Gophers -- Other Sports

Post by **gopherguy06** » Sun Nov 29 8:59 pm

Didn't see another thread but know there used to be one.

Gooher VB gets the #2 overall seed behind USC in the NCAA tourney. Congrats!

Post by **JWG** » Sun Nov 29 9:01 pm

Nice. Nice to finally beat out PSU.

Post by **sec 16 row16 seat 16 17** » Sun Nov 29 9:05 pm

congrats to the lady VB

Post by **st8ofhockey** » Sun Nov 29 9:07 pm

Should be an exciting tournament - potential rematch against PSU

Bracket

Post by **Greyeagle** » Sun Nov 29 9:19 pm

The VB team is a rare beacon of success, at least this year!
Best of luck, ladies!

Post by **gopherguy06** » Sat Dec 05 8:15 pm

Gooher VB headed to sweet sixteen after winning both matches 3-0

Post by **JWG** » Sat Dec 05 8:17 pm

Congrats Lady Volleyball!

Post by **sec 16 row16 seat 16 17** » Sat Dec 05 10:43 pm

keep it going ladies.

dxmnkd316 · Post by **dxmnkd316** » Sun Dec 06 1:09 am

Love it

Post by **george** » Sat Dec 12 3:33 pm

Great sweep by the VBall team last night. Hope they can take Hawaii tonight!

Post by **gopherguy06** » Sat Dec 12 3:45 pm

I was hoping to see us play and beat Penn State, but they got upset by Hawaii! Let's keep rolling!

Post by **Gopher Hockey Rube** » Sat Dec 12 4:40 pm

george wrote:Great sweep by the VBall team last night. Hope they can take Hawaii tonight!

The match is on ESPNU at 5:30. Go Gophers!!

Post by **Beauner** » Sat Dec 12 6:34 pm

They have destroyed Hawaii in the first two. Just need to avoid a huge collapse.

Post by **Bonin21** » Sat Dec 12 6:40 pm

Def some rockets on the team

Post by **Beauner** » Sat Dec 12 7:14 pm

Wheels are coming off...

Post by **Beauner** » Sat Dec 12 7:39 pm

Gophers battle back and win it in 4.
First time in the Final Four since 2009.

Post by **sec 16 row16 seat 16 17** » Sat Dec 12 7:40 pm

Congrats lady VB on to the big dance.

Post by **ScoobyDoo** » Sat Dec 12 8:10 pm

What an awesome Volleyball game. Gophers are a lot of fun to watch.

Post by **gopherguy06** » Sat Dec 12 10:01 pm

I thought I saw that Hawaii hadn't lost since September 6

dxmnkd316 · Post by **dxmnkd316** » Sat Dec 12 10:06 pm

Whoa.

Post by **gopherguy06** » Sat Dec 12 10:14 pm

We gave them their second loss. First was against UCLA

Post by **Slap Shot** » Sun Dec 13 12:26 am

Very nice!

Post by **gator** » Sun Dec 13 8:27 am

Congrats to the Women's Volleyball team!!!

#2 Gophers play #3 Texas Thursday. Winner plays #9 Kansas (who upset #1 USC) vs. #4 Nebraska winner, Saturday.

Post by **george** » Sun Dec 13 2:50 pm

They really are a fun team to watch. Never lose composure, even when the opponent reels off several points.

All 4 teams from the middle of the country. When I was playing and closely following Vball in the mid-late 70s the west coast dominated. Then a couple outliers crept in as OSU won the men's NCAA and then Texas in women's. There were good players from MN as we had all-Americans playing at USC in women's and Pepperdine in men's. I got to watch them and even play against them at times in summer pick-up games at the U as they were at a completely different level than the rest of the top players. But the top teams were all west coast then, not it's swung to the middle of the country.

Post by **gopherguy06** » Sun Dec 13 2:54 pm

Should be really good crowds in Omaha with these teams.

Post by **trixR4kids** » Sun Dec 13 3:13 pm

What time is the match Thursday and can you stream it?

