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MIAMI, AUBURN HIGHLIGHT NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE FOR GOLDEN GOPHER BASEBALL TEAM
The University of Minnesota baseball team will face both Auburn University and the University of Miami in their 200 I non-conference schedule. Both teams are ranked among the top 15 in numerous preseason top-25 polls. The Golden Gophers will play 29 games on the road over the next three months. Their tirst road trip will be in mid-Feb. when the Maroon and Gold travel to Mobile, Ala., for the Coca-Cola Classic. Minnesota will host its own tournament the weekend of March 2-4 when Miami, San Diego State and Arkansas visit Minneapolis for the 17'h annual Harmel Foods Baseball Classic. WDGY-630 AM Radio will broadcast 35 games live this year.
The Golden Gophers open up the 200 I season with their annual Pro-Alumni game. This year's match-up is scheduled for Monday, Feb. 5 at the HHH Metrodame. First pitch will be at 6:35 p.m. Former major leaguer and future hall-of-farner Paul Molitor will be in attendance, along with current major league stars Kerry Lightenberg, Denny Neagle and Dan Wilson. Other returning players include Greg Olson, Mark Merila, Kai Freeman, Robb Quinlan, Craig Selander and Aron Amundson.
Inaugurated in 1992, the Pro-Alumni Game has brought back Major Leaguers who have donned the Maroon and Gold, including members of the 3,000-hit club in Hall of Farner Dave Winfield and 1993 World Series MYP Paul Molitor and Major League All-Stars in Denny Neagle, Greg Olson and Dan • Wilson. Proceeds from the game go to the Dick Siebert Scholarship Endowment Fund.
University of Minnesota 2001 Baseball Schedule Date Opponent Time Feb. 5 Pro-Alumni Game# 6:30p.m. Feb. II Central Michigan # 7:00p.m. Feb. 12 Central Michigan (2) 1:00 p.m.
COCA-COLA CLASSIC at Mobile, Ala. Feb. 16 vs. Auburn 2:30p.m. Feb. 17 vs. South Alabama 3:30p.m. Feb. 18 vs. North Carolina li:OOa.m.
,~ Feb. _.) at South Florida 6:00p.m. Feb. 24 at South Florida# 12:00 p.m. Feb. 25 at South Florida# (TD) 12:00 p.m.
HORMEL FOODS BASEBALL CLASSIC at HHH Metrodome Mar. 2 Miami vs. San Diego State 12:15 p.m. Arkansas vs. Minnesota 6:30p.m. Mar. 3 M1am1 vs. Minnesota# I :30 p.m. Arkansas vs. San Diego State 7:00p.m. Mar. 4 Arkansas vs. Miami II :00 a.m. San Diego State vs. Minnesota# 3:00p.m . • -more- Mar. 7 St. Cloud State 6:30p.m. Mar. 9 Connecticut 6:30p.m. Mar. 10 Connecticut :::OOp.m. Mar. II Connecticut # 1:00 p.m. Mar. 16 at Oregon State# 6:00p.m. Mar. 17 at Oregon State# 2:00p.m. Mar. 18 at Oregon State# (TO) 1:00 p.m. Mar. '}'"_.) at Purdue*# 3:00p.m. Mar. 24 at Purdue (2)* # 1:00 p.m. Mar. ::s at Purdue*# 1:00 p.m. Mar. 27 at Butler 3:00p.m. Mar. 28 at Ball State 3:00p.m. Mar. 30 at Indiana*# 3:00p.m. Mar. 31 at Indiana (2)* # 1:00 p.m. Apr. at Indiana*# l:OOp.m. Apr. 4 at Northern Iowa 3:00p.m. Apr. 6 Michigan State* # 3:00p.m. Apr. 7 Michigan State (2)* # l:OOp.m. Apr. 8 Michigan State*# (TO) l:OOp.m. Apr. II MSU. Mankato 3:00p.m. Apr. 13 Michigan*# 3:00p.m. Apr. 14 Michigan(::)*# I:OOp.m. Apr. 15 Michigan*# I:OOp.m. Apr. 18 at Iowa State 3:00p.m. Apr. ::o at ltma* # 3:00p.m. Apr. ::I at Iowa(::)*# 1:00 p.m. Apr. ")") at Iowa*# (TO) 1:00 p.m. Apr . ::4 South\\ est State 4:00p.m. Apr. ::s lm\ a State 6:00p.m. Apr. 27 at Ohio State* # 6:30p.m. Apr. ::8 at Ohio State(::)*# 4:00p.m. • Apr. ::9 at Ohio State*# (TO) 1:00 p.m. May :: St. Scholastica 6:00p.m. May 6 St. Thomas# 2:00p.m. May II Northwestern* # 6:30p.m. May I:: Northwestern(::)*# 4:00p.m. May 13 Nnrth\\estern* # 1:00 p.m. May 17 -::o Big Ten Tournament TBA May ::5-27 l\:C ;\;\ Regional Ftnals TBA Jun. 1-3 NCAA Super Reg1onal Finals TBA Jun. 8-16 College World Senes at Omaha, Nebraska
All times are CST *Big Ten Conferent:e game #Broadcast on \\'DCiY-630 AM Radw (TO) Tape DeJa:- games \\ill air later that evening at 6:00p.m. Home games in February & March at 111-11-1 Metrodome Home Games after March at Siebert Field • UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§
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DUSTY RYCHART NAMED BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE WEEK
University of Minnesota junior forward Dusty Rychart has been named the Big Ten Player of the Week for his performances in Minnesota's wins over Purdue and Indiana. Rychart led the Golden Gophers in points and assists against Purdue and points and rebounds against Indiana.
In Wednesday's 70-67 victory over Purdue, Rychart scored 23 points, 14 in the second half. He also recorded a team-high five assists and five rebounds. Rychart earned his third double-double of the season against Indiana, scoring 21 points and pulling down 16 rebounds. He once again had a big second half to lift the Golden Gophers to victory with 11 points and 10 rebounds in the second half. He added his final six points and a rebound in the overtime period.
This is the second time is his career Rychart has been named Big Ten Player of the Week. He also received the honor on November 22, 1999. This is the first such honor for a Golden Gopher this season. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§
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TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE FOR WEDNESDAY'S BASKETBALL GAME
The University of Minnesota men's athletic department announced that approximately 1,200 tickets remain for Wednesday's Big Ten match-up with No. 17 Iowa at 7 p.m. at Williams Arena. Tickets for the game are $25 for the general public and $10 for all U of M students with a valid university ID.
Iowa has started the season with a 14-4 record and is tied with Minnesota in the Big Ten standings with a 3-2 record. The Gophers (15-3) are coming off close wins over Purdue and Indiana at Williams Arena last week. Minnesota holds a 51-28 edge over Iowa at home and has a 85-72 lead in the overall series against the Hawkeyes. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
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GOLDEN GOPHER BRAD PIKE NAMED BIG TEN \;VRESTLER OF THE WEEK
Minnesota senior wrest! r Brad Pike has been named the Big Ten Wrestler uf the Week, folluwing his dominating performances in leading the Golden Gophers to the National Duals title last weekend.
Pike, currently ranked third1:1 the nation at 165 pounds, went 4-0 in the tournament dcfcatin!:' No. 10 Noel Thoml'";on of I lol"stra 3-l in first round. Nebraska's Ryan Schultz in a 17-(l major decision in the quarterfinals and No.8 Ben Shirk of Iowa 11-4 in the semifinals. Then, in the title meet, Pike proved to be the unlikely hero, pinning Oklahoma State's Billy G bel at (l:34 to lead the Golden G01lhers over the lup-ranked Cowboys. Pike, a native uf Bruwnsdale, Minn .. is 23-2 overall and ll-0 in dual meets.
*In other news- The '\1innesota vs. Michigan dual meet at the Sports Pavilion this Friday, Jan. 26, will be broadc.t.H live on Midwest Sports Channel (MSC) at 7:30p.m. r-~------,
BASKETBALL HOCKEY TRACK & FJELD NEXT UP: .\t Iowa, NEXT UP: Versus i\lichlgan NEXT UP: .\t the J';' orthern Tech, Friday.. Satq.tQay, Iowa Classic in Cedar We~S!'~~y,Januar)l}l, 7 p.m~· •. in ~f>wa C:~~r ~A~a; February 2-3 ~i ivlariucci Falls, ~()W~~ Thursday, vs. Ohio State, Saturday, Arena; Friday at 7:05p.m., JZebruaf'y r: . Febt/g;a;ry 3, 7. p.m. at Saturday at 3:05 p.m. Williams Arena: lAST WEEK: 3-1 win over ·~·~~~~:~E~:l~~~~~~~:~ c... lAST WEEK: 87-74 loss to Brown and 5-1 win O\·er Open at the Univ~rsity o.f )> Iowa and 83~68 loss at Bemidji State at 1\lariucci l\1innesoci Fieldhouse. 2 Purdue. :\rena. c )> ]J -< GOLF ifeN~US .... 1\l NEXT UP: "\t the Alumni NEXT .· UP:./ f}~ ~he ~~ex OJ Challenge in Phoenix, I :\riz., February 16-21 ., t5?~~ m LAsT WEEK: None m ~~-~~b~e ]J c )> ]J -< ..UJ GYMNASTICS SWIMMING & WRESTLING 1\l NEXT . UP: ~').t ·· .... Indiana, NEXT UP: Versus ~1ichigan DIVING 0 State l' ni,-crsitY at the NEXT UP: \ltnnesota ~riday, IX?F!Jary 2, 7 p.m .. 10 Blooi'QJrygt9g~ Inq;; >at · 0 Sports Pavilion,· Saturday, Challenge at the .\LJUatic Illinois, .Sunaay~FebtWiry February 3, 1 p.m. C:cnrer. Friday-Saturday, ~ 4, 1 p.iO,. in G~mpaigri, I :cbru:~rv 2-3 Ill. .. LAST WEEK: 209.325- 205.600 loss to the LAST WEEK: 2)5.5-94.5 LAsT vJg~~~~~~~~n over U nin~rsit:y of l mva 1n \\'111 oYer \\ ·isconsin and Michigan af the Sports Iowa City, Imva. 2.)5-11"" wm m-er Purdue Pavilion and 31-6 winover Williams Arena. 111 \ladison, \\'is. Purdu~.~~
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This Week in Gopher Sports i> a producnon '>f thL· l·n11 cNtl ',f \llnnc><>Ll \len'> .\thlctics \kdia Relations Office at 208 Bierman Field .\thlcuc Buildmg, 51(, 15th .\1-c. SE, \hnneapolts. \I'-.; :; 'i-Ii IS 1\dl Crumlc1, Director; Brad Runcr, Associate Director; John Romo, Assistant Dtrector; Jeff ](etscr, Publica nom Coordinator: \like Corrt,l:.Ul. llud1 .Johmon and i(cvin f(urtt, Interns. GYMNASTICS GoLDEN GoPHER MEN's GYMNASTICS FALLS TO IowA Bob Goss. 7.750; lll. Tim I(oehler, "7.650; 11. Bill Callahan, ~_(JII(I; 12. iumn Conner, 7.450. . '~- . - The ninth ranked Universm· of .\linnesota men's grmnastics team lost to sixth-ranked Iowa SaturdaY night in Iowa Cm·, Iowa . .\linnesota finished Honzontal Bar: I. i\ntomo Cesar, Iowa, H.' ::lO; 2. Justin Conner, with a score of 205.WU, while Iowa posted a 20'J.325. Minnesota, 8.700; 3. Justin Lea\·itt. Iowa. 8.650; 3. Clay Strother, Minnesota, 8.650. Other .\linnesota finishers: H. Bill Callahan. 8.0511; Iii. Leading the way for the Golden Gophers was sophomore Clar Strother. Josh Nitzberg, 7.250; 11. Todd Guilbeau, "7.100; 12. Tim l(oehlcr. (>.(,(1\1. Strother, the nation's top-ranked g1·mnast in the all-around, captured the all around with a score of 53.900. The Jasper, Texas native won the floor exer All-Around: 1. Clay Strother, Minnesota, 53.900. cise (9.225), the pommel hose (9.550) and the parallel bars (8.6 7 5). He also took fifth on the rings (8.7 7 5). third on the ,-,mlt ( Freshman Eric Steele also performed well on the night, finishmg first on the nult with a score of 9.3511, third on the floor (8.'JIIIIJ and fourth on the nngs (8.825). The Golden Gophers open their home meet season, Saturda1·, Feb. 3, ,-ersus \lichgan State at I p.m. at the Sports Pa1·ilion . Team Scores I. lowa, 20'J.325 2. Minnesota, 205.600 Floor Exerctse: 1. Clay Strother, Minnesota, Don Jackson. lowa, H.925; 3. Eric Steele, Minnesota, 8.900. Other .\linnesora fmishers: 6. Bob c;oss, H.~lll I; '!.Josh :\itzberg, H.-Hill; 111. Bill Callahan, 8.2511; 12. Tim l(oehler, ~. 71 Ill Pommel f lorse: 1. Clay Strother, Minnesota, 9.550; 2 ..\ntonto Cesar, ],m·a, 9.111111; 3. Don Jacb<>n, IO\n, 8.~511. ( lther \[inncsota finishers: 5. :\!len Sopko, 8.-+511; (,Bob c;oss, 8.21111; -. Enc Steele, 8.11111; Iii . .\!Jrch c;riitin, -_(,511; 12. Todd ( ;utlbeau, C.! IIIII. Soil Rmgs: 1 Bnan C:hnsue, Iowa, \"aulr: L Eric Steele, Minnesota, 9.350; 2. Bill Callahan, Minnesota, 9.100; 3. Clay Strother, Minnesota, 9.025. ( lrhcr \lmnc>oLl fmtshers: -+ Bob c;oss, 'J.IIIIII; 5. _iu>lln Conncr, 'J.IIIIII; -. Tnn 1--.ochlcr, 8.'!1111. Par.tllcl Bats L Clay Strother, Minnesota, 8.675; 2. \nron1" Ccs;Jr, lm\·,1, S.CIIII; 2. Todd Guilbeau, Minnesota, 8.600. ( lrhcr \hnnooLJ fnt~>hcr>: '!. Date Event Site/Result Name Yr. Hometown ian. 1.) \\ lnLh· Cttl" lm·iranonal :;rh ( )f - rcarn:-- Bdl Callahan Fr.. l\larshfield, l\lass. ian. 211 ]JhJHilS I, 211-L\511-211K.I511 icff Cohen Fr. Lexington, .\!iss. ian. T ]m,·a I., 2ti5J,IIII 211'! ..125 iustln Conner Jr. Dalls, Texas Feb.3 Michigan State Sports Pavilion Randal Dircen Fr. Colorado Springs, Colo. 1-cb. ]II \\"nltcr Cup 1.. ~> \"ega>, :\c\·. Bob ( ;oss Sr. Kenosha, \\'is. Feb. 16 Ohio State Sports Pavilion \hrchell ( ;riffin Fr. Morrow, Ga. Feb. 24 Michigan Sports Pavilion Todd c;uilbeau Jr. Houston, Texas Mar. 6 Temple Sports Pavilion Bryan Hutchinson So. Floodwood, .\linn. \lar. <) lllt!Hil>-( :htcago Ch1cago, Ill. Tim Koehler So. North Bergen, N.J. .\lar. 11 :\ebraska I .mcoln, :\eb. Pana~,;-iotcs Nikolaides Fr. Dallas, Texas .\lar. 2.1-2-t Big Ten Championships Srate College. Pa. Joshua Nitzberg Fr. Lincoln, Calif. Apr.:;.-: :\C.\.\ Champtonshtps ( :, >lumbus, ( lhto Allen Sopko Sr. Brooktield, Wis. Eric Steele Fr. Knoxville, Tenn. Jason Sting! So. Waukesha, Wis. Cla1· Strother So. Jasper, Texas Gabriel Suarez Fr. Forest Lake, \linn. SwiMMING & D1v 1N G MEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING CRUISES PAST WISCONSIN AND DAN CROASTON NAMED BIG TEN DIVER OF THE WEEK PURDUE L' ni\-crsin· of :\linnesota semor di,·er Dan Croasron has bccn named the Big The Uni\Trsirr of ;'\linnesora's men's swimmmg and di\'ing ream (5-1, 5-ll Ten Di,·er of the \\'eek for the third time this season. Big Ten) defeated \\'isconsin and Purdue in a Big Tcn tnplc dual meet last weekend at the U\X' Natatorium in ;'\ladison, \X-is. :\linnesora defeated Croasron set a new Dallas :\lorning News Im·irational and S:\!L' Perkins Wisconsin 255.5-94.5 and Purdue 235-117. Natatorium !-meter di1·ing record on his war to being named the meet's most \·aluable di1·er. His score of 374.45 beat the former record of .r2.H.'i The Golden Gophers won all four rdars dunng rhc tw< >-dal· b1· nearlr two points. Croasron also won the 3-mercr competition II'Ith an meet, begmning with the 2Ull mcdler rclar, the first c1-enr NC\c\ qualifnng score of 361.75. He also won both di1·ing competition> in of the meet. The team of Todd Smolinski ,Jeff ar:-'~-~~:!;.;;;i: :\linnesota's home dual with Iowa on Sunda1· with a 1- meter score of Hackler, Chad Krasnns and Ricardo Dornelas 386.33 and a 3-meter score of 393.lllJ. Both scores were was ,-icrorious in L) 1.-P. The 800 freesr\'lc rda1· ream of nearly 100 points O\'er his nearest competitior. Justin :\lortimer, :\larr TaYlor, Brandon Crook and :\lex :\lassura won the last e1·enr o~ the first dar in C>:-+2.112, wmmng b1· The swimming and di,·ing teams are back in action on m-er three seconds. The 200 freesn·le relar ream of Dorndas, Friday and Saturday in a triple dual with Purdue and :\lassura, Grant Butler and :\lien Ong was \'ICtonous In I :22.82 while the Wisconsin in ;'\ladison, Wis. 400 freestyle relar team ended the meet with a w111 on :H13.U). Dan C:roasron dominated the di1·ing e\'ents and was one of indi1·iduals that won multiple e1-cnts. He won rhe ~-~:::::-- meter b1· almost a )(ill points with a 3(,-.9 score. He was almost as 1mprcssi1T on the three-meter board, winning b1· m-cr (,II points with a 369. r•------200001 ScHEDULE/RESULlS Date Event Site Oct. 14 Intrasquad Meet No team scores Oct. 27 Alumni Meet No team scores ()cr. 2:-> \:orth\\'L·,rnn & lndtana \Y/ 80-60, w 91-49 \:o\'. .)