Golden Gophers got on tiallies for a game featuring the top two teams in the country the board first with two runs in the third compliments of catch when Louisiana State and Florida State square off at 12:15 p.m. er Bryan Guse's (So., New Brighton, Minn.) two-run double. Saturday's matchups will have Florida State taking on the UCF answered with a three-run fifth before Gunderson tied the Golden Gophers at 2 p.m., followed by Michigan-Louisiana game in the seventh. State at 6 p.m. The final day on Sunday will feature Louisiana State vs. Minnesota at 1:15 p.m., and Michigan vs. Florida State Reliever Brian Mensink (Jr., Rochester, Minn.) allowed just at5 p.m. the home run to Johnson in 3 2/3 innings of work out of the bullpen, but was tagged with the loss. Brian Scutero, the third KFAN To Broadcast 39 Games In 1995: KFAN (1130 AM) will of four Golden Knight hurlers, picked up the win. again be the radio home of Golden Gopher baseball during the 1995 season. Included in the package for this season is a 39- Saturday: In a dominating pitching performance, junior right game broadcast schedule, split between 29 home and 10 road hander Rich Lawrence scattered three hits in a two-walk, 13 games. Former Golden Gopher centerfielder Ryan Lefebvre strikeout complete-game 7-1 victory. Lawrence retired 23 con will be back for his second season of handling the play-by-play secutive Golden Gophers from the last out of the first inning for KFAN's schedule. Former Twins World Series hero Gene until one out in the ninth inning, when Shane McCarthy (Sr., Larkin will join Lefebvre in the booth for selected Golden Billings, Mont.) singled to break the string. Gopher home games. For the Golden Knights, Johnson, who was 6-11 on the week end, was 2-4 with three RBI. Catcher Scott Loubier also drove t • Big Ten Championships Next: The Golden Gophers will take Up Next: Minnesota will compete in Iowa City Sunday against this week off in preparation for the Big Ten Championships the fifth-ranked Hawkeyes. The Golden Gophers next home March 4-5 in Bloomington, Ind. Minnesota finished second to meet will be against the Michigan State Spartans on March 8, at Iowa at the 1994 Big Ten Championships. The 1995 NCAA 7:30 p.m. in the Sports Pavilion. Championships are slated for March 15-18 in Iowa City, Iowa. Minnesota Topsllini: The ninth-ranked Golden Gophers (4-0) Season Finale: Sixth-ranked Minnesota completed the 1994-95 topped seventh-ranked Illinois (4-2) 228.00-224.10 in dual meet dual meet season with a 23-9 win over No. 22 Ohio State on action Saturday. Minnesota's team score was their season high. Friday at the Sports Pavilion and a 25-13loss to second-ranked Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Okla. on Sunday. Minnesota fin For the fifth time this season, senior captain Brian Yee ished the season with a 15-5-1 overall record and a 5-2-1 record (Houston, Texas) led the Maroon & Gold in the all-around in the Big Ten. with a season-high score of 57.75. Yee also won individual Minnesota jumped out to a 19-0 lead against the Buckeyes, events on the pommel horse (9.90), parallel bars (9.70) and floor winning the first six matches on the night. Sixth-ranked exercise (9.75). His score on the floor exercise was a season Brandon Paulson (So., Coon Rapids, Minn.) defeated Ohio high. State's Shawn Conyers in an overtime tie-breaker at 118 pounds. Kip Williamson (Fr., Hayfield, Minn.) downed Dom In addition, freshman Colby Van Cleave (Houston, Texas) DiSabato 9-3 at 126 pounds while ninth-ranked Tim Harris took top honors on vault with a season-high 9.65. (Sr., SL Louis, Mo.) defeated Jim Johnson 7-4 at 134 pounds. Jason Dnids (Fr., Forest Lake, Minn.) scored a 19-8 major decision over the Buckeyes' Charlie Becks at 142 pounds and at 1.50 pounds, Minnesota's Chad Carlson (Sr., Pennock, Minn.) downed Will Knight 7-2. Jeff Schroeder (Fr., Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) won his first dual match of the season with a 3-1 win over OSU' s Dan DiCesare giving Minnesota a 19-0 lead. At 177 pounds, second-ranked Brett Colombini (Sr., Redwood Valley, Calif.) lost his first dual match of the season 7-5 to Ohio State's Mitch Clark. Billy Pien:e (Jr., Minneapolis, Minn.) won by a 13-4 major decision at heavyweight over Eric Odita to complete Minnesota's scoring. On Sunday, Oklahoma State jumped out to an early 12-0 by winning the first four matches. Chad Carlson put Minnesota on the scoreboard with a 7-0 win over Chris Sabo at 150 pounds. At 177 pounds, Tony Farina (Jr., Mequon, Wis.) won by an 11- 0 major decision over OSU's John Buck. Billy Pierce finished off Minnesota's scoring with a 17-2 win over Nick Williams at heavyweight. i 55m Hurdles Niles Deneen 7.69 2-11-95 4 x 400m Rei Scott Beadle 3:24.56 1-28-93 Lee Hutton Seth Mischke Travis Nordrum 4 x BOOm Rei Bob Johnson 7:54.83 2-4-93 Jason Boon Paul Michalek Kevin Dunbar DMRel Kevin Dunbar 10:06.13 2-10-93 Tim VanVoorhis Jason Boon Big Ten Indoor Championships: Head Coach Roy Griak's Paul Michalek Golden Gopher track & field squad will compete in the 85th Long Jump Keita Cline 26-13/45. 2-10-95 annual Big Ten Indoor Championships on Saturday and Triple Jump Keita Cline 53-{) 1/4 # ·2-11-95 Sunday at Champaign, Ill. The competition is scheduled to get High Jump Jared Johnson 6-9 3/4 1-14-93 underway at 4:30 p.m. Saturday and at noon on Sunday. Shot Put ChrisBrinkworth 59-9 # 2-17-93 Rob Hydukovich 58-8# 2-17-93 Final1994 Team Standings (at Ann Arbor, Mich.): 1. Michigan Pole Vault TyeHarvey 16-8 3/4 2-11-95 91; 2. Ohio State 87; 3. Illinois 83; 4. MINNESOTA 63; 5. Wisconsin 61; 6. Purdue 47; 7. Penn State 38; 8. Indiana 32; 9. NCAA Indoor Championships: The '95 NCAA Men's and Michigan State 15; 10. Iowa 10. Women's Indoor Championships will be held Mar. 10-11 at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis. Returning Placewinners: Senior Keita Cline (Gainesville, Fla.), the defending champion in the triple jump, headlines the list of returning placewinners from the 1994league indoor meet for the Golden Gophers. Gine captured the triple jump last year with a leap of 52-10 1 I 4 and also placed third in the long jump with a mark of 25-0 1/2. Seniors Chris Brinkworth (Bloomington, Minn.) and Rob Hydukovich (Bemidji, Minn.) finished third (57-10 1/2) and fifth (56-4), respectively, in the shot put last year. In addition, senior Jared Johnson (Bloomington, Minn.) returns after finishing in a tie for sixth in the high jump (6-10 1/4) a year ago. Final Tuneup: Junior Chris Darkins (Houston, Texas) clocked Minnesota Prepares For Big Ten Championships: The a personal-best and NCAA provisional qualifying time of 6.27 Aquatic Center on the University of Minnesota campus will in the 55 meters, and Chris Brinkworth surpassed the NCAA once again be the site of the 1995 Big Ten Men's Swimming and provisional standard in the shot put with a personal-best heave Diving Championships. Fans might recall that the Golden of 59-9, to pace the Golden Gophers at last Friday's Snowshoe Gophers served as hosts for the 1994 conference meet as well. Open meet at the U of M Fieldhouse. Rob Hydukovich also surpassed the provisional mark in the shot with an indoor per Time Off: The Golden Gophers have been away from competi sonal-best toss of 58-8. tion the past two weekends before the Big Tens. Golden Gophers To Host Big Ten Outdoor Championships: Michigan Favored: Michigan, favored to defend its title at this The University of Minnesota will host the '95 Big Ten Men's year's championship, will feature some of the top collegiate and Women's Outdoor Championships at the Bierman swimmers and divers in the country. Michigan is the top Stadium on May 20-21. Iowa was originally scheduled to host ranked team in the country according to the most recent the competition, but its track facility will not be ready in time CSCAA national poll. Minnesota is currently ranked lOth for the meet. nationally. The only other Big Ten team among the nation's top 25 is Ohio State which is ranked 17th. Season Bests: The top performance in each event for the Golden Gophers during the 1995 indoor season is listed below Schedule Info: TheBig Ten meet will take place Thursday through Saturday. Preliminaries in swimming events will ($ NCAA automatic qualifier, # NCAA provisional qualifier, • school record): begin at noon each day, with finals starting at 7 p.m. Diving preliminaries begin at 1:30 p.m. each day. SSm Chris Darkins 6.27 # 2-17-95 Ticket Info: An all-session ticket package is $25 for adults and 200m Eric Stommes 21.73 .. 2-11-95 $20 for students. Single-session tickets range from $3-6, 400m Lee Hutton 49.87 2-11-95 depending on the day, and will be available at the door. For 600m Travis Nordrum 1:20.92 1-21-95 further ticket information, call the Golden Gopher Ticket Office BOOm Jason Boon 1:52.88 2-11-95 at 612/624-8080. Mile Paul Michalek 4:02.73 # .. 2-11-95 3000m Mark Gonzales 8:33.46 1-28-95 SOOOm Mark Gonzales 14:51.73 2-10-95 , Where's Lars: Minnesota was playing without injured sopho more Lars Hjarrand. Hjarrand is part of Minnesota's top dou bles team and their No.2 singles player. What's on tap: Minnesota travels to the Corpus Christi Team Tournamentin Corpus Christi, Texas, March 3-5. Golden Gophers split at SEC-Big Ten Challenge: This past weekend, Minnesota split two matches at the SEC-Big Ten Challenge in Knoxville, Tenn. The Golden Gophers defeated Alabama 5-2 on Saturday and then lost to the 17th ranked Tennessee Volunteers 5-2 on Sunday. Looking Ahead: The Golden Gophers will be out of action until March 6-7 when they travel to Orlando, Fla. for the Roll Tide: The Golden Gophers used five singles victories over Central Florida Invitational and then head to Woodlands, the Crimson Tide to improve their record to 7-1 on the season. Texas for the Golf Digest Invitational March 10-12. Minnesota captain Ross Loel (Sr., Rancho LaCosta, Calif.) lost his first singles match since Oct. 9 to Marco Mazzotta 7-fJ, 6-7, Golden Gophers finish 11th in NCAA Challenge: The 6-4 to drop his record to 16-2 on the year. University of Minnesota shot a final round 302 to finish 11th in the NCAA Challenge in Rio Mar, Puerto Rico last Tuesday. The In doubles Minnesota dropped two of three matches with Ben 15-team tournament attracted the top teams from around the and Matt Gabler (Jr., So., Chambersburg, Pa.) the only victori country. The Golden Gophers moved up two places with a ous double team. final round score of 302 and finished with a team total of 914. Singles: The top Golden Gopher individual was senior Jon Kelly who Marco Mazzotta, Ala. def. Ross Loel, Minn. 7-fJ,6-7, 6-4; shot a final round 73 to give him a total of 221 for the tourna Stefan Tzvetkov, Minn. def. Mark Johnson, Ala.6-3, 6-2; ment and a 12th place finish. Erik Donley, Minn. def. Kip Layman, Ala. 7-5,3-6, 7-fJ; Ben Gabler, Minn. def. Chris Lopez, Ala. 6-4, 6-4; NCAA Challenge-Minnesota Individuals: Adam Cohen, Minn. def. Marc Hayden, Ala. 6-2, 6-2; Name Total Robin Rutili, Minn. def. Robert Sproul, Ala. 6-2, 6-2; 12. Jon Kelly 74-7 4-73-221 Mark Hanson 75-77-76-228 Doubles: Mark Halvorsen 80-75-74-229 Mazzatta/Johnson, Ala. def. Loel/Tzvetkov, Minn. 8-3; Aaron Barber 80-77-79-236 Layman/Lopez, Ala. def. Donley /Cohen, Minn. 8-0; Jeff Barney 83-79-79-241 B.Gabler/M.Gabler, Minn. def. Sproul/Chang, Ala. 8-3; Team Results: Versus the Vols: The Golden Gophers lost two of the three 1. Florida 289-286-291-866 doubles matches and four of the six singles matches. The only 2. Georgia Tech 280-294-293-867 doubles team to win was the Gablers as they defeated Thomas 3. Texas 299-289-283-871 Mozur and Christoph Pressmar 8-5. 4. Virginia 293-296-296-885 5. North Carolina 302-291-294-887 6. Florida Southern 300-289-304-893 SEC-Big Ten Challenge 7. Clemson 303-297-303-903 Singles: 8. Ohio State 303-300-301-904 Ross Loel, Minn. def. Daniel Dewandaka, Tenn. 6-4, 6-1; 9. East Tennessee St. 310-297-301-908 Pablo Montana, Tenn. def. Stefan Tzvetkov, Minn. 6-2, 4-fJ, 6-4; 10. No. Carolina St. 306-300-307-913 Marin Magendans, Tenn. def. Erik Donley, Minn. 6-1,6-4; 11. Minnesota 309-303-302-914 Chris Mahony, Tenn. def. Ben Gabler, Minn. 6-3, 6-0; 12 Wake Forest 305-302-308-915 Adam Cohen, Minn. def. Chad Copenhaver, Tenn. 6-3, 6-2; 13. Kent State 308-303-307-918 Thomas Mozur, Tenn. def. Robin Rutili, Minn. 4-fJ, 7-fJ,6-2; 14. Duke 311-312-307-930 15. American Univ. 302-315-321-938 Doubles: Mahony /Montana, Tenn.def. Donley /Loel, Minn. 8-6; ,. Dewandaka/Magendans, Tenn. def. Rutili/Tzvetkov, Minn. 8-5; - B.Gabler/M.Gabler, Minn. def. Mozur/Pressmar, Tenn. 8-5; r------·· ----··--- L\1\ ER'iiTY i)f \1!\'..;E'iOT-\ JEW§ For Immediate Release: February 27, 1995 GOLDEN GOPHER GOLDEN GOPHERS THIS WEEK HOTLINE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 Basketball vs. Wisconsin The Golden Gopher Hotline features daily inter 6:30p.m. views with coaches and student-athletes. It is Williams Arena WCCO-AM 830, ESPN available to the media 24 hours a day by calling (612) 625-7887. The Hotline is broadcast quality FRIDAY, MARCH 3 and is changed by noon each day. This service is Tennis at Corpus Christi Team Tournament for media use only. The following is the schedule Corpus Christi, Texas for the coming week: · all day MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27 Baseball vs. Michigan 7p.m Basketball Head Coach Oem Haskins' weekly press H.H.H. Metrodome conference SATURDAY, MARCH 4 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 Tennis at Corpus Christi Team Tournament Head Wrestling Coach J Robinson previews the Big Ten Corpus Christi, Texas Championships all day Wrestling at Big Ten Championships WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1 lUoomington, Ind. Basketball Head Coach Oem Haskins' press conference allaay following the game against Wisconsin Track and Field at NCAA Qualifying Meet Ames, Iowa all day THURSDAY, MARCH 2 Head Baseball Coach John Anderson previews the 1995 Baseball vs. Florida State Hormel Classic Baseball Tournament 2p.m H.H.H. Metrodome KFAN-AM 1130 FRIDAY, MARCH 3-SATURD AY, March 4 Hockey Head Coach Doug Woog previews the series Hockey at St. Cloud State 2:05p.m with St. Cloud State National Sports Center, St. Cloud KSTP-AM 1500, Midwest Sports Channel (MSC) SUNDAY, March 5 Basketball a't Northwestern Hockey Head Coach Doug Woogs press conference fol 7p.m lowing the game against St. Cloud State Evanston, Ill. WCCO-AM 830, Midwest Sports Channel (MSC) SUNDAY, MARCH 5 Tennis at Corpus Christi Team Tournament WEEKLY MEDIA LUNCHEONS Corpus Christi, Texas all day Coach Haskins' weekly media luncheon will be held Wrestling at Big Ten Championships Monday (today) at noon in the Club Room at Williams 13loomington, Ind. Arena noon due to the game with Wisconsin on allaay Tuesday, Feb. 28. An attempt will be made to have the visiting coach live via teleconference. Next week's lun Baseball vs. Louisiana State 1:15p.m. cheon will be held on Tuesday, March 7 at noon. H.HH. Metrodome KFAN-AM 1130 Hockey vs. St. Cloud State 2:05 J?·m· Mariucct Arena KSTP-AM 1500, Midwest Sports Channel (MSC) Gophers Return To Williams Arena Looking To Break Skid: The Golden Gophers (17-9, 8-6 Big Ten) will return to the friendly confines of Williams Arena to play Wisconsin (12-11, 6- 8) Tuesday in a nationally-televised game on ESPN. Following that tilt, the Maroon and Gold travel to Northwestern (5-19, 1- 14) for a Big Ten road battle vs. the Wildcats on Saturday. time against the Badgers at Williams Arena is 6:30 p.m., while the encounter with the Wildcats at Welsh-Ryan Arena is set to get underway at 7 p.m. Broadcast Coverage: The Wisconsin game on Tuesday will be televised on ESPN with Mike Patrick calling the action and Larry Conley providing the game analysis. Saturday's game against Northwestern will be televised by Midwest Sports 1994-95 MINNESOTA BASKETBALL SCHEDULE Channel (MSC). Dick Bremer will provide the play-by-play and Jim Dutcher will give the game analysis. WCCO-AM (830) is Nov.lO FORT HOOD (exh) 102-59 w the exclusive radio station for Golden Gopher basketball with Ray Christensen calling the action. Nov.17 CROATIAN NA TL TEAM (exh) 106-57W Nov. 23-26 Great Alaska Shootout The Coaches: Clem Haskins is in his ninth season at the helm of Anchorage, Alaska the Golden Gophers. Haskins is credited with being the archi Nov. 24 vs. Arizona (1st round) 72-70W tect of the rebuilding process of the Minnesota basketball pro Nov. 25 vs. Villat:'ova (semifinals) 85-64 w gram. He took over a program that was down in 1986 and has Nov. 26 vs. Brigham Young (finals) 79-74 w elevated it back to the elite circles of collegiate basketball. In his nine seasons, he has posted a 149-121 overall record and a 66-92 Nov. 29 SACRAMENTO STATE 102-84 w Big Ten record. He has a career mark of 250-194 that includes Dec.l CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 92-56 w six seasons at Western Kentucky and nine at Minnesota. He has Dec.ll RHODE ISLAND 90-65 w led the Golden Gophers to post-season play five of the last six Dec.13 CINCINNATI 91-88 (ot)L seasons. In 1993, he led the Golden Gophers to the NIT crown Dec. 17 @California 82-75 L and a 22-10 overall record. Last year the Maroon and Gold post ed a 21-12 overall record and advanced to the second round of Dec. 21 TEXAS SOUTHERN 71-50 L the NCAA Tournament, marking the first time in history that Dec. 23 SAN JOSE STATE 115-68W the school has posted back-to-back 20-win seasons. Dec. 28 @James Madison 74-68W Dec. 31 MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE 98-S7W Wisconsin Coach Stan Van Gundy is in his first year as head Jan.4 PENN STATE 69·67W coach of the Badgers. He will bring a 12-11 record into Tuesday's game against the Golden Gophers. Van Gundy took Jan. 7 @Purdue 68-60L over the head coaching position when Stu Jackson took over the Jan.ll NORTHWESTERN 105-74 w general manager's position with the Vancouver Grizzlies of the Jan. 14 @Wisconsin 74-67L NBA last summer. Though he never headed a Division I pro Jan.l8 OHIO STATE 81-61 w gram before this year, Van Gundy does not lack head coaching Jan. 21 ILliNOIS 77-66 w experience. He posted a 122-78 career mark at the NAIA and Jan. 25 @Michigan State 54-53 L Division III levels before joining the Badgers. Jan. 28 @Iowa 55-54 w Northwestern's Ricky Byrdsong is in his second season at the Feb.4 MICHIGAN so-ssw helm of the Wildcats and he has logged a 20-33 record going Feb.8 @Indiana 64-54W into Wednesday's road game against Michigan: Byrdsong Feb.15 IOWA 74-70L sports a 73-120 mark in his seven years as a head coach. Last Feb.lS MICHIGAN STATE 66-57 w year, in his inaugural season at Northwestern, Byrd song led the Feb.22 @ lllinois 94-88 (ot)L Wildcats to a 15-14 overall record, and a 5-13 conference mark. Feb.25 @Ohio State 73-65L A Closer Look At Badgers: The Badgers are on the tail-end of a Feb.28 WISCONSIN 6:30p.m. difficult pair of road games. They lost to Purdue 66-56 Sunday Mar.4 @ Northwestern 7p.m. at West Lafayette. The Badgers led by as much as six points in Mar.9 PURDUE 7p.m. the second half. Sophomore center Rashard Griffith had a team Mar. 11 @Penn State 7p.m. high 29 points and is having another fine season. He is second on the team in scoring with an average of 17.3 points a game to go with 10.9 rebounds per contest. Senior forward Michael Schedule is subject to change Finely, a 6-7 scoring machine, leads the team with an average of All times listed are central 21.1 points per game and is ranked in the top five in the Big Ten Home games in CAPS and Bold in scoring. A pre-season All-Big Ten pick, Finley is one of the top scoring forwards in the nation. He was held below double figures in scoring (nine points) for the first time this season by the Boilermakers. A Closer Look At The Wildcats: Northwestern (5-19, 1-14), Looking Good: The Golden Gophers have an 8-6 league record who will travel to Michigan Wednesday, fell83-60 in East this season with four regular season games remaining, two at Lansing Saturday to league-leading Michigan State despite 15 home and two on the road. Since winning the school's most points from freshman guard Gino Carlisle. Senior forward recent Big Ten basketball crown back in 1981-82 with a 14-4 Cedric Neloms leads the team in scoring with a 14.0 average league mark, Minnesota's best records in conference play have per game. Carlisle is second at 12.0 per game and senior guard been 11-7 in 1989-90 and 10-Slast season. Ken Lee is third at 11.1 points per game. North western has lost seven straight games dating back to a 76-71 home win over Lenard Clears the 2.000 Point Plateau: Senior All-America can Ohio State on Feb. 1. didate Voshon Lenard became the first Golden Gopher basket ball player in school history to pass the 2,000 point plateau when Series Records: Minnesota has a 91-70 advantage in the all he scored 18 points vs. Ohio State to give him 2,014 career time series with Wisconsin. Coach Haskins is 10-7lifetime vs. points. He is currently ranked 20th in all-time scoring in the Big the Badgers, which includes a 8-0 mark at Williams Arena. The Ten, tied with former Michigan State Spartan Greg Keiser. Based Wildcats trail in the all-time series with the Golden Gophers on his current pace, Lenard has a chance to finish in the top 15 in 79-50. Haskins is 14-3 overall against Northwestern, which career scoring in Big Ten history. He is averaging 17.2 points, 4.2 includes a 5-3 mark at Welsh-Ryan Arena. Haskins is 5-0 in his rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game this season. An all-tourna last five visits to Evanston. ment selection at the Carrs Great Alaska Shootout, he has started all26 games this season and has led the team in scoring in 16 Do You Remember?: The Golden Gophers have lost two games. In addition, he has hit double figures in 24 of 26 games games in a row in conference play for the first