Post by **gopherguy06** » Sun Dec 13 3:17 pm

6 pm and ESPN2

Post by **sec 16 row16 seat 16 17** » Sun Dec 13 3:42 pm

gopherguy06 wrote:6 pm and ESPN2

i will be watching.

Post by **sec 16 row16 seat 16 17** » Thu Dec 17 5:25 pm

Gopher VB tonight at 6 on ESPN2

Post by **mjarz02** » Thu Dec 17 5:49 pm

I'll be watching...

Dalianliz Rosado :good2:

Post by **Beauner** » Thu Dec 17 6:24 pm

Texas just got away with a pretty blatant rules violation. Girl reached way across the net to tip the ball down.

This Texas team looks to be a much tougher matchup than anyone the Gophers have faced so far in the tournament.

Post by **Laxref** » Thu Dec 17 6:33 pm

Beauner wrote:Texas just got away with a pretty blatant rules violation. Girl reached way across the net to tip the ball down.

This Texas team looks to be a much tougher matchup than anyone the Gophers have faced so far in the tournament.

Yes- I knew one of us can give a simple breakdown of this evenings match.

Post by **Kelor** » Thu Dec 17 6:39 pm

Knowing nothing about this sport, how rare is it to only see one ace the entire set?

Post by **Beauner** » Thu Dec 17 7:01 pm

Texas won set one 26-24. Gophers currently leading 19-18 in the second set.

Teams that have won the first set have won 75% of matches in the Final Four. :evil:

Post by **Beauner** » Thu Dec 17 7:10 pm

Kelor wrote:Knowing nothing about this sport, how rare is it to only see one ace the entire set?

I'm not an expert by any means, but I think at this level, at least indoor volleyball, one ace/set is probably about average.
The NCAA record book here says that the season record for aces/set is 1.882 and the career record for aces/set is 1.227/set. Both records were in the early 2000s.

I went to a lot of my school's volleyball games in college and don't vividly remember anybody getting a significant number of aces either. The girls are just too fast, too athletic, and too smart to see a ton of them anymore, especially when there are 6 players on the floor.

Post by **Beauner** » Thu Dec 17 7:11 pm

Texas wins the second set 27-25.
Not a good sign for the Gophers.

Post by **JWG** » Thu Dec 17 9:17 pm

Sigh. Great run by the Gophers. Excited to see them advance so far. If they can keep this coach I could see them getting back.

Post by **sec 16 row16 seat 16 17** » Thu Dec 17 9:18 pm

JWG wrote:Sigh. Great run by the Gophers. Excited to see them advance so far. If they can keep this coach I could see them getting back.

only 1 senior they could get back.

Post by **Chris83** » Thu Dec 17 9:57 pm

Great season and run to the Final Four. Congrats to the squad and thanks for the fun!

Post by **gopherguy06** » Thu Dec 17 10:39 pm

Team should be great next year while only really losing Santana who is a big loss. Congrats on an awesome season

Post by **Gopher Hockey Rube** » Sun Feb 07 6:59 pm

Wow. What a game for Rachel Banham. 60 pts.!! :shock:

http://m.startribune.com/banham-ties-nc ... ection=%2F

Post by **Beauner** » Sun Feb 07 7:28 pm

Gopher Hockey Rube wrote:Wow. What a game for Rachel Banham. 60 pts.!!

http://m.startribune.com/banham-ties-nc ... ection=%2F

It's really too bad that she was hurt past year/Amanda Zahoui B. turned pro before this year. Those two together would have been incredibly tough to stop.

Post by **Bonin21** » Sun Apr 03 3:16 pm

Gopher baseball on BTN right now if you're looking for something to watch. Up 3-0 on Iowa in the bottom of the first after back to back HR.

Post by **george** » Sun Apr 03 3:52 pm

Women gymnasts going to the NCAAs. Qualified yesterday.

Post by **Karlsson** » Sat Apr 16 1:15 am

The baseball team is making me happy thus far. 20-10, 5-1 in the B1G. Big seven run eighth inning to come back and beat Maryland 9-5 last night. Think I'm gonna go to a game or two this spring.

Post by **GrandForksGopher** » Sun Apr 17 10:42 pm

Glad to see them playing a little better so far this year. Chances are they'll still need the auto bid for the NCAA bid, though.