--1 \:orrh Carr>lma L 171.5-198.5 Nov. 17-19 Minnesota Invitational 1st of 7 teams Dr.:c. 1-) (;ct>f_L:I:l JnYitatirmaJ 1st of 7 teams Jan. l Tom Gerding won the WOm with a time of 1:19.119 inlm first appearance of \\"eight Throw- 3 . .\lark Fahn, 59-10 1/2; 4. Ben .\lm:r, 56-9 1/4; -. :-.lichad the 2001 season. Jeremy Polson placed tirst the 30Uilm with a time of 8:24.211. Ehlers, 51-6 1/2; 8. Lynden Reder, 51-2 1/4. Benl\fcyer rook top honors in the 801lm with a 1:54.1-. Another semor, ;\larc Johannsen, took top honors on the high jump with a height of (,.jll 3/4 as an High Jump- 1. 1\larc Johannsen, Cnattachcd, (,.liJ 3/4; 2. Scott Berggren, (,-8 unattached athlete. 3/-+;Josh Paulson, l_Tnattachcd, 6-4 3/4. In addition to these top performances two Golden ( ;opher' set new team Pole \'ault - 2. Eric S\·enS>on, 15-5 3/4; 3. Ste\T Slatten·. !'i-ll; :--. records m throwing en:nrs. ,\lichael Ehlers 'et a ne\\. record m the shot put Lyndon ;\lcDowell, 14-11. ''~th a throw of 59-Ill 1/2. ,\lark Fahe\· followed swr rn the \\nght throw with a team record ros;· of 59-W I /2. ,\linnesota continues their indoor season at thc~=!~Sii;:: ?\orthcrn Iowa Classic in Cedar Falls, Iowa on Feb. 1.ThcY will host their fmal home meet of the season, the Snowshoe Open, on Feb. \I Fieldhouse. \linnesota tinisher>: (,II meter dash - 4. \larr Tador, (,_911; 5. Ben Tador. (,_<)!; (,_ StL'\"e Burkholder, 6'J."i. 201! meter dash- 2. \latt "En·lor, 21.91; 5. StnT Burkholder. 2211(,; II. Bob (~uade, l"narrached, 22.K-; 12. And\· \\'iberg, 22'!4; I(,_ :-iwrr 1-crguson. l nattached, 23.411 (,()II meter dash - I. ·J(,m Cerding, 1:1 9.09; 4. Toln I knkeb, 1::~11."\~; :; .\dam Steele, 1:211'JI; -:. :\nd\· \\(>hhn, 1:23.(14; 8. l.1nd"n \[c!),,\dl. 1:2.\'i.l; 12. _I esse .\I.,dscn, I::"il 1.55. Sill I meter run - I. Ikn \lc\-cr, 1:54.17; 4. !han [·,rd, I :'i4'r: (,_ l·""n ( hn·n, I :.)(,.(,S; S. /.ach Edmonson, I :SC.811; 11. _lor; ( lrtl< ,ff. l"n:lttachcd. I;:;-_,-::;_ \l!lc Run - 2. \larnn Rohcck, L" nanachcd, 4: 14.14; 4 .. \ndrcw \ lcl'c'sock. 4: I .'i'.l4; :;_ "ul Hanson, 4: I (,_1 (,. :lllllll meter run · I. _Jcrum Polson, 8:24.211; )_ j,,h !),fkll. l ·n.nuched, [-2-ooo:Cf1--5CHEoulE}-RESul_TS ____ 2_oot1:0-1--SCHEouLE/R-ESuL.TS-· ! Date Event Site Date Event Site !Jan. 13 Northwest Open 1\:o team scores \pr. 12-14 Sea Ray Relays Knoxville, Tenn. !Jan. 20 Minnesota Open No team scores \pr. 14 Hamline Quad St. Paul, Minn. !Jan. 27 Gold Country Open No team scores .\pr. 20-21 Texas Team Austin, Texas ! l·eb. :\orthern Iowa Classic <.nbr bib, lo\\·a .\pr. 21-22 Mr. Sac Relays Walnut, Calif. ! 1-"eb. 9-10 CYclone Classic .\rno, lema .\pr. 21 Carleton Relays Northfield, Minn. ! Feb. 16 Snowshoe UM Fieldhouse .\pr. 25 l\Iacalester St. Paul, Minn. ! Feb. 24-25 Rig Ten Indoor Champs. State College. Pa. .\pr. 27-28 Drake Relays Des Moines, Iowa ! i\lar. 2 NC.\.\ <)ualifying :\[eet .\rnes, Iowa .\laY 4 Cardnial Invitational Palo Alto, Calif. ! Mar. 9-10 NC:\.\ Indoor Champs. 1-:r\·ertenlle, .\rk. .\[ay 4 Hamline St. Paul, Minn. ! ,\lar. 15-16 Texas .\&i\1 (Decathletes) College Suncm, Texas .\Ia~· 5 Iowa Twilight Invitational Iowa City, Iowa ! :\lar. 17 Texas .\&.\1 Im·itc College Sunon, Texas .\Ia~· 12 Home Meet Bierman Field e ! l\lar. 22-23 i\lesa 0: (Decathletes) .\lcsa, .\nz. May 18-20 Big Ten Outdoor Champs. Bloomington, Ind. ! l\lar. 31 Stanford Im·itational Palo . \Ito, Calii. i\[ay 30- NCAA Outdoor Champs. Eugene, Ore. ! .\pr. 5- ~ Texas Rcla\·s . \usnn, Texas June 2 ~ ------WRESTLING MINNESOTA WRESTLERS CRUSH MICHIGAN 29-6 IN BIG TEN ToP-RANKED GOLDEN GOPHER WRESTLERS ROUT PURDUE 31-6 OPENER The top-ranked C ni,·ersm· of ;o..unnesota wre:;tling team routed unrankcd The top-ranked UniversitY of Minnesota wrestling team crushed sixth Pudue 31-6 at \\'illiams :\rena Saturday night, winning eight of ten matches ranked Michigan 29-6 at the Sports Pa,·ilion Frida\· night behind a pin by to imprm·e to 13-1 on the season, including a 2-!l mark in Big Ten dual Jared Lawrence and major decisions b1· Luke Becker am! Brad Pike to close meets. The Golden Gophers won four of their matches bY maJor decision the Big Ten opener in dominating style. The Colden Gophers imprm·e to and lost one match in doubk m·ertime. 12-1 on the night that hean-weight Garrett Lownc1 made hts home debut 111 a .\laroon and Gold uniform. The meet started at 141 pounds with Golden Gopher Brett Lawrence win ning b1· forfea. At 149 pounds, third-ranked Jared Lawrence dominated The meet started at 174 pounds with \\"olvennc Otto Olson. ranked ;\io. 2, Purdue's Brad Harper, winmng a 211-7 maJor decision. Lawrence, now 22-.1 downing ~o. 14 Jacob \"olkmann ro gi\"e .\uchtgan an earlY .1-11 kad. But the on the season, scored etght takcdo\\·ns in the match. Fourth-ranked Luke .\la12e and Blue wouldn't sec the lead for the remamdn of the meet as Becker ga1-c Gold Country four more team pomts \\"lth hts 1~-'! triumph .\unncsota won eight of the final nine matches .. \r I H4 pounds. fourth m·er Oscar Santiago. Becker ended with 2:52 of ad1·anrage rime over ranked Damion Hahn impro,·ed to 21-2 on the season with hts 5-3 Sannago. win m·cr ;\io. H :\nd1· Hrm·at. Owen Elzcn, ranked ninth ar 19- pounds, then ga1·c the G01den Gophers the lead good at (,._), Purdue's first win of the night came at 165 pounds as Kirk .\loore defeating ;\;o. 16 Joe DeGain 6-1. Elzen ended the match with a notched a takedown of Brad Pike \\·ith four seconds remaining in whopping 3:0H of ad1·anragc time. regulation to force the match to m-crtime. !\either \o-::ilfll!~~.... wresder scored in sudden victor\' m·ertime and .\loon: Oh-mpic bronze medal winner, hean-weight c;,urett rode Pike for the 30-second tiebre;1ker to win the match. Lownc1·. debuted at home in srvle, posting a convrnc It was Pike's first loss in a dual meet this season. The mg (, . .J rnumph m-er fourth-ranked .\latt Bnnk. l.owne\, Boilermakers won their second and final match at 174 ranked erghth, kd the entire match and onh ga1-c up points ro pounds as Ryan Lange downed Jacob \"olkmann 10-6. Bnnk on escapes.. \r 125 pounds, thtrd-rankcd l.no1· \"ega g:t\"L" Gold Counrn· thn:c more team points with his H-- wm m-er\_,, .\[innesota rebounded at 184 pounds behind Damion Hahn's (, .\._1. c;ranr \"ega trailed C-4 earh· Ill the rlurd pcnod. bur scored 12-4 major decision victorY over Jared \\'illiams. Hahn impro,·ed a takedown and a two-point ncar fall to push hts oH-r.dl rc·c1 ml to to 22-2 on the \·ear, including a 12-1 mark in dual meets. At 197 211-4 on rhe ,·car. pounds, ninth-ranked Owen Elzen dropped Jon Bush 11-4 to gi1-e the Golden Gophers a commanding 21-6 lead. Eighth c;uldcn (;up her Brett Lm·rcnce's slump continued Ill the _,,...... ranked heavyweight Garrett Lownev continued his excellent 13.1-puund match as he lmt to Folc1· Dowd ---1 for hts wrestling, defeating No. 20 Jake \'ercelli 10-7. rhtrd-stratght defeat. Lm-rence falls to 1---1 on rhc sc;tS< H1. \ltnnesoLt rebounded ar I-ll pounds wtth !han Lewis' rhnllmg m-crumc \"teton· o1-cr .\r 12S pounds, No.3 Lero1· \'ega posted a 6-1 decision on No. 13 Jason \.o. 11 J Cbrk Forward. \\.irh the score ttcd ar ol1L" afrn rL·guhnon and sud Sth-crstem to imprm·e to 21-4 on the year. \'ega led throughout the match den \"teton· m-cnime, the wrestlers went ro rhe .111-sccond nchrc.tkcr ,,.lth and ended with 2:3H advantage time. Unranked 13.1-pounder Ryan Lewis 1'orw;trd ch<" JSmg down. l.ewts, fillmg in for rhe tn)urcd ( Jud I '.nb1 Jn. r1 'Lk pmnded meet-ending excitement, upsetting eighth-ranked E1·an Robinson !' BASEBALL GYMNASTICS TRACK & FIELD NEXT UP: Pro<1Jumni NEXT UP: :\t the \\'inter NEXT UP: :\t the (\·clone Ga!Yl~ ar the Mcjjtodome, Cup Challenge in Las Classic in Ame.s, ·Iowa, MonglJ.Y, Febnury 9~ 6:30 \'egas, 1\in·., Saturdav, Friday-§~~$iy, February p.m.'''··· February 10, 7p.m, · 9,.10. .·.·.··.. ·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·.·. .>·:.;>·· ,_.,,•• , ...... ·..·.·_.w·•,,_ .. '-.~-e········K··•··•·•~.--• .. ,.._',·'.· ~i:ntn•··· t LAST ~ :~;.vu ·· eso a lAST WEEK: . 209.8751 LAS~ Y'f~~JS; £:hey sets annoJnce5 ( baseball 208.82.5 win over new Minnesota record at endowed > s(:holarship ..\hchigan State UniYer$~1 Firstar I·!3.~il:Xl:ional m news andtelevi§on broad at the Sports Pa\·ilion. ··· · Cedar Falls; Iowa. cast dates; 'i1 m CD lJ BASKETBALL HOCKEY \TENNIS c NEXT UP: A.t NEXT UP: At l\linnesota l> Northwestern, TuesdaY, State, .t-.lankato, Fridav N~XT UP:.. ·····-&~··········~-~ Rokx lJ February 6, 8:30 P·~·_ln Sarurda\·, Februarv 9-10 1n lt~t;~i~~'~r~~~~1~:R¢9rmy31~ Evans ton, Ill.; · vs. l\!ankaro, \finn.. ; both · .·.·.·.·.·.·.· -< Michigan State, Saturday, ~ames at -:05 p.m. :::. February 10, 7 p.m. at LA~~~~ ~o:~ ··· I Williams Arena. lAST WEEK: R-.J & 5-1 ~ \\'im m·er .\lichigan Tech lAST WEEK: 64-5.5 loss at at .\!ariucci .\rena. 0 Iowa and 73-66 loss to .. Ohio State. ru 0 0 GOLF SWIMMING & W RESiWJN G ~ NEXT UP: .-\.t the Alumni DIVING NEXT UP: v~~sus ~1ichigan Challenge m Phoenix, NEXT UP: Ba~ Ten State, Frida¥; feb~Uaryp, 7 :\riz., FebruaryJ6~21 Championship~ :u the p.m. at ·>•• .Jbi~· Sppt:ts .\ljuatic (enter, Thur~day Pavilion; vs; P~nn .... $~ate, lAsT WEEK: None SarurJav, h:bruan 22-24 Sunday, f~bruaty 11, 1 p.m. atW'ij#~§~xna LAST WEEK: :\!innesota ~\\'1!11!11LT~ dominate the lAST ~E~~: i~=i2 ~~in at \linncsota Challenge at Indiana .and 22-12 \vin at IllinoiS. .. ·.· .. the .\quaric Center. L------This Week in Gopher Sports is a production of the· Lntlu'm of \hnnc,oLt .\kn's :\thleucs Med1a Relations Office at 208 Bierman Field ;\thktic Building, 516 15th .-\n:. SE, .\unncapohs, .\[:\ 5:1-tllt-\. Btl I Crumb·, Dtrcctor; Brad Ruiter, Associate Director; John Romo, Assistant Director; Jeff I...:eiser, Publica nons Coordmator; \like Corngan. I ktdt Johnson and J...:enn Kurtt, Interns. BASEBALL 2001 ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS NAMED; NEW TELEVISION DATES SET FOR GOLDEN GOPHER BASEBALL ENDOWMENT TO BE ANNOUNCED :-..!idwest Sports Channel has agreed to televise four L'ni\Tr>Hr of The L:ntversirv of :\!innesota baseball office announced the 2001 rectptents :\!innesota baseball home games throughout the 20lll se;~>nn. :\hnnesota is of the Dick Sieben Endowed Scholarship Program. The fund was intro the onlr school in the Big Ten Conferen~e with regularh· scheduled telcrt duced in 1993 with the intent of endowing all of the !1.7 baseball scholar sion games. The broadcast schedule w!ll open up with the game :tgamst the ships allowable under 1\:C.-\.-\ rules. Catcher Darren Grass was a\\·arded the fourth-ranked Uru,·ersitT of :-..!iami (Fla.) in the Hormd Foods Baseball inaugural Cah·in Griffith scholarship and Bill :\!obt!ta recel\·ed the maugural Classic. The detailed schedule is as follows: Paul :\!olitor scholarship m 1993. Currenth there are three endowed base ball scholarships with a fourth to be announced tomorrow at the lOth Saturday, i\[arch 3rd, I :3Upm vs. :\!ianli (Tla.) :\nnual pro-.-\lumm game at the :\!etrodomc. Doors open at 4:3(1 and all Fridm·, .-\pril 6th, 3:00pm vs. :\!ichigan State proceeds from the Pro-:\lumni Game benefit the Drck Srcbcrt Scholarship Saturdar, .-\pril 14th, 1:00pm vs. :\!ichtgan Endowment Fund. The game be)-,'1!15 at (J:Jll p.m. at rhe :\!etrodomc and Saturday, 1\!ay 12th, 3:00pm \"S. Northwestern admission is 56. Minnesota opens up the 200 I schedule with the The 20(1\ Dick S1ebcrt Scholarsh1p EndmYmem annual Gadan's Pro-.\lumm Game. This \Tar·s Program rcnp1enrs are: match-up is scheduled for :\londar, Feb. S at the HHH i\letrodome. First pitch \\ill be at 6:35 p.m. C:ah·m Criffirh Scholarship Josh Holthaus For the past mne \·ears, former ;\laroon and Gold Dm·id \'Ccmcr Scholarship Mike Kobow greats have returned to the field to take on the cur Paul ;\lo!ttor Scholarship Luke .-\pperr rent 1\finnesota squad in an event that celebrates the rich traclition of Golden Gopher baseball. Former major leaguer and future hall-of-tamer Paul ;\lolitor will be on hand to manage the .\lumnt dugout. Other current major league stars Kerrv Ligtenberg, Denm Neagle and Dan \'(ilson will also be in attendance. Other returning plavers include Greg Olson, 1\lark i\lerila, Kai Freeman, Robb Quinlan, Cra1g Selander, Jason Dob1s, Kdlr Werner, .\ndv Pcrsbv, Frank Wagner, Brad Pautz, Brian Raabe, 1\fatt Scanlon, Ste\-e Huls, and .-\ron Amundson. Former long-time a»istant coach Herb Isakson will act as an assistant coach for the .-\lumni team. T1ckets for the game are S6 and can be purchased by calling the U ni\-crsll)" of :-.linnesota .-\thletics Ticket Office at (612) 624-8080 or 1-800-UGO PH ER. .\ two-for-one coupon is available at the Galvan's Trading Company's metro area locations in l\linnetonka, Richfield or Woodbury. Those coupons can be redeemed at the ticket gates on the day of the game. ·------2___ 0 ___ 0 ___ 0--~0---1-----S---C--H---E--D--U---L--E------\\~j~~\l~~ R--;~i;~i;~;;;------~\r~~~i;~i~di;;;------: 2 1 l'n. :-.!ar. .l!i at Indiana Bloonun).!:ton, Indiana Dare &tl:nl fu ~.If, :\!ar. .ll at Indiana (2) Bloorrungton, Indiana :-.ion, I ·cl• Pro-.\lwnm c;an1c I IIIII .\lt-rrodonw ~un .. \pr. 1 at Indiana Bloomington, Indiana :>tut. l·cl•. II ( :enrral :-.hch•~an IIIII! .\lt-rn> Freshman Eric Steele also competed in the all-around, tallnng a score of 50.100. Steele, a nati\·e of KnoxYille, Tenn., fimshed second on the rings (8.K50), second on the ,·ault (9.500), The Golden Gophers tra\·el to Las \'egas, \:e\·., Saturday, Feb. 10 for the \X'inter Cup Challenge. Team Scores 1. Minnesota, 209.875 2. :\lichigan State, 211KK25 Floor Exercise: 1. Cla1· Strother, :--.linncsota, 9.5-5: 2. Brad Golden, :\lichigan State, 9.075; 3. Tom Housln, :\lichigan State, H.WIJ. Other \linncsota fitmher>: (,_ Bob Goss, H.41HI; "· Eric Steele, f\.2511: H. Btll Callahan, H.10il; 9. Rand1· Direen, '7.9011: W. Jusnn Conner, 7.850 Pommel Horse: 1. ClaY Strother, \linnesora, 9.-511; 2. Jonathan Plante, \lichigan State, 9.5511; 3. Bob GoS>, \linncsota. 'J.II.'ill. Other \linnesota fimshers: K. Todd Guilbeau, H.-kill; ]11. \lttch Grifftn,- (,00; 11. Bill Callahan, '7.5110; 12. Enc Steck -.