time this season this season and holds virtually almost all of the school career with their consecutive losses to Illinois (94-88), and Ohio State single-season and single-game records for three-point shooting. (73-65). Minnesota's longest losing streak of the season (three A complete player at both ends of the floor, Lenard is also games) was in late December and ironically started with an ranked second with 169 career steals and fourth with 306 career overtime loss to Cincinnati (91-88 OD. Minnesota followed that assists. with losses at California (82-75), and vs. Texas Southern 71-50, before stopping the skid with a 115-68 win over San Jose State The 1,000 Point Club: Senior Jayson Walton (Sr., Dallas, at home. The last time Minnesota lost two Big Ten games in a Texas) and Townsend Orr became the 29th and 30th players in row was last February when they traveled to Michigan to play school history to score 1,000 or more career points when they the Wolverines and Spartans in the same week and lost to cleared that plateau in games last week. Walton is now ranked Michigan 72-65, and to Michigan State 85-68. The Golden 26th on the all-time list with 1,034 career points in Gold Gophers rebounded from that with a 106-56 dismantling of Country. Orr has 1,011 career points and is ranked 27th all-time Indiana at home. The last time the Golden Gophers dropped at Minnesota. This is only the third time in school history that three consecutive conference games was last Jan. 26-Feb. 2. Minnesota has had three or more players on the same team 1994, when the Maroon and Gold lost 78-66 at Indiana, 75-72 with over 1,000 career points. Last year, Voshon Lenard was vs. Purdue, and 92-88 at Iowa. joined by Arriel McDonald (1,273) and Randy Carter (1,186). The other was the 1981-82 Big Ten Championship team that The Last Time: The Golden Gophers will face Wisconsin and had Trent Tucker (1,445), Randy Breuer (1,777), Daryl Mitchell Northwestern for the second time this season when they meet (1,182), and Marc Hall (1,072) all with over 1,000 career points. this week. The Golden Gophers dropped a 74-67 decision at Wisconsin on Jan. 14 in the fourth game of the Big Ten sched Injuty Updates: Townsend Orr (left foot injury, 34 minutes), ule. Senior Townsend Orr (Dolton, Ill.) paced the Golden Trevor Winter (Slayton, Minn.) (left elbow, 16 minutes) all Gophers with 17 points, while junior David Grim (Massillon, saw extensive action against Ohio State Saturday. David Grim, Ohio) added 10 rebounds. Sophomore center John Thomas played 12 minutes against the Buckeyes, but was very limited (Minneapolis, Minn.) held highly-regarded Rashard Griffith to due to an upper right arm/pectoral injury suffered against nine points and eight rebounds, while scoring 13 points and Iowa on Feb. 15. hauling down nine rebounds. Michael Finley led the Badgers with 23 points, while sophomore guard Darnell Hoskins hurt Walton Shines in Six: In the past six games, Jayson Walton is the Golden Gophers with 18 points. Minnesota and averaging 12.7 points (76), while shooting 58.5 percent (31-53) Northwestern had met three days earlier at Williams Arena overall from the field. with Minnesota jumping out to a 20-0 lead to start the game and never looking back. All-America candidate Voshon "100 Years of Hoops": The 1994-95 school year marks the 100th Lenard (Detroit, Mich.) led the Golden Gophers with 27 season of Golden Gopher men's basketball and a number of points, setting a Minnesota single-game record with seven activities took place against Michigan State on Feb. 18. Golden three-pointers. Senior co-captains Townsend Orr and Chad Gopher fans cast 81,440 ballots to determine the top player of Kolander (Owatonna, Minn.) each chipped in 14 points, as each decade. The winners were as follows: Minnesota shot a season-high 59.4 percent from the field. 1900s: George Tuck Northwestern was led by Gino Carlisle who notched 16 points, 1910s: Erling Platou while Cedric Neloms added 15. 1920s: Arnold Oss 1930s: John Kundla Back-To-Back-To-Back: Coach Haskins' Golden Gophers put 1940s: Tony Jaros together back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time in school 1950s: Meyer "Whitey" Skoog history by going 22-10 in 1992-93 and 21-12 in 1993-94. With a 1960s: Lou Hudson 17-9 mark thus far this season, the Golden Gophers are on the 1970s: Mychal Thompson verge of putting together three straight 20-win seasons. 1980s: Kevin McHale 1990s: Voshon Lenard Player of the Century: Kevin McHale lent job on the boards this year. They have a 40.7-36.0 advan Silent Auction: The special commemorative uniforms worn by tage overall in rebounding, and a 37.3-35.3 per game edge in the Golden Gophers in the Feb. 18th game against Michigan conference play. The Golden Gophers have won the battle on State and Terrence Fogarty signed and numbered "100 Years of the boards in 17 of 26 games overall this season. Minnesota has Hoops" prints are available in a silent auction. All proceeds been outrebounded in the past two games by a 42-27, and 34-33 will benefit the Williams Scholarship Fund. For more informa margins. They are 14-3 this year when they have outrebounded tion, call (612) 625-4879. their opponents. White Unifonns To Stay: The Golden Gophers will wear the Bench Scoring: Minnesota's bench has outscored its oppo special commemorative uniforms worn against Michigan State nents' bench by a 622-429 margin or an average of 23.9 to 16.5 tor the remaining two home games at Williams Arena and points per game. In addition, Minnesota's 0.:-:--ch has outre throughout tournament play when they are the designated bounded its opponents by an average of 13 ~ ~o 10.3 (}5x.~.:;9). home team. The Golden Gophers usually wear gold uniforms A total of 11 players are averaging at least seven minute' ::-er at home. game this season. Ironmen: It's no secret that the Golden Gophers have a very Orr Leads The Way: Senior All-Big Ten candidate Townsend experienced team. Townsend Orr leads the way with 123 career Orr is the Golden Gophers' team leader both on and off the games played, which is second on the all-time school list. court. Honored as the MVP of the Great Alaska Shootout, he is Ernest Nzigamasobo (1990-94) set the all-time school record ranked second on the team in scoring with an average of 13.2 with 124 games. Voshon Lenard (122), Chad Kolander (118), points a game, is third in rebounds with 4.6 boards a~ ;;ne, and and Jayson Walton (115) have all played over 100 career games. is the team leader with 4.7 assists per game. A tremendous In addition, Ryan Wolf (Sr., Martinsville, Ind.) is quickly clos scoring talent who is a natural shooting guard, he is bc:ng ing in on the century mark with 97 career games played. asked to sacrifice his own scoring numbers to help the :2,1m Lenard, in fact, has started in 121 out of 122 games played and win by playing the point guard spot. In conference pL. .. :1e is has only missed one game in his career. This says a lot about shooting 43.2 percent (35-81) from three-point range. With 123 the experience and durability of this senior class. career games played, he is just one game short of Ernest Nzigamasabo's (1990-94) school record of 124. He has scored Williams Arena: The Golden Gophers have registered an 1,011 career points to rank 27th on the all-time school list. He is impressive 51-10 record (.836) over the past four seasons in ranked second in all-time assists (377) and fourth with 162 Williams Arena. career steals. In addition, he is second on the school's all-time list with 155 career three-pointers made, behind only teammate Leading At The Half: The 74-70 defeat vs Iowa two weeks ago Voshon Lenard's 261. Orr is also second on the all-time three (2-15-95) was the first for the Golden Gophers this season when point attempt list with 413 to Lenard's 713. they have led at the half. The Golden Gophers are now 14-1 overall when leading at the intermission. Walton Bounces Back: One of the biggest reasons for the Golden Gophers' success this year has been the play of Jayson Crunch Time: Getting out in front, and then successfully pro Walton. Rated one of the top up-and Cleaning the Glass: The Golden Gophers have done an excel- Thomas A Force in the Paint: Sophomore center John Thomas has answered one of the Golden Gophers' biggest question Lenard Picked First-Team All-Big Ten: Vashon Lenard was marks going into the season by playing solidly in the paint for also named to the pre-season All-Big Ten first team by the Big the Maroon and Gold. Thomas staked his claim on the starting Ten media contingent at the Big Ten Tip-off Luncheon on Oct. center job by posting an impressive performance in the season 27 in Indianapolis, Ind. Other players named to the first team opener against Arizona (11-24-94) when he brought down 11 include: Michael Finley (UW}, Rashard Griffith (UW), Shawn rebounds against Arizona's talented frontline. In the Big Ten Respert National Spotlight: The Golden Gophers have been in the national spotlight this year with six nationally-televised games. Minnesota ·posted big wins over Arizona (72-70), Villanova (85- 64), and Brigham Young (79-74) in front of ESPN national tele vision audiences, and a big road win over James Madison in front of an ESPN2 national audience. They lost tough ESPN games to Cincinnati and California, two highly-respected pro grams. Last year, the Golden Gophers posted a 4-2 record in nationally-televised games, and this year they are an identical 4-2. Minnesota's game with Wisconsin on Tuesday is their first on national television since the Dec. 28 game at James Madison on the Deuce (ESPN2). Naismith And Wooden Award Candidate: Returning All America guard Vashon Lenard is a candidate for the presti gious John Wooden Player of the Year Award and the Naismith Player of the Year Award. Lenard ranked third in the Big Ten in scoring last year (21.6) and was a UPI honorable mention All-America selection. He was taken as the 46th over all pick in the 1994 NBA Draft by the Milwaukee Bucks, but elected to return to school for his senior season. e e e l MN FG% OPPONINT 01'1' FG% IUGIISffiRER HIGH REBOUNDFR AT!'EM) PLACE & DA"lli 72 39.4 Ariwna 70 45.3 18 Lenanl II Thomas 7,!163 8:00 November 24, Anchorage, Alaska !\5 46.2 Villanova 64 32.8 19 Lenanl 10 Waltoo 7,863 8:00,November 25, Anchorage, Alaska 19 Orr 79 3 TEAM RECORD AILGAMFS 17- 9 65.3 % !£AGUE 8- 6 57.1 % I'I'I!J 'l'i Mom"''"'" (;olden (iophcrs IIASKFIIIALL TEAM STA11S"I1CS INCUIDI~._ LEAGUE Lenanl 26 26 144 ~54 40.7 66 202 32.7 93 123 75.6 39 70 109 4.2 56 0 64 2.5 39 9 26 31 447 17.2 I ll Orr 26 26 112 25R 43.4 59 141 41.8 61 83 73.5 22 97 119 4.6 61 0 122 4.7 51 44 30 344 I 3. 2 ll!(fl IS: PTS 21 vs Califomia RBS 9 vs Villanova AST I 0 vs James Madison Walton 26 19 100 233 42.9 () .0 59 82 72.0 62 108 170 6.5 63 2 46 1.8 42 4 19 21 259 10.0 IIIGIIS: JY('S 20 vs Iowa RBS 16 VS RHODE ISLAND AST 5 vs Arizona Jacobson 26 10 78 165 47.3 15 46 32.6 35 53 66.0 60 62 122 4.7 68 3 34 1.3 39 2 18 19 206 7.9 InGliS: PTS 16 vs SAN JOSE STATE RBS IOvsSAN JOSE STATE AST 6vsSAN JOSE STATE Thomas 26 26 81 167 48.5 0 0 .0 38 68 55.9 56 62 118 4.5 69 2 16 .6 52 7 15 21 200 7.7 HIGHS: PTS 14 vs RHODE ISLAND RBS II vs Arizona AST 2vsCINCINNATI KolandeT 26 17 62 122 50.8 0 0 .0 28 45 62.2 45 56 101 3.9 64 2 34 1.3 38 15 19 20 152 5.8 HIGHS: PTS 15 vs Ariwna RBS 9 vs James Madison AST 3 VS CEN1RAL CONNOCTICUT Grim 25 6 50 126 39.7 19 57 33.3 21 29 72.4 23 62 85 3.4 40 33 1.3 38 11 26 .19 140 5.6 IDGHS: PTS 13 vs Brigham Young RBS 10 vs Wisconsin AST 4 VS llllNOIS Win leT 26 0 41 73 56.2 0 0 .0 22 29 75.9 34 52 86 3.3 70 2 16 .6 26 13 11 14 104 4.0 IIIGIIS: JYrs I 2 vs SAN JOSE STA m RBS 9 vs CENTRAL CONNFL'TiaJT AST 2 vs MIDDLE TENNESSEE SfA Harris 25 0 22 59 37.3 I 8 12.5 21 30 70.0 8 14 22 .9 42 0 37 1.5 18 0 17 11 66 2.6 InGliS: IYJ"S II vs MIDDU~ 'IENNESSEE STA RBS 4 vs CENTRAL CONNOCTiaJT AST 5 vs Villanova Wolf 24 0 16 52 30.8 II 40 27.5 14 17 82.4 3 14 17 .7 28 0 23 1.0 19 0 9 7 57 2.4 IIJGIIS: PTS 7 vs RHODE ISLAND RBS 4 vs RHODE ISlAND AST 5 VS RHODE ISlAND Whal~y 15 0 14 29 48.3 4 9 44.4 3 10 30.0 4 12 16 1.1 14 0 10 .7 10 5 3 6 35 2.3 HJGIIS: ITJ"S 8 vs CENtRAL illNNECilCUT RBS 3 vs CENTRAL CONNOCTiaJT AST 2 vs CEN1RAL CONNOCTICUT Watkins 12 () 2 3 66.7 0 .0 3 33.3 2 4 6 .5 8 0 3 .3 I 1 2 2 5 .4 InGliS: JYJ'S 2 vs SACRAMENTO ST. RBS 3 VS CENTRAL CONNOCTiaJT AST I VS RHODE ISLAND Crittenden II 0 I 2 50.0 0 0 .0 3 4 75.0 I 3 4 .4 0 0 4 .4 4 0 5 .5 IIJGIIS: JYfS 2 vs SACRAMENTO ST. RBS I vs Villanova AST I vs Villanova OstclTilan 7 0 0 0 () () 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 3 3 .4 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 IIIGIIS: RBS 2 VS NORTI !WESTERN "fliAM 79 3.0 30 IUI'AL 26 721 164] 44.0 175 505 34.7 399 576 69.3 359 698 1057 40.7 584 12 442 17.0 407 68 211 2020 77.7 '" - IIIGIIS: IYI'S 115 VS SAN JOSE STATE RBS 56 VS ROODE ISLAND AST 28 vs MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE . '"PONF.NTS 26 605 1457 41.5 146 450 32.4 422 636 66.4 318 617 935 36.0 534 13 339 13.0 442 75 152 1778 68.4 IIJGIIS: IYJ'S 94 vs Illinois RBS 49 VS TIDCAS SOUTIIERN AST21 vsPENN STATE Minnesota Golden Gophers OPPONENTS DEADBAILREBOliNDS 72 99 - - - I '1 1>4 'l'i e Minne"''" (;olden (;ophcrs BASKErBALL TEAM STA'IlS'IlCS e e INCLUDES IJ~(jlJEGAME'i TOTAL FG JfYf'F(j FREETIIROWS REBOUNDS AVG AVG NAME (; ST FG FGA I'CT FG FGA PCT Fr FrA PCT OFF DrP lUf AVG PF DIS AST ASf TO BLK Sll, MIN Pl"S AVG Lenanl 14 14 78 1!!4 42.4 37 114 32.5 41 54 75.9 22 35 51 4.1 32 0 34 2.4 23 5 12 33 234 16.7 IIIGIIS: 1rrs 27 vs NOR'IliWI~'>TERN RBS RvsMICHIGAN AST 5vsOJI'fl';"~""TE Orr 14 14 )<) 136 43.4 35 81 43.2 29 37 78.4 9 48 57 4.1 35 0 70 5.0 24 0 25 31 182 13.0 IIIGIIS: rrrs 20 vs MICI liGAN RBS 9 vs ILLINOIS AST 8vslowa Walton 14 7 4R 96 50.0 0 () .0 23 38 60.5 19 52 71 5.1 37 2 17 1.2 19 3 to 19 119 8.5 IIIGIIS: PTS 20 vs Iowa RBS 10 VS MICHIGAN AST 4 vs Purdue Thomas 14 14 4R 100 48.0 0 0 .0 18 37 48.6 29 37 66 4.7 42 to .7 36 4 5 22 114 8.1 IIIGIIS: J>TS 14 vs PENN STAll; RBS 9 vs Wisconsin AST 2vsOHIOSTATE · Jacobson 14 10 44 91 48.4 7 26 26 0 12 19 63.2 30 33 63 4.5 41 2 15 1.1 28 2 II 20 107 7.6 HIGHS: fYI'S 12 vs lllinois RBS 7 vs PENN STATE AST 2 VS PENN STATE Kolander 14 5 30 69 43.5 0 0 .0 9 14 64.3 23 28 51 3.6 37 17 1.2 17 6 7 20 69 4.9 HIGHS: fYI'S 14vs NORlliWESTERN RBS 8 VS NORTHWFSTERN AST 3 vs Purdue Grim 14 6 22 58 37.9 4 19 21.1 12 15 80.0 13 42 55 3.9 22 16 1.1 22 7 16 19 60 4.3 HIGHS: Pl"S to VS NORllfWf..SW.RN RBS lO vs Wisconsin AST 4 VS IlLINOIS WinteT 14 0 17 32 53.1 0 () .0 12 14 85.7 16 20 36 2.6 38 0 9 .6 15 7 6 14 46 3.3 HIGHS: rrrs s vs NORlliWFSTERN RBS 7 vs Ohio State AST 2 VS Purdue Wolf I 3 0 I 0 29 34.5 7 22 31.8 7 8 87.5 0 5 5 .4 18 0 II .8 6 0 7 7 34 2.6 IIIGIIS: IYI"S 7vsOfllOSTATE RBS 3 vs Wisconsin AST 3 VS NORTHWFSTERN !Janis 13 0 5 21 23.8 0 4 .0 II 15 73.3 3 6 9 .7 19 0 14 1.1 10 0 8 10 21 1.6 IIIGIIS: rrrs 4 vs NORTI rwr..sTERN RBS 2 vs Purdue AST 4vsOIDOSTATE Whaley 8 0 5 8 62.5 2 50.0 0 4 .0 I 6 7 .9 7 0 5 .6 5 I 0 4 II 1.4 IIJGIIS: ITS 3 vs Ohio State RBS 3 VS NORTHWFSTERN AST 2 VS NORTHWFSTERN Watkins 4 0 I 2 50.0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 l .3 2 0 2 .5 I 0 2 2 .5 HIGHS: PlS 2 VS NORTifWES"Il~N RBS I VS MICHIGAN AST I VS NORTHWFSTERN Crillenden 5 0 0 I .0 0 0 .0 2 50.0 l 0 .2 0 0 0 .0 3 0 .2 JIIGIIS: fY['S I VS MICIII(;AN RBS I VS MICIIIGAN Osterman 4 0 () () () () 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 3 3 .8 0 0 .0 0 0 0 .0 IIIGIIS: RBS 2 vs NORTifWESTERN 'll'AM 40 2.9 28 HJTAL 14 367 827 44.4 91 269 33.8 175 257 68.1 166 356 522 37.3 331 7 220 15.7 237 35 Ill 1000 71.4 IIIGIIS: JYJ"S IO'i vs NORTI IWESTERN RBS 46 VS NORTifWESTERN AST 26 VS NORTHWFSTERN OPPONENTS 14 304 75 I 40.5 76 241 31.5 244 352 69.3 170 324 494 35.3 257 4 176 12.6 226 33 81 928 66.3 IIJ(;IJS: fYrS 94 VS Illinois RBS 47 vs MIGDGAN STATE AST21 vsPENNSTATE Minnesota Golden GopheTs OPPONENl"S DEADBALL REBOUNDS 29 52 ,------ Minnesota Remains in Tie for Second Place; Faces St. Cloud State in this Weekend's Regular Season Finale: The Golden Gophers remain in a second-place tie after settling for two ties last weekend against North Dakota. Friday night's final was 3- 3, while Saturday's was 5-S. With the tie in game one, Minnesota clinched home ice for the first round of the WCHA playoffs March 10-12. Their opponent will be determined until after this weekend's games. The Opponent: Last weekend, St. Ooud State swept Northern Michigan in Marquette, Mich. On Friday night, the Huskies 1994-95 MIN:NESOT A HOCKEY SCHEDULE scored three unanswered goals in the third period to defeat Northern 5-3. Dave Paradise scored a goal and collected two Oct. 21 at Minnesota-Duluth 5-4 w assists on goals by Chris Markstrom and Brett Lievers. St. Oct. 22 at Minnesota-Duluth 6-2W Cloud State goalie Brian Leitza made 28 saves. On Saturday Ocr.28 WISCONSIN 2-1 (OT) W night, Dave Holum completed a hat trick with the decisive goal Ocr.29 WISCONSIN (TARGET CENTER) 5-2W in the closing second of regulation lifting the Huskies to a 6-5 Nov.4 ST. CLOUD STATE 5-3W victory. Holum's first goal came at 4:28 of the first period on a Nov.S at St. Cloud State 5-2W power play. He scored unassisted 14 seconds into the second. Nov. 11 at North Dakota 4-4 (ar)T Nov.12 at North Dakota 4-3L Kelly Hultgren, Lievers and Paradise also scored. Nov.19 MICHIGAN TECH 3-2(ar) L Nov. 20 MICHIGAN TECH 6-2 w St. Cloud State is led by head coach Craig Dahl who is in his Nov. 25 COLLEGE HOCKEY SHOWCASE eighth year at the helm. Dahl has a career record of 131-148-19. (ST. PAUL CIVIC CENTER) The Huskies are 16-17-1 overall this season and 14-15-1 in the MICHIGAN STATE 3-2W WCHA. The Huskies are currently in fifth place with 29 points, Nov.26 COLLEGE HoCKEY SHOWCASE two points ahead of North Dakota and Michigan Tech. St. (ST. PAUL CIVIC CENTER) Ooud is the hottest team in the league, going 7-0-1 in their last MICHIGAN 4-3W eight games. DEc.10 DENVER 4-3L DEc.ll DENVER 3-2L Dec. 16 at Colorado College 3-1W The Series Record: The Golden Gophers lead in the all-time Dec. 17 at Colorado College 9-2 L series against the Huskies 14-2-3, dating back to 1987. Earlier DEc.28 SWEDISH NAT. TEAM (EXH.) 4-4T this season, Minnesota swept the Huskies in their first home DEC. 30 MARIUCCI CLASSIC and-home series of the year back on Nov. 4-5. In game one, the YALE 6-2W Golden Gophers scored four third-period goals to rally from DEc.31 MARIUCCI CLASSIC two goals down in the third period to defeat the Huskies 5-3. BOSTON UNIVERSITY 4-3 (OT) L Third period goals by Mike Crowley (Fr., Bloomington, Jan. 6 at Northern Michigan 2-2 (OT)T Minn.), Dave Larson (Jr., South St. Paul, Minn.), Dan Jan. 7 at Northern Michigan 6-3L Hendrickson (So., Richfield, Minn.) and Brian Bonin (Jr., Jan. 13 at Alaska-Anchorage 6-3W White Bear Lake, Minn.) sparked the Maroon and Gold. In Jan. 14 at Alaska-Anchorage 1-0 L game two, Minnesota took a 2-1 lead into the third period at the }AN. 20 COLORADO ~OLLEGE 4-3L }AN.21 COLORADO COLLEGE 7-4W National Hockey Center and never trailed, winning 5-2. The Jan. 27 at Wisconsin 6-2W Golden Gophers again dominated the final stanza with goals Jan. 28 at Wisconsin 6-SL by Scott Bell (Sr., Inver Grove Heights, Minn.), Joe Pankratz Feb.3 at Michigan Tech 3-3T (Fr., Bloomington, Minn.) and Justin McHugh (Sr., Feb.4 at Michigan Tech 8-1W Minnetonka, Minn.) FEB. 10 MINNESOTA-DULUTH 3-0W FEB.ll MINNESOTA-DULUTH 4-1W Bonin Stays Hot: Brian Bonin recorded five points last week Feb. 17 at Denver 5-1 w end to increase his season point total to 50 points (29 goals, 21 Feb. 18 at Denver 3-0L assists). Bonin had a goal and an assist on Friday and a goal 3-3 (ar}T FEB. 24 NORTH DAKOTA and two assists on Saturday. Bonin currently leads the WCHA FEB.25 NORTH DAKOTA 5-S(ar)T Mar. 4 at St. Ooud State 2:05 in scoring, one point ahead of Colorado College's Colin MAR.S ST. CLOUD STATE 2:05 Schmidt and Peter Geronazzo. Bonin's 50 points is the first time Mar. 10-11 WCHA First Round TBA a Golden Gopher player has hit the half-century mark Mar. 16-18 WCHA Playoff Championship since Larry Olimb recorded 80 points (24 goals, 56 assists) in (St. Paul Civic Center) TBA 1992. Mar. 24-25 NCAA Regionals (Madison, Wis.) TBA Mar. 30- Apr. 1 NCAA Championship Minding the Nets: Jeff Callinan (Sr., Mound, Minn.) contin (Providence, R.I.) TBA ues to be the number-one goaltender in the WCHA. He has played in 33 of 34 games this season, while sporting a 17-8-5 All times are Central and subject to change record. He leads the league with 41 shutout periods and a goal Home games in CAPS and bold against-average of 2. 71. Freshman Holds Scoring Lead: Ryan Kraft (Fr., Moorhead, Minn.) currently leads the WCHA in scoring among freshmen \\ The Woog Line: Doug Woog (Minnesota '66) is in his lOth sea 2201 Entire Weekly Release son at the helm of the Golden Gophers. During his career he 2255 Cumulative Team & Individual Stats has recorded a 293-121-28 record (219-82-26 in WCHA), giving 2256 Pre-Game Notes Package (24 hrs prior to game) him one of the highest winning percentages (.709) of any colle 2257 Scoring Summaries giate coach in the country. Last season's appearance in the 2258 Honors Candidates NCAA Tournament was the ninth consecutive in his career. In 2259 Numerical/ Alphabetical Roster addition, he has taken the team to NCAA Final Four appear ances five times and his teams have finished first or second in In addition, the WCHA's weekly news and statistical release is the WCHA for nine straight seasons. Woog's record during his available on the Info Connection's Fax-On-Demand system. career versus North Dakota is 29-12-3. He is 19-4-0 at home, Weekly WCHA releases will no longer be mailed. The updated 10-8-2 on the road and 0-0 at a neutral site. weekly release will be available by 11 p.m. (CT) on Sunday evenings. If there are Sunday games being played in the Signees: The University of Minnesota hockey program WCHA, the release will be available at 5 p.m. (CT) on Monday. announced last fall the signing of four prospects to national let WCHA Players of the Week will be available on Fax-On ters of intent to play hoclcey for the Golden Gophers. Mike Demand each Monday at 5 p.m. (CT). The WCHA Fax-On Anderson of Bloomington (Jefferson), Minn.; Billy Kohn of Demand System may be accessed by using the handset of any Roseville, Minn., and the St. Paul Vulcans; Erik Rasmussen of Fax machine and by using the same procedures as above. The St. Louis Park, Minn.; and Wyatt Smith of Warroad, Minn., WCHA passcode is 9242. have committed to the Golden Gophers beginning with the 1995-96 academic year. 1001 Entire Release 1002 Standings, last week scores, events & summaries Anderson, a 6-0, 170-pound wing, scored 58 points (16 goals, 42 1003 Team notes and team stats assists) as a junior at Jefferson. Kohn, a 5-11; 185-pound 1004 Scoring & goaltending defenseman, is a 1994 graduate of Roseville High School where 1005 1994-95 schedule and scores he scored 18 goals and 14 assists during his senior season. 