Travis Brewster

UND Women’s Basketball: Travis Brewster Out As Head Coach

Spent eight seasons as head coach

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — North Dakota Athletic Director Bill Chaves announced this morning women’s basketball coach Travis Brewster will not return to his role next season. Associate head coach Mallory Bernhard is named in the interim. Brewster had one season remaining on his contract. Brewster ends his eight years in Grand Forks with an overall record of 128-120. He was…

UND Women’s Basketball “Feeling Confident” as Underdog Going into Summit League Tournament

Fighting Hawke play South Dakota State in first round on Saturday

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — North Dakota women’s basketball closes out the day session of the Summit League Tournament on Saturday as the seven seed against the two seed South Dakota State. After losing six of their last seven contests, UND’s season outlook hasn’t wavered even with eight freshman on the roster. The Fighting Hawks had success last season in Sioux…

Young UND Women’s Basketball Team “Learning” From First Conference Loss

Lost to Oral Roberts Over the Weekend

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — North Dakota women’s basketball started off the season fast and furious going 10 and 4 in non conference and winning the first three games in Summit League play. The Fighting Hawks then hit a bump in the road of success suffering a 23-point loss at Oral Roberts on Saturday. The Hawks are a youthful squad with…

UND Men’s and Women’s Basketball Improve to 2-0 in Summit League Play

Beat Purdue Fort-Wayne in Conference Home Opener

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — North Dakota men’s and women’s basketball sealed off wins in Summit League conference play against Purdue Fort-Wayne. The men won 83-69 while the women’s team won 91-85. On the women’s side, career highs from guard Lily Kelpin who had 22 points on 6 of 8 from three point land. Forward Megan Zander also knotted 18. On…

UND Women’s Basketball Begins Post-Lexi Klabo Era

Klabo graduated and now plays professionally in Belgium

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — North Dakota Women’s basketball has big shoes to fill with forward Lexi Klabo moving on to the professional ranks in Belgium. Klabo is the eighth all–time leading scorer in school history putting up over 1600 points in her career. In her senior year, Klabo was named to the All–Summit League first team. In order to compensate…

UND Women’s Basketball Welcomes Large Freshman Class

There are eight freshman on the Fighting Hawks Roster

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The University of North Dakota women’s basketball team will look like a much different squad than it did last year. With eight freshman joining the program and not a single starter returning from last season, the Fighting Hawks have been hard at work getting this young team ready to play. There is a bit of a…

UND’s Klabo Signs Pro Contract in Belgium

Klabo spent four years with the Fighting Hawks

GRAND FORKS, N.D. – Former University of North Dakota standout Lexi Klabo will begin a new chapter in her basketball career this summer after signing to play for Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen in Mechlin, Belgium. Following the end of UND’s season – where the Fighting Hawks advanced to The Summit League Tournament Semifinal after overcoming a 13-point deficit to defeat Denver, 80-67 –…

Defense a Focal Point for Struggling UND Women’s Basketball Team

The Fighting Hawks have lost four in a row

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — UND women’s basketball is hoping to end its four-game losing skid on Friday. The Fighting Hawks will be in Western Illinois. The first of the four consecutive losses came against the Leathernecks, when North Dakota gave up 92 points on January 13. Defense has been a bit of an issue for the team, and it is…

NDSU WBB Ends Eight-Game Losing Streak to UND

Bison Beat the Fighting Hawks, 69-57

FARGO, N.D. – (NDSU Athletics) Michelle Gaislerova and Emily Dietz each scored in double figures Sunday, as the North Dakota State (6-12, 3-3 Summit) women’s basketball team earned a 69-57 victory over North Dakota (8-12, 3-4 Summit) at the Scheels Center. It was a sign of things to come in the early going, as Dietz scored the first points of the game on…

North Dakota Women’s Basketball Looks Ahead to South Dakota State Friday Night

The Jackrabbits currently sit atop Summit League standings

GRAND FORKS, N.D, — North Dakota Women’s Basketball continues summit league play Friday night. The Fighting Hawks play league-leading South Dakota State. It’s a big test for the Fighting Hawks, as the Jackrabbits are currently the only Summit League team with four wins in conference play. Playing the other Dakota schools is something UND knew would be a challenge when…