-1511 Sull lungs: 1. \lark Chiappetta, \lichigan St:ue. '!.11)11; ~- Enc Steck, \linncsota, H.HSII; 3. Bngham Dorman, \ltcl11g.tn Srarc. H.H25. ( hher \linnesora fimshers: -1. c;abc Suarez, 8.-511: 5. Ttm kochler. s.-1111; (,_ Cla1· Strother, K.'iSII: 9. Todd (;uilbeau, H.2511: 11. Btll Callahan. H.21111. \'ault: 1. Justin Conner, .\linnesota, 9.5511: 2. Eric Steele. \ltnnesora, 'J.SOO; 3. Clay Strother. 9.31111. Orher .\ltnnesota finishers: -1. Bill Call.tlun, '!.2511: -1. Ttm koehler, 9.2511: -. Bob c;oss, 9.050 Parallel Bars: 1. Brad c;oldm, \lichtgan Swe. H.-511: I. Bob c;oss, \linncsota, f\.'7511; 3. .\ndrew Da,·is, :\[ichtgan Srare. H -1111; _)_ Todd Cuilbeau, \linnesota, H.-1111. Other .\linncsota l111l>her" '!. CLn· Srrorhcr. 200().01 5cHEDULE/RESUL1S 2000 ROSTER Date Event Site LResult Name Yr. Hometown ian. !.) \\.ind,· C:m lm·itational .)rh t )f - tc.tnb i11ll Callahan Fr.. :\[arshfield, 1\[ass. ian. 211 lll.tnots L. ~11-1 ;_:;11-211H.l'i11 left Cohen Fr. Lexington, :'.liss. Jan. 2- Iowa I., 211)_(,1111-211'!.'\25 iusnn Conner lr. Dalls, Texas Feb. 3 Michigan State w, 209.875-208.825 Randal Direen Fr. Colorado Springs, Colo. Feb. 10 \\'inter Cup Las \'eg.t>, :\e\. Bob c;oss Sr. Kenosha, Wis. Feb. 16 Ohio State Sports Pa\"ilion \litchell Griffin Fr. .'\[orrow, Ga. Feb. 24 Michigan Sports Pavilion ·J(,dd c;uilbeau Jr. Houston, Texas Mar. 6 Temple Sports Pavilion BrYan Hutchinson So. Floodwood, l\linn. \[ar. 9 lllinois-l:hteago Chtcag". Ill. Tim koehlcr So. North Bergen, N.J. :\lar. 11 :\cbraska Ltncoln. :\eb. l'anat,>-iores N ikolaides Fr. Dallas, Texas :\lar. 23-2-1 Big Ten ( ]umpionshtps Sure C"llege, l'a. Joshua Nitzberg Fr. Lincoln, Calif. Apr. J~ I :\C:\.\ Champtonshtps Columbus, ( lhto :\!len Sopko Sr. Brookfield, Wis. e Enc Steele Fr. Knoxville, Tenn. I I Jason Sting! So. Waukesha, Wis. I I I Clay Strother So. Jasper, Texas • It ______Gabriel Suarez Fr. Forest Lake, l\linn. SWIMMING & D1v 1N G MINNESOTA SWIMMERS SUPERB IN SECOND DAY OF MINNESOTA MINNESOTA SWIMMERS DOMINATE MINNESOTA CHALLENGE CHALLENEGE The Uni,·ersitY of i\linnesota men's and women's swimming and d11·ing The University of i\linnesota men's and women's swimming and diving teams dominated the first session of the 2001 :.linnesora Challenge ar the teams continued their strong performances in the second da1· of the UniversitY of \linnesota Aquatic Center. The IH>men won all tl1-c of the \linnesota Challenge. The women won 12 of 14 e1·enrs, while the men won evening's events, while the men won four and did nor compete in the fifth 12 of the Ll the,· entered. in the unscored meet. Senior di1Trs Trac1· La Yot and Dan Croasron set rhe pace The women gor the meet going. taking the top three places In rhe 2011 free for theu reams bY srarung both of today's sesswm with relay. The winning time 11·as a 1:39.25 br Sara Rutkowski, Elizabeth !'terce. wms in the 3·meter and I· meter di1·ing com· Lauren Guzauskas and Jen Power. The men followed suit, raking the top peiuons. Croaston beat former Gopher and two places in the same rcla1·. The team of 1\..tcardo eight·time Btg Ten Champion and 3·time 1\iC:\A champi· ~~2:===~~ Dornelas, Alex :.Iassura, Grant Butler and :\lien Ong on P.J Bogart in both e1·ents. won with a time of 1:21.12. The women claimed top spots in the 200 medkY relaY, 400 indi· 1·idual medleY, IOU butterflY, 200 freestvle, 100 backstroke and the KOO The women rook the top fi1·e places in the 500 fre<:>rYlc and freesrrle relaY in the first session. The onlY e1·enr rhe1· did nor win was the men took the top se1-cn. The women were led by jun· thcl 00 breaststroke, which was won br the College of St. Benedict's Katie ior Kristin Rvgg with a time of 5:03.R9. Sophomore !han l(uhlmann. They had is just as easy in the second session, winning the 1650 .-===:::::~ L'Roy led the men with a time of 4:3K.25. free. 2011 back. 1011 free, 200 £11· and 400 free rclar. The onh rhe did not wm \\·as _,-.-:::::-:=::::--.. Junior Jinny Smedsred led the group of c;o!dm Shana Lernes. ~:--'~~=:::::=:::::::::::_ Gopher women to the top eight places in the 200 L\I with a time or 2:0(>.34. Sophomore The men also cLumcd 1·icroncs in rhe 200 medlc1· Todd Smolinski led the \linnesota men tu the 21111 free, IIIII breast and rhelllll back In rhe first sessron. Thc1 did nor enter rop eight finishes in the same e\Tnt with a 1:52.83. a team in rhe HOO free relaY. 1:\ rhe second sessron rhe (;olden (;opher men 11·on e\·en· e1·enr. The onlY event the men did nor wm all da1, the IIIII bur· The \linnesota women took the top seven spots in the 50 freestyle, led b1· terfh·, was won b1· former Golden Gopher and national champron, John junior Jcn Power with a 23.94. The top II spots in the same event went to Cahm· with a rime of 49.20 for the Iron f'ish s11·im ream. Followmg just the :\Iinnesora men, led by senior Olympian Allen Ong with a 20.52. behrnd him was another Iron Fish and former (;opher. 2111111 Israeli Ohmpian, Yoa1· \!cin. The final event of the e1·ening was the 400 medley relay, in which the \.enher rhe men or 11·omen will compere agarn until the Brg Ten \ltnnesota women took the top three honors. The team of 1'-im Harrod, C:hampronshrp meers. The women's Brg Ten meet 1' Feb. I :;.1- Ill Emth· Deppe, Dana Caum and Jessica Crawford won with a 4:00.79. The Bloomington. Ind. The Big Ten \!en's Swimming and Dtnng (;olden Gopher men did not enter a 400 medley reb· team. Champronslups will be hc!J ar rhe L'ni,·ersnY of \lmnesot.t :\ytunc Center on Feb. 22. 24. Date Event Site Oct. 14 Intrasquad Meet No team scores Oct. 27 Alumni Meet No team scores Ocr. .28 T"ortlnn·qt:rn & Indiana w 80-60, w 91-49 NoY. J.-1 :\mth Carolina L 171.5-198.5 Nov. 17-19 Minnesota Invitational 1st of 7 teams Dec. f . .) Ct:mgta lm·irational 1st of 7 teams Jan. 1 Uni,·ersity of :.linnesota senior :.Iark Fahey broke rhe :.linnesora school Wm High Hurdles- 4. :.likael Jakobsson, 8.09; 6. Lmdon :\lcDowelL 8.21'\; record in the weight throw that he set just last week at roda,·'s l\orthern -. Enc Svennson, 8.29. Iowa Firs tar Indoor track Im·itational at the U;\;l-Dome in. Cedar Falls, Iowa. Fahey's toss of 60-3 bested the pre\·ious mark of 59- 10 I /2, as he High Jump- .'i. Derek S\·kes. 6-5 I /2. took second place to Northern Iowa's Dave Jennings. Pole \'ault- 5. Jayme Pantekoek, 15-1 . .\!itch Potter and Toby Henkels each won e\·enrs for :'\linne,lta. Potter took ftrsr in the 400m with a career-best time of 47.-2. Henkels won the 800m Long Jump- 8. Eric S\·ennson, 22-3; 9. Lmdon :\IcDowdl, 21-r\ li -I. in 1:53.r. Shot Put - 6. :\lichael Ehlers, 51-1 I 3 I 4; 8. JeS>e :\Lldsm, ..f(,.(, 31 4; Ill. SC\Tral other Golden (;ophers fared well at the meet with host :\orrhern Lmdon :.IcDowell, 42-3 1/4. Iowa, B1g Ten ri,·al, \X'isconsin, and the Big 12'> Iowa State. The Golden Gophers placed three in the 6Um. Steve Burkholder rook second with a sea· \\'eight Throw- 2. :.lark FaheY, W-3; 6. Lmdcn Reder. 54-H 3/4; r\. son-best rime of 6.89. Ben Tador and :.Ian Tador cross the line at the same :.licahel Ehlers, 53-2 1 / 4; 111. Ben :\Ie,·er, 51-1 time to ftnish tied for third with a time of 6.911. :\ndY \X'ohlin and 1/2. /\ndv \Viberg rook fourth and sixth respecti,-eh· in the ..fllllm. Zach Edmonson, Brian :,[eyer and Jason Owen fimshed clme behind Henkels in the 8UUm, ftmshing rh.. l.r:d~:·.~:;::~s;: fourth and sixth. Neil Hanson and -· Robeck rook second and third in the mile run. Lmdon :.IcDowell and newcomers, :.tikael Jakobsson and Eric s,·ennson, both nau,·cs of S\\-cdcn, performed wdl in the 611-meter high hurdles. Jakobsob fmished fourth and :.IcDowell and S\-cnnson ftmshed sixth and sc\·cnth. In the fteld e\·ents, Derek s,·kes took fifth in the high JUmp. Jmlle Pantekoek also placed fifth in the pole \·ault. Enc s,·enns<>n and Lyndon :'\lcDowell came in eighth and ninth 111 the l<>ng JUmp. :\lichael Ehlers placed in both throwing events, taking Sixth tn the sh<>t put and eighth in the weight thnm·. :\!so placing in the \\Tight throw was Lmden Reder, with a career-best ross of 54-H 3/ -I. The c; olden c;ophers next meet IS next Frida\· and S.lturd.ll' Ill .\me>, lm\':1 at the C1'Clone Classic. :\!tnnesota Results Wm - 2. Ste\T Burkholder, (>.k'J; ) Bm Tador, (,')II; .1. :\Ian Tad or, (>. 911 . ..fllllm - 1. \!itch Potter, r. "':2; -I. :\nd1· \X'ohlm, ..f'J.k L (, . \nd1· \\'liJerg, 511.3ll. Hllllm- 1. Tob1· 1-lenkds, 1:53.-1''; 3. i':ach Fdmons<>n. I:;.J.'\1; -I. Bnan :\lcrer, I :54.43; (>.Jason Owen, I :5(>.59. 2000-01 ScHEDULE/RESULTS 200().()1 ScHEDULE/RESULTS Date Event Site Date Event Site Jan. 13 Northwest Open No team scores \pr. 12-1-t Sea Ray Relays Knoxville, Tenn. Jan. 20 Minnesota Open No team scores .\pr. 1-1 Hamlin<: Quad Sr. Paul, r-.1inn. Jan. 27 Gold Country Open No team scores .\pr. 20-21 Texas Team Austin, Texas Feb. Norrhern Iowa Classic :\ <> team sc< >res . \pr. 21-22 r-.Ir. Sac Relays Walnut, Calif. Feb. 9-10 Crclone Classic . \mes, l owa . \pr. 21 Carleton Relays Northfield, Minn. Feb. 16 Snowshoe UM Fieldhouse .\pr. 25 Macalester Sr. Paul, Minn. Feb. 2-t-25 Big Ten Indoor Champs. State College, Pa. .\pr. 27-28 Drake Relars Des Moines, Iowa .\!ar. 2 NC. \.\ Qualifl·ing ,\leer .\ mcs, lowa ,\lay -+ Cardnial Invitational Palo Alto, Calif. r-.!ar. 9-10 NC.\.\ Indoor Champs. Fa1-cttenllc, . \rk. -+ Hamline Sr. Paul, Minn. \lar. 1 5-16 Texas .\&:\1 (Decathletes) College Station, Texas :\la1· 5 Iowa Twilight Invitational Iowa City, Iowa l i\lar. 17 Texas .\&M I nnte College Stanon, Texas ,\[ay 12 Home !\leer Bierman Field l ,\lar. 22-23 r-.lesa C:C: (Decathletes) ,\lcsa, .\riz. May 18-20 Big Ten Outdoor Champs. Bloomington, Ind. ! ,\[ar. 31 Stanford Invitational Palo . \1 to, Cali f. "-lar 30- NCL\ Outdoor Champs. Eugene, Ore. :.\pr. 5-7 Texas Rcla\·s :\ustin, Texas June I ~------WRESTLING No.1 MINNESOTA WRESTLERS DOWN No. 23 INDIANA 25-12 No. 1 GOLDEN GOPHER WRESTLERS DROP No. 6 ILLINOIS 22-12 The top~ranked UniYer,in· of :'llinnesota wrestling ream deieated :\o. 2:1 The top~ranked Vni1·ersirY of :'llinnesota 11-restling team ddeated :\o. (J Indiana 25~ 12 in Bloomington, Ind., wmning sewn of ten marches. The Illinois 22~12 Champaign, lll., to win its !lith consecum·e dual meet and Golden Gopher, won four of their marches lw ma1or deciston. impro1-e to 15~ 1 on the season, including a 4~11 mark in Big Ten dual meets. The Golden Gophers won fiye straight matches from I •r ro 141 pounds ro The meet started at 184 pound,, the featured match of the mght, with roll to 1·ictory. fourth~ranked Damion Hahn facing Indiana's fifrh~ranked \'iktor S1·eda. \\'ith the score tied at one, S1-cda scored a takedown with two seconds The meet started at 165 pounds with third ranked Brad Pike falling w remaimng in the third period to defeat Hahn :l-1 Hahn fell to 22~.1 m-crall Illinois' l\io. 9 ;\latt Lackc1· 5~3. \linnesota responded at 1-4 pounds, mng and 12~1 on dual meets. ,\linnesora rebounded at 1'T pounds as :\u. ') the team score at three, behind l\o. 16 Jacob \'olkmann's -~:2 triumph mTr Owen Elzen posted a dominating 12~(1 maJor deoswn on :\o.J-:' T\' No. 15 Ben King. Following a I'-ing takedown in the first pcnod, \'olkmann \latthews. Elzen rallied a rhree~point near fall in each period to cruise to 1·ic~ scored six unanswered points ro ensure the win. tory. Heli'YII'eight Garrett Lowne\' remained undefeated on the \Tar, downing :'\like Dixon 2~1. Lowne\', now 'J~II, gamed the march~wm~ ~-""""0:..... In one of the fearurcd matches of the da\', second~rankcd :\ate Patrick ning pmnt at the end of regulation with his 1: !I I of aLh·antage ume. of lllinois downed No. 4 Damion Hahn 5-3 to gi1-e the Fighting Illini a 6~3 lead. It was Hahn's second loss of the season to Patnck. The At 125 pounds, Indiana's Greg Schaefer, ranked 16th, pulled off lllini grappler defeated the Golden Gopher 4~3 at the :'llidlands a major upset, downing third~ranked Lero\' \'eg:1 (,.1. Tournament. ;\linnesota rebounded in a big war at 1'J Schaefer u,ed a three~point near fall in the second Y::iiJI!:iil!~~ pounds as ninth~ranked Owen Elzcn pinned eighth~ penod to roll to the wm. The Golden Gophers ranked Pat Quirk at 5:49 to give the Maroon and Gold responded once again behind third~r;Jnked Brett six team points and a 9-(J lead. Elzen, now le-I on the rear, Ll\nence 's 4~2 triumph m·er Brian Smile\' ar 1.)_1 pound,. was leading 5~2 at the time of the pin. Lawrence mmTd to 1')~4 on the \'ear with a 111~.1 record m duab. The Hoosiers gained six team pmnts at 141 P"unLb, as Chad 1\t hean-weight, second~rankcd Garrett Lowne1· remained Erikson was forced to forfeit for failing to make \\Tight. I L"s undefeated on the season with his :1~ I m·ertimc win (1\'er l\o. Cone Cooper was credited with the 1·ictor\'. 6 John Lockhart. Lowne1·, 10~0 on the season, scored a take~ down with fiye seconds remaining in sudden 1·ictory to clinch Tr;ubng 12~ )II, the .\laroon and Gold won the meet·, final four the win. i\linnesota stayed in the win column as third~ranked marches ro rem:nn unbeaten in the Big Ten. Third-ranked Leroy \'ega defeated Ryan Escobar 3~2 at 125 pounds. \'ega .Jared Ll\nencc ga1T rhe (;olden Gophers four tL'.Im pomrs .,._._.,... won the match with 1:29 of adl'antage time. At 133 pounds, A wah ]11S 14-5 major decision triumph m-er (;abc Cook ar third~ranked Brett Lawrence took the lead in the second W 14'! pounds. Lawrence scored six takedowns and ended 11·irh 2:112 of aLh·an period and never looked back, defeating Da1·id Stoltz 5~4 ro gi1·e i\linnesota tage tlt11e. :\r 15- pounds. fifth~ranked Luke Becker posted an 1~;.r, maJor a commanding 18~6 lead. JeciSI Bierman Field Athletic Building 516 15th Avenue Southeast Minneapolis. MN 55455 (612) 625-4090 Fax 625-0359 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 7, 2001 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOOTBALL PROGRAM ANNOUNCES NATIONAL LETTERS OF INTENT SIGNEES Head Football Coach Glen Mason announced today that 22 student-athletes have signed national letters of intent to attend the University of Minnesota and play football for the Golden Gophers. "One of our main goals in the recruiting process was to add speed and athleticism to the roster and I think we've done a good job with that," said Head Coach Glen Mason. "We signed 12 players on defense and 10 on offense, enabling us to fill some needs on both sides of the ball. We are very excited about the players that have committed to our program and look forward to seeing them in a Minnesota uniform." Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. Hometown (Last School) Marion Barber III RB 5-11 195 Plymouth, Minn. (Wayzata H.S.) Jerry Barnes Jr. DL 6-6 230 Detroit, Mich. (Kettering H.S.) Matthew Bass III DB 6-0 170 Miramar, Fla. (McArthur H.S.) Terrance Campbell LB 6-2 185 Atlanta, Ga. (Frederick Douglass H.S.) Diamos Demerritt RB 5-11 197 Miami, Fla. (Norland H.S.) Jared Ellerson WR 6-2 181 Copley, Ohio (Copley H.S.) Richard Ellman OL 6-5 275 Oconto, Wis. (Oconto H.S.) Brandon Hall OL 6-5 270 Detroit, Mich. (Finney H.S.) Damian Haye DL 6-2 245 Miami, Fla. (Hialeah-American H.S.) Charlton Keith LB 6-5 220 Akron, Ohio (Buchtel H.S.) Rob Kraemer OL 6-4 285 White Bear Lake, Minn. (Forest Lake H.S.) Keith Lipka DL 6-4 265 Oak Creek, Wis. (Oak Creek H.S.) Mark Losli DL 6-7 240 Spring Lake Park, Minn. (Spring Lake Park H.S.) Kason Love DL 6-2 260 Perris, Calif. (Chaffey Junior College) Trevor McCulloch OL 6-4 300 Brainerd, Minn. (Brainerd H.S.) Mike Nicholson OL 6-5 285 River Falls, Wis. (River Falls H.S.) Jarod Posthumus QB 6-4 215 St. Cloud, Minn. (Becker H.S.) Derrick (Dee) Saunders DB 5-10 170 Belle Glades, Fla. (SUNY College-Morrisville) Danny Upchurch DB 5-9 170 Columbus, Ohio (Brookhaven H.S.) Bradley Vance LB 6-1 211 Calumet City, Ill. (Thornwood H.S.) Jakari Wallace WR 5-8 170 Lauderdale Lakes, Fla. (Boyd Anderson H.S.) Ken Williams DB 6-1 175 Oakwood Village, Ohio (Bedford H.S.) (more) 2-2-2-2-2-2 Marion Barber III, 5-11, 195, RB, Plymouth, Minn. (Wayzata H.S.) A SuperPrep All-Midwest Team selection and a PrepStar All-Midwest selection ... rushed for 1,778 yards and 18 touchdowns as a senior. .. excellent defensive back as well. .. led his team with 10 interceptions, three of which came against Cretin-Derham Hall's Joe Mauer. .. son of former NFL and All-Big Ten Golden Gopher running back Marion Barber Jr. ... consensus all-state selection ... led his team to a 10-2 record and an appearance in the state tournament. .. posted an 18-4 two-year record at Wayzata ... an honorable mention all-conference performer in baseball as a center fielder. .. gifted athlete who makes plays on both sides of the ball. .. plans to major in business at Minnesota ... high school coach was Brad Anderson ... son of Marion and Karen Barber. .. born 6-10-83. Jerry Barnes Jr., 6-6, 230, DL, Detroit, Mich. (Kettering H.S.) Athletic defensive lineman who had 20 sacks and 26 tackles for loss in 10 games his senior season .. .Detroit News honorable mention All-American ... garnered honorable mention All America honors from Blue Chip magazine ... second team all-city selection ... multi-sport athlete who also competed in volleyball and basketball in high school. .. high school coach was Robert Hunt. .. son of Denise C. Barnes ... born 8-19-83. Matthew Bass III, 6-0, 170, DB, Miramar, Fla. (McArthur H.S.) Registered 38 solo tackles, 56 assists, 17 pass-breakups and three fumbles recovered in his senior season ... tallied three interceptions, two of which he returned for TDs ... first team All-Broward County selection ... second team all-state selection in Division 5A ... also returned kickoffs with a long return of 98 yards ... was selected to play in the Broward-Dade All-Star Game ... competed in the 4x400 relay and 200-meter dash for the track team ... cousin of NFL player Darren Smith (Dallas/New Orleans) ... plans to major in art or business ... also competed in track and field and wrestling ... high school coach was Keith Franklin ... son of Laura D. Smith and Matt Bass Jr. .. born 3-11-83. Terrance Campbell, 6-2, 185 LB, Atlanta, Ga. (Frederick Douglass H.S.) First team All-Atlanta selection ... tallied 60 solo tackles with 20 assisted in 11 games as a senior. .. had 12 tackles for loss, including eight sacks ... also broke up 12 passes and had five interceptions ... goes by the nickname "T-Bone" ... attended the same high school as Jamal Lewis of the NFL's Baltimore Ravens ... high school coach was Butch Climmons ... son of Deborah Campbell and Nate Crump ... born 3-28-83. Diamos Demerritt, 5-11, 197, RB, Miami, Fla. (Norland H.S.) Honorable mention all-state, all-county selection and all-conference selection ... rushed for 1,167 yards with 11 TDs in seven games ... also had 18 receptions for 149 yards and a TD ... his most memorable sports thrill was breaking a 98-yard TD run, the longest in Dade County last year ... also competed in track and field and basketball ... plans to major in engineering ... high school coach was Nigel Dunn ... son of Cassandra James ... born 4-1-83. Jared Ellerson, 6-2, 181, WR, Copley, Ohio (Copley H.S.) Multi-sport athlete who has excellent athletic ability ... tallied 120 receptions in two years with 22 TDs ... hauled down 81 catches for 12 TDs and 1,383 yards and an average reception of 17.1 yards as a senior. .. registered 23 punt returns for a 12.7 yard average with one TD ... fielded 14 kickoffs for an average return of 26.9 yards and one TD ... first team Suburban League selection ... AP all- (more) 3-3-3-3-3-3 state first team selection ... NEO Inland District Offensive Player of the Year ... first-team Ohio Prep selection for all divisions .. . Cleveland Plain Dealer Seven County All-Star Team selection ... first team Akron Beacon Journal selection ... Akron Touchdown Club All-Star selection ... Offensive Player of the Year for Summit, Medina and Portage Counties ... selected to play in Ohio/Penn Big 33 All-Star game .. .led his team to the Ohio Division III Final Four. .. also competed in the high jump, 4x100 relay and long jump in track and field ... lettered in track and field, basketball and football ... finished third in the high jump at the 2000 state track and field meet. .. was a Merit Roll student. .. high school coach was Dan Boarman ... son of Jerry R. and Karen A. Ellerson ... born 5-9-83. Richard Ellman, 6-5, 275, OL, Oconto, Wis. (Oconto, H.S.) Offensive and defensive lineman of the year in his conference his senior year ... earned first team all-state honors his senior year ... tallied 81 tackles on defense with 4.5 sacks ... two-time all- conference, all-area, all-county and all-city selection ... earned letters in football, wrestling and track and field ... all-conference selection in wrestling ... posted a 34-2 record last year and is 29-0 so far this season ... honor roll student. .. rumbled for an amazing 73-yard touchdown run after stripping the ball from a running back ... high school coach is Bill Hass ... son of Tracey Ellman ... born 11-7-82. Brandon Hall, 6-5, 270, OL, Detroit, Mich. (Finney H.S.) Big offensive line prospect who played as a tackle on both sides of the ball in high school... tallied 60 tackles with 12 sacks and 15 tackles for loss as a senior. .. also competed in track and field and basketball ... plans to major in business management. .. high school coach was Darrel Rich ... son of Dorothy M. Hall ... born 7-8-83. Damian Haye, 6-2, 245, DL, Miami, Fla. (Hialeah-American H.S.) Associated Press all-state selection who has tremendous quickness and athleticism .. . PrepStar All Southeast selection .. . Rivals.com All-America selection ... first team All-Dade County selection ... considered the top player on one of Dade County's top defenses ... All-Florida Friday Night Team selection .. . Florida Prep Football magazine top 100 player who is ranked 48th in the state ... tallied 45 tackles, 15 for loss with nine sacks this past season ... hard hitter who forced seven fumbles and recovered six ... high school coach was Marty Bernstein ... son of Christine Baxter. .. born 11-25-82. Charlton Keith, 6-5, 220, LB, Akron, Ohio (Buchtel H.S.) Talented linebacker prospect who was the state of Ohio Division II Player of the Year ... all-state and all-county selection ... two-time all city selection ... also won all-conference and all-area honors as a senior. .. only the second player in the history of Akron City Series Football to win player of the year honors on both sides of the ball ... tallied 71 tackles and 10 sacks with two interceptions ... threw for 1,307 yards with 11 TDs and 61 completions on 125 attempts as the quarterback ... was also an all-conference selection in basketball averaging 11.0 points per game .. .lettered in the high jump for the track and field team ... is the cousin of NBA starter Eric Snow and NFL linebacker Percy Snow ... high school coach was Claude Brown ... son of Charles and Sherri Keith ... born 5-4-83. (more) 4-4-4-4-4-4 Rob Kraemer, 6-4, 285 OL, White Bear Lake, Minn. (Forest Lake H.S.) Big-time prospect who was a SuperPrep All-Midwest selection and a PrepStar All-Midwest selection ... consensus all-state pick who had 50 tackles, 13 of them for loss and 12 sacks on the defensive side of the ball ... was the Twin Cities Suburban Conference Defensive Player of the Year as a senior. .. all-conference and all-area selection as a senior and was an honorable mention all conference selection as a junior. .. has excellent quickness for a player his size ... forced two fumbles and recovered three ... saw some action as a tight end and caught six passes for 111 yards ... was also his team's punter. .. has a very good 4.9 time in the 40-yard dash for a future 300-pounder. .. lists beating Mounds View High School 19-6 as a senior as his most memorable sports thrill ... high school coach was former Golden Gopher football player Jim Herman ... son of Mary Kay Wyland and Warren Langston ... born 11-5-82. Keith Lipka, 6-4, 265, DL, Oak Creek, Wis. (Oak Creek H.S.) Two-time all-state selection who is a PrepStar All-Midwest selection ... two-time all-city, all- conference and all-area selection ... played end on both sides of the ball ... an All-Midwest Team selection and the 37th-best prospect in the Midwest according to SuperPrep magazine ... tallied 72 tackles, 21 of them for loss as a senior. .. also notched eight sacks, broke up six passes, forced four fumbles and notched a safety ... helped lead his team to a state title as a senior. ..PrepStar magazine calls Lipka "the best defensive lineman recruited by Minnesota since Bobby Bell and Carl Eller" ... Lipka stood out on a defensive line that was one of the best in the Midwest. .. rated the ninth-best defensive lineman prospect in the Midwest by PrepStar .. . also earned three letters in track as a shot putter. .. qualified for the state meet in the shot put and discus ... plans to major in education ... honor roll student. .. high school coach was Joe Koch ... son of Richard and Sherry Lipka ... born 7-30-83. Mark Losli, 6-7, 240, DL, Spring Lake Park, Minn. (Spring Lake Park H.S.) Outstanding student-athlete who was a PrepStar All-Midwest selection on the defensive line ... has a very good 4.7 time in the 40 ... SuperPrep All-Midwest selection ... played end on both sides of the ball ... named the most valuable defensive lineman in his conference ... tallied 87 tackles with three sacks on defense ... caught 24 passes for 402 yards and three TDs as a senior. .. all-state selection as a senior ... two-time all-conference and all-area selection ... a standout player on the hard court as well, earning all-conference and team MVP honors as a junior center ... averaged 16 points and 18 rebounds as a junior. .. an academic all-state and all-conference selection ... four-year academic letter winner ... National Honor Society member ... is on pace to graduate in the top five percent of his class ... plans to major in management information systems in the Carlson School of Management where he was admitted directly out of high school. .. high school coach was Jeff Schlieff... son of Lila and Paul Losli ... born 2-17-83. Kason Love, 6-2, 260 DL, Perris, Calif. (Chaffey Junior College) Extremely athletic defensive lineman who was a J.C. Gridwire top 100 selection at Chaffey Junior College ... All-Foothill Conference first team selection ... has excellent speed and quickness ... originally signed with Washington State University out of high school. . .led his team to a 9-2 record and the Southern California Bowl Championship with a win over Palomar C.C .... tallied 48 tackles, 11 of them for loss in 11 games in 2000 ... notched eight sacks and forced three fumbles ... led his team in total defensive points ... made the Dean's list at Chaffey College ...junior college coach was Carl Beach ... attended Notre Dame High School in Riverside, Calif.. .. was his team's MVP and an all-league selection ... all-county and All-CIF linebacker as a prep player. . .led his team to the Big Bear Conference title as a senior. .. tallied a school-record 143 tackles ... earned letters in four different sports in high school (FB, BKB, BSB and TR) ... high school coach was Hal Pfeiffer ... grandson of Ethel Davis ... born 3-20-81. (more) 5-5-S-5-5-5 Trevor McCulloch, 6-4, 300, OL, Brainerd, Minn. (Brainerd H.S.) Tremendous offensive line prospect who has excellent size and strength ... three-time all-conference selection who earned first-team all-state honors as a senior. .. four-year letterwinner in football at left tackle ... two-time all-area selection who also earned, all-conference and all-section honors in wrestling ... qualified for the state wrestling meet as a junior. .. track letterwinner in the hammer throw event. .. lists winning the section title his sophomore season as his most memorable sports thrill ... high school coach was Ron Stolski ... son of Budd McCulloch ... born 3-5-82. Mike Nicholson, 6-5, 285, OL, River Falls, Wis. (River Falls H.S.) Excellent offensive line prospect who had an outstanding senior year, earning all-conference, all area and all-state second team honors ... named to the All-Northwest Wisconsin Team ... had 51 tackles, nine for loss and four sacks on the defensive side of the ball. .. also competed in track and field, earning two letters ... competes in the shot put and discus events ... plans to major in kinesiology ... high school coach was Bill Forster. .. son of Rick and Beth Nicholson ... born 3-9-83. Jarod Posthumus, 6-4, 215, QB, St. Cloud, Minn. (Becker H.S.) Outstanding quarterback prospect who threw for 5,844 yards in his prep career. .. PrepStar All Midwest Team selection and one of the top 10 quarterback prospects in the Midwest.. .all-state as a senior, two-time all-area and three-time all-conference selection ... threw for over 3,400 yards and 30 TDs the past two seasons ... completed 60 percent of his passes as a prep QB ... played safety on the defensive side of the ball ... tallied 79 tackles with four pass breakups and four interceptions ... set the school record for career interceptions ... earned 12 letters in high school in three sports (FB, BKB, TR) ... led the football team to a 30-13 record in his four years as a starter. .. averaged 19.3 points and 10 rebounds in basketball and has tallied 1,500 points heading into his senior season ... four-time first-team all-conference selection on the hardwood ... also finished second in the state in the discus ... excellent student who was on the honor roll and is in the top 10 percent of his class ... high school coach was Dwight Lundeen ... his brother Kyle plays football at Augustana College (NCC) ... son of Virginia Posthumus ... born 8-29-82. Dee Saunders, 5-10, 170, DB, Belle Glades, Fla. (SUNY College-Morrisville) Junior college defensive back who has excellent speed (4.49) and cover ability ... a SuperPrep magazine Juco Top 100 selection ... named the second-best J.C. cornerback available by Blue Chip Illustrated .. .J.C. Gridwire and PrepStar magazine All-America selection ... signed with Miami out of high school. .. tallied 36 tackles, 29 of them solo with 11 pass breakups and three interceptions at SUNY-Morrisville ...junior college coach was Terry Dow ... transferred to Morrisville after redshirting a year at Coffeyville C.C. ... a SuperPrep and PrepStar All-Southeast selection at Glades Central High School. .. all-state, all-area and all-conference selection ... team was ranked #1 in Class 4A ... posted a 14-1 record, losing in the state title game ... returned 29 punts for an average of 16.5 yards and took two of them the distance for TDs ... high school coach was Milton Watson ... son of Oliver Saunders and Beatrice King ... born 2-7-80. Danny Upchurch, 5-9, 170, DB, Columbus, Ohio (Brookhaven H.S.) Ranked the sixth-best defensive back prospect in the Midwest by PrepStar magazine .. .SuperPrep All-Midwest Team selection ... all-state selection and three-time all-city selection ... highly regarded as a cover man, he tallied 55 tackles and eight interceptions ... multi-talented player, he played quarterback and threw for 1,00 l yards with l 0 TDs and also punted, posting a 36.8 yard average in 22 punts ... a breakaway threat as a punt returner, he averaged 21.5 yards per return and brought one back the distance ... named a Buckeye Blue Chip player by the Touchdown Club of Columbus ... led his team to a 9-2 record as a junior and a 10-2 mark as a senior, both years reaching the state playoffs ... also lettered in basketball and baseball. .. high school coach was Gregg Miller. .. son of June Upchurch ... born 11-2-81. (more) 6-6-6-6-6-6 Bradley Vance, 6-1, 211, LB, Calumet City, Ill. (Thornwood H.S.) Very athletic linebacker who tallied 107 tackles as a senior. .. forced five fumbles and had five pass breakups to go with four sacks in nine games ... second team Champaign Gazette all-state team ... all-area and all-conference as a senior. .. high school coach was Andre Collins ... son of Bradley Vance ... born 3-2-83. Jakari Wallace, 5-8, 170, WR, Lauderdale Lakes, Fla. (Boyd Anderson H.S.) Talented offensive player who played running back and wide receiver in high school. .. honorable mention all-state selection ... all-county selection as a junior and senior. .. has a 4.4 time in the 40- yard dash and a 33 inch vertical leap ... tallied nine TD receptions as a senior. .. Florida Prep Football magazine top 100 selection (89th) ... named to the All-Florida Friday Night Team ... returned six punts for 237 yards, four of them for TDs ... has a personal best of 10.67 in the 100 meter dash ... was a member of his team's 4x100 relay team which won the county title ... high school coach was Ken Scott.. .son of Willard and Carolyn Wallace ... born 9-11-82. Ken Williams, 6-1, 175, DB, Oakwood Village, Ohio (Bedford H.S.) Outstanding athlete who was a very good two-way player. .. has 4.4 speed ... tallied 60 tackles and one interception in his two years at defensive back ... excellent track athlete who is a state champion in the 110-meter high hurdles and is ranked second in the nation in that event. .. has a personal best of 10.8 in the 100-meter dash ... was selected to play in the Ohio/Penn Big 33 All-Star Classic ... was his team's MVP as a senior. .. two-time All-Lake Erie League selection ... plans to major in business at Minnesota ... high school coach was Jim Hodakievic ... loves to draw and sing in his spare time ... older brother played football at Toledo ... son of Kevin and Julia Williams ... born 11-15-82. I r ~ r [i" I ;.; .. r 17: I · r .....: {lliiiJ _ JJ'J:J }YJJ3~ .J:IJ /JtlllfJJ, GOPHER SPORTS r------,I I I I I BASEBALL GYMNASTICS TRACK & FIELD I I NEXT UP: Versus Central NEXT UP: Versus Ohio NEXT UP: Minnesota I I Michigan (2 games) at the State at the Sports hosts the Snowshoe I I Metrodome, Monday, Pavilion, Friday, February Open, Friday, February 16 I I February 12, at 1 p.m.; at at the U of M Fieldhouse. I 16 at 7 p.m. I the Coca Cola Classic in I Mobile, Alabama, Friday I lAsT WEEK: Clay Strother, lAST WEEK: Gerding sets Sunday, February 16-18. Eric Steele and Bill school record at the Iowa lAsT WEEK: 18-9 loss to Callahan compete at the State Classic. Central Michigan at the Winter Cup Challenge in Metrodome. Las Vegas, Nev. -n m m JJ HocKEY TENNIS c: BASKETBALL )> NEXT UP: Versus Penn NEXT UP: Versus Colorado NEXT UP: Versus Kansas, State at Williams Arena, College, Friday-Saturday, Friday, February 16 at the JJ Wednesday, February 14,7 Februarv 16-17 at 98th Street Athletic Club -< 1\fariucci Arena; both in Bloomington, Minn. p.m.; at Michigan, ~ Saturday, February 17, games at 7:05 p.m. 11:15 a.m. in Ann Arbor, LAST WEEK: Minnesota ~ Mich .. lAST WEEK: 4-1 & 3-1 drops two of three match I wms over Minnesota es at Boise State ~ lAST WEEK: 66-59 win at State, Mankato m Invitational. '-1 Northwestern and 94-83 Mankato, 1\-finn. .. loss to Michigan State. ru 0 0 GOLF SWIMMING & WRESTLING ~ NEXT UP: At the Alumni DIVING NEXT UP: At Wisconsin, Challenge in Phoenix, NEXT UP: Big Ten Friday, February 16, 7 p.m. Ariz., February 16-21 Championships at the in Madison, Wis.; at Iowa, Aquatic Center, Thursday Sunday, February 18, LAsT WEEK: None Saturday, February 22-24 12:30 p.m. in Iowa City, Iowa. LAsT WEEK: None lAST WEEK: 32-3 win over Michigan State and 37-3 win over Penn State. ------J This Week in Gopher Sports is a production of the l:niversity of Minnesota Men's Athletics Media Relations Office at 208 Bierman Field Athletic Building, 516 15th Ave. SE, 1\finneapolis, M~ 55408. Bill Crumley, Director; Brad Ruiter, Associate Director; John Romo, Assistant Director; Jeff Keiser, Publications Coordinator; Mike Corngan, Heidi Johnson and Kevin Kurtt, Interns. \ BASEBALL I CENTRAL MICHIGAN CHIPPEWAS DoWN GOLDEN GOPHERS 18-9 IN PRo-ALUMNI DOWNS VARSITY 4-0 IN FIRST No-HITIER SEASON OPENER The pre-game ceremonies led most to belie1·c it was going to be a night of The UniversitY of ,\linnesota baseball team lost their first game of the 2001 celebration at the tenth annual Gah·an's Golden Gopher Pro-:\lumm game. season 18-9 to Central ,\lichigan Uni1·ersity Sunday night at the l\letrodome. The 2000 Big Ten Champion Golden Gophers were on hand to accept their Three hundred and fourteen fans were on hand to watch, as the Chippewas title troph1· and rings, and Dennv Neagle was also applauded for his gener- littered the field with 11 hits - eight of them for extra bases. Junior south ous offer of S180,000 to the University to begin the fourth endowed schol paw Nick Zastrow battled for the win, while sophomore Nick I\lcCauley tal arship for the baseball program. However, the celebration was one-sided, as lied the loss. the Pro-Alumni team dropped the 2001 nrsitv squad -I-ll for the tirst no hitter in the history of the e1·ent. The game opened well for the l\laroon and Gold, as thev took a quick 2-0 lead after the first inning, thanks to RBI singles from JUniors Jack Hannahan The 1·isiting veteram opened up the game b1· tallnng three runs 111 the top and Jason hennedy. Centrall\lichigan responded unme half of the first inning and newr looked back. Rick diateh·, howe1·er, with two runs of their own in the top Brosseau starred the Alumns offwith a singlt to right. half of the second. The two teams would trade hits and Matt Scanlon shortly followed with a single of h1s own. runs until the 1·isiting half of the seventh. The Rob Quinlan picked up right where he left off in a Ch1ppewas rallied for eight runs on just four hns, as the Golden Gopher uniform bv doubling in Brosseau and Golden Gophers burned themsekes with mistakes. Scanlon, and putting the Pro-:\luimni team on the board first. Seattle Mariner Dan Wilson backed up Quinlan with Hannahan highlighted the l\linnesota offense wnh a 3- another double, and just like that, the former greats were for-5 performance, including a three-run home run 111 ahead 3-0. Both sides would trade swings, but the Yets the bottom of the sixth inning to gi1·e his team a two added one more insurance run in the eighth for good run lead. Kennedv also knocked out three hits for the measure, thanks to a Quinlan home run, as the 2001 home team. Maroon and Gold surrendered nine hits and yet another game to the Pro-Alumni team. l\linnesota and Central I\lichigan will go at it agam tomorrow at the HHH .\lctrodome. The two teams w!ll Senior Dan McGrath starred for the Pro-Alumni team finish the series with a double header beginning at I and recorded the win. Freshmen Jeff l\loen, Craig p.m. CST. J\lolldrem, Chad Drexler, James Rollins and sophomore C.J. Woodrow also took the mound for the veterans, and combined with McGrath to allow just three walks. Junior ace Mike Kobow took credit for the loss. He was joined by sopho- A more Nick McCauley, freshmen Jay Ganger and Josh hrogman and seniors W Jason Amidon and Jason Shupe on the hill for the varsity team. The Pro Alumni now lead the series 6-3-1. r------, Wed, Mar. 28 at Ball State Muncie, Indiana 2000-01 8CHEDULE£e~:~UL TS Fri, :-.lar. 30 at Indiana Bloomington, Indiana Date Event Sat, \lar. 31 at Indiana (2) Bloomington, Indiana \[on, Feb. 5 Pro-Alumni Game l., -t-Il Sun, Apr. I at Indiana Bloomington, Indiana Sun, Feb. II Central :-.1ich1gan L, IH-9 \X'ed, Apr. 4 at Northern Iowa Waterloo, Iowa :-.Ion, Feb. 12 Central :-.lichigan (2) H!-IH \lctrodomc Fri, Apr. 6 l\lichigan State Siebert Field Fri. Feb. 1CJ 1·s. Auburn ,\lohik .-\labama Sat, Apr. 7 l\lichigan State (2) Siebert Field Sat, Feb. 17 \"S. South Alabama .\lolnk i\labama Sun, Apr. 8 l\lichigan State Siebert Field. Sun, Feb. 18 Ys. North Carolina .\lobik, .\labama \X"ed, Apr. 11 l\lSU, Mankato Siebert Field Fn, Feb. 2.1 at South Florida Tampa, Flonda l·n, Apr. 13 l\lichigan Siebert Field Sat, Feb. 2-1 at South Florida Tampa, Flonda Sat, Apr. 14 l\lichigan (2) Siebert Field Sun, Feb. 25 at South Florida Tampa, Florida Sun, Apr. 15 I\lichigan Siebert Field Fri, I\lar. 2 Arkansas 1111 H \ lctrodome \V'cd, Apr. 18 at Iowa State Ames, Iowa Sat, \lar. 3 l\liami HHH :-.lctrodome Fri, Apr. 20 at Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Sun, :\lar. -1 San Diego State HI-H·I 1\lctrodome Sat, Apr. 21 at Iowa (2) Iowa City, Iowa \'\"ed, .\lar. - St. Cloud State HIIH \lctrodome Sun, Apr. 22 at Iowa Iowa City, Iowa l·n, I\lar. 9 Connecncur HIIH .\lctrodome Tues, Apr. 24 Southwest State University Siebert Field • Sar, .\lar. ]II Connecncut H !Ill \lc:trodome \'i"ed, Apr. 25 Iowa State Sic bert Field Sun, :\lar. II Connecticut HHH .\lctrodome Fri, Apr. 27 at Ohio State Columbus, Ohio Fri, l\lar. ](, at Oregon State C:orYallis, On:gon Sat, Apr. 28 at Ohio State (2) Columbus, Ohio Sat, .\lar. ]7 at Oregon State Con·allis, Oregon Sun, Apr. 29 at Ohio State Columbus, Ohio Sun, \lar. 18 at Oregon State Con·allis, Oregon Wed, 1\lay 2 St. Scholastica Siebert Field F ri, l\lar. 23 at Purdue West Lafa\-cttc, Ind. Sun, May 6 St. Thomas Siebert Field e Sat, \lar. 2-+ at Purdue (2) West Lafai·cttc, Ind. Fri, I\lav 11 Northwestern Siebert Field Sun, .\lar. 25 at Purdue West Lafai·em:, Ind. Sat, l\!a)· 12 Northwestern (2) Sieben Field Tues, I\lar. z- at Butler Indianapo-lis, Ind1ana Sun, May 13 Northwestern Siebert Field ------··. ·~M~h:.. T I ::"" ...... +w: ...... ··::::::::· ENNIS ...... ~···················· ...• :~:: GOLDEN GOPHERS DROP Two OF THREE MATCHES AT BOISE STATE 2. Jorge Duenas (U:\I) clef. ;\[arcus Berntson (BSL'), 6-3, 7-6 INVITATIONAL 3. :\lark Roberts (BSU) clef. Chris \X;ettengel (U:\1), 6-2, 6-3 4. Alexi Zharinon (Ul\I) clef. Jonm Biorkman (BSC), 6-3, C,-2 The 38th-ranked Golden Gopher men's tennis team won one of three 5. Jon S\·ensson (U;\1) clef. Rio Kuharski (BSU), 6-4, 6-1 matches last weekend at the Boise State Invitational. l\linnesota dropped a G. l\lahmoud Rezk (BSU) clef. Eric Robertson (U:\1), 6-3, 6-1 pair of matches by scores of 4-3 to 13th-ranked S:\IU and 33rd-ranked Clemson. The Golden Gophers defeated #39 Boise State b1· a score of 4-3. Doubles 1. Duenas/:\lankad (Ul\I) clef. Berntson/Roberts (BSL'), 8-6 Against 13th-ranked Sl\IU, the Golden Gophers won three of the si:x singles 2. Bom-ier/Kuharski (BStJ) clef. S\·ensson/Robcnson (l1:\1), 8-) matches, but lost two of the three doubles matches. The ;\[us tangs' Geniu;; 3. Biorkman/Rezk (BSL') clef. Sloss/\X.ettcngel (L':\1), 8-(>. Chidzikwc and Ryan :\Iauck defeated l\linnesota's T1·son Parn and Eric Robertson 9-7 at !\:o. 2 doubles. #33 Clemson 4, #38 :\linncsota 3 l\linnesota narrowly defeated host and 39th-ranked Boise Singles State by a score of 4-3. The Golden Gophers won four of I. Josh Goffi (CU) de f. Harsh l\lankad, (L':\1), 6-4, 6-4 six singles matches highlighted by Harsh illankad's (l-3, 3- 2. Jorge Duenas (Ul\I) clef. l\larko Gojanm·ic (Cl'), "-5, 6, 6-4 victory over Guillaume Bouvier at No. 1 singles. 7-5 3. l\licah Thompson (CU) def. Aleksn Zharinm· (L'l\1). In the final match against #33 Clemson, the Golden 6-2, 6-4 Gophers and the Tigers split the six singles matches, but 4. Lee Taylor Walker (CU) clef. Chris Wettengel (U:\1), 6-3, 6- Clemson claimed two of the three doubles matches. 