1006 Players of the Week Rasmussen entered his senior season at St. Louis Park High School with career totals of 50 goals and 55 assists. The 6-0, 180- Catch Coach Woog &: The Golden Gophers: Coach Doug Interviews: All requests for player and/or coach interviews, 1 Woog once again hosts a 30-minute show every Friday before whether in person and/or via phone, are arranged by the the series opener, 30 minutes before game time, on Midwest University of Minnesota Media Relations Office. Please call the Sports Channel (MSC). On KSTP-AM (1500), Woog will con Media Relations Office at (612} 625-4090 to schedule inter- duct a 20-minute interview each Saturday at 11 a.m., a post views, and by allowing at least 24 hours prior notice for the game interview after each contest, and a 10-minute show each interview, arrangements can be greatly facilitated. In general, Monday at 8:10a.m. He also makes some Saturday appear player interviews are conducted prior to practice (Noon to 2 ances after home contests at 11:05 p.m. on KARE-TV's "Gopher p.m.} in the players lounge, Media Relations Office, or outside Sports Extra" program during the season. the locker room. Normally practice is open to the media, unless otherwise specified by Coach Doug Woog. Credential Requests: Requests for working media credentials for 1994-95 Golden Gopher home games at Mariucci Arena Assured Seating Ticket Return Policy: This season the must be made in advance on letterhead to Karen Zwach at the University of Minnesota Men's Athletic Department is offering University of Minnesota Media Relations office. The fax num corporate sponsors and assured seat holders at the 5500 or 5730 ber is (612) 625-0359. level the opportunity to return tickets. 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A receipt for the tickets will be sent in follows: Team 5 vs. Team 4 on March 16 at 7:05 p.m.CT; Team 3 the mail. If you have any questions, please call (612) 625-4569. vs. Team 2 on Friday, March 17 at 2:05p.m.; Winner of Thursday's game vs. Team 1 on Friday, March 17 at 7:05p.m. CT; Third Place Game on Saturday, March 18 at 2:05 p.m.; Broadmoor Trophy Championship Game on Saturday, March 18 at 7:05 p.m. CT. Golden Gophers on Teamline: All Minnesota games can be heard live by those outside the KSTP-AM listening area on Teamline. Fans who want to hear a game should diall~ 846-4700 and then enter Minnesota's Team Code of 5320.The cost to hear a game is billed either to your Visa or Mastercard. A portion of the proceeds goes to Golden Gopher athletics. Current WCHA Stt~ndings w L T Pts GF GA 1. Colorado College (27-9.{)) •,# 22 8 0 44 147 96 2. Denver (21-12-1)# 17 12 1 35 119 107 Minnesota (18-11-5) # 15 10 5 35 116 89 4. Wisconsin (17-13-4) # 15 11 4 34 114 106 5. St. Cloud State. (16-17-1) 14 15 1 29 120 108 6. North Dakota (14-17-3) 12 15 3 27 110 134 Michigan Tech. (15-15-4) 12 14 3 27 103 126 8. Minnesota-Duluth (14-16-4) 11 15 4 26 110 123 9. Northern Michigan (12-20-3) 10 17 3 23 106 122 10. Alaska-Anchorage (11-20-D) 10 19 0 20 99 132 #-clinched home ice for the opening round of WCHA Playoffs •-clinched the McNaughton Cup LAST WEEK'S RESULTS AND THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE Last Friday Results St. Ooud St. 6, No. Michigan 5 This Friday's Games Ala.-Anchorage@ No. Dakota Minnesota 3, No. Dakota 3 Denver 5, Wisconsin 2 No. Michigan@ UMD Colorado Col. @ Denver UMD 6, Ala.-Anchorage 4 UMD 7, Ala.-Anchorage 4 Ala.-Anchorage@ No. Dakota St. Cloud St. 5, No. Michigan 3 Denver@ Colorado College Wisconsin 4, Denver 3 Last Sunday's Result This Sunday's Games Colorado Col. 4, Micl\. Tech. 3 TWa Saturday's Games St. Ooud State @ Minnesota Last Saturday Results Minnesota @ St. Ooud State Mich. Tech@ Wisconsin Minnesota 5, No. Dakota 5 Michigan Tech@ Wisconsin Colorado Col. 4, Mich. Tech 3 No. Michigan@ UMD I'J94-9'l M~rme.sola HOCKfY 'lTAl':> AHER 34 GAME'l OVERALL l tA<,lJE ONLY NO NAME GP G A PlS PEN MIN PP SH HAT WG EN GP G A Pl'l PEN MIN ~------·- - -· ------·------21 Brian Bonin,( 34 29 21 50 12 24 9 2 2 4 1 30 26 11 43 12 24 05 Dan lrebi I ,0 34 7 29 36 5 10 4 0 0 1 0 30 6 26 32 5 10 19 Justin McHuqh,W 26 20 15 35 17 34 7 0 2 4 1 24 16 15 31 17 34 0 7 Ryan Kraft, W 34 10 23 33 15 30 7 0 1 1 0 30 6 22 28 14 28 20 Mike Crowley r 32 8 23 31 30 60 6 0 0 1 0 30 8 21 29 28 56 10 Scott Bell,W 31 12 16 28 28 86 7 1 0 3 0 28 12 13 25 27 84 2 3 Dan Wooq, C 34 5 13 18 16 32 1 0 0 0 0 30 5 12 17 16 32 33 Nick Checco,CIW 33 10 7 17 20 40 0 0 1 2 0- 29 10 7 17 19 38 18 Andy Brink, CID 33 3 13 16 7 25 1 0 0 0 0 29 3 11 14 7 25 29 Dan Hendrickson,W 30 3 10 13 20 57 0 0 0 1 0 27 3 9 12 18 53 2 7 Jed Fiebelkorn,W 31 3 8 11 34 103 0 0 0 0 0 27 2 7 9 31 97 17 Dave Larson,W 32 5 5 10 38 79 2 0 0 1 0 28 4 4 8 35 73 09 Casey Hankinson,( 23 5 1 6 21 80 2 0 0 0 0 21 5 1 6 21 80 04 Brian La Fleur,D 25 0 6 6 9 18 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 6 6 9 18 08 Joe Pankratz,W 18 3 2 5 6 12 0 0 0 0 0 14 2 2 4 5 10 06 Charlie Wasley,D 26 2 3 5 18 36 0 0 0 0 0 24 2 2 4 18 36 13 Jay Moser,D 12 1 4 5 9 29 1 0 0 0 0 9 1 3 4 6 23 28 Jason Godbout,D 27 1 4 5 12 24 0 0 0 0 0 23 1 4 5 11 22 16 Brandon Steeqe,W 14 1 3 4 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 3 4 4 8 02 Greq Zwakman,D 33 0 4 4 12 24 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 4 4 11 22 11 Bobby Dustin,CIW 16 3 0 3 10 20 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 0 2 8 16 22 Jesse Bertoql iat,W 19 0 3 3 19 49 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 2 2 16 43 31 Jeff fallinan,G 33 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 29 0 1 1 1 2 12 Jasu.. Sei l s, C 11 1 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 1 2 4 32 Will Anderson,W 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 25 Brent Godbout,W 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 30 Jeff Moen,G 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 Bench 4 8 3 6 ------Minnesota 34 132 215 347 371 898 47 3 6 18 2 30 116 192 308 346 848 OPPONENTS 34 100 142 242 387 805 38 3 0 11 1 30 89 129 218 361 753 OVERALL LEAGUE ONLY NO GOALIE w L T GP PE-R MIN GA AVG SAV PCT w L T GP PER MIN GA AVG SAV PCT ------31 Jeff Callinan 17 8 5 33 97 1926:26 87 2. 71 741 .895 14 7 5 29 85 1679:24 76 2. 72 640 . 894 30 Jeff Moen 1 3 0 5 10 142:45 12 5.04 66 .846 1 3 0 5 10 142:4 5 12 5.04 66 .846 ------·------Minnesota 18 11 5 34 104 2069:11 99 2.87 807 .890. 15 10 5 30 92 1822: 9 88 2. 90 706 . 889 l .... ·~\" OPPONENTS 1 1 1 8 . 5 34 104 2073: 2 132 3.82 1009 .884 10 15 5 30 92 1827:10 116 3.81 869 .882 • Miru"·::.ota OPPONENTS PERIOD 1 2 3 OT TOIAL 1 2 3 OT TOTAL C.OAL S 38 38 55 1 132 36 35 27 2 100 '.HOT ON GOAL 384 364 374 19 1141 312 298 268 21 899 (,{)1\L IE SAVES 281 269 237 19 806 346 326 319 18 100C) PINAL TIES. 107 129 130 5 371 • 115 140 124 9 388 e ------·~ ,:;;.~E;, MN OPP OPPONENT ATTEND PLACE & CA TE s 4 'A\nn. Duluth 5438 OECC Arena, 7:35 10,21 94 w 6 2 ~hnn. Duluth 5438 DECC Arena, 7:05 10122194 IV(OT) 2 1 WISCONSIN 9503 "4anucc\ Arena, 7:05 10128/94 w 5 2 WISCONSIN 16485 Tarqet Center, 7:05 10129194 'N 5 3 ST. CLOUD STATE 9411 "4anucCl Arena, 7:05 11104194 'N 5 2 St. Cloud State 6377 Nat'l Hockey Center-, ll/05<94 T(OT) 4 4 North Dakota 6067 Enqelstad Arena,7:3S lll11,94 '- 3 4 North Dakota 6067 Enqelstad Ar-ena,7:3S 11,~2/94 'ATfHIGAN TE(H 9328 "4anucc1 Arenn, 1:05 11 19·94 fl 6 2 9231 1.1arcuc::l Arena, 2:05 · · 20 '34 N 3 2 'Al C"'·', qan State 15101 St.Paul ClVlC Center 11 25·94 N 4 3 Mtchlqan 15078 St. Paul Ci Vl c Center 11 26 94 L 3 4 DENVER 9354 ~anucC1 Arena, 7:05 12,10/94 2 3 DENVER 9188 Martucci. Arena, 7:05 12'11'94 w 3 1 Colorado Colleqe 2989 AFA Cadet Ice Arena, 12 1 16194 L 2 9 Colorado Colleqe 2995 AFA Cadet Ice Arena, 12/17/94 w 6 2 YALE 9445 Martucci. Arena, 7:05 12130/94 L(OT) 3 4 Boston University 9387 ~ari.ucci Arena, 7:05 12/31/94 T(OT) 2 2 Northern ~ichiqan 3332 Lakevi.ew Arena, 7:05 01/06/95 L 3 6 Northern ~ichiqan 3600 Lakeview Arena, 7:05 01/07/95 w 6 3 Alaska-Anchoraqe 6406 Sullivan Arena, 7:05 01/13/95 l 0 1 Alaska-Anchoraqe 6406 Sullivan A rena, 7:05 01/14/95 L 3 4 COLORADO COLLEGE 9504 ~ari.ucci. Arena, 7:05 01120/95 w 7 4 COLORADO COLLEGE 9487 ~ari.ucci. Arena, 7:05 01/21/95 w 6 2 Wisconsin 8500 Dane County Coliseum 01127/95 L 5 6 Wisconsin 8500 Dane County Coliseum 01/28/95 T(OT) 3 3 ~ichiqan Tech. 3568 Student Ice Arena, 7 02/03/95 w 8 1 Mi chi qan Tech. 3533 Student Ice Arena, 1 02/04/95 w 3 0 ~INNESOTA-DULUTH 9510 Moriuccl. Arena, 7:05 02110/95 w 4 1 MINNESOTA-DULUTH 9505 Martucci. Arena , 7:0 02/11/95 w 5 1 Denver 4542 Denver Ice Arena 8 p 02/17/95 L 0 3 Denver 4700 Denver Ice Arena, 8 02/18/95 T(OT) 3 3 North Dakota 9427 Mari. ucci. A rena, 7:05 02/24/95 T(OT) 5 5 North Dakota 9444 Mori.ucci. Arena, 7:05 02/25/95 RECORD HOME ROAD SEASON LEAGUE 7- 5- 2 8- 5- 3 15-10- 5 NON-LEAGUE 1- 1- 0 2- 0- 0 3- 1- 0 TOTAL 8- 6- 2 10- 5- 3 18-11- 5 ATTENDANCE HOME ROAD NEUTRAL LEAGUE •••••I 84,858 0 OTHER 18,832 0 30,179 TOTAL •••••I 84,858 30,179 AVERAGE 9,488 5,303 15,089 TOTAL 266,846 TOTAL AVG 7,848 1994-95 ~innesota HOCKEY STATS AFTER 34 GAMES POWER PLAYS ATT PPG PCT SH ~i.nnesota 199 54 .270 3 OPPONENTS 171 38 .220 4 HAT TRICKS FOR 6 Nick Checco Minn. Duluth 10/21/94 Justi. n McHuqh Mi chi qan State 1112 5/94 Ryan Kraft YALE 12/30/94 ~ustin McHuqh Alaska-Anchoraqe 01/13/95 .ri.an Boni.n Wisconsin 01/28/95 Brian Bonin Denver 02/17/95 SHORT HANDED FOR 3 Bri.an Bonin (1) Mi.nn. Duluth 10/22/94 Brian Boni.n (1) Boston Uni verst ty 12/31194 Scott Bell (1) Michigan Tech. 02/04/95 ance in the Maroon and Gold's tournament in Minneapolis. Michigan: Michigan stands primed to make a serious run at conference honors this season, returning 20 letterwinners including starters at every field position. "Great Scotts" could be used to refer to the Wolverines in 1995, after a pair of them led a 29-29 team in hitting a year ago. Scott Niemiec, back for his fourth year behind the plate, led the team in hitting with a .331 average. Junior Scott Weaver hit .323 while leading the team in RBI with 46. Head Coach Bill Freehan, an 11-time major league all-star with Golden Gophers Welcome Top Teams in the Countty to the Detroit Tigers in the '60's and 70's, enters his sixth season Hormel Foods Baseball Classic: This weekend, the University at the helm of the Wolverines. Freehan has a 142-138-1 career of Minnesota will play host to the premier regular season col record with the Maize and Blue heading into the 1995 cam lege baseball tournament in the country, the Harmel Foods paign. The Wolverines last appeared in the tournament in 1986 Baseball Classic, to be held this Friday through Sunday at the and 1987 when it was known as the Wheaties Tournament of Metrodome. The Golden Gophers will welcome top-ranked Champions. Florida State, 10th-ranked Louisiana State, and Big Ten arch rival Michigan in this year's field. Louisiana State will face Golden Gophers Attempt to Break NCAA Att.,.,dance Record Florida State at 12:15 p.m on Friday while Minnesota will take Friday: When the Golden Gopher baseball t:· J.ys on Michigan at 7 p.m. Saturday's action gets underway as Michigan in their opening game of the Horr.· >ds Baseball Minnesota plays Florida State at 2 p.m. LSU and Michigan Classic Friday night at 7 p.m. in the Metrodo:- :hey will meet in the night cap at 6 p.m. Sunday, Minnesota takes LSU at attempt to break the NCAA regular-season single-game atten 1:15 p.m. and Michigan meets Florida State at 5 p.m. in the dance record. The record is currently 14,991 set at the final game of the tournament. Florida/Mississippi State game in Starkville, Miss., on April 22, 1989. Discount tickets are available to fans at $1 with a proof of Florida State: Florida State had a stranglehold on the top perch purchase from any Harmel product. Also, groups of 10 or more of the Baseball America Top 25 poll through games of Feb. 20, will save $2 per ticket off the regular price of admission ($6). wtih a 8-2 record behind the efforts of third baseman Todd Zoch, who was hitting .500 (15-30) with eight RBI, and first In addition, fans in attendance will have the opportunity to baseman Doug Mientkiewicz, the team leader in home runs win a 1995 Chevrolet Cavalier. Fans will have a chance to regis (four) and RBI (14). ter for a special drawing as they enter the stadium that evening. Eight names will be drawn, and those eight will have Head Coach Mike Martin is in the midst of his 16th season as a chance during the seventh inning stretch to throw a ball skipper of the Seminoles with a career record of 814-280-3 through a target at home plate. Each participant will get one entering the season. Only once in his 15 years at Tallahassee throw, with a new car being awarded if the ball goes through has the Seminole program had a season winning percentage the target. The contest is being sponsored by Heartland below .700 (1984, 55-29, .655). Florida State has never had a los Chevrolet Ceo Dealers and WFfC-Fox 29. ing season in 47 seasons of intercollegiate play, and has made 17 consecutive trips to NCAA Regional or District competition, On Saturday, the Golden Gophers will sponsor a kids clinic at which is the second longest current streak in Division I base 11 a.m. at the Metrodome, with free admission to those holding ball. The Seminoles last appeared in Minneapolis in the 1992 a game ticket for that day's game against top-ranked Florida Oscar Mayer Classic, where the defeated Minnesota (3-1), lost State University at 2 p.m. Sunday, when the Golden Gophers to Texas A & M (9-1), and downed Mississippi State (5-1) on play lOth-ranked Louisiana State University, the first 2,000 fans the final day. will receive a free Harmel Foods Baseball Oassic baseball cap. Louisiana State: Louisiana State, who began the season ranked Minnesota Drops Two at Mississippi State: The Golden No.1 in the nation by Collegiau Baseball magazine, will attempt Gophers travelled to Starkville, Miss. to take on the No. 15 to get back to the College World Series for the eighth time in Bulldogs. In the opening game of the series on Saturday, the last 10 seasons. The Tigers will be led in '95 by a pair of vet Mississippi State pounded out 21 hits en route to a 19-1 victory eran arms; junior right-hander Brett Laxton and senior right over the Golden Gophers. Andy Hammerschmidt (Sr., New hander Scott Schultz. Laxton, the 1993 National Freshman of Ulm, Minn.) dropped his record to 1-2 with the loss, giving up the Year, is at full strength this season after an injury-plagued six runs on seven hits. Shane Gunderson (Jr., Faribault, '94 campaign. Schultz earned 1994 All-America and All-SEC Minn.) drove in the Golden Gophers' only run. On Sunday, honors as the ' ' of the LSU staff, posting a 12-2 mark and a Minnesota fell 6-2 to the Bulldogs in the second game of the 3.26 ERA wit;: l strikeouts in 118 2/3 innings. three game series. The Maroon and Gold had been held score less until the fifth inning when Bob Keeney (So., Burnsville, Head Coach Skip Bertman, the National Coach of the Year in Minn.) drove in Mike Mahady (Jr., Minnetonka, Minn.) on a 1986, 1991 and 1993, is in his 12th season leading the Tigers. groundout to third. Starter Brad Kearin (Jr., Minnetonka, The 1996 United States Olympic head coach, Bertman will be Minn.) gave up 10 hits and struck out one, dropping his record aiming to regain the SEC title the Tigers lost for the first time in to 0-2 on the season. Mahady and Rob Smith three-meter board, and 821.20 to take top honors on the 10- meter platform. His performance on the platform bettered the Big Ten record (791.15, Patrick Jeffrey, Ohio State, 1988) by more than 30 points, yet was not considered to be a conference record by Big Ten officials because it was an exhibition event. Still, Bogart garnered both Diver of the Championship and Diver of the Year honors. Big Ten Record: Derek Williams (Jr., Lansdale, Pa.) set a new Big Ten record in the 100 fly on Friday afternoon with a 47.44 clocking in the preliminaries. The old mark was 47.52 set by Iowa's Rafal Szukala last year. His time surpassed the automat Big Ten Championships Next: The Golden Gophers will head ic national qualifying standard, and was more than two sec to the Big Ten Championships Saturday and Sunday in onds faster than his best this season. Williams then went on to Bloomington, Ind. Minnesota finished second to Iowa at the win the conference title in that event that evening with a time 1994 Big Ten Championships. The 1995 NCAA Championships of 47.73. are slated for March 15-18 in Iowa City, Iowa. Domer a Champ: Paul Domer (Sr., Eau Claire, Wis.) was the Among the Ranks: Minnesota is currently ranked sixth by Golden Gophers' other Big Ten champion, taking top honors in Amateur Wrestling News. Nine Big Ten teams are ranked in the the 200 breast on Saturday night with a time of 1:58.22. That poll. Iowa holds the top spot while Michigan State is ranked clocking was good enough to beat the automatic qualifying fifth. Illinois holds the seventh spot, with Michigan ranked No. standard for next month's NCAA Championships. 14 and Wisconsin ranked No. 15. Indiana, Ohio State and Penn State round out the conference teams in the poll, ranked No. 20, Grecian Formula: Greece native Manolis Lentaris (Fr., Hania, No. 22 and No. 23 respectively. Crete, Greece) also qualified for the NCAA Championships. His time of 4:20.90 in the 500 free beat the automatic standard Seven Golden Gophers are ranked among the top nationally at by .13 of a second. He had the fifth-fastest time in the meet, but their respective weight classes. Brandon Paulson (So., Coon had to settle for ninth place because his performance came in Rapids, Minn.) is ranked eighth at 118 pounds, Tim Harris the consolation finals. (Sr., SL Louis, Mo.) is ranked fifth at 126 pounds, Jason Davids (Fr., Forest Lake, Minn.) is ranked No. 14 at 134 Weekend at Bernie's: Bernie Zeruhn (Jr., Hamburg, pounds and Chad Carlson (Sr., Pennock, Minn.) is ranked No. Germany) was the Golden Gophers' fourth swimmer who beat 15 at 150 pounds. Zac Taylor (So., Sandpoint, Idaho) holds the the NCAA automatic standard. He placed third in a hotly-con No.1 ranking at 167 pounds while Brett Colombini (Sr., tested 200 free that saw the top four placewinners better the Redwood Valley, Calif.) is ranked second at 177 pounds and automatic standard, and the next 11 placers surpass the NCAA Billy Pierce (Jr., Minneapolis, Minn.) is ranked fifth at heavy consideration standard. Zeruhn's time was 1:36.13. weight. Getting Ready for Nationals: Head Coach Dennis Dale is hop ing for a contingent of about 12 Golden Gophers to qualify for the NCAA National Championships next month. In addition to the above athletes who have qualified automatically and the five relay possibilities, Minnesota has eight others who have met the consideration standard: Jon McLeod (Fr., Regina, Saskatchewan), Darren Heydanek (Sr., Hawthorn Woods, Ill.), Mike Schoknecht (Sr., Jackson, Miss.), Jay Epping (So., Coon IUpids, Minn.), Matt Eisenhuth (Jr., Lakewood, Colo.), Duane Dobko (Jr., Ajax, Ontario), Matt Schlessman (So., Avon, Ohio) and Scott Walker (Sr., Lansdale, Pa.). The NCAA men's championships will be contested at Indianapolis, Ind., Minnesota Takes Second at Big Ten Championships: The Mar. 23-25. Golden Gophers totalled 541 points to place second behind Michigan (786.5) in the 1995 Big Ten Men's Swimming and Diving Championships held at the Aquatic Center. Iowa (481) finished third, followed by Indiana (401), Ohio State (362), Penn State (249.5), Purdue (247), Wisconsin (224.5), Northwestern (222.5) and Michigan State (138). Always the Bridesmaid: This marked the sixth consecutive year that the Golden Gophers have placed second to Michigan in the Big Ten Championships. Three's Company: P.J. Bogart (Jr., Mesa, Ariz.) made it a clean sweep of the diving events for the weekend, totalling 564.84 points to win the one-meter springboard, 563.90 to take the ------ Qualifying Meet in Ames, Iowa. It will be the last opportunity to produce qualifying times/marks for the NCAA Indoor Championships. NCAA Indoor Championships: The NCAA Indoor Championships will be held March 10-11 at the RCA Dome in le Indianapolis. Keita Cline is an automatic qualifier in the long jump and a provisional qualifier in the triple jump. Chris I Darkins in the 55 meters, Paul Michalek in the mile, Chris Brinkworth and Rob Hydukovich in the shot put, and Tye Harvey in the pole vault are also provisional qualifiers for the national meet. Cline Leads The Way: Senior co-captain Keita Cline (Gainesville, Fla.) paced Head Coach Roy Griak's Golden Season Bests: The top performance in each event for the Gopher track & field squad to a fifth-place finish at 85th annual Golden Gophers during the 1995 indoor season is listed below Big Ten Indoor Championships held last weekend at ($ NCAA automatic qualifier, # NCAA provisional qualifier, • Champaign, Ill. school record): Final1995 Big Ten Indoor Championships Team Standings: 55m Chris Darkins 6.27 # 2-17-95 1. Wisconsin 101; 2. Illinois 991/2; 3. Michigan 93; 4. Ohio 200m Eric Stommes 21.73 .. 