Fighting Hawks

No. 6 North Dakota Hockey Holds off No. 10 Western Michigan

Austin Poganski nets two goals in UND win.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — In a battle of top-ten teams, sixth-ranked North Dakota held off a late push from tenth-ranked Western Michigan 4-3 at the Ralph Engelstad Arena on Friday night. Senior Forward Austin Poganski netted a pair of goals in the first period to give North Dakota a 3-2 lead at the first intermission. With under a minute to…

UND Safety Cole Reyes Accepts Shrine Game invitation

Reyes missed most of the 2017 season with an injury

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. (UND Athletics) — Former North Dakota safety Cole Reyes accepted an invitation to play in the 93rd-annual East-West Shrine Game, which will be held on Jan. 20 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. The announcement was made by the Shrine Game’s official Twitter feed on Friday (@Shrine_Game). Reyes will suit up with more than 100 collegiate all-stars from mostly…

College Hockey: UND Reflects On Its First Sixteen Games of the Season

UND dropped to number six in the USCHP poll after Union series

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — With the first half of the regular season winding down, UND hockey has been reflecting a lot on its first sixteen games. The biggest lessons, however, came from the Hawks’ last two contests against then-unranked Union. Following that series, UND dropped to number six in the USCHP poll. Head Coach Brad Berry says one of the…

College Hockey: UND’s Slow Friday Night Starts Continue to be it’s Achilles Heel

UND fell to Union College 4-1 last Friday

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — UND Hockey turned a lot of heads and shocked a ton of fans last weekend, but not in a good way. The Hawks walked away from their series against unranked Union College winless. Even worse than that, UND’s Friday night contest was described as a “clunker of a performance”. The team says the issue was their…

UND Volleyball Not Content Simply with NCAA Tournament Berth

The Fighting Hawks are trying to upset No. 7 Minnesota

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — This season has been one for the record books for the University of North Dakota women’s basketball team. The Fighting Hawks broke the school record for consecutive home wins and total wins in a season. They also finished the season second nationally in digs and blocks and third in the country in kills. But, the Big…

UND Volleyball Draws Minnesota in NCAA Tournament

UND volleyball gets fourth seed in Minneapolis region.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND Athletics) — The University of North Dakota Fighting Hawks volleyball team is headed for Minneapolis, Minn., for the second straight season to battle the No. seven overall seed Minnesota Golden Gophers for the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. The game will mark the second consecutive appearance in the DI NCAA Tournament for the Fighting Hawks, who…

Low Shooting Percentage Hurts UND Men’s Basketball in Loss

UND shoots just 18 percent from three in overtime loss to Utah Valley.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Last season both North Dakota and Utah Valley found themselves in the NCAA tournament after winning their respective conference tournaments. Both are different teams this year that still have a lot of talent as they battled in an overtime thriller Saturday at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. Geno Crandall finished with 15 points and 10 boards, his…

UND Men’s Hockey Skates to 2-2 Tie

No. 3 UND avoids getting swept by Union

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Third-ranked North Dakota Fighting Hawks skated to a 2-2 tie with Union on Saturday night. Colton Poolman got the scoring started for the Fighting Hawks in the first period to go up a goal. Union answered with two goals in the third period before Shane Gersich tied things up at 2. Categories: College, Top Sports Headlines…

UND Men’s Basketball Tripped up in OT

Geno Crandall charts first double-double of his career in UND loss.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND Athletics) — Utah Valley center Akolda Manyang scored nine of his-game high 24 points in overtime to help the Wolverines outlast North Dakota 83-75 Saturday at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center. UND sophomore Marlon Stewart matched Manyang’s point total, but the Fighting Hawks (3-3) had trouble solving his length inside as he swatted away six shots and added nine…

North Dakota Hockey Drops Series Opener to Union

UND outshoots Union 38-21

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — No. 3 North Dakota dropped the series opener with Union on Friday 4-1 at the Ralph Engelstad Arena. Christian Wolanin scored the lone goal for UND in the third period to cut the Hawks deficit to 2-1. Ryan Walker and Sebastian Vidmar both notched goals for Union in the first period and the Dutchmen were able…