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2020 Schedule Puts Emphasis On Strong Start for UND Hockey

26 game All-NCHC schedule with first 10 in Omaha beginning Dec. 2

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The college hockey season has arrived. North Dakota is lacing up the skates for a 26-game All-NCHC schedule starting December 2nd with the first 10 games in the Omaha pod. UND plays the defending two-time national champions Minnesota-Duluth and St. Cloud State twice. And won’t seem them again until the postseason. The rest of the 16…

Gophers DC Joe Rossi tests positive for COVID-19, won’t coach Saturday

MINNEAPOLIS – The University of Minnesota football team will be without defensive coordinator Joe Rossi for Saturday’s game at IllinoiS after he tested positive for COVID-19, team officials said Thursday. Officials say Rossi tested positive during one of Minnesota’s daily antigen testing periods this week, and his diagnosis was confirmed with a follow-up PCR test. After testing positive, he immediately returned home…

NDSU Basketball Programs React to A Different 2020 Summit League Basketball Schedule

Bison begin conference play Jan. 2 at Western Illinois

FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota State women’s basketball dribbles into year two under head coach Jory Collins with their highest Summit League preseason ranking at since 2012 at fifth after making it to the Summit League Tournament semifinals. Collins and the Bison hit the road to open up conference play at Western Illinois January 2nd and 3rd before the home…

UND Basketball Programs React To A Different Summit League Schedule

Fighting Hawks Open Up Conference Play at home against Kansas City Jan. 2

GRAND FORKS, N.D. –North Dakota men’s basketball heads into year two under head coach Paul Sather. The Fighting Hawks tip off their non-conference slate in three weeks. Now the team knows what’s coming in conference play. The Summit League announced a 16-game schedule starting June 2nd running through February 28th. Teams will play the same opponent twice at the same…

NDSU, UND, Concordia, MSUM Don’t Hold Any Practices On Election Day

NCAA made rule in September not to hold practices on Nov. 3

FARGO, N.D. — Minnesota along with NDSU, UND, Concordia and MSUM did not hold practices. The NCAA passed a rule in September making it mandatory for teams to give their players the first Tuesday in November off to make sure everyone votes. Bison athletes were all 100 percent registered. Fighting Hawks student athletes for inclusion and diversity made a push…

Coyotes renounce draft rights for UND’s Mitchell Miller

Courtesy: University of North Dakota AthleticsGLENDALE, Ariz. – The Arizona Coyotes announce the team has renounced the draft rights to University of North Dakota Freshman Mitchell Miller. The Coyotes’ President and CEO Xavier Gutierrez says in a statement in part, “We were aware a bullying incident took place in 2016. We have learned more about the entire matter and the impact…

NDSU Soccer Releases Spring Schedule

Season Starts February 12th

FARGO, N.D. — The Summit League’s move of fall sports to the spring is a go. North Dakota State women’s soccer hits the pitch for an all-conference schedule starting with a pair of matches against Kansas City on February 12th and 14th. The entire slate features two matches per weekend against the same team at the same location- on Fridays…

NDSU Men’s and Women’s Basketball To Play Non-Conference Match-Ups At Kansas

Men's game set for December 5th; Women's Game tips off on December 21st

FARGO, N.D. — The Summit League season won’t get underway until January 2nd, however, Bison fans were gifted with the reveal of one of the team’s non-conference opponents. On December 5th, NDSU travels to take on the defending Big 12 regular season champions and number one team in the country, the Kansas Jayhawks in Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks own a…

UND’s Fleecs Named to All-Summit League Second Team

Fleecs lead the Hawks in scoring last season

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — North Dakota women’s basketball forward Julia Fleecs was named to the preseason All-Summit League second team. The senior captain had a career year in 2019 starting all 30 games and led the team in scoring. Fleecs was among the top 10 scorers  in the conference as the fighting hawks posted a 15-15 record. The hawks are…

UND Men’s Basketball Picked Sixth in Summit League; Rebraca Names First Team All-Conference

Rebrace led Summit League in double-doubles

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — North Dakota men’s basketball is coming off a runner-up finish in the Summit League championship. The Fighting Hawks are slated to finish sixth in the preseason poll. After losing the league’s leading scorer in Marlon Stewart, the Hawks return their other two top scorers in guard DeSean Allen-Eikens and forward Filip Rebraca. Rebraca was named to…