2-11-95 State 56; 5. MINNESOTA 51 1 /2; 6. Michigan State 41; 7. 400m Tim VanVoorhis 49.22 2-25-95 Indiana 34; 8. Purdue 31; 9. Iowa 12; 10. Penn State 8. 600m Travis Nordrum 1:20.92 1-~l- ~:; BOOm Jason Boon 1:52.88 2- .. ) Looking Good: Coach Griak's Golden Gophers have now fin Mile Paul Michalek 4:02.73 #. 2-: •:) ished in the upper division at the past seven (four indoor, three 3000m Mark Gonzales 8:33.46 1-28-95 outdoor) conference meets. 5000m Mark Gonzales 14:51.73 2-10-95 55m Hurdles Niles Deneen 7.65 2-25-95 Double Trouble: Keita Cline won the long jump/triple jump 4 x400m Rei 3:21.04 2-26-95 "double" at the Big Ten Indoor Championships in impressive 4 x BOOm Rei 7:54.83 2-4-95 fashion. He won Saturday's long jump with a leap of 25-91/4 DMRel 10:00.87 2-10-95 to easily outdistance runner-up Reggie Torian of Wisconsin Long Jump Keita Cline 26-13/4 s .. 2-10-95 who registered a jump of 24-4 1 I 4. Oine qualified automati Triple Jump Keita Cline 53-01/4 #. 2-11-95 cally for the NCAA Championships earlier this season in the High Jump Jared Johnson 6-10 314 2-26-95 event with a school record leap of 26-1 314. He then easily cap Shot Put ChrisBrinkworth 59-9 # 2-17-95 tured the triple jump crown Sunday with a leap of 52-81 I 4. Rob Hydukovich 58-8# 2-17-95 i- Runner-up Matt VanderZanden of Wisconsin was a distant sec Pole Vault Tye Harvey 17-4 1 /2 # 2-25-95 ond with a jump of 50-11. Cline has now won a total of four Big Heptathlon Seth Mischke 5,074 2-25126-95 Ten indoor titles during his career. He also won indoor triple jump crowns in 1992 and 1994. Golden Gophers To Host Big Ten Outdoor Championships: The University of Minnesota will host the '95 Big Ten Men's A Closer Look: The Golden Gophers turned in a number of and Women's Outdoor Championships at the Bierman other impressive perfor:·"'ances at last weekend's Big Ten Stadium on May 20-21. Iowa was originally scheduled to host Championships. In other finals Saturday, the distance medley the competition, but its track facility will not be ready in time relay placed fourth with a time of 10:00.87. In the pole vault, for the meet. sophomore Tye Harvey (Jamestown, Calif.) placed third with a personal-best and NCAA provisional qualifying mark of 17-4 1/2 and fellow sophomore Seth Mischke (Worland, Wyo.) was sixth with a personal-best mark of 16-8 314. On Sunday, Golden Gopher football star Chris Darkins (Houston, Texas) placed second in the 55 meters with a time of 6.32. Jonathon Burrell of Ohio State won the event in 6.29. Seniors Otris Brinkworth (Bloomington, Minn.) and Rob Hydukovich (Bemidji, Minn.) earned two places for the Golden Gophers in the shot pu• Brinkworth was fourth with a toss of 57-7 1 12, while Hyd i...Kovich was a dose fifth with a heave of 57-6 114. Junior Paul Michalek (Bloomington, Minn.) finished fourth in the mile run with a docking of 4:12.27, Mischke was sixth in the heptathlon with a score of 5,074, junior Otip Mosely (Bloomin~ ·-Jn, Ill.) placed sixth in the triple jump with a mark of 49-1 anc ·;enior Jared Johnson (Bloomington, Minn.) tied for sixth in the high jump with a leap of 6-10 314. NCAA Qualifying Meet: A limited number of Golden Gophers are expected to compete in Saturday's NCAA • l ), ' What's on tap: Minnesota travels to the Corpus Christi Team Tournament in Corpus Christi, Texas, March 3-5. Up Next: The Golden Gophers' next home meet will be against the Michigan State Spartans on March 8, at 7:30p.m. in the Last Time Out: Minnesota split two matches at the SEC-Big Sports Pavilion. This will be the final Big Ten home meet of the Ten Challenge in Knoxville, Tenn on Feb. 18-19. The Golden season for Minnesota. Gophers defeated Alabama 5-2 on Saturday, Feb. 18 and then lost to the 17th ranked Tennessee Volunteers 5-2 on Feb. 19 Minnesota Falls to Iowa in Men's Gymnastics: The sixth ranked Golden Gophers (4-1) fell to fourth-ranked Hawkeyes 227.55-227.125 in dual meet action Sunday in Iowa City. For the sixth time this season, senior captain Brian Yee (Houston, Texas) has led the Maroon & Gold in the all-around, scoring a season-high 58.05 in all-around competition. Yee won individual events on the vault (9.60), and pommel horse (9.85). In addition, junior Andrew Weaver (Albuquerque, N.M.) and sophomore Chris Harrington (Brookfield, Wis.) took top hon ors on individual events. Weaver won the horizontal bar with a 9.70 and Harrington won the still rings event with a season high 9.775. Iowa's Jay Thornton took top honors in two indi vidual events. Thornton placed first on the parallel bars (9.65) and on the floor exercise (9.80). He also finish second in the all around competition with a score of 56.20. Looking Ahead: The Golden Gophers will return to action March 6-7 when they travel to Orlando, Fla. for the Central Florida Invitational and then head to Woodlands, Texas for the Golf Digest Invitational March 10-12. Lat Time Out: Minnesota shot a final round 302 to finish 11th in the NCAA Challenge in Rio Mar, Puerto Rico Feb. 13. The 15-team tournament attracted the top teams from around the country. The Golden Gophers moved up two places with a final round score of 302 and finished with a team total of 914. The top Golden Gopher individual was senior Jon Kelly who shot a final round 73 to give him a total of 221 for t~e tourna ment and a 12th place finish . • .------~~~~------~----- UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Twin Cities Campus Men's Intercollegiate Athletics 226 Bierman Field Athletic Building 516 15th A •·enue S.E . Minneapolis, MN 55455 612-625-4838 • Fax: 612-626-7859 TO: Media Outlets/Staff FROM: Media Relations Office RE: Basketball Issues DATE: Feb. 27, 1995 The Minnesota at Penn State basketball game will be played on Saturday, March 11 at 7 p.m. (Central) as originally scheduled. It will be televised locally on WCCO-TV (4). CBS-TV chose the Michigan vs. Purdue game as its wild card selection and that game will be televised on Sunday, March 12, at 11 a.m. (Central). With the 6:30p.m. start against Wisconsin on ESPN Tuesday, please advise fans to arrive • as early as possible for the game to help ease traffic/parking problems. Thanks! / • .. l___ _ UNIVERSITY OF \11:---J:--.iESOTA lEW§ Bierman Field Athletic Building 516 15th Avenue Southeast Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612) 625-4090 Fax 625-0359 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 27, 1995 GOLDEN GOPHERS ATTEMPT TO BREAK NCAA ATTENDANCE RECORD FRIDAY When the Golden Gopher baseball team plays Michigan in their opening game of the Hormel Foods Baseball Classic Friday night at 7 p.m. in the Metrodome, they will attempt to break the NCAA regular-season single-game attendance record. The record is currently 14,991 at the Florida/Mississippi State game in Starkville, Miss., on April 22, 1989. According to Assistant Athletic Director Pat Forciea, 6,700 tickets have already been sold for the game. Discount tickets are available to fans at $1 with a proof of purchase from any Hormel product. Also, groups of 10 or more will save $2 per ticket off the regular price of admission ($6). In addition, fans in attendance will have the opportunity to win a 1995 Chevrolet Cavalier that evening. Fans will have a chance to register for a special drawing as they enter the stadium that evening. Eight names will be drawn, and those eight will have a chance during the seventh inning stretch to throw a ball through a target at home plate. Each participant will get one throw, with a new car being awarded if the ball goes through. The contest is being sponsored by Heartland Chevrolet Geo Dealers and WFfC-Fox 29. If no one throws the ball through the target, the participant who comes closet will win a three night, four day trip for two to the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel in Orlando, Florida on March 30. Airfare and accommodations are included. On Saturday, the Golden Gophers will sponsor a kids clinic at 11 a.m. at the Metrodome, with free admission to those holding a game ticket for that day's game against top-ranked Florida State University at 2 p.m. Sunday, when the Golden Gophers play lOth-ranked Louisiana State University, the first 2,000 fans will receive a free Hormel Foods Baseball Classic baseball cap . • Li:--;IVERSITY OF MI:--;NESOTA JEW§ Biennan Field .-\thletic Building 516 15th A venue Southeast Minneapolis. MN 55455 ( 612) 625-4090 Fax 625-0359 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 27, 1995 GOLDEN GOPHERS WELCOME TOP TEAMS IN THE COUNTRY TO HORMEL FOODS BASEBALL CLASSIC Once again this season, the University of Minnesota will play host to the premier regular season college baseball tournament in the country, the Hormel Foods Baseball Classic, to be held this Friday through Sunday at the Metrodome. The Golden Gophers will welcome top-ranked Florida State, lOth-ranked Louisiana State, and Big Ten arch-rival Michigan in this year's field. Louisiana State will face Florida State 12:15 p.m. on Friday while Minnesota will take on Michigan at 7 p.m. Saturday's action get underway at 2 p.m. as Minnesota faces Flordia State. LSU and Michigan meet in the night cap at 6 p.m. Sunday, Minnesota takes on LSU at 1:15 p.m. and Michigan meets Florida State at 5 p.m. in the fmal game of the tournament. Below is a brief synopsis on each team. Florida State Florida State had a stranglehold on the top perch of the Baseball America Top 25 poll through games of Feb. 20, with an 8-2 record behind the efforts of third baseman Todd Zech, who was hitting .500 (15-30) with eight RBI, and first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz, the team leader in home runs (four) and RBI (14). Head Coach Mike Martin is in the midst of his 16th season as skipper of the Seminoles with a career record of 814-280-3 entering the season. Only once in his 15 years at Tallahassee has the Seminole program had a season winning percentage below .700 (1984, 55-29, .655). Florida State has never had a losing season in 47 seasons of intercollegiate play, and has had 17 consecutive trips to NCAA Regional or District competition, which is the second longest current streak in Division I baseball. The Tribe last appeared in Minneapolis in the 1992 Oscar Mayer Classic, where they defeated Minnesota (3-1), lost to Texas A & M (9-1), and downed Mississippi State (5-1) on the fmal day. Louisiana State Louisiana State, who had begun the season ranked No. 1 in the nation by Collegiate Baseball magazine, will attempt to get back to the College World Series for the eighth time in the last 10 seasons. The Tigers will be led in '95 by a pair of veteran arms; junior right hander Brett Laxton and senior right-hander Scott Schultz. Laxton, the 1993 National Freshman of the Year, is at full strength this season after an injury-plagued '94 campaign. Schultz earned 1994 All-America and All-SEC honors as the ace of the LSU staff, posting a 12-2 mark and a 3.26 ERA with 131 strikeouts in 118 2/3 innings. Head Coach Skip Bertman, the National Coach of the Year in 1986, 1991 and 1993, will be in his 12th season leading the Tigers. The 1996 United States Olympic head coach, Bertman will be aiming to regain the SEC title the Tigers lost for the first time in the last five years as LSU fmished second behind Tennessee in the conference a year ago. This will mark LSU's first appearance in the Maroon and Gold's tournament in Minneapolis. Michigan Michigan stands primed to make a serious run at conference honors this season, returning 20 letterwinners including starters at every field position. "Great Scott" could be a term used to refer to the Wolverines in 1995, after a pair of them led a 29-29 team in hitting a year ago. Scott Niemiec, back for his fourth year behind the plate, led the team in hitting with a .331 average. Junior Scott Weaver hit .323 while leading the team in RBI with 46. Head Coach Bill Freehan, an 11-time major league all-star with the Detroit Tigers in the '60's and '70's, enters his sixth season at the helm of the Wolverines. Freehan has a 142-138-1 career record for the Maize and Blue heading into the 1995 campaign. The Wolverines last appeared in the tournament in 1986 and 1987 when it was known as the Wheaties Tournament of Champions. Minnesota The Golden Gophers appear to be one of the contenders for the Big Ten title and a berth in the NCAA Regionals once again this season. The Maroon and Gold are led by a deep pitching staff that has led the Big Ten in ERA the last two seasons, and a solid nucleus of position players primed to make a run for the team's fourth consecutive 40-win season. Senior left-hander Andy Hammerschmidt appears to be in the form of his sophomore year, in which he garnered first team All-Big Ten honors while posting an 8-2 record. Last season, although hampered a bit by injury, he still posted a 6-3 record, 3.15 ERA, and several sparkling performances. First baseman Shane Gunderson leads the charge at the plate for the Golden Gophers, back for his junior season after slugging 16 round-trippers and diving in 50 runs a year ago. Head Coach John Anderson is in his 14th season in charge of the program, and has led the Golden Gophers to NCAA appearances in each of the last four seasons. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§ Bierman Field Athletic Building 516 15th Avenue Southeast Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612) 625-4090 Fax 625-0359 MEDIA ADVISORY SCHEDULE OF EVENTS --- HORMEL FOODS BASEBALL CLASSIC Thursday, March 2 2:30-6 p.m. Minnesota practice 7- 8:30p.m. LSU practice (Tigers are coached by 1996 U.S. Olympic coach Skip Bertman) 8:30 - 10 p.m. Florida State practice 10- 11:30 p.m. Michigan practice Friday, March 3 9:35 - 10:35 a.m. LSU batting practice 10:45 a.m. Metrodome gates open 10:35 - 11:35 a.m. Florida State batting practice 11:35 - 11:45 a.m. LSU infield 11:45- 11:55 a.m. Florida State infield 12:15 p.m. #1 Florida State vs. #10 Louisiana State 4:45 - 5:30 p.m. Minnesota batting practice 5:30- 6:15p.m. Michigan batting practice 6:15 - 6:25 p.m. Minnesota infield 6:25 - 6:35 p.m. Michigan infield 7 p.m. Michigan vs. Minnesota Saturday, March 4 10:00 a.m. Metrodome gates open 11:00 - 12:30 p.m. Free baseball clinic for kids with a ticket to the day's game between Florida State and Minnesota 1:20 - 1:30 p.m. Minnesota infield 1:30- 1:40 p.m. Florida State infield 2p.m. #1 Florida State vs. Minnesota 5:20 - 5:30 p.m. Michigan infield 5:30 - 5:40 p.m. LSU infield 7 p.m. Michigan vs. #10 Louisiana State Sunday, March 5 8:45 - 9:45 a.m. Florida State batting practice 9:45 - 10:45 a.m. Michigan batting practice 10:45 - 11:45 a.m. Minnesota batting practice 11:30 a.m. Metrodome gates open 11:45 - 12:20 p.m. LSU batting practice 12:20 - 12:30 p.m. Minnesota infield 12:30 - 12:40 p.m. LSU infield 1 p.m. # 10 Louisiana State vs. Minnesota 4:20 - 4:30 p.m. Florida State infield 4:40 - 4:55 p.m. Michigan infield 5 p.m. # 1 Florida State vs. Michigan UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§ Bierman Field Athletic Building 516 15th Avenue Southeast Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612) 625-4090 Fax 625-0359 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 4, 1995 MIENTKIEWICZ'S HOME RUN IN THE lOTH DOWNS MINNESOTA Florida State first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz hit a three-run home run in the top of the lOth inning as the third-ranked Seminoles (11-4) beat Minnesota 4-1, Saturday in the Hormel Foods Baseball Classic at the Metrodome. In the top of the tenth inning, Brooks Dadeaux led off with a walk off reliever Brian Mensink (0-2) and advanced to second on a one-out single by J.D. Drew. Mientkiewicz then put the Seminoles out in front with a three-run home run into the upper deck in right field. Florida State now owns a lifetime record of 9-0 against Minnesota. Saturday's attendance of 5,706 marked the third largest single-game crowd in Golden Gopher baseball history. Florida State jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning when second baseman Mickey Lopez led off the inning with a triple to left field and scored on a bunt single by designated hitter Adam Faurot. The Golden Gophers (3-7) tied the game 1-1 in the fifth inning. With two outs, shortstop Steve Huls doubled and scored on a single by right fielder Mike Mahady. Florida State reliever Mike Bell (3-1) picked up the victory by pitching three scoreless innings, striking out three. Minnesota starter and co-captain Andy Hammerschmidt pitched 6 2/3 innings and allowed one run on five hits, striking out two batters. Minnesota will play against Louisiana State tomorrow at 1 p.m. at the Metrodome. The first 2,000 fans attending tomorrow's Golden Gophers game will receive a free Hormel Foods Baseball Classic baseball cap. Michigan and Florida State will conclude the tournament at 5 p.m. 123 456 789 10 RHE Florida State 100 000 000 3 4 9 0 Minnesota 000 010 000 0 1 8 0 Yocum, Bell (8) and Martin. Hammerschmidt, Mensink (8) and Gunderson. WP: Bell (3-1). LP: Mensink (0-2). HR: Mientkiewicz (5). Att: 5,706. T: 3:20 (Box score will follow later this evening.) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA • JEWS Bierman Field Athletic Building 516 15th Avenue Southeast Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612) 625-4090 Fax 625-0359 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 7, 1995 GOLDEN GOPHER BASKETBALL BANQUET IS SET FOR MONDAY AT THE MINNEAPOLIS HILTON HOTEL The 1995 Golden Gopher Basketball Banquet is set for Monday, Mar. 13, at 5 p.m. at the Minneapolis Hilton Hotel, 1001 Marquette Ave. Tickets are available through Bob Ritter at 591-6014 for $35 each. For more information, call the Golden Gopher Basketball Office at 625-3085 . • • L \ : . ~. ~': r ': r \!: \ '· ~ ,, I r .1, For Immediate Release: \!arch 6. JlN3 GOLDEN GOPHERS THIS WEEK GOLDEN GOPHER MONDAY, MARCH 6 Golf at Central Flonda !nvltatwnai HOTLINE all dav The Golden Gopher Hotline features daily inter- Orlando.' Fla. views with coaches and student-athletes. It is TuESDAY, MARCH 7 available to the media 24 hours a day by calling Golf at Central Florida !nvltattonal all day (612) 625-7887. The Hotline is broadcast quality Orlando, Fla. and is changed by noon each day. This service is WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8 for media use only. The following is the schedule Baeb.all vs. St. Thomas 7p.m. for the coming week: H.H.H. :'Wetroctome KFA.."'-AM 1130 MONDAY, MARCH 6 Gymnastics vs. ~chigan State Hockey Head Coach Doug Woog with post-game com- S~Pavilion ments following the Sunday's game against St. Cloud 7:30p.m. State THURSDAY, MARCH 9 Baketb&.IJ vs. Purdue 7p.m. TUESDAY, MARCH 7 Williams Arena Basketball Head Coach Gem Haskins' weekly press weco. TV Broadcast Coverage: The rurdue game on T~ur 1 C:1an r.c't ~ 1 With Dick Bremer pro\·1-:ii r.~ :ne ? :.1\ -bv-piJ v Jr .:i lim Du:~r.er .;:vmg ~J:T:<.: .Jr..l:\-<1< \\ CCO-..l.\1 "']i' i i' :~" ~\(;L:'-1\L' :JJ:o ~tation rur (.~,)ilit:!"' G~;pnc: ·~c1";.._L:~:'t.1:L lXtt~ f\J\ Chn:-tcr."L'r, caiilng the Jc:ivn 199-1-95 MI\;:\ESOTA BASKETBALL SCHEDCLE The Coaches: Clem Haskms is in his mnth season at the helm oi the Golden Gophers. Hask1ns is credited With being the archi :\"ov. 10 FORT HOOD (exhl 102-59 w tect of the rebuilding process of the \1innesota basketball pro :\"ov. 17 CROATIA:-.i :\ATL TEA:-.1 (exhl 106-57 w gram. He took over a program that was down m 1986 and ha< elevated It back to the elite Circles of colleg1ate bJsketbai:. In im :\0\'. 23-26 Great Alaska Shootout nine seasons, he has posted a 131-121 overall record and J b~-"2 Anchorage, Alaska Big Ten record. He has a career mark of 252-19-t that mcludes \:0\'. 2-1 \'S. Arizona (lst round) 72-70 w s1x seasons at Western Kentuckv and nine at Minnesota. He has Nov. 25 vs. \;dlanova \semifinals) 85-6-1 w led the Golden Gophers to post-season play five of the last SIX ?