Post by **Karlsson** » Sun Apr 17 11:08 pm

GrandForksGopher wrote:Glad to see them playing a little better so far this year. Chances are they'll still need the auto bid for the NCAA bid, though.

Probably. They've been more fun this year though. Quite a few late inning comebacks.

Post by **JWG** » Mon Apr 18 9:54 am

Gopher Women's Gymnastics took 12th overall at the NCAAs

Post by **Gopherguy05** » Mon Apr 18 3:50 pm

GrandForksGopher wrote:Glad to see them playing a little better so far this year. Chances are they'll still need the auto bid for the NCAA bid, though.

Not if they keep this up. RPI is 20th in nation. That's damn near hosting 1st round terratory.

Post by **GrandForksGopher** » Mon Apr 18 11:33 pm

Gopherguy05 wrote:
GrandForksGopher wrote:Glad to see them playing a little better so far this year. Chances are they'll still need the auto bid for the NCAA bid, though.

Not if they keep this up. RPI is 20th in nation. That's damn near hosting 1st round terratory.

I hope they can keep it up. Tough for me to think they will though. I've been following them for about 8 years now so I'm definitely enjoying them starting off hot.

Post by **Handyman** » Tue Apr 19 3:17 pm

Gopherguy05 wrote:
GrandForksGopher wrote:Glad to see them playing a little better so far this year. Chances are they'll still need the auto bid for the NCAA bid, though.

Not if they keep this up. RPI is 20th in nation. That's damn near hosting 1st round terratory.

Gophers Ranked in Top 25

Post by **Gopher Hockey Rube** » Mon Apr 25 11:51 am

Gopher baseball moves up to #19 this week! :good2:

http://www.d1baseball.com/rankings/d1ba ... -april-25/

Post by **Snowcool08** » Mon Apr 25 12:17 pm

Softball is at #21. They're having a really good season again.

Post by **GrandForksGopher** » Mon Apr 25 4:50 pm

Awesome to see baseball continuing their good play. Hopefully they keep it up! That regional loss to UC-Fullerton still kills me

Post by **Beauner** » Mon Apr 25 6:27 pm

GrandForksGopher wrote:Awesome to see baseball continuing their good play. Hopefully they keep it up! That regional loss to UC-Fullerton still kills me

Team slash line of .324/.390/.458.
Opponent slash line of .234/.329/.324.

That will help you win a lot of games. :dup:

Post by **Slap Shot** » Mon Apr 25 6:37 pm

That's awesome but what's their Axl look like?

Thanks I'll be here all week.

Post by **davescharf** » Mon Apr 25 9:11 pm

Slap Shot wrote:That's awesome but what's their Axl look like?

Thanks I'll be here all week.

We'd rather you stayed on your side of the Pacific :wink:

Post by **gopher wes** » Tue Apr 26 8:26 am

GrandForksGopher wrote:Awesome to see baseball continuing their good play. Hopefully they keep it up! That regional loss to UC-Fullerton still kills me

I'm not gonna pretend to be a hardcore Gopher baseball fan but I watched all those regional games for the Gophers and I agree, it still hurts.

Post by **GrandForksGopher** » Tue Apr 26 11:43 am

For those of you that have Midco as your cable subscriber, the Gophers @ NDSU baseball game tonight will be broadcast live on Midco Sports Net at 6:30.

Post by **GrandForksGopher** » Tue Apr 26 8:02 pm

Gophers have to pick it up...awful 3rd inning leaves them down 6-3 to NDSU.

Post by **GrandForksGopher** » Tue Apr 26 9:25 pm

Minnesota about to fall to NDSU...very bad loss for Minnesota and they looked awful throughout. Absolutely pitiful effort defensively. If that's even remotely close to a top 25 team in college baseball the gap between the top 10 and the rest must be astronomical.

Post by **Beauner** » Tue Apr 26 9:40 pm

GrandForksGopher wrote:Minnesota about to fall to NDSU...very bad loss for Minnesota and they looked awful throughout. Absolutely pitiful effort defensively. If that's even remotely close to a top 25 team in college baseball the gap between the top 10 and the rest must be astronomical.