5. Jon S\·ensson (U:l\I) clef. Damiisa Robinson (CU), 6-1, 6-3 Boise State Im·itational 6. Eric Robertson (Ul\I) clef. James Calhoun, 7-6, 6-3 #13 SMU 4, #38 I\linnesota 3 Doubles I. l\Iankad/Duenas (UI\I) clef. Goffi/Gojanm-ic (CL'), 8-4 Singles 2. Knight/Cohn (CC) clef. Svensson/Robertson (L':\1), 8-4 I. Harsh :\[ankad, (Ul\1) clef. Genius Chidzikwe (S:\!L'), 7-5, 3. Walker/Thompson (CU) clef. Sloss/Zharinov (Ul\1), 8-3 (J-4 2. Jon Wallmark (Sl\1U) de f. Jorge Duenas (Ul\1), 6-3, (>-I 3. Alexis Rudzinski (Sl\IU) de f. Chris Wettengel (L' \1), 6-7, 6-4, (>-2 4. Jon S\·ensson (U:\l) clef. Johan Brunstrom (S:\ll'), 6-3, (,.) 5. AlekscY Zharinm· (L':\l) dcf. Lukasz Senczyszm (S\[L'). --5, (,.] 6. Ryan :\Iauck (SI\!L') dcf. Eric Robertson (U:\1), 2-(>, (>-2, (>-3 Doubles 1. l\lankad/Duenas (Lli\l) def. \Vallmark/Brunstrom (S:\ll'J, 9-8 C) 2. Chidzikwe/:\lauck (S.\!U) de f. Parrv /Robertson (L' :\!), 9-7 3. Rudzinski/Senczysczvn (SI\IU) def. \Vettengcl/Svensson (U:\1), 8-4 #33 l\linnesota 4, #39 Boise State 3 Singles 1. Harsh :\lankad (Cl\1) dcf. Guillaume BoU\·icr (BSL'), 6-3, .l-(>, 6-4 2000-01 SCHEDULE 2000-01 SCHEDULE Date Event Site Date Event Site Sepr. 16-17 RazorRacket lnvitaional Fayetteville, .\rk. Feb. 23 Michigan State East Lansing, Mich. Sepr. 16-25 National Clay Courts Baltimore, l\ld. Feb. -:l7" Michigan Ann Arbor, Mich. Sept. 29 Pepperdine Invitational l\lalibu, Calif. Feb. 24-27 National Indoors Louisville, Ky. Oct. 6-15 Alk\merican Tourney . \thens, Ga. Mar . 2 Wisconsin Bloomington, Minn. Oct 27-30 Regional Championships l\ladison, \\'is. Mar. 3 Ohio State Bloomington, Minn. Nov. 3-5 UNLV Invite Las Vegas, Ne\·. Mar. 9 Purdue Bloomington, Minn Jan. 12 Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. Mar. 16-18 Blue Grey Tournament Montgomery, Ala. Jan. 13-15 Big Ten Singles Champs .\nn .\rbor, l\lich. Mar . 24 Penn State Bloomington, Minn. Jan. 19-20 Ice Volleys Bloomington, Minn. .\pr. 14 Northwestern Chicago, Ill. Feb. 3-6 Rolex Indoors Dallas, Texas Apr. 15 Illinois Champaign, Ill. Feb. 10-11 Boise State Invite Boise, Idaho. Apr. 20 Iowa Bloomington, Minn. e Feb. 16 Kansas Bloomington, Minn. :\pr. 26-29 Big Ten Championships Madison, Wis. Feb. 17 Pennsylvania Bloomington, Minn. l\lay 12-13 N CA_A Regionals TBA Feb. 18 Indiana Bloomington, Minn. May 18-27 NCA_A Championships Athens, Ga. \ I TRACK & FIELD I GERDING SETS SCHOOL RECORD AT IOWA STATE CLASSIC High jump- Scott Berggren, 6-6 3/4. Uni,Trsm of .\linnesota senior sprinter Tom Gerding was .\linnesota's Pole Yault- Javme Pantekoek, 15-1. highest finisher at the 2001 Iowa State Indoor Classic in Ames, Iowa. Gerding finished fourth of 78 in the 400 meter dash with an NC\A Weight Throw- 9 . .\lark Fahey, 60-1 3/ 4; Ben .\lever, 53.6 1 I 4. pro,·isional qualifving time of 46.96, a career best. Gerding's time also set a new school record. He set the pre,·ious record last season *-New Career best with a 47.10. @-NCAA proYisional qualifving time ~ - J'-.linnesota school record Sophomore Tobv Henkels also recorded a career-best time with a 1:50.57 in the BOOm, finishing si.xth m-erall. Freshman \Vill .\lcComb took lOth of 64 in the 3,000m with a career-best time of B:2ll.74. Jerem\· Polson also had a top 10 finish in the 5,00Um, finishing se,·enth wnh another career-best 14:22.43. The 4x400m relav team of l\litch Potter, Andv \\.ohlm. \likael Jakobsson and Gerding took third place with an :--JC\A provisional and I\linnesota school record time of :l:liH.H l. Senior \lark Fahe\· was the lone top ten place winner in the field C\'ents. Fahev took ninth in the weight throw with a toss of 60-1 3/4. The Golden Gophers host the Snowshoe Open next weekend at the UniYersity of I\linnesota Fieldhouse. ,\hnnesota Results: Wm- 29. Stc\'C Burkholder, 7.02; 31. Hen Tador, 7.0:1: (>4. Lmdon l\lcDowell, 7.3H. 200m- :14. Ben Taylor, 22.44*: 4.1 ..\ndv \\'ibcrg, 22.78; Lmdon l\lcDowell, 23.02* 7 400m- 4. Tom Gerding, 4(,_%@*~. BOOm- 6. Tob,· Henkels, 1:Sil.S ': .'P. Zach Edmonson, 1:53.91 *: BO. Jason Owen, 1:SH.Illl. I\lilc - 16. Neil Hanson, 4: 10.08*; 45 . .\1artin Robeck, 4:1 H.6H. 31ll II lm - lll. Willl\lcComb, H:20.74*; 18. Joe Corr, 8:27.17. SOUOm - Jeremv Polson, 14:22.43*. 60m Htgh Hurdles - 1:1. \hkeal Jakobsson, H.1 0; 22. Eric s,·ensson, 8.32; 26. Lmdon l\lcDowcll, H.T:'; :15. Javme Pantekoek, H.47: 51. Jesse .\1adsen, H.W.. 4x41J0m Rch\ - 3. Potter, \\'ohlin, Jakobsson, Gcrdmg, 3:0H.H 1(((A. Distance .\kdlcv Relay- 9. Henkels, Potter, Bnan \lc\-cr, Robeck, 9:53.46; 12. Owen, Wiberg, Edmonson, Hanson, 10:01.'74. -2oao:o-1--SCHeouLE7-RESuL.rs----2-ao-o:o-~r-SCHEouiE:7RESULTS- Date Event Site Date Event Site Jan. 13 Northwest Open No team scores .\pr. 12-14 Sea Ray Relays Knoxville, Tenn. Jan. 20 Minnesota Open No tean1 scores \pr. 14 Hamline Quad St. Paul, Minn. Jan. 27 Gold Country Open No team scores .\pr. 20-21 Texas Team Austin, Texas Feb. 1 Northern Iowa Classic \:o team scores .\pr. 21-22 Mt. Sac Relays Walnut, Calif. Feb. 9-10 Cvclone Classic No team scores .\pr. 21 Carleton Relays Northfield, Minn. Feb. 16 Snowshoe Open UM Fieldhouse :\pr. 25 Macalester St. Paul, Minn. Feb. 24-25 Big Ten Indoor Champs. State College, Pa. .\pr. 27-28 Drake Relays Des Moines, Iowa Mar. 2 NCAA. Qualifying Meet :\mes, Iowa i\1ay 4 Cardnial Invitational Palo Alto, Calif. Mar. 9-10 NC\:\ Indoor Champs. Fa\'ettC\·ille, .\rk. May 4 Hamline St. Paul, Minn. Mar. 15-16 Texas A&l\1 (Decathletes) College Station, Texas May 5 Iowa Twilight Invitational Iowa City, Iowa Mar. 17 Texas .\&M InYite College Statton, Texas May 12 Home Meet Bierman Field Mar. 22-23 Mesa CC (Decathletes) :-.1csa, . \riz. May 18-20 Big Ten Outdoor Champs. Bloomington, Ind. e Mar. 31 Stanford Invitational Palo .\Ito, Caltf. Mal' 30- NCAA Outdoor Champs. Eugene, Ore. :\pr. 5-7 Texas Rcla\·s .\ustin, Texas June 2 ------I WRESTLING No.1 GOLDEN GOPHERS PUMMEL No. 11 MICHIGAN STATE 32-3 ToP-RANKED MINNESOTA TROUNCES No. 21 PENN STATE 37-3 The top-ranked University of Minnesota wrestling team destroved No. 11 On Senior Da\· at \X'illiams Arena, the top-ranked .\linnesota wrestling team :\Iichigan State 32-3 at the Sports Pa,·ilion. winning nine of ten matches thrashed No. 21 Penn State 37-3, winning nine of ten matches with three of with five of the victories coming by major decision. The Golden Gophers the wins coming by technical fall and four bv major decision. The Golden did not allow a takedown for four straight matches, from 149 to 17 4 pounds. Gophers, winners of 12 consecutive dual meets, tallied 46 takedowns to the Nittanv Lions' six to improve to 17- 1 m·erall and 6-0 in the B1g Ten. The meet opened at 125 pounds with third-ranked Lerov \'ega downing No. 4 Chris Williams 9-3 in one of \'ega's most impressi,-e performances on the The meet opened at 141 pounds with se\-enth-ranked Chad Erikson posting \'ear. l\linnesota's lone loss on the night came at 133 pounds as :\o. 3 Brett a technical fall on Eric Narkiewicz. The match, which icaturcd an Erikson Lawrence fell to l\ISU's fifth-ranked Pat McNamara 6-U. Lawrence never got three-point near-fall in each period, was terminated at 5:-n with the score at going in the match and gave up 2:22 of adnntage time to the Spartan. 20-4. At 149 pounds, third-ranked Jared Lawrence gave :\linnesota another fiw team points with his 21-5 (6:35) technical fall triumph mu Brent The Golden Gophers responded in a big way, winning the meet's final eight Narkiewicz. Lawrence notched seven takedowns and two ncar-falls in the matches. A.t 141 pounds, seventh-ranked Chad Erikson defeated No. 17 win. Fifth-ranked Luke Becker maintained the Golden c;opher domina l\like Castillo 9-8. Erikson tallied an escape with 19 seconds remain tion, dropping Aaron \v'nght with a 13-5 major decision at 15- pounds. ing to earn the e\·entual match-wining point. The l\[aroon and Gold then put together a string of domination in the next four match Senior Brad Pike closed out his home career at Minnesota with a com es, winning all four by maJor decision and not allowing a manding 22-7 (5:31) technical fall victon· m·er the ~ittam Spartan takedown. Third-ranked Jared Lawrence started Lions' Doc Vecchio at 165 pounds. Pike, ranked third in the the streak of mastery, dropping No. 18 Karl Nadolsh nation, notched eight takedowns and a near-fall. At 174 17-6. Lawrence notched seven takedowns during the pounds, No. 12 Jacob Volkmann kept the Maroon and Gold match. shutout going with his 8-3 win over Mark Becks. r.linnesota's Damion Hahn, ranked No. 5 at 184 pounds, moved the team Next, at 157 pounds, fifth-ranked Luke Becker overwhelmed score to 26-0 with his 14-4 major decision triumph over No. 14 Charlie Sageman. cruising to a 16-5 major deCision. Becker led Jeff Knupp. Hahn never trailed and ended with I :42 of advantage the entire match and ended with I :44 advantage ume. Brad Pike ga,-e .\linnesota another four team points with his I(,_-; triumph over Cory Posey at 165 pounds. Pike tallied seven take downs The Golden Gophers' lone loss of the meet came at 197 pounds and improved to 26-4 O\'erall on the season. At 174 pounds. as true freshman Eli Ross fell to Pete l\lielnik 10-3. Gold No.I2Jacob \'olkmann dominated Nate l\[esm with a 10-0 victor\' to mm·e Country rebounded at heavy-weight behind second-ranked :'\Iinnesota to 22-3 on the scoreboard. Volkmann ended the match with an Garrett Lownev's exciting 6-3 win over PSU's Bob Jones. Lowney, up 4-3 10 astonishing 4:13 of ad,·antage time. the third period, scored a takedown with si.x seconds remaining to ice the match. The redshirt freshman remains undefeated on the year at 12-0. The Golden Gophers' major decision win streak stopped at I R4 pounds. but 1\.'o. 5 Damian Hahn proved victorious with h1s 9-7 deClslOn m-er John At 125 pounds, third-ranked Leroy \'ega dropped Josh Moore 10-2 to move \X'echter. With the score tied at six in the third period, Hahn tallied an escape the Golden Gophers to 33-3 on the scoreboard. Vega tallied a reversal with and takcdown to break his two-match losing streak. At 197 pounds, sixth seven seconds left to earn the major decision. Senior Brett Lawrence ended ranked Owen Elzen prm-:ided some match-ending exCitement in his 5-3 win the meet and his home career in the Maroon and Gold with a 14-6 major m·er :\o. 9 \:ik Fekete. Trailing 3-2 in the third, Elzen scored a takedown decision of Marat Tomaev at 133 pounds. Lawrence, ranked third, scored with eight seconds left and gained a point bv ad,·antagc nmc to defeat the four takedowns and a near-fall to gain the victory. Spartan. Second-ranked bean-weight Garrett Lownn gave :\linnesota four more team points in the closing bout with his 9-0 major decision win over The Golden Gophers, winners of 26 of their last 27 Big Ten dual meets, hit .\[att Lamb. the road for duals against No. 24 Wisconsin and No. 4 Iowa this weekend . ·-2-oo_00_1--SCHEoulE/-RESuLTS ____2oo001--SO-iEiiiiE7RESULTS-- site/Results Date Event Site/Resultss Nov. 11 Bison Open Nine titles Jan. 20-21 National Duals State College, Pa. Nov. 18 North Dakota State \\~ 44-0 Hofstra W, 22-9 Kaufman-Brand Open Two titles Nebraska W, 30-9 Nov. 24 Northcrn Open N me titles Iowa W, 20-17 Nov. 26 Northern Iowa w, 36-3 Oklahoma State W, 20-12 Dec. 2 UNI Open (non-varsity) Two titles Jan. 26 Michigan W, 29-6 Dec. 10 Hofstra \\~ 33-3 Jan. 27 Purdue W, 31-6 Princeton \\~ 45-0 Indiana W, 25-12 Seton Hall \\; 37-2 Feb. 2 Dec. 29-30 Midlands One title Feb. 4 Illinois W, 22-12 Jan. 7 Oklahoma State L, 25-12 Feb. 9 Michigan State W, 32-3 Jan. 11 Nebraska \\~ 2(>-12 Feb. 11 Penn State W, 37-3 Madison, Wis. Jan. 12 Boise Statc \\~ 22-14 Feb. 16 Wisconsin Feb. 18 Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Mar. 3-4 Big Ten Championships Evanston, Ill. Mar. 15-17 NCA.A Championships Iowa City, Iowa ~------UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§ Bierman Field Athletic Building 516 15th Avenue Southeast Minneapolis, MN 55455 1612) 625-4090 Fax 625-0359 For Immediate Release February 13, 2001 GOLDEN GOPHERS ADD FOUR COACHES TO FOOTBALL STAFF Head Coach Glen Mason and the University of Minnesota football office announced today that four coaches have been added to the staff effective immediately. Moe Ankney, a 30-year collegiate coaching veteran has been named defensive coordinator and secondary coach. Greg Hudson has been hired as the linebackers' coach. Tom Sims has been named as the defensive line coach and Chris Dawson has been named as the strength and conditioning coach. ''I'm very excited about the addition of these three coaches to our staff," said Head Coach Glen Mason. "They bring a variety of strengths to our defensive unit. All of them have been successful as players and as coaches and I feel they will keep the program headed in the right direction." Ankney has been the Missouri Tigers defensive coordinator for the past seven years. A former head coach at Bowling Green University (1986-90), he was a candidate for the Frank Broyles Assistant Coach of the Year Award in 1998 when he helped Missouri reduce its TDs allowed from 45 in 1997 to 21. He helped the Tigers achieve back-to-back bowl game appearances in 1997 and '98. Ankney also coached with former Missouri coach Larry Smith at Arizona and Tulane. At Arizona, Ankney was the assistant head coach and defensive coordinator for the Wildcats from 1980-85. At Tulane, he was the defensive coordinator and secondary coach from 1976-79. No stranger to the Big Ten, he also served as the defensive coordinator at Purdue from 1991-93. Ankney began his coaching career in 1971 at Ball State University where he coached on two different occasions with Coach Mason (1972 & '74). Ankney is a native of Xenia, Ohio and was a high school football coach from 1964-70 before joining the college ranks. "I have known Moe Ankney since we coached together at Ball State almost 30 years ago," said Mason. "He has tremendous experience and has been a successful coach at some quality programs. I am very excited to have the opportunity to coach with him again and feel confidant the he will continue the upward climb our defense has made." • Hudson comes to Minnesota after a four-year stint at the University of Cincinnati where he helped lead the Bearcats to national prominence, including two bowl games in three seasons. Hudson was the assistant head coach at Cincinnati and was in charge of the linebackers. He was instrumental in the transformation of the Bearcats' defense into the top-rated unit in Conference USA. The Bearcats were especially adept at creating and recovering turnovers as they