\ov. 26 vs. Brigham Young (fmalsl 79-74 w seasons. In 1993, he led the Golden Gophers to the ~IT crown Nov. 29 SACRAMENTO STATE 102-84 w and a 22-10 overall record. Last year the :VIaroon and Gold post ed a 21-12 overall record and advanced to the second round of Dec. 1 CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 92-56 w the NCAA Tournament, marking the iirst time in history that Dec. 11 RHODE ISLA:"m 90-65 w the school has posted back-to-back 20-wm seasons. Dec. 13 CINCI~'N A TI 91-88 (otll Dec. 17 @California 82-75 L Purdue Coach Gene Keady is in his 15th year as head coach of Dec. 21 TEXAS SOUTHERN 71-50 L the Boilermakers. He will bring a 357-160 overall career record, and a 22-6 record this year into Thursday's game against the Dec. 23 SAN JOSE STATE 115-68 w Colden Gophers. The Boilermakers are tied for nrst m the Big a. Dec. 28 @James Madison 74-68 w Ten and are looking to win their second straight Big Ten crown- Dec. 31 MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE 98-57 w Keady is a four-time Big Ten Coach of the Year selectiOn, j' Jan. 4 PENN STATE 69-67 w including last year when he led the Boilermakers to a 29-3 over· Jan. 7 @Purdue 68-60 L all mark and a 14-4 conference record, advancing to the Final I Jan.ll NORTHWESTER:\' 105-74 w Eight of the NCAA Tournament. Jan. H @Wisconsin 74-67 L Penn State's Bruce Parkhill is in his 12th season at the helm of Jan.18 OHIO STATE 81-61 w the Nittany Lions, and he has logged a 176-167 record going Jan. 21 ILLINOIS 77-66 w into Wednesday's road game against Michigan. Parkhill sports Jan. 25 @ Michigan State 54-53 L a 265-242 mark in his 18 years as a head coach. Last year, in his Jan. 28 @Iowa 55-54 w second season in the Big Ten, Parkhill led Penn State to a 13-i.t overall record, and a 6-12 conference mark, falling one VIctory Feb.4 MICHIGAN 80-58 w shy of an NIT post-season. bid. Feb.8 @Indiana 64-54 w Feb. 15 IOWA 74-70 L A Closer Look At Boilennakers: The Boilermakers are coming Feb. 18 MICHIGAN STATE 66-57 w off a pair of big wins last week. They came from behind to beat Feb.22 @Illinois 94-88 (otll Iowa 92-85 at home last Wednesday, and followed that with a Feb.25 @Ohio State 73-65 L convincing 69-56 road win over lllinms. The Boilermakers led the Illini from start to finish as Cuonzo Martin again led the Feb. 28 WISCONSIN 78-70 w way, scoring 29 points to lead all scorers. The victory kept Mar. -l @ Northwestern 82-70 w Purdue in a tie with Michigan State for the Big Ten lead. The Mar.9 PlTRDUE 7p.m. Boilermakers are led by senior forward Cuonzo Martin, who is Mar. 11 @Penn State 7p.m. in a heated battle for Player of the Year honors with Michigan State's Shawn Respert. Martin is averaging 18.5 points and 4.0 Schedule is subject to change rebounds per game. This is a very balanced Purdue team with All times listed are central no other starters averaging in double figures. Center Brandon Brantley comes off the bench to average 10.3 points per game Home games in CAPS and Bold and forward Roy Hairston is averaging 10.0 points off the bench. Purdue plays outstanding team defense and has held • their opponents to an average of 66.6 points per game in Big Ten play. In addition, Purdue is 7-1 on the road in the Big Ten th1s year and has won six ot its last seven road games. Basketball Banquet Set For Monday, ~larch 13: The 1993 Golden Gopher basketball banquet is set for Mondav, \lar 13. A Closer Look At The Nittany Lions: Penn State (16-9, 8-8), is at the Minneapolis Hilton Hotel, 1001 Marquette A ,:e. Tickets still in the hunt for a post-season berth. They were idle last are available through Bob Ritter at 591-6014 for S3S each. For Saturday, but return to action at ~ichigan on Wednesday. more information, call the Golden Gopher Basketball Office at Thev are led by senior center John Amaechi, who is a force in 625-3085. the paint. He is averagmg 16.0 points and 10.0 rebounds per game. Glenn Sekunda is averaging l·tl points and 6.6 Back-To-Back-To-Back: Coach Haskins' Golden Gophers put rebounds. Point guard Dan Earl runs the otfense and is scoring together back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time in <.chooi at an 8.8 points-per-game clip while dishing out 5.2 assists per history by going 22-10 in 1992-93 and 21-12 in 1993-94. With a contest. 19-9 mark thus far this season, the Golden Gophers are on the verge of putting together three straight 20-wm seasons. Series Records: Purdue has a 78-64 advantage in the all-time Minnesota has made it to post-season play for three-consecu senes with the Golden Gophers. Coach Haskins is 4-14 lifetime tive seasons and is on the brink of making it four stra1ght th1s vs. the Boilermakers, 4-13 while at Minnesota. All four of year. Haskins' wins over Purdue and his mentor Gene Keady have come at Williams Arena (1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91, and 1992- Lenard Clears the 2,000-Point Plateau: Semor All-America can 93). Purdue's 75-72 win over Minnesota at Williams last year didate Vashon Lenard became the first Golden Gopher basket was the Maroon and Gold's only home loss of the season. The ball player in school history to pass the 2,000-point plateau Nittany Lions trail in the all-time series with the Golden when he scored 18 points vs. Ohio State on Feb. 25 to give him Gophers 5-1. Haskins is 4-1 overall against Penn State, which 2,014 career points. He is currently ranked 18th in all-time scor includes a 1-1 mark at University Fieldhouse. Last year, the ing in the Big Ten, with 2,066 career points. Based on his cur Golden Gophers were upset by the Nittany Lions in University rent pace, Lenard has a chance to finish in the top 15 in career Park, 78-67. scoring in Big Ten history. He is averaging 17.8 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game this season. An all-tourna Do You Remember?: The Golden Gophers have a 10-6 league ment selection at the Carrs Great Alaska Shootout, he has start record this season with two regular-season games remaining, ed all 28 games this season and has led the team in sconng m one at home and one on the road. Since winning the school's 18 games. In addition, he has hit double figures in 26 of 28 most recent Big Ten basketball crown back in 1981-82 with a games this season and holds almost all"of the school career, sm 14-4league mark, Minnesota's best records in conference play gle-season and single-game records for three-point shooting. A have been 11-7 in 1989-90 and 10-8last season. If the Golden complete player at both ends of the floor, Lenard is also ranked Gophers were to finish 12-6 in conference play, it would mark second with 169 career steals and fourth with 312 career assists. the best conference record for the Golden Gophers during Oem Haskins' tenure, and only the fourth time in the history The l,OO~Point Club: Senior Jayson Walton (Sr., Dallas, of the program that the team had notched 12 or more confer Texas) and Townsend Orr became the 29th and 30th players in ence wins (1977, 1978, 1982). Minnesota's lOth conference win school history to score 1,000 or more career points when they last Saturday marked the 19th time in the history of the pro cleared that plateau two weeks ago. Walton is now tied for gram that the Golden Gophers had notched 10 or more confer 23rd on the all-time list with 1,072 career points in Gold ence wins, and the eighth time in the last 20 years that they had Country. His 19-point effort against Northwestern tied him surpassed the 10-win mark. with Marc Hall (1978-82), and John Shasky (1983-86) on that prestigious list. Orr has 1,041 career points and is ranked 27th The Last Time: The Golden Gophers will face Purdue and all-time at Minnesota. This is only the third time in school his Penn State for the second time this season when they meet this tory that Minnesota has had three or more players on the same week. The Golden Gophers dropped a 68-60 decision at Purdue team with more than 1,000 career points. Last year, Voshon on Jan. 7 in the second game of the Big Ten schedule. All Lenard was joined by Arriel McDonald (1,273) and Randy America candidate Voshon Lenard (Sr., Detroit, Mich.) led the Carter (1,186). The other was the 1981-82 Big Ten Golden Gophers with 17 points. Senior Townsend Orr Championship team that ~ad Trent Tucker (1,445), Randy (Dolton, lll.) was the only other Gopher in double figures with Breuer (1,777), Daryl Mitchell (1,182), and Marc Hall (1,072) all 11 points. Purdue's bench outscored Minnesota's 23-13, while with over 1,000 career points. Purdue was afforded 35 trips to the free throw line to Minnesota's eight. Minnesota scored seven more field goals Injury Updates: Townsend Orr (left foot injury, 33 minutes), than the Boilermakers, but Purdue edge at the charity stripe Trevor Winter (Slayton, Minn.) (left elbow, 21 minutes) all made the difference. Minnesota and Penn State had met three saw extensive action against Northwestern Saturday and are days earlier at Williams Arena, with Minnesota rallying from a playing through their injuries. David Grim has been held out of nine-point second-half deficit to win 69-67. Junior David Grim the past two games due to his shoulder injury suffered in the (Massillon, Ohio) hit a three-pointer with 25 seconds remain lowa game on Feb. 15. His status is listed as possible for the ing to win the game. Voshon Lenard led the Golden Gophers Purdue game. with 21 points, including two big three-pointers with less than five minutes to play. Sophomore center John Thomu Walton Shines in Past Eight: In the past eight games, Jayson (Minneapolis, Minn.) did a good job of shutting down Walton is averaging 14.3 points (114), while shooting 51.2 per Amaechi, and added 14 points and six rebounds of his own to cent (42-82) from the field. Last Saturday against Northwestern the effort. Penn State was led by Glen Sekunda who notched 1.5 he scored 19 points and had 11 rebounds, marking the eighth points, as the Lions posted four players in double figures. time this year he has notched a double-double. Minnesota is 7- 1 in the games he has done this. Minnesota is 12-5 in games · that Walton has scored in double figures. 70 The Magic Number: The Golden Gophers are 16·2 :hls >ea· son when they hold their opponent to 70 pomts or less. Onlv "100 Years of Hoops": The 1994-93 school year marks the lOOth five Big Ten opponents (Northwestern with 7-t on 1-11·93; season of Golden Gopher men's basketball and a number of Wisconsin with 74on 1-14-95; Iowa wi.th 74on 2·13-93. ll\in01sA activities took place against Michigan State on Feb. 18. Golden with 94 in OT on 2-22-93; and Ohio State with :-3 on 2-23-93) - Gopher fans cast 81,440 ballots to determine the top player of have scored more than 70 points against the Golden Gophers each decade. The winners were as follows: this season. 1900s: George Tuck 1910s: Erling Platou Defense, Defense: Minnesota is one of the top defensive teams 1920s: Arnold O;s in the Big Ten. They have held their opponents to an average oi 1930s: john Kundla 66.8 points per game in league play. In the last 10 games, the 19-!0s: Tony Jaros Golden Gophers have held their opponents to an average of 1930s: Meyer "Whitey" Skoog 63.8 points per game (658). The 94 points Minnesota gave up tn l %0s: Lou Hudson the overtime loss at Illinois on Feb. 22 were the most thev have ' 1970s: Mychal Thorn pson allowed all year. The Golden Gophers are holding conference 1980s: Kevin McHale opponents to 40.2 percent field goal shooting. 1990s: Vashon Lenard Player of the Century: Kevin McHale Cleaning the Glass: The Golden Gophers have done an excel lent job on the boards this year. They have a 40.9-33.9 advan Silent Auction: The special commemorative uniforms worn by tage overall in rebounding, and a 38.1-35.3 per-game edge in the Golden Gophers in the Feb. 18th game against Michigan conference play. The Golden Gophers have won the battle on State and Terrence Fogarty signed and numbered "100 Years of the boards in 19 of 28 games overall this season. They are 16-3 Hoops" prints are available in a silent auction. All proceeds this year when they have outrebounded their opponents. wi.ll benefit the Williams Scholarship Fund. For more informa tion, call (612) 625-4879. Bench Scoring: Minnesota's bench has outscored its oppo nents' bench by a 649-448 margin or an average of 23.2 to 16.0 White Uniforms To Stay: The Golden Gophers wi.ll wear the points per game. In addition, Minnesota's bench has outre special commemorative uniforms worn against Michigan State bounded its opponents by an average of 13.0 to 10.0 (364-280). on Feb. 18 for the final home game at Williams Arena and A total of 11 players are averaging at least seven minutes per throughout tournament play when they are the designated game this season. home team. The Golden Gophers usually wear gold uniforms at home. Minnesota is 2~ while wearing their white uniforms. Orr Leads The Way: Senior All-Big Ten candidate Townsend Orr is the Golden Gophers' team leader both on and off the Ironmen: It's no secret that the Golden Gophers have a very court. Honored as the MVP of the Great Alaska Shootout, he i experienced team. Townsend Orr leads the way wi.th 125 career ranked second on the team in scoring wi.th an average of 13.-! games played, which is the school's all-time mark. He passed points a game, is third in rebounds wi.th 4.6 boards a game, and Ernest Nzigamasobo's (1990-94) mark of 124 games with his is the team leader wi.th 4.7 assists per game. A tremendous appearance last Saturday. Voshon Lenard (124), Chad scoring talent who is a natural shooting guard, he is being Kolander (120), and Jayson Walton (117) have all played over asked to sacrifice his own scoring numbers to help the team 100 career games. Lenard, in fact, has started in 123 out of 124 wi.n by playing the point guard spot. In conference play, he is games played and has only missed one game in his career.In shooting 42.1 percent (40-95) from three-point range. With 125 addition, Ryan Wolf (Sr., Martinsville, Ind.) is quickly dosing career games played, he is the all-time school leader in this cat in on the century mark wi.th 99 career games played. This says egory. He has scored 1,041 career points to rank 27th on the all a lot about the experience and durability of this senior class. time school list. He is ranked second in all-time assists (386) and third wi.th 166 career steals. In addition, he is second on Wiliams Arena: The Golden Gophers have registered an the school's all-time list wi.th 160 career three-pointers made, impressive 51-10 record (.836) over the past four seasons in behind only teammate Voshon Lenard's 269. Orr is also second Williams Arena. on the all-time three-point attempt list wi.th 427 to Lenard's 731. Leading At The H.tlf: The Golden Gophers are now 16-1 over all when leading at the intermission. The 74-70 loss to Iowa is Walton Bounces Back: One of the biggest reasons for the the only game the Maroon and Gold has lost when they were Golden Gophers' success this year has been the play of Jayson leading at half-time. Walton. Rated one of the top up-and-coming players in the Big Ten after his sophomore season, Walton was hobbled by knee Crunch Time: Getting out in front, and then successfully pro injuries throughout much of last season. He had an incredible tecting the lead, has been a big key to the Golden Gophers' suc start to his senior season, notching five double-doubles in the cess this season. The Golden Gophers are shooting an impres· first nine games. An outstanding inside-outside performer, he sive 78.9 percent (60-76) from the free throw line this season in has played in all28 games this season and is averaging 10.6 the final two minutes of games that are decided by 10 points or points and a team-leading 7.0 rebounds per game. He sur less. Freshman Eric Harris (100 percent, 4-4), Voshon Lenard passed the coveted 1,000-career-point mark two weeks ago and (87.9 percent 29-33), and Jayson Walton (83.3 percent 10-12) is now ranked 23rd on the all-time school list wi.th 1,072 career lead the way. points. ~------ Kolander Provides Experience L:p Front: Despite fighting games. Minnesota posted big wins over Anzona 1:-:-:-m. through a number of ankle inJuries all season long, Chad Villanova (85-64), Brigham Young (79-74), and \'\isconsin ,_:-s- Kolander is averaging 6.0 points and 3.8 rebounds per game. 70) in front of ESPN national television audiences. and a big Ranked seventh on the all-time school list with i3 career road win over James Madison in front of an ESP:'\2 n,ltlonal blocks, he has played in 120 career games tor the Golden audience. They lost tough ESPN games to Cincmnatl and Gophers. California, two highly-respected programs. Last year, the Golden Gophers posted a 4-2 record in nationally-tele\1Sed Wolf Makes An Impact: Ryan Wolf has seen extended action games, and this year they are 3-2. dunng the Big Ten season and has provided strong defense and hit some kev three-pointers for the Golden Gophers. He :'1/aismith And Wooden Award Candidate: Rctumrng All has played m 13 of 16 Big Ten games and is averaging 2.3 America guard Vashon Lenard is a candidate for the presti points a game. If this veteran who has played in 99 career gious John Wooden Player of the Year Award and the "iaismtt" games in Gold Country can continue to contribute off the Player of the Year Award. Lenard ranked th1rd m the Big Ten bench with strong defense and good shooting, he will further in scoring last year (21.6) and was a l.JPI honorable mentwn bolster the team's backcourt depth. All-America selection. He was taken as the 46th overall piCk :n the 1994 NBA Draft by the Milwaukee Bucks, but elected to Thomas A Force in the Paint: Sophomore center John Thomas return to school for his senior season. has answered one of the Golden Gophers' biggest question marks going into the season by playing solidly in the paint for Lenard Picked First-Team AU-Big Ten: Vashon Lenard was the Maroon and Gold. Thomas staked his claim on the starting also named to the pre-season All-Big Ten first team by the Big center job by posting an impressive performance in the season Ten media contingent at the Big Ten Tip-off Luncheon on Oct. opener against Arizona (11-24-94) when he brought down 11 27 in Indianapolis, Ind. Other players named to the first team rebounds against Arizona's talented frontline. In the Big Ten include: Michael Finley (UW), Rashard Griffith (UW'l, Shawn opener against highly-regarded John Amaechi of Penn State (1- Respert On the Road: Minnesota has fashioned a 7~ record in road games so far this season. National Spotlight: The Golden Gophers have been in the national spotlight this year with seven nationally-televised 1994 -95 MuiJesoiJI Golden (iophers IIASKE'mAt J. TEAM STATIST!< 'S MN I'G% OPI'ONENT OI'P Hi% IIIGII SCORER IIKill REIIOUNDI!R ATil~D I'I.A(l: & DA'IE 72 39.4 Anzooa 70 45.1 Ill l.en~rd II Thumas 7,1163 11:00 November 24, Anchoraga·. Ala,ka BS 46.2 Villanova 64 32.11 19 l.en~rd Ill Wahon 7,1163 II:OO,November 25, All<:horage, Ala,ka 19 Orr 79 39.0 Brigham Young 14 45.5 24 Lenard 15 Wahoo 7,1161 li:(XJ November 26, Anchorage, Ala,ka 102 47.1 SACRAMENTO ST. 84 50.11 211 Lenwd 9 Wahoo 13,230 7:00 November 29, Manncapnhs, M11111 92 SI.S 1EAM RECORD AIJ.GAMES 19- 9 67.8% lEAGUE 10- 6 62.5% e e e e - - 1994-95 Mmneso&a Goldm Gophers HASKEI"UALL 'll!AM SI'ATISTICS IN!l.LJOES IJi.AGIIIiGAMES 1UI'ALf' IILK S'l1, MIN 1'1:-; AV<; Lenard 16 16 94 215 43.7 4S 132 34.1 53 70 75.7 23 4S 6K 4.3 36 0 40 2 5 25 5 12 Jl 2Kh I I 'J IIIGIIS: PJ'l; 30 vs Nonhwesaern RBS II vs MICIIJGAN AST 5 vs 01110 STA'Il! Orr 16 16 6K 156 43.6 40 95 42.1 36 45 80.0 12 54 66 4.1 41 19 4.9 29 I) 29 12 112 I I I IUGIIS: l'fS 20 vs MICIIIGAN KBS 9 vs UJJNOIS ASI' 8 vs Iowa Wallon 16 9 59 l2S 47.2 0 .o 39 sa 67.2 211 611 96 6.0 39 2 21 u 19 4 12 21 15/ 'JH HIGHS: PI'S 20 vs Iowa RBS 14vs WISCONSIN AST 4 vs Pucdue Thomas 16 16 52 110 47.3 0 0 .0 44 4S.S 35 41 20 76 4.8 49 2 15 9 40 4 7 12 124 I H IIIGHS: PI'S 14 vs PENN STATE RBS 9 vs Wisconsm AST J vs Northwestern Jacobson 16 12 4S 100 45.0 7 34 20.6 13 21 61.9 34 38 12 4.5 44 2 Ill I I 31 3 13 20 110 h'J HIGHS: PI'S 12 vs lllinotl RBS 7vsi'I!NNSTATE AST 2 vs PENN STA'Il: Kolander 16 36 78 46.2 0 0 s ,0 14 22 63.6 24 31 ss 3.4 42 17 I I 19 7 7 20 HI> 54 HIGHS: PI'S 14 VI NOR11JWEYfERN RBS 8 VI NORTIIWI'STERN ASr 3 vs Purdue Grim 14 6 22 37.9 4 sa 19 21.1 12 IS 80.0 13 42 SS 3.9 22 16 I I 22 7 16 I Willla 16 0 19 38 soo 0 0 .0 13 18 72.2 18 26 44 2.8 43 0 12 .K 17 9 6 14 ~I I 2 lll Wolf IS 0 II 31 35.5 8 24 33.3 1 8 87.5 0 8 K .5 19 0 13 9 M 0 7 I 11 n IIIGIIS: PI'S 7vsOIIIOSTAlE RBS 3 VI Wisconsin AST 3 vs NOIHIIWES'IliRN IIams IS 0 S 23 217 0 4 .0 II IS 13.3 3 II II .7 21 0 Ill 12 II 0 9 )I) 21 1-1 HIGIIS: VI PI'S 4 NORTIIWES'Il!RN RBS 2vsl'llrWe AST 4 VS 01110 STA'Jl! Whaley 10 0 6 II 54.5 3 33.3 0 4 .0 I 6 7 .7 10 0 6 .6 6 I I 4 II I I HJGHS: PrS 3 VI Ohio Stale RBS 3 VI NORTifWPSIF..RN AST 2 vs NONTIIWES'll!H.N Walkins 4 0 I 2 SO.O 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 I .3 2 0 2 .5 I 0 2 2 HIGIIS: PfS 2 VI NORTifWES'Il!RN RDS I vs MICHIGAN AST I vs NONTIIWESiliRN Criuenden S 0 0 I .0 0 0 .0 2 SO.O I 0 .2 0 0 0 .0 3 0 lUGIIS: PI'S I vs MIOIIGAN RBS I vs MICHIGAN Osterman 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 0 0 .0 0 3 j .M 0 0 () () () 0 0 lll 1F.AM 46 2.9 2H 'lUI'AI. 16 418 948 44.1 105 313 33.5 219 322 68.0 192 417 609 38.1 369 9 25 7 I b I 259 40 12 I llt>il /.' '\ IIIGIIS: PfS 105 vs NORTIIWES'Jl!H.N RBS 46vs NONTIIWI!SiliRN AST 2bvs NOIUIIWI~~TI!NN OI'PONEN'I'S 16 347 863 402 98 295 33.2 276 396 69.7 189 375 51>4 35 j 305 7 206 12 Mmnesota !ioldcn (iopht:TS OPPONENTS Ill !ADIIAI J. REIIOliNUS 40 56 19'J4 95 Mioocsola whkll Gophers JIASKErtiALL 'JliAM STATISTICS IN lnwd 211 211 160 3115 41-6 74 220 33.6 lOS 139 7S.S 40 110 120 4.3 bO 0 70 2.5 41 9 lb j I 4'l'J I I K HIGHS: PTS 30 vs Northwestern RDS 9 vs Villanova ASf 6 vs CJNCJNNAil Orr 28 211 121 278 43.S 64 ISS 41.3 68 91 70 25 103 128 4.6 67 131 4.7 56 I 4M j() 1/4 I I ·I IIIGIIS: l'l'S 21 vs Califorma RUS 9 vs Vtllanova :\'iT 10 vs James MadiSon Wallon 211 21 Ill 262 42.4 0 2 .0 7S 102 ns 71 124 19S 7.0 65 2 so 1.8 42 5 21 22 2')/ I 0.1• HIGHS: PTS 20 vs Iowa RDS 16 vsltHOOO ISLAND AST S v s Arwwta 1'llmw 28 28 liS 117 48.0 0 0 .0 40 75 H3 62 66 1211 4.6 76 3 21 .M 56 I 11 21 210 I 5 HIGIJS: P'fS 14 vs RHODE ISLAND RDS II v1 Arizona AST 3 vs Norlhweslem Jacobson 211 12 79 174 4H IS 54 27.8 36 55 65_5 64 67 131 4.7 71 J 37 13 42 l 20 I'J l!~J I 5 HIGIIS: PTS l6v1SANJOSESTAlE RBS IOv1SANJOSESTATE ASI' 6 vs SAN JOSE STAll! Kolancb 28 17 68 IJI 51.9 0 0 .0 33 53 62.3 46 59 lOS 3_8 69 2 34 1.2 40 II> 19 20 II•'J C..O tOO liS: P'fS IS v1 Arizona RBS 9 v1 James Madison AST 3 v~ ('JiN'IRAL CONNECI10fl' Grim 2S 6 SO 126 39_7 19 S7 3B 21 29 72-4 23 62 85 J 4 40 n u 38 11 26 19 140 ,_, IIIGIJS: P'fS 13 vs Brigham Young RBS 10 v1 Wisconsin AST 4 vs IlLINOIS Willlef 28 0 43 79 54.4 0 0 .0 23 33 69.7 36 Sll 94 H 75 2 19 .7 28 IS II 15 lll9 I.'J IIIGIJS: PTS 12 VS SAN JOSE STA'IE RDS 9vsCENTRALCONNECTICUf AS'f 2 vs MIDili-E'IliNNI~'iSEE STA IIIIITiS 27 0 22 61 36.1 I 8 12.5 21 30 70.0 8 16 24 .9 44 0 41 1.5 19 () IH II 66 J_4 IIIGIJS: P'fS I I VI MIDDI.E TENNI!SSEl! STA RDS 4 VI CI!NIRAL CONN£'£TJ(UJ' AST S vs VtlliUIOva Wolf 26 0 17 54 31.5 12 42 28.6 14 17 82.4 3 17 20 .8 29 0 25 I 0 21 !l 'J 7 bO l I IIIGHS: PTS 7 vs RHODE ISLAND ROS 4 v1 RJIODI! ISLAND ASJ' 5 vs KJIODI! ISLAND Whaley 17 0 IS 32 46.9 4 10 40_0 3 10 30.0 4 12 16 .9 17 0 II _6 II 5 4 6 J7 2.2 IIIGIIS: PTS 8vsO!NTRAI.CONNilCTICUf RBS 3vsCI!NJ1tALCONNECTI<-Ur AST 2 vsCiiN'ntAI.CONNE Wlllkins 12 0 2 3 66.7 0 .0 3 n1 2 4 6 _s 8 0 3 .3 I I 2 2 5 _4 IUGHS: PTS 2 vs SACRAMENTO ST. RDS 3 vs CliNTitAL CONNECfi(UJ' AST I vs ltliODE ISLAND Criuenden II 0 I 2 50.0 0 0 .0 3 4 7S_O I 3 4 _4 0 0 4 .4 4 0 IUGIIS: P'fS 2 vs SACRAMiiNTO ST. ltDS I vs Villanova AST I vs VilliUIOva Osaennan 7 0 0 0 .0 0 0 .o o o _o o 3 3 .4 0 0 .0 0 () 0 0 IIIGIJS: RDS 2 vs NOKTIIWFSTERN ·n'AM M5 3_0 3!1 lUI'AI. 2K 774 1764 43.9 IK9 549 34.4 443 641 69.1 385 159 I 144 40 'J 622 14 47') 171 429 71 221 liXO II 'I IIIGIIS: l'l'S 115 VS SAN JOSE STA'lli ltiJS 56 vs KIIOilli ISLAND AS' I' 2M vs Mil lDI.I' ·n•NNI~~SEI' STAll: OPPONENTS 211 ' ) '~69 41.3 168 504 JJ.J 454 680 66-K 331 6611 I 005 15. 