EUGENE, Ore. (NDSU Athletics) – North Dakota State junior Payton Otterdahl finished 10th in the discus at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Friday evening to claim second team All-America honors. Otterdahl’s best throw of 182-0 (55.48m) came on his second of three attempts. With the top nine performers advancing to the finals for three more throws, he…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ Nine former and current University of Minnesota football players who say their rights were violated in a sexual misconduct investigation are suing the school, alleging they’re victims of racial and gender discrimination. The federal lawsuit was filed Friday. It stems from the university’s investigation into an alleged gang rape of a female student in 2016. The lawsuit…
FARGO, N.D. (NDSU Athletics) – North Dakota State head football coach Chris Klieman announced the hiring of Jason Ray as wide receivers coach Tuesday, June 5. Ray replaces Atif Austin, who resigned after four seasons to accept a position with the New England Patriots. Ray joins the Bison after spending the past three seasons in the Missouri Valley Football Conference…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND Athletics) – University of North Dakota Hockey Coach Brad Berry announced today that that seven incoming freshmen and have signed National Letters of Intent and will join the Fighting Hawks in 2018-19. North Dakota’s incoming class includes forwards Gavin Hain, Carter Huber, Jackson Keane and Jasper Weatherby, along with defensemen Jacob Bernard-Docker and Jonnny Tychonick, and…
PERHAM, Minn.— 182 miles stands in between Perham and the University of Minnesota, but for some die-hard gopher fans not even that could keep them away from game day. “To be able to come up to a town like this, three and half hours away, I’ve met some people that are like ‘we go to every game’ and they drive…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (NDSU Athletics) – North Dakota State junior thrower Payton Otterdahl punched his ticket to the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the discus on Friday, placing seventh at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds. Otterdahl threw 182-9 (55.70m) on his final attempt to lock up his place in Eugene, Ore., on June 8. He will be making his…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (MSUM Athletics) — A record-shattering performance helped Minnesota State University Moorhead senior Brian Huber cap off his Dragon track and field career in style as he won the NCAA Division II Outdoor National Championship in the long jump on Thursday in Charlotte, N.C. Huber jumped a school record 26-2 1/4 in the long jump finals to claim the first…
PERHAM, Minn. — Minnesota athletics hit the road again Thursday for the second leg of the 2018 gopher road trip. U-of-M coaches journeyed to several towns throughout the state of Minnesota to promote their programs. Today’s stop took them to Perham. Fans had the chance to win gopher-themed raffle prizes, goof around with Goldy, and rub elbows with some the university’s…
TULSA, Okla. (NDSU Athletics) — Blake Stockert’s one-hit, complete-game shutout and stellar defense helped the North Dakota State University baseball team earn a 2-0 victory over the Western Illinois University Leathernecks Wednesday, May 23, in the opening game of The Summit League tournament at J.L. Johnson Stadium. North Dakota State (26-22) advanced in the winner’s bracket of the double-elimination tournament with the…
FARGO, N.D. (NDSU Athletics) —The North Dakota State Board of Higher Education today granted approval to fundraise up to $37.2 million for a new indoor football practice facility at North Dakota State University. The entire cost of the proposed facility will be privately funded. Pending state legislative approval, construction will start as soon as the necessary funding is secured. NDSU…