It's a mid-week game against a non-conference opponent. They aren't using most of their top guys.
3 of their top 5 hitters aren't in the lineup. Their 5 hitter had 16 at-bats going into the game and their 2 hitter had 20 at bats.
The guys who have given up 6 of the 7 runs in the game have thrown a combined 27 innings all season. They aren't guys who are going to be pitching in meaningful games unless it is mop-up duty.

With meaningful games @ Illinois this weekend they aren't going to use their good pitchers against a non-conference opponent in a mid-week game.

Post by **GrandForksGopher** » Tue Apr 26 9:49 pm

Beauner wrote:
GrandForksGopher wrote:Minnesota about to fall to NDSU...very bad loss for Minnesota and they looked awful throughout. Absolutely pitiful effort defensively. If that's even remotely close to a top 25 team in college baseball the gap between the top 10 and the rest must be astronomical.

It's a mid-week game against a non-conference opponent. They aren't using most of their top guys.
3 of their top 5 hitters aren't in the lineup. Their 5 hitter had 16 at-bats going into the game and their 2 hitter had 20 at bats.
The guys who have given up 6 of the 7 runs in the game have thrown a combined 27 innings all season. They aren't guys who are going to be pitching in meaningful games unless it is mop-up duty.

With meaningful games @ Illinois this weekend they aren't going to use their good pitchers against a non-conference opponent in a mid-week game.

True, but at the same time NDSU is not a good team at all. I think the defensive effort was more of a problem than the offense. Although the offense wasn't good, the defense is what lost them the game.

Post by **BIll** » Mon May 02 7:19 pm

Minnesota and Arkansas will start a home-and-home series next season in Minneapolis, source told CBS Sports. Return game at BWA in 17-18.
https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status ... 8907342848

Post by **Karlsson** » Tue May 03 10:13 pm

Baseball went scorched earth on Kansas tonight. 19-7 with 23 hits. 9 were for extra bases, four were home runs.

Edit: It was also Anderson's 1,200th win. Wow.

Series against Indiana this weekend is a big one.

Post by **Bertogliat** » Wed May 04 6:12 am

BIll wrote:Minnesota and Arkansas will start a home-and-home series next season in Minneapolis, source told CBS Sports. Return game at BWA in 17-18.
https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status ... 8907342848

I had to click the link and check the replies to find out this is for basketball. But I still don't know if it's men's or women's.

Post by **BIll** » Wed May 04 7:42 am

Bertogliat wrote:
BIll wrote:Minnesota and Arkansas will start a home-and-home series next season in Minneapolis, source told CBS Sports. Return game at BWA in 17-18.
https://twitter.com/JonRothstein/status ... 8907342848

I had to click the link and check the replies to find out this is for basketball. But I still don't know if it's men's or women's.

It for Men's Basketball.

Post by **Handyman** » Wed May 04 9:54 am

Well there is a Gopher basketball thread

Post by **george** » Wed May 04 12:40 pm

Karlsson wrote:Baseball went scorched earth on Kansas tonight. 19-7 with 23 hits. 9 were for extra bases, four were home runs.

Edit: It was also Anderson's 1,200th win. Wow.

Series against Indiana this weekend is a big one.

I'm gonna try to get to one of those games.

Post by **Laxref** » Wed May 04 2:45 pm

Baseball rolling Kansas again today, 9-3 good guys in the third.

Post by **Bonin21** » Wed May 04 11:08 pm

Keep it rolling this weekend.

Post by **Bonin21** » Fri May 06 11:29 am

BTN is not picking up any of the three huge games this weekend?

Post by **Bertogliat** » Fri May 06 12:33 pm

Bonin21 wrote:BTN is not picking up any of the three huge games this weekend?

I bet they can make more money on commercials if they show nothing but commercials.

Post by **Handyman** » Fri May 06 12:40 pm

Works for WCCO Radio

This message is brought to you by Fireside Hearth and Home...proud sponsor of Handyman's making fun of WCCO for over 30 years!

Post by **Bonin21** » Fri May 06 10:40 pm

Baseball loses game 1 12-8.