'J 5M2 16 369 IJ 2 475 KO I ~M I'll X hX 1 IIIGIIS: l'l'S ., ' _.... KIIS 49 VS 'll!XAS SOU'IllliRN AST21 vsi'ENN STAili Mtmtes!AOI (iohleu Gophers tli'I'ONENTS DEADIIAJJ_ttEIIOLJNI~ Hl 103 e e e Golden Gophers Split with St. Cloud; Face \1innesota Duluth in WCHA First Round: The Golden Gophers fintshed the regular season in fourth place after they split this week end's series with St. Cloud State. Minnesota will face Minnesota-Duluth in this weekend's first-round of the WCHA playoffs at Mariucci Arena. The Golden Gophers lost on Saturday at the National Hockey Center 3-D. St. Cloud goal tender Brian Leitza shut out the Maroon and Gold making 27 saves. Minnesota rebounded on Sunday to defeat the Huskies 5-3 at Mariucci Arena. Third period goals by Justin McHugh (Sr., Minnetonka, Minn.), Mike Crowley (Fr., Bloomington, 1994-95 MI!':!':ESOT A HOCKEY SCHEDlJLE Minn.) and Scott Bell (Sr., Inver Grove Heights, Minn.) proved the difference. Oct. 21 at Minnesota-Duluth S-4W Oct. 22 at Minnesota-Duluth 6-2W The Opponent: Last weekend, Minnesota-Duluth swept Ocr. 28 WISCONSIN 2-1 (OT) W Northern Michigan in Duluth. On Friday night, Brad Ocr. 29 WISCONSIN (TARGET CENTER) 5-2W Federenko scored two goals and assisted on two others, leading Nov.4 ST. CLOUD STATE 5-3 w the host Bulldogs over the Wildcats. UMD, who never trailed, Nov. 5 at St. Cloud State 5-2W Nov. 11 at North Dakota 4-4(0f)T also got goals from Laird Lidster, Chris Sittlow, Marc Christian Nov. 12 at North Dakota 4-3 L and Rod Aldoff. On Saturday night, UMD completed the Nov.19 MICHIGAN TECH 3-2(0f) L sweep with a 6-3 victory. Nov. 20 MICHIGAN TECH 6-2 w Nov. 25 COLL£CE HOCKEY SHOWCASE UMD is led by head coach Mike Sertich who is m h1s 13th year (ST. PAUL CIVIC CENTER) at the helm of the Bulldogs with a career record of 269-227-33. MICHIGAN STATE 3-2W The Bulldogs are 16-16-4 overall this season and 13-15-4 in the Nov. 26 COUEGE HOCKEY SHOWCASE WCHA. The Bulldogs finished the regular season in seventh (ST. PAUL CIVIC CENTER) place with 30 points. UMD comes to Mariucci Arena on a four· MICHIGAN 4-3W game winning streak. DEC. 10 DENVER 4-3L DEc. 11 DENVER 3-2L Dec. 16 at Colorado College 3-1W The Series Record: The Golden Gophers lead the all-time series Dec. 17 at Colorado College 9-2L against the Bulldogs 91-50-9 dating back to 1952. Minnesota DEC. 28 SWEDISH NAT. TEAM (EXH.) 4-4T swept this season's series (4-0) from the Bulldogs. Three weeks DEC.30 MARIUCCI CLASSIC ago, the Golden Gophers defeated the Bulldogs 3-D and 4-1 at YALE 6-2W Mariucci Arena. In game one, Jeff ~Uinan (Sr., Mound, DEC. 31 MARIUCCI CLASSIC Minn.) shut out the Bulldogs, making 20 saves for the first BOSTON UNIVERSITY 4-3 FreshJNn Scoring Leader: Mike Crowley finished the regular season as the top freshmen scorer in WCHA games with 31 I L) , '' r- • • , \,. < i ?Olnt~:" ::;oat::., __ J.SSlS~' ..._rl)~s.L'\ i:n:-.n~u ~>nL, pu1nt J:tCJu l)f Rvan Kraft (Fr., \1oorhead, \!inn.l K~Jrt '-J-i :.,,o d"'l"t' on S~nJ.~v Jiternoon to in(rc.:~c 'n1..; ':L\)~uc :Jntr~ ~·~HJl tu )ll. KrJrt All-Star Came To Be Held At \1ariucci Aren.J T"e ':lhr:~.e leads CrO\\·lev ;r; scor!r,~ ~, .- ,1l1 ~J~c~ ·,\.'::~ J~ ~'~._-':nc-; ( :ll ~oJis. EJ,t-\\ e't All-':ltar Hockev Cassie JS me\ :ng :o the l r::\~:-,:t\ ::; J lncreJ~i~_g :,1s ~eas~)n-t='l);nt ~otJI to 3-t ?O:::r~o;. ,Y ~oJls, ~-.i ':lundav Apnl 9 at 1 p.m ..-\11 seats for the C:J5>1c are resencci. J~'l'tS' Tickets Jre pncccl at: 512 (Jdultl, 59 (stud.cr:tl and 58 for group'i or 20 or more. Tickets c::an be purchased at \1ar.ucc: The Power-Play and the Penalty-Killers: \1;nnesota'< pu1,·~·r Arena or by calling (612l 62-i-8080 or l--'\00-l' -Copher ?lJ\ . ..::un~!nuc~ :o ..::i.:~. \f:~;1t: .... ,·n..1 \\"J" )-~ d:"\ t:--:e pO\\'Cr plJ\ on~:,..._, 1-'"Ct.:i-:.~r;j, \1-2 C)n S~1~'.J!'"~J\. :t:--~~-: ~-::; C'n SundJy The Golden Gophers on \1SC: Once J~Jm thts "L'.l"On the Coic~c;. C,Jidcn CoFhers han• --=orcd :: ~'lll\ c'r-plJ\ ,.,,JJs In the IJSt 1; CDphc; hocke:' team can b~ ..;.cen on \1!c!'sc~r Sport~ Chan:--,c: SJr;tCS. Thev ..::urrent!y rank -=.ecJnd ;n the k1 J~~..le 1n the ?O\\·er The \!aroon and Cold will be tcle\·i The Woog Line: Doug Woog (Minnesota '66l is in his 10th sea 2201 Entire Weekly Release son at the helm of the Golden Gophers. During his career he 2253 Cumulative Team & Individual Stats has recorded a 293-121-28 record (220-83-26 in WCHAJ, giving 2256 Pre-Game Notes Package (2-l hrs pnor to game I him one of the highest winning percentages (.709) of any colle 2257 Scoring Summaries giate coach in the country. Last season's appearance in the 2258 Honors Candidates NCAA Tournament was the mnth consecutive in his career. In 2259 :'>lumerical/ Alphabetical Roster addition, he has taken the team to NCAA Final Four appear ances five times and h1s teams have finished first or second in In addition, the WCHA's weekly news and statistical release IS the WCHA in nine out of his 10 seasons. Woog's record during available on the Info Connection's Fax-On-Demand system. his career versus Minnesota-Duluth is 27-12-2. He is 13-6-1 at Weekly WCHA releases will no longer be mailed. The updated home, 13-6-1 on the road and 1-0 at a neutral site. weekly release will be available by 11 p.m. (CT) on Sunday evenings. If there are Sunday games being played in the Signees: The University of Minnesota hockey program WCHA, the release will be available at 3 p.m. (C"f) on \1onday. announced last fall the signing of four prospects to national let WCHA Players of the Week will be available on Fax-On ters of intent to play hockey for the Golden Gophers. Mike Demand each Monday at 3 p.m. (CTl. The WCHA Fax-On Anderson of Bloomington (jefferson), Minn.; Billy Kohn of Demand System may be accessed by using the handset of any Roseville, Minn., and the St. Paul Vulcans; Erik Rasmussen of Fax machine and by using the same procedures as above. The St. Louis Park, Minn.; and Wyatt Smith of Warroad, Minn., WCHA passcode is 9242. · have committed to the Golden Gophers beginning with the 1993-96 academic year. 1001 Entire Release 1002 Standings, last week scores, events & summanes Anderson, a 6-0, 170-pound wing, scored 38 points (16 goals, -l2 1003 Team notes and team stats assists) as a junior at Jefferson. Kohn, a 3-11, 185-pound 1004 Scoring & goaltending defenseman, is a 1994 graduate of Roseville High School where 1003 1994-95 schedule and scores he scored 18 goals and 14 assists dunng his senior season. 1006 Players of the Week Rasmussen entered his senior season at St. Louis Park High School with career totals of 50 goals and 53 assists. The 6-0, 180- pound forward notched 25 goals and 18 assists last year as a Catch Coach Woog &: The Golden Gophers: Coach Doug jumor. Smith, who has led Warroad in scoring each of the last Woog once again hosts a 30-minute show every Friday before two seasons, had career totals of 45 goals and 49 assists enter the series opener, 30 minutes before game time, on Midwest ing his senior season. The 6-1, 173-pound forward scored 58 Sports Channel (MSCJ. On KSTP-AM (1500), Woog will con points (28 goals, 30 assists) last year as a JUnior. duct a 20-minute interview each Saturday at 11 a.m., a post game interview after each contest, and a 10-minute show each "We've added size, speed, and skill to our future," said Woog. Monday at 8:10a.m. He also makes some Saturday appear "They are all winners and want to be part of a winning pro- ances after home contests at 11:05 p.m. on KARE-TV's "Copher Sports Extra" program d unng the season. p.m.) m the players lounge, Media Relations Office, or outs1de I the locker room. Normally practice is open to the media, unless I Credential Requests: Requests for working media credentials otherwise specified by Coach Doug Woog. I for 1994-95 Golden Gopher home games at Mariucci Arena I must be made in advance on letterhead to Karen Zwach at the Assured Seating Ticket Return Policy: This season the I I Umverstty of Minnesota Media Relations office. The fax num- University of Minnesota Men's Athletic Department is offenng I ber lS (612) 625-0359. corporate sponsors and assured seat holders at the 5500 or Si50 1 level the opportunity to return tickets. A rece1pt for a charitable 1 1995 WCHA Final Five: The WCHA has agreed to a title spon- i gift in the amount of the tickets face value will be gwen and I sorship with Apex One, a leading national design and manu- men's athletics will use the tickets to accommodate additional iacturer oi authentic game umiorms, to become the title spon- fans. The policy requires that the tickets must be phvs1cally sor of the 1995, 1996 and 199i WCHA Championships. Apex returned to the Development Office at the Bierman Bu!ldrng, One, headquartered in New Jersey, is a licensee of the NBA, 516- 15th Avenue SE, Room 226, Minneapol1s or copies of the NHL, NFL and MLB, and over 80 major colleges and universi- tickets must be faxed in with the ticket holder's s1gnature at ties, including the University of Minnesota. (612) 626-7859 by 4:30p.m. the Wednesday before each game. The pairings for the 1995 Apex One WCHA Tournament are as Phone calls cannot be accepted in order to ensure there is no follows: Team 5 vs. Team 4 on March 16 at 7:05 p.m.Cf; Team 3 confusion at the game. A receipt for the tickets will be sent in vs. Team 2 on Friday, March 17 at 2:05p.m.; Winner of the mail. If you have any questions, please call (612l 625-4569. Thursday's game vs. Team 1 on Friday, March 17 at 7:05p.m. Cf; Third Place Game on Saturday, March 18 at 2:05 p.m.; Broadmoor Trophy Championship Game on Saturday, March 18 at 7:05p.m. cr. Golden Gophers on Teamline: All Minnesota games can be heard live by those outside the KSTP-AM listening area on Teamline. Fans who want to hear a game should dial1-800- 846-4700 and then enter Minnesota's Team Code of 5320.The cost to hear a game is billed either to your Visa or Mastercard. A portion of the proceeds goes to Golden Gopher athletics. Interviews: All requests for player and/or coach interviews, whether in person and/or via phone, are arranged by the University of Minnesota Media Relations Office. Please call the Media Relations Office at (612) 625-4090 to schedule inter- views, and by allowing at least 24 hours prior notice for the interview, arrangements can be greatly facilitated. In general, player interviews are conducted prior to practice (Noon to 2 Final WCHA Standings w L T Pts GF GA 1. Colorado College (27-10-1) •,# 22 9 1 45 155 108 2. Denver (22-12-1)# 18 12 2 38 131 115 Wisconsin (19-13-4) # 17 11 4 38 128 112 4. Minnesota (19-12-5)# 16 11 5 37 121 95 5. St. Cloud State. (17-18-1)# 15 16 1 31 126 112 North Dakota (16-17~3) 14 15 3 31 120 141 7. Minnesota-Duluth (16-16-4) 13 15 4 30 124 127 8. Michigan Tech. (15-18-4) 12 17 3 27 109 140 9. Northern Michigan (12-22-3) 10 19 3 23 110 136 10. Alaska-Anchorage (11-23~) 10 22 0 20 106 142 #-clinched home ice for the opening round of WCHA Playoffs •-clinched the McNaughton Cup LAST WEEK'S RESULTS AND THIS WEEK ' 5 SCHEDULE Last Friday Resuls Denver 7, Colorado Col3 This Friday's Games Ala.-Anch. @Colorado Col. UMD 6, No. Mich. 3 Wisconsin 7, Mich. Tech 1 UMD @ Minnesota No. Mich. @Wisconsin No. Dakota 4, Ala.-Anchorage 3 Ala.-Anch.@ Colorado Col. Mich. Tech. @Denver Colorado Col 5, Denver 5 (QT) Last Sunday's Result No. Mich. @ Wisconsin No. Dakota @St. Cloud St. Minnesota 5, St. Cloud St. 3 Mich. Tech.@ Denver Last Saturday Results Wisconsin 7, Mich. 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SJturdav's crowd of 3.:"06 tor the Ronda State game ?laces i.t :rmd on the all·time list The weekend total atte~jar:cc \\J~ l ~,l.iY.", J.iso establi~hrng J tVi..lrr.J.mcnt record Simmons :\amed Tourney \!VP: Ou:t1clder Bnan S1mmo~-; Jt Golden Gophers Host St. Thomas Wednesday ~ight: The \lich1gan was named tournament \1\'P in balloting bv the baseball mne \vlll be back 1n act1on this \\'ednc \\I I \1'\ ( 1)'1' I 1)'1~ 1'-:l '\I \I II I\: II 1'1 \1 ·1 1<1 I> \TI I~ I\\ I I< I'I \' s \ I I 1'1'<' I~ I Sll \\ ~ -t 'd11111 llnlnth HIX 1 Ill 'I. \1t·na. 7 l'i Ill 21 '1-t J\ litnll',Oia ~0() ~" ~XII \\ (, 2 !lhnn l>uluth 0'\ ">-tiX I lH 'I· \rena. 7 Ill 22 '1-l 1 ll'l~ 1\.JI"'I S IX~ II .' Ill \\(I I) ) 2 I \\lSI 'I 1'\SI' '>501 1\lauun:t \rena. 7 O."i Ill 2X •>-t \\ 2 \\IS<., I'SI\; )(~'\ larl!cl < 'cnkr. 7 O."i Ill 2•1·•1-t \\ I Sl I ·1 I II )I Sl \II " '1-tll 1\lanm.:n \rena. 7 0'\ II I~ •>-t II \ I ll I~ I ( ., II< I I II< 1\ II . 1<1 I \I) Sl \SI IN I I \1 il I X s 2 X t. I Ito II ~~I~ II \< il I I 0 2 () II I I I< I) \I 'I h 2 10 t. I 1'1 12 \Ill '\l>\"1 I lit 1\ II I<< I \I I '-1 I II< \1 I I \I il I t:t :1 •. 1 'II.OX'I II • •II II I< IX.XI2 II \11.17'1 II I) \1 ''· .,.,.,. 'I I .I IX' I \11.17'1 \ \ I I< \t il "·IX'\ '> \'iX I ~.IIX'I ) II) \1 .?X.?."~~ )I l) \1 \\I i 7X r:' • • e .. \' t:"· ~· :\1innesota Prepares for :\"CAA Championships: The Go:cier. Eight Wrestlers Advance to :'\:C-\A Championships: Eight Gopher sw1mming and di\·mg team 1" in t~c middle of::" \linnesota wrestlers qualified- ~or the 1993 \:CAA preparations for the \:CAA Swimmmg and 01ving Champ1onsh1ps \tarch 16-1S m Iowa City, Iowa as the Golden Championships which will take place m lnd1anapoi!s at the Gophers timshed third at the 199:5 B1g Ten Con terence end ot \larch. So far, the Golden Gophers have four athletes Championships. Iowa won their 22nd consecutive conference who have surpassed the automatic standards tor qual!ftcation title while \lich1gan State hnished second. The top six individ Derek Williams Team Results: 1.1owa 185 2. Michigan State 109 1/2 3. Minnesota 83 4. Illinois 82 5. Michigan 73 6. Penn State 65 1/2 7. Wisconsin 50 8. Ohio State 47 1/2 9. Northwestern 47 10. Indiana 40 1/2 11. Purdue 18 '; '1' 1Ll:i.l0.37 In the pole VJ.ult, Tve Han·ev p:J...:ed :h1r..1 ·.,It;, J. :-e~ sonal-bcst and C\iCAA provt~Ional qu~lit\·:n~ :-nark or; 7--i l.: A and ~th \lischke was s1xth wtth a per<.Onai-bl'st :-nJrk or ;.,_., - 3!-i. Golden Gopher football star Chm Dark1ns pla..:ed .;econc m the 33 meters wtth a nme of 6.32. Jonathon Burrell or Oh:o State won the event in 6.29. Chris Bnnkwort~ and Rob Hvd ukonch earned two places for the Golden Gopher< tn the -;hot put Brink worth was foL:rth wlth a toss ot )7-:" 1, 2. wh::c Hvduko\·t-:h was a clo 1 RCA Dome tn Ind1anapolts. leap of 6-10 3/-i. Although he did not place In the event. '\iles Deneen (fr., St. Paul, :\finn.) dtd set a new s..:hool ireshc:-:an The Qualifiers: ~nior Keita Cline (Gainesville, Fla.) 1s an indoor record wtth a clockmg ot 7.63 m the 53-meter htgh h ur automattc qualifier for the \:CAA Indoor Champtonshtps in dles. the long JUmp and a provisional qualifier in the triple JUmp. Junior Chris Darkins (Houston, Texas) in the 55 meters, JUnior Season Bests: The top performance m each event for the Paul Michalek (Bloomington, Minn.) in the mile, seniors Golden Gophers during the 1995 indoor season IS listed below Chris Brinkworth (Bloomington, :\finn.) and Rob (S NCAA automatic qualifier, #NCAA provtstonal qualifier. • Hydukovich (Bemidji, Minn.) tn the shot put, and sophomore school record,% freshman school recordl: i Tye Harvey A Closer Look: The Golden Gophers turned in a number of other impressive performances at the Big Ten Indoor Championships. The distance medley relay unit of senior Bob Johnson TCC downs.Golden Gophers: Texas Christian defeated Last Time Out: The sixth-ranked Golden Gophers ( 4-1) fei\ to Minnesota on Sunday in Corpus Christi, Texas -l-3. The Horned the fourth-ranked Hawkeyes 227.55-227.125 in dual meet action Frogs· won the decisive doubles point from the Colden Cop hers Sunday, Feb. 26 in Iowa City. when J.ason Weir-Smith and Ashley Fisher defeated Ross Loel (Sr., Rancho LaCosta, Calif.) and Stefan Tzvetkov (Sr., Sofia, For the sixth time this season, senior captain Brian Yee Bulgaria) 9-8. (Houston, Texas) has led the Maroon & Cold in the all-around, scoring a season-high 58.05 in all-around competition. Yee won The Colden Gophers received smgles vrctories from Lars individual events on the vault (9.60), and pommel horse (9 85l. Hjarrand (So., Oslo, Norway), Erik Donley Back an the Course: The Golden Gophers return to action today and Tuesday when they travel to Orlando, Fla. for the Central Florida Invitational and then head to Woodlands, Texas for the Golf Digest Invitational Friday through Sunday. Lat Time Out: In their last time on the links, Minnesota shot a final round 302 to finish lOth in the NCAA Challenge in Rio Mar, Puerto Rico Feb. 13. The 15-team tournament attracted the top teams from around the country. The Golden Gophers moved up two places with a final round score of 302 and fin ished with a team total of 914. The top Golden Gopher individual was senior Jon Kelly (Sr., Mankato, Minn.) who shot a final round 73 to give him a total of 221 for the tournament and a 12th place finish. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Twin Cities Campus Men's Intercollegiate Athletics 226 Bierman Field Athletic Building 51615thAvenue S.E. Minneapolis, MN 55455 612-6254838 Fax: 612-626-7859 TO: Media Agencies Covering Golden Gopher Basketball FROM: Marc Ryan, Director of Media Relations RE: NCAA Tournament Selection Show DATE: March 7, 1995 Media representatives are invited to join University of Minnesota Men's Basketball Coach Clem Haskins, his staff, and players for the NCAA Tournament Selection Show at 4 p.m. Sunday in the Williams Arena Club Room, located on the third floor of the east end of the arena. The live telecast of the 64-team field on CBS will begin promptly at 5 p.m. Complimentary parking will be available in the Gopher Lot (same lot we use for regular home basketball and hockey games). Media Note: Since the week of March 13 is final exams week, this will be the ONLY time that Golden Gopher players will be available for interviews prior to departing for the site of the first round game. " U:--;rvERSITY oF Mr:.;:.;ESOTA JEW§ Biennan Field Athletic Building 516 15th Avenue Southeast Minneapolis. MN 55455 (6!2) 625-4090 Fax 625-0359 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 7, 1995 GOLDEN GOPHER BASKETBALL BANQUET IS SET FOR MONDAY AT THE MINNEAPOLIS HILTON HOTEL The 1995 Golden Gopher Basketball Banquet is set for Monday, Mar. 13, at 5 p.m. at the Minneapolis Hilton Hotel, 1001 Marquette Ave. Tickets are available through Bob Ritter at 591-6014 for $35 each. For more information, call the Golden Gopher Basketball Office at 625-3085 . • UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Twin Cities Campus Men's Intercollegiate Athletics 226 Bierman Field Athletic Building 51615th Avenue S.E. Minneapolis, MN 55455 612-6254838 Fax: 612-626-7859 TO: Media Agencies Covering Golden Gopher Basketball FROM: Marc Ryan, Director of Media Relations RE: NCAA Tournament Credentials DATE: March 7, 1995 The credential request information needed to cover the Golden Gophers in the 1995 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament is listed below. Remember, if you do NOT cover the first and second rounds, the NCAA will NOT allow you to cover subsequent rounds in the tournament should Minnesota advance. We have to submit our media list to the local site Monday afternoon. Since we won't know where and when we will play until the selection show at 5 p.m. Sunday, time will be short. Begin making tentative plans now! As soon as possible following the selection show, please send us the following: 1. Name & Affiliation: For each credential requested 2. Type of Credential(s): Reporter, photo 3. Arrival Date 4. Hotel Info. (Single, double, who is sharing rooms, etc.) 5. Credit card info. (Type, nameholder, card number, exp. date) 6. Telephone needed? Fax it to me no later than 2 p.m. Monday. The fax number is (612) 625-035~or (612) 626-7871. " ------ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§ Bierman Field Athletic Building 516 15th Avenue Southeast Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612) 625-4090 Fax 625-0359 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 8, 1995 MEN'S TENNIS TEAM RANKED 20TH; LOEL 35TH RANKED SINGLES PLAYER The University of Minnesota men's tennis team moved up five places in the latest ITA Rolex Collegiate Tennis rankings. The Golden Gophers moved from 25th after the fall season to 20th. Senior captain Ross Loel is ranked for the first time in his career in singles. Loel is the 35th ranked singles player in the country due in large part to his victory at the Big Ten Singles Championships in January. Loel is currently 19-3 on the season. The doubles team of Loel and Lars Hjarrand moved up 17 spots to the 14th ranked doubles position. Loel and Hjarrand had a strong fall season going 7-6 and winning the consolation championship at the National Clay Courts in October, but have not played together since November. The Golden Gophers are 8-3 on the year and put their 40-match Big Ten winning streak on the line against l.