finished sixth in the country in this category with a+ 12 margin. A prep All-America selection at linebacker at Moeller High School in Cincinnati, he was a three-year letterwinner at Notre Dame and helped lead them to a national title in 1988. Hudson began his coaching career in 1990 at the University of Redlands in Redlands, Calif. He followed that with stints at Notre Dame (1993) and Connecticut (1994-96). "Greg comes from a successful program at Cincinnati and was a big part of their achievement on defense," said Mason. "He possesses great enthusiasm which I believe will be infectious to our program." Sims is a highly regarded young coach who comes to Minnesota from Eastern Michigan University. He coached one season for the Eagles as the defensive line coach. Sims spent the previous three seasons as the defensive line coach at Western Kentucky University. Prior to that Sims, spent seven years in the NFL as a defensive lineman. Sims was drafted in the sixth round of the NFL draft in 1990 by the Kansas City Chiefs. He was with Kansas City from 1990-93 and again in 1996. Sims also played for the Indianapolis Colts (1993-94) and the Minnesota Vikings (1995). A native of Philadelphia, he grew up in Detroit where he was a star at Cass Tech High School. He began his collegiate career at Western Michigan in 1985 where he was a two-year starter. He transferred to the University of Pittsburgh for his final two seasons where he recorded 142 tackles and 12.5 sacks in his two years and helped lead them to a Sun Bowl appearance as a senior. "Tom is an impressive defensive line coach who I feel can do an excellent job with our players," said Mason. "He had an outstanding collegiate career, played seven years in the NFL and is a great addition to our staff." Dawson comes to Minnesota with an impressive resume in strength and conditioning. He began his career as a graduate assistant at the University of Oklahoma in 1995. After two years in that role he was elevated by the Sooners to a full-time position as an assistant strength and conditioning coach, which he has held for five years. He has also had two internships with the Dallas Cowboys (1998, 2001) and was recently employed by the Las Vegas Outlaws of the XFL as a team administrator and strength and conditioning coach. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA IEW§ Bierman Field Athletic Building 516 15th A venue Southeast Minneapolis. MN 55455 1612) 625-4090 Fax 625-0.iSY For Immediate Release February 13, 2001 GOLDEN GOPHERS ADD FOUR COACHES TO FOOTBALL STAFF Head Coach Glen Mason and the University of Minnesota football office announced today that four coaches have been added to the staff effective immediately. Moe Ankney, a 30-year collegiate coaching veteran has been named defensive coordinator and secondary coach. Greg Hudson has been hired as the linebackers' coach. Tom Sims has been named as the defensive line coach and Chris Dawson has been named as the strength and conditioning coach. ''I'm very excited about the addition of these three coaches to our staff," said Head Coach Glen Mason. "They bring a variety of strengths to our defensive unit. All of them have been successful as players and as coaches and I feel they will keep the program headed in the right direction." Ankney has been the Missouri Tigers defensive coordinator for the past seven years. A former head coach at Bowling Green University (1986-90), he was a candidate for the Frank Broyles Assistant Coach of the Year Award in 1998 when he helped Missouri reduce its IDs allowed from 45 in 1997 to 21. He helped the Tigers achieve back-to-back bowl game appearances in 1997 and '98. Ankney also coached with former Missouri coach Larry Smith at Arizona and Tulane. At Arizona, Ankney was the assistant head coach and defensive coordinator for the Wildcats from 1980-85. At Tulane, he was the defensive coordinator and secondary coach from 1976-79. No stranger to the Big Ten, he also served as the defensive coordinator at Purdue from 1991-93. Ankney began his coaching career in 1971 at Ball State University where he coached on two different occasions with Coach Mason ( 1972 & '74 ). Ankney is a native of Xenia, Ohio and was a high school football coach from 1964-70 before joining the college ranks. "I have known Moe Ankney since we coached together at Ball State almost 30 years ago," said Mason. "He has tremendous experience and has been a successful coach at some quality programs. I am very excited to have the opportunity to coach with him again and feel confidant the he will continue the upward climb our defense has made." .. Hudson comes to Minnesota after a four-year stint at the University of Cincinnati where he helped lead the Bearcats to national prominence, including two bowl games in three seasons. Hudson was the assistant head coach at Cincinnati and was in charge of the linebackers. He was instrumental in the transformation of the Bearcats' defense into the top-rated unit in Conference USA. The Bearcats were especially adept at creating and recovering turnovers as they finished sixth in the country in this category with a +12 margin. A prep All-America selection at linebacker at Moeller High School in Cincinnati. he was a three-year letterwinner at Notre Dame and helped lead them to a national title in 1988. Hudson began his coaching career in 1990 at the University of Redlands in Redlands, Calif. He followed that with stints at Notre Dame (1993) and Connecticut (1994-96). "Greg comes from a successful program at Cincinnati and was a big part of their achievement on defense," said Mason. "He possesses great enthusiasm which I believe will be infectious to our program." Sims is a highly regarded young coach who comes to Minnesota from Eastern Michigan University. He coached one season for the Eagles as the defensive line coach. Sims spent the previous three seasons as the defensive line coach at Western Kentucky University. Prior to that Sims, spent seven years in the NFL as a defensive lineman. Sims was drafted in the sixth round of the NFL draft in 1990 by the Kansas City Chiefs. He was with Kansas City from 1990-93 and again in 1996. Sims also played for the Indianapolis Colts (1993-94) and the Minnesota Vikings ( 199.5). A native of Philadelphia, he grew up in Detroit where he was a star at Cass Tech High School. He began his collegiate career at Western Michigan in 198.5 where he was a two-year starter. He transferred to the University of Pittsburgh for his final two seasons where he recorded 142 tackles and 12.5 sacks in his two years and helped lead them to a Sun Bowl appearance as a senior. "Tom is an impressive defensi\e line coach who I feel can do an excellentjob with our players," said Mason. "He had an outstanding collegiate career, played seven years in the NFL and is a great addition to our staff." Dawson comes to Minnesota with an impressive resume in strength and conditioning. He began his career as a graduate assistant at the University of Oklahoma in 1995. After two years in that role he was elevated by the Sooners to a full-time position as an assistant strength and conditioning coach. \vhich he has held for five years. He has also had two internships with the Dallas Cowboys ( 1998. 200 I) and was recently employed by the Las Vegas Outlaws of the XFL as a team administrator and strength and conditioning coach. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA JEW§ Bierman Field Athletic Building 516 15th A venue Southeast Minneapolis. MN 55455 (612) 625-4090 Fax 625-0359 For Immediate Release February 19, 2001 GOPHERS NAME TWO NEW COACHES TO FOOTBALL STAFF; FINALIZE STAFF CHANGES AS THEY PREPARE FOR SPRING FOOTBALL The University of Minnesota Football Office announced today that two new assistants had been hired, filling the remaining openings on the staff. David Turner has been named the defensive ends coach and Richard Wilson has been named the wide receivers coach. In addition, Minnesota moved eight-year coaching staff veteran Gordon Shaw back to the offensive side of the ball where he began his career at Minnesota. Shaw, who spent his first four seasons at Minnesota as the offensive line coach, will coach the guards and centers. "We are excited to have these two new additions to the staff and have a full complement of coaches as we head in to spring practice," said Head Coach Glen Mason. "David (Turner) is a 14-year veteran of the coaching ranks who has been a successful defensive coach at a number of programs. Richard (Wilson) is a veteran wide receivers coach who can step in right away and help us improve our ability to catch the ball." Turner comes to Minnesota from the University of Virginia where he served as defensive tackles and linebackers coach during his four-year stint with the Cavaliers. Prior to that he spent two years at North Carolina State (defensive ends and linebackers), two years at Kentucky (defensive ends) and two years at James Madison (linebackers). He also had stints at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1990), North Carolina State (1988-89) and Davidson (1986-87). Wilson joins the Golden Gopher staff after spending the last six seasons at Oklahoma State University as the wide receivers coach. Prior to his stint at OSU, he was assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at Eastern Michigan (1993-94), wide receivers coach at Clemson (1990- 92) and Arkansas (1989-90). He also has coached at The Citadel (1987 -88) and Missouri (1984- 86). The final change to the Golden Gopher Football staff is the naming of Greg Hudson as recruiting coordinator. Listed below are the staff assignments heading into the 2001 spring football practice session. Tony Peterson Co-offensive Coordinator/quarterbacks coach Mitch Browning Co-offensive Coordinator/tackles and tight ends coach Vic Adamle Running backs coach Gordon Shaw Centers and guards coach Richard Wilson Wide receivers coach Moe Ankney Defensive Coordinator/secondary coach Greg Hudson Linebackers coach/recruiting coordinator Tom Sims Defensive line coach David Turner Defensive ends coach Chris Dawson Strength and conditioning coach ·------~------~ 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 19, 2001 MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME AGAINST ILLINOIS SELECTED BY CBS The University of Minnesota men's basketball game against Illinois has been selected by CBS and will move to Sunday March 4 at 3 p.m. at Williams Arena. This is Minnesota's second nationally televised game this season. The first was a 66-59 win over Northwestern on ESPN2. Minnesota has not played a game on CBS since the first round of the 1999 NCAA Tournament against Gonzaga. The game was originally scheduled for Saturday, March 3 at 3:30p.m. I.J4,~ GOPHER SPORTS r------, BASEBALL GYMNASTICS TRACK & FIELD NEXT UP: At South Florida NEXT UP: Versus Michigan NEXT UP: At the Big Ten (3 games), Friday-Sunday, at the Sports Pavilion, Indoor Championships, Feb. 23-25, in Tampa, Fla.; 6 Saturday, Feb. 24 at 1 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Feb. 24- p.m. on Friday, 12 p.m. on 25 in State College, Pa. Saturday and Sunday. lAST WEEK: Eighth ranked rv1innesota fell to LAST WEEK: Minnesota LAsT WEEK: l\1innesota No. 2 Ohio State 211.325- hosted the Snowshoe went 0-3 at the Coca Cola Open at the U of M Classic in Mobile, Ala., \vith 209.775; Clav Strother losses to South Alabama, won the all-ar~und. Fieldhouse Auburn and North 'T1 Carolina. m [D JJ HocKEY TENNIS c: BASKETBALL )> NEXT UP: :\t l\Iinnesota NEXT UP: At Michigan NEXT UP: At Wisconsin, JJ \X"ednesday, Feb. 21, 7 Duluth, Friday-Saturday, State, Friday, Feb. 23; at p.m. in Madison, Wis. Feb. 23-24 in Duluth, Michigan, Sunday, Feb. 25; -< :..linn.; both games at 7:05 at the National Indoors, Friday-Tuesday, Feb. 24- ~ LAST WEEK: Minnesota p.m. 27. lost 82-62 to Penn State at OJ LAST WEEK: :\linncsota I home and won 93-75 at LAST WEEK: Minnesota swept Colorado College ru l\Iichigan. went 3-0 with home wins with 6-1 and 4-1 wins at over Kansas, Penn and :::. :\lariucci Arena. Indiana. ru 0 0 GOLF SWIMMING & WRESTLING ~ NEXT UP: At the Puerto DIVING NEXT UP: At the Big Ten Rico Classic in Rio Mar, NEXT UP: :\linnesota Championships Saturday P.R., Sunday-Tuesday, Feb. hosts the Big Ten Sunday, Mar. 3-4 in 25-27 Championships at the Evanston, Ill. A<.juatlc Center, Thursday lAsT WEEK: None Sarurda\·, februan· 22-24 LAsT WEEK: Top-ranked Minnesota defeated No. I lAST WEEK: 21 Wisconsin 33-6 and I :\one I No. 4 Iowa 17-16 on the I I road. I I I I I I I I L------~ This Week in Gopher Sports is a producnon of the l" mvers1r:r of .\l1nnesota i\len"s Athletics i\ledia Relations Office at 208 Bierman Field Athletic Buildmg. 516 15th A,·e. SE. i\!inneapoiJS, ,\[:\ 'i'i411K. Bdl Crumb·. 0Jtector; John Romo, Assistant Director; Jeff Keiser, Publications Coordmator; :\like Corrigan, He1d1 Johnson and Kn·1n Kurtt, Interns. BASEBALL GOLDEN GOPHER BASEBALL UPDATE: The l'rm-crsm of \linnesota Golden Gophers, while sophomore Luke .\pperr added a two-RHl smgle. baseball team dropped three games o\·er the weekend to fall to 2--l on the Hrett Parker rurned in a -l-for--l pnforrnance and three others had three-hn A season. The Golden Gophers lost to eighth-ranked .\uhurn 14-(,, host South g:rmes, as the Jaguars rallied for I(, hns. W Alabama 12-S and a mung North Carolina team "'-(J. \lmnesora has paruci pated in the tournament three times, spanning tt\T 1-ears, and has compiled a \linnesota jumped on top earlY thanks ro a RBI single from Howard in the 1-6 record in that time. second inning. The Golden Gophers looked as though the,· were going to add to that lead, as the\· loaded the bases in the second. 1-im\TI'Cf, _lat,>uar Head Coach John Anderson and company will tran:l to Tampa, Fla., thi;; starung pitcher Tim DaYis was yanked after just T pitches, and \lelnn coming weekend for a three-game series with the l:m,cr;;m· of South Spi1·ey came on and stifled the rall1. South Alabama yuickll' responded to \unnesota's threat wHh three runs of their own in the lower half of the sec Florida. The1 \\'Ill return home w host the Hormd h H 1ds baseb:rll C:Ltss1c \larch 2-4. San Diego State, :\rkansas and founh-r:m~ed \1wm htghhght ond mning. The\' added three more runs hi' the end nf the sixth. and thts \Tar's t< 1urnament schedule. I'' 'r more informat11 m. 1·tstt W\IW.gopher :'llinnesora was looking at a t!1-e-run deficit \nth just mne outs to go. The spons.corn. hJr uckets, call ((, 12) (,24-HUHI I or 1-f\1111-l · ( ;( ll'll FR Golden (;ophers pushed their t!rst three batters across the plate in the se\' enth and closed the Jaguar lead to just m·o runs. but that would be their last TIGERS POUND MINNESOTA 14-6: \linnesota J, 1st the t!rsr of its spark. South Alabama rocked \ linnesora pitchmg for t!1-c runs in rlK three games at the Coca-Cola Classic 1n \!obile, .