GRAND FORKS, N.D. — UND football returns to live action Friday night for its 15th and final session of the spring. The players will have the chance to showcase their progress from the past few weeks in the Spring Game. The offense and defense will square off in roughly 60 live plays. The team says the focus heading into the…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND Athletics) – The University of North Dakota hockey program announced its entire 2018-19 schedule on Wednesday, in conjunction with the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) unveiling the league’s conference schedule for next season. North Dakota’s 35-game regular-season schedule features a heavy Western Collegiate Hockey Associate (WCHA) flavor during the first half the season, with non-conference dates against old…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Three wins, eight losses, and an 11th-place finish in the isn’t exactly what UND football had in mind after making the playoffs the year before. In fact, most of what took place during the 2017 season is completely different from UND’s 2016 Big Sky title year. This spring, however, the Hawks are using their 15 practices to…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND Athletics) – University of North Dakota Director of Athletics Bill Chaves and UND Letterwinners Association President Todd Schaefer announced today the UND Letterwinners Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2018. Dean Blais (head hockey coach, 1994-2004; assistant hockey coach 1980-89), Dawn Jacobson (golf, 1995-98), Becky Erickson (cross country/track & field, 1997-2001) and Phillip Moore (football, 1995-98) will be inducted as individuals,…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — On the gridiron, nobody in the FCS would like to turn the page and forget about last season more than the North Dakota Fighting Hawks. 22 injuries, and only three wins is not what head coach Bubba Schweigert and his group had in mind after making the playoffs the year before. Now the Hawks are in search…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — When the Fighting Hawks took the field last season, there was no question who would be leading the green and white. Now without four-year starter Keaton Studsrud, North Dakota football has some big shoes to fill. “Keaton was great for our program,” head coach Bubba Schweigert said. “His freshmen year, his true freshman year he sacrificed…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — “When I stand on the runway everything else just disappears,” UND pole vaulter Kyley Foster explained. “I mean the run, the jump, the swing, you don’t even think about it once it’s happening, but my favorite part is when you’re falling.” For Foster, her adrenaline is at an all-time high when shes plummeting her way down….
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND Athletics) — A pair of superb pitching performances propelled host North Dakota to a doubleheader sweep over Montana Friday. UND, playing in the Alerus Center for the first time, put on a good show for the crowd on hand, winning 3-0 and 3-1 to move into first place in the Big Sky Conference standings. “The setting was…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND Athletics) — Alerus Center will host upcoming University of North Dakota softball games, officials with UND Athletics and the Alerus Center jointly announced Wednesday. UND’s scheduled home-opening series with Montana on Friday and Saturday has been moved inside to the turfed field at the Alerus Center. “We are excited to host UND softball for the first…
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND Athletics) – The University of North Dakota led NCAA Division I men’s hockey in attendance for the seventh year in a row in 2017-18, drawing nearly 240,000 fans through the gates of Ralph Engelstad Arena. North Dakota totaled 239,563 fans during its 21 home games this season, making it the only program in the country to…