\.1ichigan Friday at the 98th Street Racquet Club in Bloomington, Minn. leI UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Twin Cities Campus Men's Intercollegiate Athletics 226 Bierman Field Athletic Building 51615thAvenue S.E. Minneapolis, MN 55455 612-625-4838 Fax: 612-626-7859 TO: Media Agencies Covering Golden Gopher Basketball FROM: Marc Ryan, Director of Media Relations RE: NCAA Tournament Credentials DATE: March 9, 1995 Attached is the credential request form needed to cover the Golden Gophers in the 1995 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. Remember, if you do NOT cover the first and second rounds, the NCAA will NOT allow you to cover subsequent rounds in the tournament should Minnesota advance. We have to submit our media list to the local site Monday afternoon. Since we won't know where and when we will play until the selection show at 5 p.m. Sunday, time will be short. Begin making tentative plans now! As soon as possible following the selection show, please send f:tll out the form completely and fax it to me by 3 p.m. Monday. Sorry no exceptions! The fax numbers are (612) 625-0359 or (612) 626-7871. 1995 HCAA DIVISION I MEN'S IASK!TBALL CHAMPIONSHIP ~ LOCA~ ~DlA LIS1 FORM if if . University of Minnesota Marc Ryan (612) 625-4090 '0;1'4 -;t ..-. ·.:. IS:) "" 6J IS:) (9 Te!lll I¥oraatioa Directoi:'/Pb(m' .GJ II.) (9 Sporte. Number t:ll ·w ... ~ :-.· _-: . ... :· ~ ': . 11:1 lJJ ·, ...... ·(!) ~ (!i Fax Nu;mbers: · ( 612). 625-0359 · ·a: "'I N (9.. U1 CIC - ~ U1 !!Qm: Complete credit card infor.nation nust be proY.ided tc resene a botel. room. CIC !71 .-t·- ~ I'- Ln 0"\ a:: ;:::: Bierman Field Athletic Building 516 15th Avenue Southeast Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612) 625-4090 Fax 625-0359 For Immediate Release March 10, 1995 GOLDEN GOPHERS HONORED ON WINTER ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN TEAMS A total of 19 University of Minnesota men's student-athletes have been named to the 1995 Winter Academic All-Big Ten Team. Head Coach Dennis Dale's swimming and diving team had 12 student-athletes honored. Alan Boelk, Paul Domer, Darren Heydanek, Mike Schoknecht and Mike Sime were all honored for the third time. Three members from Head Coach Fred Roethlisberger's men's gymnastics team and Head Coach J Robinson's wrestling teams were honored along with two members each of Head Coach Clem Haskins' basketball . Senior gymnast Brian Yee and junior basketball player David Grim were honored for the third time in their careers, while sophomore wrestler Brandon Paulson earned the honor for the second time. The complete listing of U of M student-athletes honored follows: Sruu:1 NaJlli! Y.e..a.t llU M.aiw: Hl!Wi:l!Hl::D Basketball David Grim Jr 3.10 Business Forestry/ Marketing Products Massillon, Ohio Basketball Trevor Winter So 3.16 Business Slayton, Minn. Gymnastics Ryan Carns So 3.11 Chemical Engineering Grafton, Wis. Gymnastics Chris Harrington Jr 3.18 Civil Engineering Brookfield, Wis. Gymnastics Brian Yee Sr 3.22 Psychology/ Speech Communications Houston, Texas Swimming Alan Boelk Sr 3.29 Kinesiology Embarrass, Minn. Swimming Issac Bjorklund So 3.23 Pre-medicine New Brighton, Minn. Swimming Paul Domer Sr 3.07 Child Psychology Eau Claire, Wis. Swimming Matt Eisenhuth Jr 3.14 Natural Resources Lakewood, Colo. Swimming Darren Heydanek Sr 3.83 Journalism Hawthorne Woods, Ill. Swimming Brian Morrison Jr 3.04 Chemical Engineering Eagan, Minn. Swimming Matt Schlessman So 3.66 Mechanical Engineering Avon, Ohio Swimming Mike Schoknecht Sr 3.35 Electrical Engineering Jackson, Miss. Swimming Mike Sime Sr 3.47 Veterinary Medicine Roseville, Minn. Swimming Kenji Sudoh Jr 3.11 Pre-medicine Woodbury, Minn. Swimming Scott Walker Sr 3.08 Management Lansdale, Pa. Swimming Bernie Zeruhn Jr 3.89 Management Hamburg, Germany Wrestling Carl Carlson Sr 3.11 Animal/Plant Systems Pennock, Minn. Wrestling Brandon Paulson So 3.37 Management Coon Rapids, Minn. Wrestling Jeff Thompson Jr 3.18 Kinesiology Great Falls, Mont. 1F \1!\:\ESOTA FA'\S TO SPORT GOPHER COLORS 0'\ .~!A.ROOS _-tSD GOLD D.-\ YS .Q) F-1ns ;.mJ ~upporters of the Cniversity of .\tinnesota men ·s basketball team are :..hl\.c,i en 'r' \\ e.t:- maroon and gold on days the team play" in \ational Collegiate :\thleti~..· ~ fn Je'-·L.mng .Huroon and Gold Days, university pres1dent :\ih H~_bsclrno ,t,keJ tacult)'. staff and students to wear school col\lrs on :\CA.-\ tournament gJ.me cby". H..: Q) then invited employers. companies and organizations across .\linnesotJ. to parti..::rate. I I LJ.st year more than 300 :Vlinnesota companies and organizations sported marnr>n and gold to show their support for the men's and women's basketball teams. Participants Q) included elementary, middle and high schools, the city ••ffices of .\linneapolis J.nd St. Paul, realty and insurance agencies, banks, churches. retail stores, hospitals. con~trucCl•'l ~ companies and an array of other :V1innesota businesses. Maroon and Gold Da_vs will continue on :\'CAA tournament game days fnr ;.~:-, lon:; as the team continues to win. A complete list of participants in /'v!aroon and C(iid Du·.s will be sent to the team on game days. For more information or to sign up, cc,ntact the l'niversity of Minnesota Alumni Association at (612) 62-+-7617 or 1-800-l""\1-ALC\lS. Contact: Mike Nelson, News Service, (612) 626-7701, [email protected] 3/12/95 University News Service . :c ::::>-r__u-c:h St. SE . '::'.:--.ecpoll.s MN 55455 .. 2-624-5551 . · :~.~c:~~-~O:::=:e • :: :;:-_·:-:::::~{ Re:::tc::..s :_ <.:.·"":.-3":G -.-.~ ·-·~ver:ity --::! !'vL'L:",esctc:: - =-: ~_.c;:~ :~pcrt-.:..r..:ty ~.::·..::::-t:r ::-:;.d -emplcyer UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Twin Cities Campus Men's Intercollegiate Athletics 226 Bierman Field Athletic Building 51615thAvenueS.E. Minneapolis, ,\1N 55455 612-625-4838 Fax: 612-626-7859 TO: Media Agencies Covering Minnesota Men's Basketball Team FROM: Marc Ryan, Director of Media Relations RE: Miscellaneous Details Surrounding NCAA Tournament DATE: Sunday, March 12, 1995 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament East Region Baltimore Arena Baltimore, Md. #8 Minnesota ( 19-11) vs. #9 St. Louis (22-7) Thursday, March 16, 1995 Time TBA (Will be announced Monday, March 13 by noon Central) Second round games will be played Saturday, March 18 The East Regional at Baltimore is sold out. There will be NO tickets available at the U of M ticket office. Creative Charters will have a charter going to Baltimore for Golden Gopher fans which includes the flight, accomodations & tickets. They have a limited number of spots left. For more information, call (612) 439-0323. Please remember to fax your credential request form to our office no later than 3 p.m. Monday. If you do not cover the first and second rounds, the NCAA will NOT allow you to cover subsequent rounds in the tournament should Minnesot advance. The fax numbers are (612) 626-7871 or (612) 625-0359 Note: The 1995 Golden Gopher basketball banquet is on Monday beginning at 5 p.m. at the Minneapolis Hilton Hotel, 1001 Marquette Ave. Tickets are available through Bob Ritter at 591-6014 for $35 each. For more information, call the Golden Gopher Basketball Office at 625-3085. Gopher Men's Basketball PEP LY Support the Gophers in their run for the NCAA Tournament title Thursday, March 16 Bohager 's in Baltimore Special University Guests Music by the University Pep Band Door Prizes Maroon and Gold Spirit We will begin gathering three hours before the tip off of the Gophers' doubleheader. Join fellow Minnesota boosters at our weekend Gopher Baltimore headquarters: Bohager's, 515 South Eden Street. Sponsored by the University of Minnesota Alumni Association in cooperation with University Relations UNIVERSITY .....OF MINNESOTA•• ALUMNI ASSOCIATION UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IEW§ Bierman Field Athletic Building 516 15th Avenue Southeast Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612) 625-4090 Fax 625-0359 For Release at 8 p.m. March 13, 1995 LENARD AND ORR NAMED GOLDEN GOPHER MEN'S BASKETBALL MVP'S Senior guards Voshon Lenard and Townsend Orr were named Co-MVP's of the 1994-95 University of Minnesota men's basketball team at the team's awards banquet last night at the Minneapolis, Hilton Hotel. Lenard led the team in scoring for the fourth consecutive season (17 .3 ppg) and became the all-time scoring leader and the first player in school history to surpass the 2,000 point plateau. He holds school record in career three-pointers made (272), career three pointers attempted (745), single-season three-pointers made (86), single-season three pointers attempted (231), single-game three-pointers attempted (12), single-game three pointers made (7). A second-team All-Big Ten selection and a candidate for the Wooden and Naismith Awards, Lenard is currently 17th in all-time Big Ten scoring with 2,085 career points. Orr is one of the team's co-captains and the floor general. He is second in scoring with a 13.0 points per game average. Orr leads the team in assists at 4.6 per game and is third in rebounding at 4.6 per game. The MVP of the Great Alaska Shootout, and a third team All-Big Ten selection, he broke the career games played record this year and currently has played in 127 career games. Orr is currently 25th in all-time scoring at Minnesota with 1,057 career points. The complete list of awards handed out at the team's banquet is as follows: Most Valuable Player: Voshon Lenard and Townsend Orr Senior Players: Voshon Lenard, Townsend Orr, Aaron Osterman, Jason Walton, Ryan Wolf 1994-95 Captains: Townsend Orr, Chad Kolander Best Free Throw Percentage: Voshon Lenard (75.5) Assists Leader: Townsend Orr (138) Outstanding Academic Achievement Award: Trevor Winter Academic Award-Most Improved: Ryan Wolf Academic All-Big Ten Team: David Grim, Trevor Winter Most Improved Player: John Thomas Rebound Leader: Jayson Walton (209) Best Defensive Player Award: David Grim Hustle Award: Ryan Wolf lronman Award: Townsend Orr (127 career games) L:-- Bienn~n Field .-\thlet!c Building 516 15th :\venue Southeast Minneapolis. \1N 55455 (61:! 1 6:!5-4090 Fax 625-0359 For Immediate Release: March 13, 1995 GOLDEN GOPHERS THIS WEEK GOLDEN GOPHER HOTLINE THURSDAY, MARCH 16 Wrestling at NCAA Championships The Golden Gopher Hotline features daily inter all day views with coaches and student-athletes. It is Iowa City, Iowa available to the media 24 hours a day by calling (612) 625-7887. The Hotline is broadcast quality Basketball vs. St. Louis and is changed by noon each day. This service is NCAA East Region, First Round for media use only. The following is the schedule Baltimore, Md. for the coming week: 30 minutes following the Wake Forest-N.C. A&T game which begins at 11:30 a.m. (Central) MONDAY, MARCH 13 CBS-TV (WCCO-TV), WCCO-AM 830 Basketball Head Coach Oem Haskins and selected players Hockey vs. North Dakota WCHA Final Five TUESDAY, MARCH 14 7:05p.m. Wrestling Head Coach J Robinson previews the 1995 St. Paul Civic Center NCAA Wrestling Championships Midwest Sport Channel WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15 FRIDAY, MARCH 17 Hockey Head Coach Doug Woog previews the 1995 Wrestling at NCAA Championships WCHA Final Five first round game against North all day Dakota Iowa City, Iowa THURSDAY, MARCH 16 Hockey Hockey Head Coach Doug Woog previews the 1995 WCHA Final Five Semifinals WCHA Final Five first round game against North 2:05p.m. and 7:05p.m. Dakota St. Paul Civic Center Midwest Sport Channel Broadcast Coverage: CBS-TV will once again provide exclusive coverage of the NCAA Tournament. WCCO-AM (830) is the exclusive radio voice of Golden Gopher basketball with Ray Christensen calling the action. Coach Haskins: After rebuilding the program in his first two seasons, Clem Haskins has now directed the Golden Gophers 1994-95 MINNESOTA BASKETBALL SCHEDULE into post-season tournament action in six of the past seven sea sons, including four straight appearances. He put the appropri Nov.10 FORT HOOD (exh) 102-59 w ate finishing touches on his seventh season at the helm by lead Nov.17 CROATIAN NA TL TEAM (exhl 106-57W ing the Golden Gophers to the 1993 NIT title. Known as "Clem the Gem," he was a consensus All-America choice after charting Nov. 23-26 Great Alaska Shootout a standout collegiate career at Western Kentucky. The third Anchorage, Alaska overall player selected in the 1967 NBA draft, he went on to Nov. 24 vs. Arizona (1st round) 72-70W play nine outstanding seasons with the Chicago Bulls (1967-70), Nov. 25 vs. Villanova (semifinals) 85-64W Phoenix Suns (1970-74) and Washington Bullets (1974-76). He Nov. 26 vs. Brigham Young (finals) 79-74 w was named to the head job at Minnesota on April2, 1986, after six very productive seasons as head coach at his alma mater, Nov. 29 SACRAMENTO STATE 102-84 w where he led the Hilltoppers to two NCAA Tournaments and Dec.1 CENTRAL CONNeCTICUT 92-56W one NIT appearance. He has registered a record of 151-123 in Dec.ll RHODE ISLAND 90-65W nine seasons at Minnesota, and a 252-196 mark in 15 seasons Dec.13 CINCINNATI 91-88 (ot)L overall. Haskins' success in post-season play is certainly no Dec. 17 @California 82-75 L secret. He has an impressive 11-4 (6-3 NCAA; 5-1 NIT) overall Dec. 21 TEXAS SOUTHERN 71-50 L record in post-season tournament action at Minnesota. In addi .tion to the NIT crown two years ago, he also led the Golden Dec. 23 SAN JOSE STATE 115-68W Gophers to the "Sweet 16" of the NCAA Tournament in 1989, Dec. 28 @ James Madison 74-68 w and then the "Great Eight" in 1990. Last year, he led the Golden Dec. 31 MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE 98-57W Gophers to their third consec '.ve NCAA opening round victo Jan.4 PENN STATE 69-67W ry:.::~ a 74-60 win over Souther"" illinois, and narrowly missed a Jan. 7 @Purdue 68-60L third trip to the "Sweet 16" by losing 60-55 to Louisville in the secolld round. Jan.ll NORTHWESTERN 105-74 w Jan. 14 @Wisconsin 74-67L First Round Success: Clem Haskins h;;; ; a 3-0 record in first Jan.18 OHIO STATE 81-61 w round NCAA Tournament games at ~'!- :-. ·esota. He is 4-1 over Jan. 21 ILUNOIS 77-66W all during his career. Jan. 25 @ Michigan State 54-53 L Jan. 28 @Iowa 55-54W Sixth Seed-11th Sc:,~Eighth Seed: T:"lis will be Minnesota's fourth trip to the r-.. :~AA Tournamer ~ cmder Coach Haskins and Feb.4 MICHIGAN 80-58W their first appearance as an eighth seed. Minnesota has previ Feb.8 @Indiana 64-54W ously played in the sixth seed-11th seed game on each occasion. Feb.15 IOWA 74-70L In 1989, the 11th-seeded Golden Gophers topped sixth-seeded Feb.18 MICHIGAN STATE 66-57W Kansas State 86-75 in an East Region first round game at Feb.22 @ lllinois 94-88 (ot)L Greensboro, N.C., on their way to the "Sweet 16." In 1990, the sixth-seeded Golden Gophers defeated 11th-seeded liTEP 64-61 Feb.25 ®Ohio State 73-65 L in overtime in a first round Southeast Regional game at Feb.28 WISCONSIN 78-70W Richmond, Va., en rot. · the "Great Eight." Last year, the Mar.4 @ Northwestern 82-70W sixth-seeded Golden C :. ers won their third consecutive Mar.9 Purdue 72-59 L NCAA opening rounc: 0 .,;ne with a 74-60 victory over 11th Mar. 11 @Penn State 69-60L seeded Southern Illinois. Mar. 16 St. Louis • TBA St. Louis: The Billikens are led by a trio of senior guards start ing with Erwin Claggett who is averaging 18.5 points per game ~ran Record: 19-11 ·. and shooting 44.2 percent (185-419) from the field. Oaggett has :: Ten Record: 10-8 hit 97 of 226 three-p, ·nters this year for a 42.9 percent dip. Next • '' CAA East Region First Round, Baltimore, Md. in the scoring chart , ::.Cott Highmark who is averaging 13.9 Home games in CAPS and Bold points per game. He 1s a 41.3 percent shooter (123-298). H Waldman runs the offense and is dishing out 4.9 assists per game. He is also scoring 11.6 points per game and shooting 46.8 together back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time in school percent from the field (96-205). The Billikens are shooting 44.8 history by going 22-10 in 1992-93 and 21-12 in 1993-94. With a percent from the field (739-1650), and 39.5 percent (264-668) 19-11 mark thus far this season, the Golden Gophers are on the from three-point land. Senior forward David Robinson leads verge of putting together three straight 20-win seasons. the team in rebounding with an average of 6.6 per contest to go with a 9.6 points per game scoring average. Four Straight: Minnesota has made it into post-season play four consecutive seasons for only the second time in school history. Series Record: Minnesota and St. Louis are tied at 1-1 in the all The Golden Gophers were in the 1992 (first round) and 1993 time series. The last meeting between these two teams was in (champions) NIT, and now back-to-back NCAA Tournament 1947 when the Billikens' won 50-42 at Kiel Auditorium on Dec. appearances after reaching the second round last season. The 6, 1947 in St. Louis, Mo. The previous year, the Golden Gophers Golden Gophers also made four consecutive post-season had beaten the Billikens 40-36 at Williams Arena on Dec. 17, appearances iin 1980 (NIT runners-up), 1981 {NIT quaterfinals), 1946. 1982 (NCAA "Sweet Sixteen") and 1983 (NIT first round). Common Opponents: Minnesota and St. Louis have played Lenard Clears the 2,000-Point Plateau: Senior All-America can two common opponents this season. Minnesota lost to didate Voshon Lenard (Detroit, Mich.) became the first Golden Cincinnati 91-88 in overtime at Williams Arena on Dec. 13, and Gopher basketball player in school history to pass the 2,000- beat Sacramento State 102-84 at Williams Arena on Nov. 29. St. point plateau when he scored 18 points vs. Ohio State on Feb. Louis lost at Cincinnati 84-73 on Jan. 19, beat them 75-68 at 25 to give him 2,014 career points. A second-team All-Big Ten home on Jan. 28, and lost in the championship game of the selection, he is currently ranked 17th in all-time scoring in the Great Midwest Tournament 67~. St. Louis beat Sacramento Big Ten with 2,085 career points. Based on his current pace, State 90-49 on Dec. 1 in St. Louis. Lenard has a chance to finish in the top 15 in career scoring in Big Ten history. He is averaging 17.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, and MinnesoU vs. Great M'dwest Conference: The Golden 2.6 assists per game this season. An all-tournament selection at Gophers are 31-30 all-time vs. teams in the Great Midwest the Carrs·Great Alaska Shootout, he has started all 30 games Conference. Coach Haskins is 10-12 overall vs. the teams in the this season and has led the team in scoring in 19 games. In addi Great Midwest Conference and 4-5 at Minnesota. Included in tion, he has hit double figures in 27 of 30 games this season and that are three losses to Cincinnati. holds almost all of the school career, single-season and single game records for three-point shooting. A complete player at MinnesoU vs. the NCAA Tournament Field: Strength of both ends of the floor, Lenard is also ranked second with 173 schedule should help the Golden Gophers as they head into the career steals and fourth with 321 career assists. NCAA Tournament. Minnesota has played 10 teams, and a total of 13 of their 30 games this season, against teams that are The l,OOO..Point Oub: Seniors Jayson Walton (Sr., Dallas, in the 64-team NCAA Tournament field. The Golden Gophers Texas) and Townsend Orr (Dolton, Ill.) became the 29th and finished 7~ overall in those games. 30th players in school history to score 1,000 or more career Date Opponent Score points when they cleared that plateau three weeks ago. Walton Nov. 24 Arizona+ n-70 W is now 21st on the all-time list with 1,102 career points in Gold Nov. 25 Villanova+ 85-64 W Country. Orr has 1,057 career points and is ranked 26th all-time Nov. 26 Brigham Young+ 79-74 W at Minnesota. This is only the third time in school history that Dec. 13 Cincinnati 91-88 L __j your machine when prompted. This service is for media use only. 2215 Cumulative Ted '·: Indi· 'lal Stats 2216 Pre-Game Notes . · ... kage , hrs prior to game) 2217 Box Score From Most Recent Game 2218 Honors Candidates 2219 Numerical/ Alphabetical Roster 2220 Signees List Golden Gophers Ink Four Top Recruits To National Letters Of Intent: The University of Minnesota basketball program signed four top recruits to national letters of intent during the early signing period. All four players are ranked in the top 100 nationally and two are ranked in the top 30, depending on the rating service. Courtney James, a 6-8 power forward from Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis, Ind., committed to the Gophers. He is a big forward with a prototype Big Ten physique. He was also recruited by Indiana, Purdue and Kentucky. Last year he aver aged 18.2 points per game and 9.6 rebounds at Pike High School. James is ranked 27th nationally by Blue Chip Illustrated. Quincy Lewis, a 6-7, 200-pound forward from Little Rock, Ark., is a smooth passer and great leaper who alsc i~ned on with Minnesota. Prep Stars Recruiters Handboo:· ~him, "A clutch player who runs the court well and can sco· well ;.s block shots. This national top 30 senior is a big-tine. .· rospect." Lewis led Parkview High School to the state championship as a sophomore and second place as a junior. In addition, his Arkansas Wings AAU team won the AAU national champi onship the past two years. Charles Thomas, a 6-4, 190-pound guard/forward from Harlan, Ky also signed on with Minnesota. Thomas is a multi-sport ath lete who averaged 19.