\la. The Golden (;ophers eighth, and ran away with the ,-icton·. Senior Ben Birk rook the loss for surrendered 14 runs on J(, hns and three erwrs ,.,_ e~ghth :'llinnesota and Spt\·e,· garnered rhc \\·in for South :\lab:una. ranked .\uburn. Sophomore Scott \\'elch and senl• >r kurr flaring both had multi-hit performances to lead \lmnesota. GOLDEN GOPHERS LOSE TO NORTH CAROLINA 7-6: \lailon 1'-cnt and Cabc Cross combmed for tt\T htts, rnclud J\linnesota lost its third game of the ,,·eekend Sunda1· after mg a home run and two doubles, as the pair ,,·as resp"miblc noon, and finished il-:1 at the Coca-Cola Classic. Sophomore for all 14 of :\uburn's runs. CJ \\'oodrow started for the \L\foon and Gold, and it looked as though \linnesnta's pitching woes would continue. J'he Ttgers 1umped on the board first. :lftcr kent "·"r~nl for \\'oodrow walked ~nrth Carolina's lead-off man and ga1-c up .1 f\I' ·----2-o_o_o~o1___ sc-H--E-ou-L--E------\,:.j~-\~~:r~ 2K--~;i;,j];~~;e------~,i~~~-ci~~j~jia-;;------· 1 n, \Ltr. )() at lnchana Bloomington, Indiana ite Result S:u. \lar. .'ll at Indiana (2) Bloomington, Indiana .\Ion, l'eb.) Pro-.\lumnt C;a me J., 4 II ~un, .\pr. l at Indiana Bloomington, Indiana :-;1111. l'eb. 11 Central \!tchtgan 1.. 1)-; '! \\eeL .\pr. 4 at Northern Iowa Waterloo, Iowa \lon, lTh. \2 Ccnrral .\ltchtgan (2) \\, :, 4; \\: (,. l'n, :\pr. (, i\lichigan State Siebert held l·n, l·eb. ](, ,.,.. \uburn I. I.J-!1 :'.u, .\pr. 7 :'llichigan State (2) Siebert Fteld S:u. h:b. l \'S. South :\lahama I. \2 ~ ~un. :\pr. H :'llichtgan State Siebert Field ~tll1, lTb. !K \'s. \:onh Carolina 1., - .(, \\cd, .\pr. \I ,\ISU, ;'\lankato Siebert Field l'n. lTb. 2.1 ;\I South Flonda 'l.unp.l, l·l1 >nd.t 1-rr ..\pr. 11 \lichigan Siebert Field ~.It, l'eb. 24 ar South Florida ·l.unp.t. l'i<>nd.t ~.1!, .\pr. 14 \lichigan (2) Siebert Field ~un, l'eb. 2~ :\1 South Flonda ·l.lmp.t.l·ll>rtd.t ~un, .\pr. \5 :'llichigan Siebert held ht, \L1r. 2 .\rkansas IIIII! \!ctr~>d~ FALL SEASON RECAP: The L m1·ersm· of :-.linncsota men's golf ream SCHAUMAN NAMED GOLF WORLD PLAYER DF THE WEEK: \\'i!helm began the ::!IlOil-O 1 season with some tmpressi1-e team and undtl·idual per Schauman \\"<~> named c;olf \\'odd's :-.Len's Collegiate Plan:r of the \\l-ek tn formances in fall tournamenrs. the September ::!'J tssue of the \mrld's leading weekh golf pubhcation. The Golden Gophers opened tl1e 1·car with a iirsr-place finish at the :\ sophomore from Djursholm, s,,·eden, he captured Ins first and sec PSI:\et Intercollegiate Golf lm·narional at Dellwood Hills Golf Club in ond collegiate \\'111S in back-to-hack cvenrs in leading the Golden Gophers Dellwood, :-.linn. The .\laroon and Gold fired a t\vo-m-er par team score of to a pair of team titles. Schauman fired a '71--1--ll-212 at the PSI:\et 2'JII to overcome second round leaders \'irt,>1nia Tech and Purdue to claim Collegiate lmitational for a t\\'o-stroke ,-ictor\'. For an encore performance. the ream title. Sophomore \\'ilhdm Schauman of DJursholm. Sweden post Schauman carded a (,-.(,'7.'74 at the \\.Pln:nne Im-iranonal fm another m·o ed a t\1·o-under par score of "(I for a 54-hole total of four-under par 212 shut vtcron·. ami his first collegtate champi,mshtp. Schauman \\·as the onh· golfer in the fidd to break par tn each of the three -~-----~ A LOOK AHEAD: :-.linnesota has finished 111 the top I~ at the rounds on the -.11 H-1·ard, par -2 trak. :\ C:\:\ Championships in each of the last three seasons Schauman and the (;olden c;ophers \l' 2000-01 ScHEDULE/RESULTS 1 ROSTER I 2000-01 I I Date Event Site/Result Name Yr. Hometown ------~----·--- St:pt. I H-1 9 PSI~ct !ntt:rcollq6art: bt of 12 team:; joe Affrunti So. Crystal Lake, Ill. St:pt. 23-2-+ \\'oh-crint: Im·itational bt of ]_) team:; Da,·id Evenson Fr. San Diego, Calif. ()cr. 2-3 \\'indon :\kmorial Clas:;ic _)rd of 12 team:; Zachan· Faulds So. Wardsville, Ontario, Canada :\m·. 3-:i ( ;o]f \\'orld/Palmt:tto DLmes TI-lth <>f I H team' Santiago Fernandez Sr. Bogota, Columbia \Lmhe\\· Gibb So. Toronto, Ontario, Canad1 I Ft:b. 25-2- Punt< 1 Ric<> Cia:; sic Rio :\Iar. P. It Ben Greve Fr. Annandale, i\finn. :\ Iar. 5-6 S< >uthwt:~tcrn InrercoUeh>i.att: \\i:stbke \"ilbgc. Calif Bradley Kirton Fr. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada :\Iar. 9-11 Las \'q~as Inrercollegiatt: Las Vegas. ~ e\·. Ben ~levers So. Frankston, Victoria, Australia .\Iar. 2-t-25 Dr. Pt:ppn Inrcrcollegiatt: Shnman, Texas ., David i\lorgan So. Rochester, i\linn. .\pr. 1--l-15 The "Inrercollegiatt: Car\", ~.C . Ethan Otterlei So. Edina, 1\linn. .\pr. 2H-29 I.-< >SsLun/Sparr:m Imirational East Lansing, \lich. Bn·an Santee Sr. Hudson, Ohio .\Ia1· -t-() Big Ten Champiomhip~ Champaign, Ill. \Vilhelm Schauman So. Djursholm, Sweden \Im· 17-19 :\C:\1\ Rt:gionab Stilh\·atn, ( )kla. Justin Smith Fr. Moon Township, Pa. l\ la\· 30- \:C\.\ Champiomhip~ Durham. \:.C. :\ndrew Tank Sr. Des Moines, Iowa 1 June 2 I I I I I I I t______·------GYMNASTICS GOLDEN GOPHERS FALL TO No. 2 OHIO STATE 211.325- tloor (9.325) and pommel horse (9.2511) en route to his second-place all 209.775 around tlnish. Steele placed 29th in the all-around with a score of 4(L.'ili11. Freshman Bill Callahan competed on d:w one, bur failed to adnnce to th,A Th~ ~1ghrh-rankeJ L'nin:rsm· of \linnesot:l men\ gnnnastics team lost to second da\· of compenrion. W second-ranked Ohto State 2!1.325-209.:175 at the Sports Pa,·ihon. The meet was highhghted, howeYer, b1· another impressi1-c performance 111 the all \\'ith his podium ftnish, Strother now has the opporrumn· to compete for around by Colden Copher sophomore CL11· Strother. the l'nited States in the World L'n11-ersitY (;ames, the (;oodwill (;ames and/or the 2001 \\'orld Championships The nation's top-ranked all-arounder, Strother captured the ali-around title 11·ith a score of 54.5'75, a scawn high tor him and the \hnnes"r.' ream. The The 20111 \\'inter Cup featured nt:arh- 11111 collegiate surs fwm Ohio Stare, .Jasper, Tex;ts rutin· \\·on the tloor cxerc1sc ('J.(,IIII'; :tnd P"mmcl horse Pt:nn Srate, Smnford, C:alitorni I Teshman 1cnc Steele, the nation's top-ranked gnnn,.,;r m thc nulr, The (;"!den ( ;"phcrs host rlurd-ranked \lichtgan s.uurdal·, Feb. 24 at I p.m. at the Sports Pa,·ihon Ill ll1g 'len dual meet actron. STROTHER PLACES SECOND AT WINTER CUP, U.S. SENIOR NATIONAL TEAM SPOT \lmnesota S In the mdi,·idu:d e\TtH Cllmperinon on the first d:t\· of the \\.111tcr Cup, Srwrhcr. a nall\T "f _Jasper, Texas, captured first place on lite tlollr exercise ('!.2-5) and rlmd pi.Ke "n the 1·aulr ('!.Iiiii). hcshnun Lnc Steele tollk sec· ond-place h< >11<1rs "n h"rh the tlollr ex<:rCISe (K.Killl', In the all-around compemi"n on da1· t\Hl, Strothn took tllp hlltl Date Event Site I Result Name Yr. Hometown l:tn. ]) \\ 1ndY Cm· lnnLltl 200().()1 Sa-tEDULE/RESUL15 Date Event Site Oct. 14 lntrasquad Meet No team scores Oct. 27 Alumni Meet No team scores Ocr. 2~ :\orth\\T~r<.:rn & Indiana \\' 80-60, w THIS WEEK: :\linnesota continues league pla1· with a road trip to \lichigan Zharin FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE: :\Iinnesora welcomed a ne11· addnion to irs syuad in .January in ;\lekse1· ZluntHll·. The freshman from :\oyosibirsk. Russia has seen e:o;rended acnon s111ce enrollmg. lie has won fi1T of his past s1:-; single march es. 111cluding an nnporrant -:-5, (,-2 win mTr lnchan:t's Paul .Jacobson at :\o. 3 singles on Saturday mght. GOLDEN GOPHERS DEFEAT #62 KANSAS 5-2: .rrh-ranked L'm1-crsitl' "f \l111nesota men's tc·nnts team dcfc.ued (,2nd ranked kansas :i-2 at the 'J8rh Street Racyul'l Club 111 Bl""mmgt< Hl, \lmn. :'-.linnesora captured fi1·e of the six smglcs marchc·s as !Iarsh \Ltnk:Id . .Jorge Duenas ..\lckse1· Zhannm·. .Jon S1Tnsson and Fnc l{oberrs"n all posted l·ic tories. 1'-ansas captured the doubles point wah n1·" uctones. l{obertson and Chris \\'ettengcl captured the (;olden c;opher,' lone ucr"n at :\o. 1 dou bles. MAROON AND GOLD DROPS PENN 6-1: The .rrh-r.mkl'll L'm1crsm· of \lmnesot:t men's tenms ream defeated Pennsyh·anu h1· ,t sc< lre of (,.J at the 'J8rh Street Racc1uet Club 111 Bloomlllt [~po~:1--SCHEDULEZ~~ULTS----~!J0-~1--SCHEiiiEZRESULTS-· 'Sept. 16-1-:" RazorRacket lm·iraional l·a\Tttel·ilk .. \ rk. Feb. 18 Indiana W,4-3 Sept. 1(>-25 0;arional Cla1· Courts lhlnmorc. \!d. ITb. 23 t\fichigan State East Lansing, Mich. Sept. 29 Pepperdme I nYitational \laltbu. C:altt. Feb. 25 Michigan Ann :\rbor, Mich. Oct. 6-15 .\11-.\merican TourneY .\thens. ( ;;L Feb. 2-1--27 National Indoors Louisville, Ky. Ocr. 2'7-30 Regional ( :hampionship, :\ladtson, \\'ts. Mar. 2 Wisconsin Bloomington, Minn. :\i ()\'. 3-5 L':--JI.\' Im·ire !.as \'cgas, :\L·1·. Mar. 3 Ohio State Bloomington, Minn. Jan. 12 ~otre Dame 1., ..., -( l Mar. 9 Purdue Bloomington, Minn Jan. 13-15 Big Ten Singles Champs .\nn .\rbor, :\!ich. 1\lar. 16-18 Blue Grey Tournament Montgomery, :\Ia. •Jan. 19-20 N.C. State- Ice Volleys W, 6-1 Mar. 24 Penn State Bloomington, Minn. Indiana State - Ice Volleys L, 4-3 :\pr. 1-1- Northwestern Chicago, Ill. Feb. 10-11 Southern :\!cthodi,t 1.. -1--) .\pr. 15 Illinois Champaign, Ill. \\~ 4-3 Apr. 20 Iowa Bloomington, Minn. Clemson 1.. -1--3 .\pr. 26-29 Big Ten Championships t\ladison, Wis. Feb. 16 Kansas W, 5-2 l\lay 12-13 NC.\.\ Ret,>1onals TB.\ Feb. 17 Pennsylvania W, 6-1 Mar 18-27 NC:\.\ Championships .\thcns, Ga. ~------~ TRACK & FIELD GOLDEN GOPHER TRACK & FIELD NOTEBOOK GOPHERS GET GOOD WARM-UP FOR 8JG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS e l.AST WEEK: \linnesota mm all CITnts except the 21 111m dash and the pole The (;olden Gopher men's track and field team held their final indoor home 1·aulr at the 20111 Snmnhoe Open. Frida1·, Februan· I(, at the L. m1usny of meet oi the season and their final meet beiore Btg Ten Championship> \linnesota Field House. Seniors SteYe Burkholder. Tom c;t:rding and wnight and the L. niiTrsitY of \linnesota Fieldhouse. Se1-cral local teams Jerem\· Polson ran season-best times in the (,Om, (,1 111m and \!ile with rimes including. (;us tal-us .\dolph us, Hamline, ,\ugsburg. :\orthwestern College of (,_fl'J, I: I R.35 and 4:11'J.54, respecti1-ch-. \hnnesot.t rook rhe top four and :\orth Central L·ml-crsitY participated in \linnesota's Snowshoe Open. sports in the weight throw. Senior \lark l'ahe1· and lkn \lc1u finished first and second, frt:shman lxnden Reder rook rhtrd and sophomore \hke \linnesota periormed Yen· well in the meet. Senior captain Stel-e Ehlers was iourth. Burkholder won the Wm dash, tnng his season-high rime oi 6.R'J. Freshman Hen Taylor finished right behind him with a (>.'!!. \litch Potter NEXT UP: The Colden c;ophers will traiT! to Sl:ltl' College. p,\ for the rook first in the 41Him With a time of 4R.'ill. Senior captain 'i(>m c;erding 211111 Big Ten Indoor Championships on Sarurda1 ;md ~unda1·. ']'he ( ;, >phers t< >ok ftrsr in the (,(ll)m wirh a new season-best time of I: l t-\ ..1:;. St:nior Jeremy ha1-c fimshed in the top three each of the List f11 e 1c.Ir,. The L~>r nme Polson \\·on the mile with ;l season tclm-besr of 4:il'J.'i4. Sophomore Erik \linnesota won a Big Ten Indoor title was in I'!'JS whm rhe1· S\\Tpt both Quam won the 311i!llm with a nme of R:42.3-. the indoor and outdoor titles. The \linnesota Gold 4x4i!Om relaY team of !'otter, .\ndY \\'ohlin. Gerding and .\dam Steele DEFENDING THEIR TITLES: \linncsota had three tnd111dual finished just one second behind the Fieldhouse and rda1· champions ar last 1-car's Big Ten Indo< >r record with a 3:U.'J3. The \!mnesota Dtstance Championships. Tom Gt:rdtng will be back rhi, \ledlc1· rela1· team of Jason (h-en, Toby sc1son to ddend his (,()lim ntle. The Dtstanc,. .C:::_III~~Iillo Henkels, Joe Corr and \\'ill \lcC:omb also took \lcdlcy Rdar team will also be defending their first with a 10: 14.'JII. rule. Tobr Henkels is the onh· member of rh.u team that will be rcturnmg tlus 1-car. :\arc Clay gr.td The onh· running c1·cnts \ltnnesota did nor win were the uarcd and Bob (~uadc and :\ndre11· \lc!(essock .Ire 21lllm dash, the ROOm run and the Wm high hurdles. Jerry red slurring rhe mdoor season. \lcl(cssock earned 1 he \\'ashington of ( ;usta1-us ,\dolph us won the 200m with a time other \lmnesora title in the mile run. but due t11 ;~ broken of 22.21. ;\dam Gellerstadt of \linnesota-Duluth won the tile, ht: will nllt be able til defend hts ririe. Ri!llm wnh a 1:52.7R.Jasmin Ah·arez of :'\lichigan State, running unattached, won the hurdles with a time of 7<)(,. ATHLETES TO WATCH: Semor 'li>m Gerding. a r"'' nme \111\tg Ten honoree, has onh· competed 111 thrt:c races rht' 'Ll>< >11 du,· t< > .1 minor \linnesota also faircd well in the field CITnts. Omar Clemmons, competing mjun. bur ts health\· and rested for Big Tens. He lnlllJL· de(,·n,ltng ht> (tllllm unattached, won the long jump with a leap of 22-R. Jack Brewer, who is also nrle and ad,J, ,, strong kick til the 4x41lllm rdn. I k >ct .1 IlL'\\ '' h<" >I rec< rankl'd fourrh at 1"4 pounds, downed~ :\o. 12 _lacob \'olkmann '!-(, in thee No. 1 MINNESOTA DROPS No.4 IOWA IN 17-16 THRILLER meet's tina! match, hut it was not enough as the (;olden Gophers dropped The top-ranked .\linnesota wrestling team defeated fourth- ranked Iowa 17- the Hawkeyes for the fourth time in their last ti,·e meetings. 16 in an elcctrifnng dual meet in front of lll,ll4f\ fans at Can-cr-Hawkc,·e ."-rena in Iowa Cin·, Iowa. The Golden Gophers stormed out to a 14-0lead No.1 GOLDEN GOPHERS BATTER No. 21 WISCONSIN 33-6 and held on to hand the l-lawke\TS their fourrh lo>S of the season and snap thetr IS-dual meet home winning streak. The \!an>< m and Gold, winners of The top-ranked L'nin:rsin· of \linnesota \\Testlmg team pounded :\o. 21 14 consl'cunn· dual meets and 2H of their last 2'! Ht.cc Ten dual meets. finish \'litswnsin 3)-6, winning eight of ten m:ltches .. \ \\'isconsin forfeit at 14'! H the rcgubr season 1 .\r l(>:i pounds, '\o.. 1 Brad Pike wtdened the .\!tnn<''"L1 kad t