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2S steals per game, while shooting 56 percent from the field and 38 percent from three-point range. He was a first team all-state selection last year, and was the MVP of the 1994 Kentucky Class A State Tournament. Hoop Scope magazine rates Thomas 61st in the nation and as one of the top three players available in Kentucky. Thomas also is a standout baseball player for Harlan High School. Last year he batted .484 with five homers in 32 games and is projected as a possible major league baseball draft selection next spring. Miles Tarver is a 6-8, 210-pound forward from Alameda, Calif., via Pittsfield, Maine where he is attending Maine Central Prep Institute. Tarver played £our years for St. Joseph's High School in Alameda, Calif., helping them win two consecutive state championships as a sophomore and freshman. He started three years for St. Joseph's and wu a teammate of Jason Kidd of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks for two seasons. Last year he averaged 19.2 points and 11.5 rebounds per game. "We are really excited about the four young men who have decided to come to Minnesota." said Head Coach Oem Haskins. "They all bring some excellent basketball skills to our team, as well as being first class individuals." Bob Gibbons of Gibbons Scouting Service ranked Minnesota's recruiting class at the end of the early signing period 11th in the nation, and second or third in the Big Ten. - - - 1994 -95 Minnesota Golden Gophers BASKETBALL TEAM STATISTICS MN FG% OPI'ONFNf OPP FG% HIGH SCORER HIGH REBOUNDER A' ITEND PLACE & DATI; 72 39.4 Arizona 70 45.3 18 Lenard II lbomas 7,863 8:110 Novemhn 2•1. An< ho"'~'·· Ala.\ka 85 46.2 Villanova 64 32.8 19 Lenard 10 Walton 7,1!63 I!:IKI,Novemhcr 2). All< IIlii a~<·. Alaska 19 Orr 79 39.0 Brigham Young 74 45.5 24 Lenard 15 Wahoo 7,863 8:00 Novcmhcr 26, Amhora~c. Alaska 102 47.1 SACRAMENTO ST. 1!4 50.1! 28 Lenard 9 Walton 13,230 7:1)(1 Novcmhcr .N. Mmncapolls. Mum 92 51.5 CFNf. U>NNECTICLTf 56 36.1 19 Lenard 9 Winter 11,220 7:011 Dcn~mber I, Mnnl<';tpolls, Mum 90 41.6 RUOOE ISLAND 65 39.4 17 Orr 16 Walton I 1,551 I :00 Dnemhcr I I Muull·.optdi\,MIIIII 81! 42 I Of CINCINNATI 91 54.9 19 Lenard I! Thomas 14,41J+ 1!:111, On:emhcr I I Mull~t·.tpoho;, Mmn 75 36.5 California 82 52.8 21 Orr IJ Orr 11,2011 9:1)(1 Ocn,mher 17,0akl.uod. ('aid 50 21!.4 TEXASSOLTfHERN 71 40.0 II Orr 10 Walton I 3,168 7:011, Dc<:cmbcr 21,M""'''·'I'"I". Mum 115 52.0 SAN JOSE STATE 68 38.7 17 Orr J() Jacobson IJ,619 7:1KI, Dccemhcr 2.l Mnllll·,opoll\, Mmn 74 45.0 James Madison 68 46.2 16 Walton 9 Kolander 7,31111 6:30,1Jccemhcr 2X, llarr"''~•hou~. VA 98 55.4 MIDDLE TENNESSEE S 51 34.9 25 Lenard 6 Walton 11,91!3 I:()() Decemtx·r .II, Mullll·apohs, Mum 69 38.8 PENN STATE 67 50.0 21 Lenard 1 Jacobson 14,1119 7:1KI, January 4, Mumeapoll', MN 7 Orr 60 39.7 Pl.due 68 50.0 16 Lenard 7 Kolander 14,123 Noon, January 7, West Lolay<'llc, IN 105 59.4 NORTHWESTERN 74 31.3 27 Lenard 8 Kolander I 3,985 7:()() January II. Mume.lpollo;, Mlnr1 61 35.6 Wisconsin 74 41.8 11 Orr 10 Grim 11,5011 7:()() January 14, M;ullson, WJS 81 45.2 OHK>STATE 61 30.0 17 Orr K Thomas 14,251! 7:110 January IX, Mmm·a111•ils, MN 77 59.2 ILLINOIS 66 40.4 18 Orr 9 Orr 14,527 2:()() January 21, Minncal~>ll\, MN 53 31.5 Michigan Stale 54 36.4 14 Lenard 7 Thomas 15, JJK 7:1)(1, January 25, E. L1mon~. M1ch. 55 41!.0 Iowa 54 34.1 15 Lenard I! Grim 15,51111 Noon, January 21!, Iowa ( 'uy lA 1!0 44.2 MICHIGAN 58 35.5 20 Orr 10 Wahoo 14,5211 7 p.m., February 4, Muul<'apolls, MN 64 31!.6 Indiana 54 36.4 21 Lenard I! Walton 16,529 7p.m., February X, Bloonoulglon,IN 70 43.6 IOWA 74 48.1 20 Walton 8 Walton 14,540 7 p.m., h·hruary l'i, Muonc;opoii\,MN 66 43.6 MICHIGAN STATE 51 38.3 17 Lenard 8 Walton 14,531 2 p.m., h:hruary II!, MIIIIICaJ"''"·MN KK 48.5 or Illinois 94 48.4 24 Lenard 5 Jacobson 16,206 7 p.m., F<·hruary 22. Cl101111paogn.lll 5 Lenard 5 Grim 65 411.7 Ohio Stale 13 44.7 18 Lenard 7 Winter 11,11!4 II a.m.,February 2'i, ( 'ulumhu,, Oluo 78 40.3 WISCONSIN 711 36.7 22 Lenard 14 Walton 14,54M 6:10 pm, l'cb. 2M, Mlllll<'.lpolos,MN 82 44.1 Nonhweslern 711 40.4 30 Lenard II Wahun 7.2 Ill 7 p.m., Mar. 4, Evansl TEAMRECORO ALL GAMES I'J II 63.3 % LEAGUE ((). M 55.5% 19'J4 'J5 Minnesota flolden Gophers RASKETHALL TEAM STATISTICS INCLUDES LEAGUE GAMES & NON LEAGUE GAMES lUfAL FG 3-J>T FG FREE TIJROWS REBOUNDS A VC; A vc; NAME G ST Rl FGA ll(T FG RIA ll('T FT FTA ll(_'T OFF DEF lUf AVG PF DIS A~l' AST TO BI.K STI. MIN I'IS AV Orr 30 Jlll26 299 42.1 65 167 31!.9 73 98 74.5 26 112 111! 4.6 70 11X 4.6 5'1 I 50 10 1'10 110 HIGHS: PTS 21 vs California RRS 9 vs Villanova AST Ill vs James Ma Winter () 3() 0 43 1!0 53.7 0 .0 23 33 69.7 36 59 95 3.2 79 2 llJ .6 29 16 II 14 1011 Ill Iii< ;JIS: PTS 12 vs SAN JOSE STATE RRS 9 vs CENTRAL CONNECTICUT AST ) lis MII>DI.E Tt:NNESSfT SI'A 1 llo.lll•-· 29 0 23 63 36.5 I I! 12.5 2_\ 1 71.9 9 II! 27 .9 45 () 20 () 19 II 70 2 ·1 HIGHS: PTS II vs MIDDLE TENNESSEE STA I Whaley 19 0 16 15 45.7 4 10 40.11 1 10 30.0 4 14 II! .9 IX 0 II .6 12 5 1'1 2 I HIGUS: IYfS I! vs CENTRAL CONNECTICUT RRS 3 vs CENTRAL CONNE<. TICUT AST 2 VS CENTKAL ( '( >NNH 'I j( Watkins II II 11 2 1 66.7 .II 1 11.1 2 5 7 .5 H 0 I ~ I I 2 2 'l I UIGBS: IYfS 2 VS SACRAMENTO ST RRS .J vs CENTRAL CONNElTIClff AS l 1 ,., RHODE ISI.i\ND Crittenden I 3 0 I 3 31.3 II .II ,l 4 75.0 I J 4 J () () 4 4 () ~ :1 UIGHS: PTS 2 vs SACRAMENTO ST. RRS I vs Villanova AST I v, V1lhmova ()stcrman _, I! II II 0 .II 0 II .II () () .0 0 3 l .4 () () 0 0 0 (J IIIGBS: RRS 2 VS NORTIIWESTEI TEAM 'I\ 1.1 .) \ 'HJfAI ;,zo I XX5 4.l_'i llJh 57 X l.l'l 46.1 h 70 1!'1 I 40X XI I I 2 I 11 •10 (J 61JX Ill 'lll2 j(, 1 -1111 /'1 2\1 -'!'1'1 )(,(I lilt IllS: I' IS l I) VS SAN JOSE STATE I< liS .'ill VS RIIODI' ISI.ANI> :\'>1 '~, · ~ 11111111· II.NNI·S\11 \I All t Wl't )NENI'S 10 lllJ2 11!7_1 41.4 IX-I 542 \1 'I 4lJI 711 117.2 154 726 IOXO \6_0 611 16 \'IX I\ \ ~01 X/ 110 !ll~'l I•K t. I litH IS: l'fS l).J VS IIIIIIOIS I Lenard I !I I !I 102 238 42.9 4!1 146 32.9 53 70 75.7 25 52 77 4.3 44 0 49 2.7 2Y h Ill \\ \()') 16.9 HIGHS: PTS 30 vs Norlhwcslcm RBS 8 vs MICHIGAN AST 6 vs Penn Stale Orr 18 Ill 73 177 41.2 41 107 38.3 41 52 78.8 13 61 76 4.2 44 1!6 4.1! 32 II II II 22K I 2 7 HIGHS: PfS 20 vs MICHIGAN RBS 9 vs ILUNOIS AST I! vs Iowa Wahpn 18 II 71 147 48.3 2 50.0 44 66 66.7 32 711 110 6.1 43 2 22 1.2 20 4 12 )) IKI 104 HIGHS: PTS 20 vs Iowa RBS 14 vs WISCONSIN AST 4 vs l'urdue Thomas 18 17 58 127 45.7 0 0 .0 25 52 48.1 41 47 8!1 4.9 54 2 17 .9 46 6 ') 22 Ill 7.11 HIGHS: PfS 14 vs PENN STATE RBS 9 vs Wisconsin AST 3 vs Northwestern Jacobson 18 12 54 116 46.6 9 31 29.0 13 21 61.9 38 42 80 4.4 54 4 Ill 1.0 31 I 1.1 20 I \0 7.2 HIGHS: PTS 14 vs Penn Stale RBS 7 vs PENN STATE AST 2 VS I'ENN ~TATE Kolander I 8 7 40 86 46.5 0 0 .0 17 26 65.4 28 31 59 3.3 47 18 1.11 21 I! ') 20 '17 5.4 HIGHS: PTS 14 vs NORTHWESTEKN RRS II vs NORTHWESTERN AST 3 vs Purdue Grim 16 6 22 61 36.1 4 21 19.0 12 IS 110.0 14 43 57 3.6 23 16 1.0 24 7 II! IX 60 3.1! Hl Winter Ill 0 19 39 411.7 0 0 .0 13 Ill 72.2 18 27 45 2.5 47 () 12 7 II! 10 6 1·1 'il 2.1! HIGHS: IYfS II vs NORTHWESTERN RRS 7 vs Ohio Stale AST 2 vs l'urdue Wolf I 7 I II 35 31.4 II 26 30.8 7 8 117.5 0 9 9 .5 23 () 14 .1! 10 I X 7 17 2.2 HKiUS: PfS 7 vsOHIOSTATE RRS 3 vs Wisconsin AST 3 VS NORTIIWESTI·.RN Harris I 7 0 6 25 24.0 0 4 .0 13 17 76.5 4 Ill 14 .II 22 0 211 1.2 I 2 II 10 10 2'i l.'i HIGHS: IYfS 4 VS NOKfHWESTERN RRS 2 vs Purdue AST 4 VS 01110 STATE Whaley 12 0 7 14 50.0 3 33.3 () 4 .o I II 9 .II II () 6 .S 7 I I c1 l'i I.\ HIGHS: IYfS 3 vs Ohio Stale RRS 3 VS NORTHWESTERN AST 2 vs NORTIIWESTERN Watkins 5 0 I 2 511.11 0 .0 0 () .11 0 2 2 .4 2 II 2 .4 I 0 2 2 .I HIGUS: JYfS 2 vs NORTHWESTERN RHS I vs MIOIJ(iAN AST I VS NORTJIWISI"I'RN Crillendcn 7 0 II 2 .II (I .0 2 511.11 I II .I II () II () 3 II .I HIGHS: PTS I VS MICHIGAN RBS I VS MICHIGAN Os1em1an 5 0 0 II .0 II II .0 0 0 .0 0 I .I .h II () 0 () (I 0 .0 UIGIIS: RRS 2 VS NORTHWESTERN TEAM )4 .UI -II ------~------~------T La Fleur Shines: Sophomore defensemen Brian La Fleur (So., "We've added size, speed, and skill to our future," said Woog. Bloomington,Minn.) had his best game as a Golden Gopher "They are aU winners and want to be part of a winning pro- with three assists Friday night. La Fleur had assists on .gram with championship goals and expectations." Minnesota's first two goals (Scott Bell, Nick Checco) and the fourth by Justin McHugh. After being in and out of the lineup Golden Gopher Hockey on KSTP-AM 1500: The Golden in the first half of the year, La Fleur has played in 20 of the last Gophers are in their second season of a three-year contract with 22 games since Jan. 1. KSTP-AM. All games can be heard live on KSTP with former North Star broadcaster and NHL Hall of Farner AI Shaver. The Power-Play and the Penalty-Killers: Minnesota's special Shaver will be joined by former Golden Gopher Tom Vannelli. teams continue to be the key to success. 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Colorado College (27-10-1) •# 22 9 1 45 155 108 2. Denver (22-12-1)# 18 12 2 38 131 115 Wisconsin (19-13-4) # 17 11 4 38 128 112 4. Minnesota (19-12-5)# 16 11 5 37 121 95 5. St. Cloud State. (17-18-1)# 15 16 1 31 126 112 North Dalc.ota (16-17-3) 14 15 3 31 120 141 7. Minnesota-Duluth (16-16-4) 13 15 4 30 124 127 8. Michigan Tech. (15-18-4) 12 17 3 Tl 109 140 9. Northern Michigan (12-22-3) 10 19 3 23 110 136 10. Alaska-Anchorage (11-~) 10 22 0 20 106 142 #- ched home ice for the opening round of WCHA Playoffs •._ :led the McNaughton Cup r-r:· .WEEK'S RESULTS AND THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE Last Friday's Results Last Saturday's Results WCHA Final Five Saturday Minnesota 5, UMD 4 (OT) Minnesota 4, UMD 3 Thursday Third Place Game, 2:05 p.m. No. \1ich. 4,Wisconsi:-- · Wisconsin 5, No. Mich. 4 Nortr : 1kota vs. Minnesota Championship Game, 7:05p.m. De~· ·r5,Mich.Ted~ -t · ·,n · ;orth Dakota 5, St. Coud St. 2 Frida·.· N<.: :Jakota 3, St. C .·. _.,. St. 2 .. '"nver 5, Mich. Tech. 2 Denv•. ·s. Wisconsin Co. >do Col. 11, A;. -.:.. ~ch. 3 )lorado Co •. 5, Ala.-Anch. 2 UND;Minn. Winnervs. Colorado Col. Last Sunday's Results Wisconsin 5, No. Mich. 1 l'l'l4-45 Mmncsola II M 111 nesola .3X 146 236 382 412 98(1 54 3 6 21 2 32 121 19M 319 304 XX4 OPPONENTS .lX 113 IM :!n 422 R75 46 3 0 12 32 95 139 234 375 ?XI OVERALL LEAGUE ONLY NO (iOALJF. W L T GP PER MIN GA AVG SAY PeT W L T GP PER MIN GA AYG SAY PCT J I Jeff Callinan 20 " 5 37 lli'J 21M: llJ 1011 2 77 R46 KIJ4 15 8 5 31 91 1796 14 R2 2 74 fl94 R94 .\0 Jeff Mnl'll I .~ II 5 Ill 142:45 12 5114 on X40 I 3 0 5 10 142.45 12 5(14 on ~ Minnesotil 21 12 5 JR 116 230K 4 112 2.YI lJI2 RlJII 16 II 5 32 98 1'1.38 ~ Minnesota OPPONENTS PERIOD I 2 -~ OT TOTAL., 2 J OT TOTAL tiOALS 41 43 {)I) 146 40 JIJ 32 2 111 SIIOT ON (i()Al. 414 414 412 21 12ol 155 32Y 311 22 1017 L ""'...L") \\innc"<'l.l i-1•~t_-r\.EY ST-\ TS -\FTER -'~ GA\\ES \\-L-T \1:\ OPP OPPO'.;E:\T ATTE:\D PLACE & DATE \\ 5 4 \1tnn Duluth 543H DECC Arena. 7 35 tW~t 94 t \\ n -~ \linn Duluth 543H DECC Arena. 7. 05 1!l122'(}4 \\lOTi -~ WISCONSI;\i Y503 \1anucct Arena. 7 fl5 10•2&'94 w 5 -~ WISCO;\iSIN 10485 Tanzet Center. 7 05 J()/29194 w 5 3 ST CLOLD STATE 9411 \1anucct Arena. 7. 05 It IJ4194 e ~ w 5 - St Cloud State 6377 Nat'! Hocke\ Center. I 1 I 15/94 TIOTi -! 4 '\; RECORD HOME \D SEASON LEAGUE 8- 5- 2 '•· 6- 3 16- 11- 5 ~ON-LEAGL 1- 1- 0 0- 0 3- 1- 0 TOTAL 9- 6- 2 '· 6- 3 19- 12- 5 1994-95 Minnesota HOCKEY ST ATS AFfER 38 GAMES AITENDANCE HOME ROAD NEUTRAL POWER PLAYS AIT PPG PCT SH LEAGUE ** *** 91.~ 0 Minnesota 62 .:290 3 OTHER 18.832 0. 30.179 OPPONENTS 46 .250 4 TOTAL ** *** 91.~ 30.179 AVERAGE 8,487 5.3S8 15.~ TOTAL 301.~ TOfALAVG 7.923 HATTF SFOR 6 Nick ( ."co Minn. Duluth 10/21/94 Justin McHu2h Michigan State 111:25194 Rvan Kraft YALE 12130/94 Justin McHu2h Alaska-Anchora~re 01/13/95 Brian Bonin Wisconsin 01128195 Brian Bonin Denver 021 17/95 SHORT HANDED FOR 3 Brian Bonin ( 1) Minn. Duluth 10/22/94 Brian Bonin (1) BOSTON UNIVERSITY I :2/3 l 194 Scott Bell (1) Michigan Tech 02104/95 Bogart, Bjorklund Advance To NCAA Championships Eight Wrestlers Advance to NCAA Championships: Eight Divers P.J. Bogart (Jr., Mesa, Ariz.) and Isaac Bjorklund (So., Minnesota wrestlers will participate in the 1995 NCAA New Brighton, Minn.) added their names to the list of Championships Thursday through Saturday in Iowa City, University of Minnesota men's swimmers and divers who will Iowa. The Golden Gophers finished third at the 1995 Big Ten be competing at the NCAA Championships, doing so by virtue Conference Championships. Iowa won their 22nd consecutive of their performance at the zone qualifying diving meet at conference title, while Michigan State finished second. The top Miami of Ohio this past weekend. six individual finishers at each weight class earned bids to the national tournament. Bogart finished first on the one-meter springboard with 483.00 points, then came back to place second on the three-meter Minnesota's Qualifiers: Brett Colombini (Sr., Redwood board with a 504.30 total. The All-American won Big Ten titles Valley, Calif.) advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the in both events two weeks ago. third conSecutive year after finishing runner-up for the second straight year to Iowa's Ray Brinzer, losing in the championship Bjorklund advanced to the national meet on the one-meter match at 177 pounds 4-1. The defeat to Brinzer was just the sec board as well as on the 10-meter platform. He placed eighth ond loss this season for Colombini. Minnesota's heavyweight, with 425.00 points on the one-meter board, then scored 366.25 Billy Pie~ee (Jr., Minneapolis, Minn.) also earned his third con to take fifth on the platform. The top eight divers in each event secutive trip to the national championship meet with a runner advance to the national meet. up finish for the second time in as many years to defending Big Ten and NCAA champion Kerry McCoy of Penn State. McCoy Nationals: The 1995 NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving defeated Pierce 6-1 in the title match. Championships will be held in Indianapolis, Mar. 23-25. Last year Minnesota placed seventh at the NCAA Championships. The other Minnesota qualifiers are Brandon Paulson (So., Coon This year's Golden Gopher team is ranked ninth in the country. Rapids, Minn.), who captured third place at 118 pounds; Jeremy Goeden (Fr., Grand Rapids, Minn.), who earned a Other Qualifiers: Bogart and Bjorklund increased Minnesota's fourth place finish at 190 pounds; Tim Hurls (Sr., SL Louis, list of automatic qualifiers to six. The other four are Derek Mo.), who finished fifth at 126 pounds; Jason Davids (Fr., Williams (Jr., Lansdale, Pa.), Paul Domer (Sr., Eau Claire, Forest Lake, Minn.) and Next Up: A handful of .those "bubble" athletes will be compet ing at the U.S. Senior National meet, which will be held at the U of M Aquatic Center Tuesday through Saturday, Mar. 14-18. The meet is conducted by United States Swimming in Colorado Springs. For information on how to get results or credentials, members of the media can contact the U.S. Swimming commu nications office at (719) 578-4578. Final Golf Digest Collegiate Invitational Standings: 1. Oklahoma State, 287-290-283=860; 2 Texas, 297-285-296=878, Virginia, 296-293-289=878; 4. North Carolina, 294-290-299=883; 4. Arizona, 303-291-297=891; 6. Oemson, 293-299-300=892, Arizona State, 307-293-292=892; 8. Georgia Tech, 291-304- 298=893, Wake Forest, 300-297-296=893; 10. UNLV, 298-302- 294=894; Oklahoma, 296-289-309=894; Kent, 297-295-302; 13. Houston, 302-298-297=897; 14. TCU, 301-306-293=900; 15. Augusta, 304-301-304=909; 16. Arkansas, 311-310-303=924; 17. Gophers, 307-319-311=937; 18, Miami (Ohio), 310-320-324=954. Weekend Split: After dropping a 6-1 decision to Michigan at Next Time Out: After a week away from competition due to the 98th Street Racquet Club in Bloomington Fr< w, the Golden final exams break, the Golden Gophers will compete in the Gopher netters bounced back with a convincin): ·-l win over Border Olympics tournament at San Antonio, Texas, on March Iowa in Rochester, Minn., Saturday. The Golden (;ophers are 24-26. now 9-4 overall this season and 2-1 in Big Ten play. Streak Snapped: Friday's loss to Michigan snapped the Golden Gophers' 40-match Big Ten winning streak. Prior to the defeat against the Wolverines, the last league setback ;or Coach David Geatz' s program was to Ohio State in the charr. -:c· .'nshi p match of the 1991 Big Ten Championships. The Golde·. , vphers have won three straight Big Ten crowns. Loel Leads The Way: Senior captain Ross Loel (Rancho LaCosta, Calif.) won both his matches at No. 1 singles to lead the Golden Gophers last weekend. Ranked No. 35 in the coun try, Loel topped Michigan's John Costanzo 6-2,6-2 Friday, and then Iowa's Bryan Crowley 7-6,6-1 Saturday to raise his record to a sparkling 21-3 on the season. Up Next The Golden Gophers' will finish out the 1995 regular season on Monday, March 20 at top-ranked Nebraska. The 1995 Study Time: After a week away from competition due to final Big Ten Championships are slated for March 25-26 in .a exams this week, the Golden Gophers will journey to Hawaii Champaign, Ill. -' March 20-26. Minnesota Tops Spartans: Minnesota defeated visiting Michigan State 227.85-220.45 Wednesday, March 8 at the Sports Pavilion. Minnesota was lead by Brian Yee (Sr., Houston, Texas), who iomshed first in the all-around competition with a score of 57.75. Yee has won the all-around competition seven times this season. Yee won the pommel horse (9.90) and the parallel bars (9.6), and finished second on the floor exercise (9.65) and the vault (9.35). The Golden Gophers captured first place in all six events on the night. Frank Ticknor (So., Milwaukee, Wis.) finished second in the all-around competi tion with a score of 55.50. Andrew Weaver (Jr., Albuquerque, N.M.) scored a season-high 9.75 on the high bar to win the Golf Digest Collegiate havitation.U Recap: The Golden event. Heath Wall (Sr., Sterling Heights, Mich.) placed first on Gophers finished 17th in the prestigious Golf Digest Collegiate the rings with a score of 9.70, while Chri1 Harrington (So., Invitational over the weekend at The Tournament Players Brookfield, Wis.) won the floor exercise with a score of 9.70. Course CTP0 at The Woodlands, Texas. Great Field: Second-ranked Oklahoma State captured the team title with a 54-hole score of 860, followed by sixth-ranked Texas and 14th-ranked North Carolina in a tie for second at 878. The 16th-ranked Golden Gophers registered a 54-hole total of 937. The 18-team field included 15 of the top 20 tearr • :n the coun try. A Closer Look: Junior Aaron Barber (New London, Minn.) fin ished 62nd in the individual standings with a 54-hole score of 230 to lead the Golden Gophers. Sophomore Mark Halverson (Fargo, N.D.) fired a final round 74 and finished 68th at 233, fol lowed by senior Jon Kelly (Mankato, Minn.) in 72nd with a score of 234. Outdoor Season Opener. The Golden Gophers will open the outdoor season on March 24-26 at the Alabama Relays. Golden Gophen To Host Big Ten Outdoor Championships: The University of Minnesota will host the '95 Big Ten Men's and Women's Outdoor Championships at the Bierman Stadium on May 20-21. Iowa was originally scheduled to host the com petition, but its track facility will not be ready in time for the meet. Cline Earns All-America Honors: Golden Gopher senior Keita Cline (Gainesville, Fla.) finished eighth in the triple jump at the NCAA Track & Field Championships in the RCA Dome at Indianapolis last Saturday to collect the first All-America certifi catepf his career. A four-time Big Ten champion during his career, he finished eighth with a leap of 52-9 1 I 4. Hrvoje Verzi of Georgia took top honors in the event with a jump of 54-5 1 12. Oine also placed 14th in Friday's long jump competition with a leap of 23-10. The event was won by Kareem Thompson of Rice with a mark of 26-4 1 I 4. A Closer Look: Seniors Chris Brinkworth (Bloomington, Minn.) and Rob Hydukovich (Bemidji, Minn.) finished ninth and 10th, respectively, in the shot put competition at the NCAA Indoor Championships last Friday with throws of 57-5 3 I 4 and 56-11 1I 4. UCLA's John Godina won the event with a toss of 66-11 314. Season Bests: The top performances in each event for the Golden Gophers during the 1995 indoor season are listed below ($ NCAA automatic qualifier, # NCAA provisional qualifier, • school record, % freshman school record): 55m Chris Darkins 6.27# 2-17-95 200m Eric Stommes 21.73. 2-11-95 400m Tim VanVoorhis 49.22 2-25-95 600m Travis Nordrum 1:20.92 1-21-95 BOOm Jason Boon 1:52.88 2-11-95 Mile Paul Michalek 4:02.73 #. 2-11-95 3000m Mark Gonzales 8:33.46 1-28-95 SOOOm Mark Gonzales 14:51.73 2-10-95 55m Hurdles Niles Deneen 7.65% 2-25-95 4x400m Rei Tim VanVoorhis 3:21.04 2-26-95 Lee Hutton Eric Stommes Travis Nordrum 4 x BOOm Rel Bob Johnson 7:54.83 2-4-95 Jason Boon Paul Michalek Kevin Dunbar OM Rei Bob Johnson 10:00.87 2-10-95 Lee Hutton Kevin Dunbar Paul Michalek Long Jump Keita Oine 26-1314$• 2-10-95 Triple Jump Keita Cline 53-0 114 #. 2-11-95 High Jump Jared Johnson 6-10 314 2-26-95 Shot Put ChrisBrinkworth 59-9# 2-17-95 Rob Hydl.,lkovich 58-10 3/4 If 3-3-95 Pole Vault TyeHarvey 17-41/2 If 2-25-95 Heptathlon Seth Mischke 5,074 2-25/26-95 ------UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Bierman Field Athletic Building 516 15th Avenue Southeast NEWS ADVISORY NCAA TOURNAMENT PRESS CONFERENCES AV RELATIONS HOTLIN! ·. ~t~. The University of Minnesota Men's basketball team will PaiiliciJpat4~.mtss Bierman Field Athletic Building 516 15th Avenue Southeast Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612) 625-4090 Fax 625-0359 NCAA GAME TIMES FOR BALTIMORE THURSDAY, MARCH 16 Wake Forest vs. North carolina A & T 12:30 p.m. Minnesota vs. St. Louis 30 min following completion Alabama vs. Pennsylvania 7:40 p.l!'l. Drexel vs. Oklahoma State .30 min following SATURDAY, MARCH 18 Alabama-Penn winner vs. Drexel-OSU winner 12:10 p.m. Wake-NC A & T winner vs. Minn-st. L winner 30 minutes following PRACTICE TIMES FOR WEDNESDAY. MARCH 15 TEAM PRACTICE NEHS CONFERENCE LOCKER ROOM NC A fi: T 12:00-1:00 l:00-1:30 Four st. Louis 1:00-2:00 2:00-2:30 Three Wake Forest 2:00-3:00 1:30-2:00 Two Minnesota 3:00-4:00 2:30-3:00 one Alabama S:00-6:00 6:00-6:30 Two Oklahoma State 6:00-7:00 7:00-7:30 one Pennsylvania 7:00-8:00 6:30•7:00 Four Drexel 8:00-9:00 7:30-8:00 Three <§ TIMES ARE EASTEi§)