UND Fighting Hawks

UND Hockey’s Pinto Named Hobey Baker Finalist

Led NCHC in Points and Goals

GRAND FORKS, N.D.—(UND ATHLETICS) After leading his team to back-to-back National Collegiate Hockey Conference regular season titles and last night’s NCHC Frozen Faceoff Tournament championship, UND sophomore forward has been named a Hobey Baker Award finalist. Pinto was the unanimous selection as the league’s Player of the Year and was also picked the forward and defensive forward of the year…

UND Women’s Basketball Officially Names Bernhard Head Coach

Interim tag from this season was removed

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — North Dakota women’s basketball officially named Mallory Bernhard as the program’s seventh head coach after a year coaching under the interim tag. LSU assistant coach and former Bemidji State player, Aaron Kalhoff was the other finalist. After a 2-19 season and being the only team to miss out on the Summit League Tournament, Bernhard wants to…

Native North Dakotan Players Looking Forward to This Weekend’s NDSU-UND Game

39 players combined from each roster from the state

FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota and North Dakota State football fans get use to it because it’s about to happen a lot more often. The Bison and Fighting Hawks meet on Saturday for the first time as conference opponents since 2003 when both were in the North Central Conference. UND won that one and leads the all time series, however, …

Fighting Hawks On The Road For The First Time This Season

UND Football is unbeaten through three games but hasn't won on the since the fall of 2018

GRAND FORKS, ND (KVRR) – Fighting Hawks are perfect through the first three matchups but in the past, away games have been their kryptonite. They didn’t win once outside of Grand Forks last year. The last road win came in October of 2018 at Sacramento State. If Bubba Schweigert is to do the griddy for the fourth time this year,…

UND Hockey’s Pinto Wins NCHC Player of the Year; Berry Coach of the Year

First time UND player has won award

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.– (UND Athletics) Following up on his All-National Collegiate Hockey Confernce First Team selection as well as the league’s forward and defensive forward of the year wins, sophomore Shane Pinto today was named the NCHC Player of the Year. He becomes the first UND player to win the award in the eight years of the conference and the first…

Moorhead’s Weah Clears Path for UND Football’s Third Consecutive Win

No. 4 Fighting Hawks took down No. 20 South Dakota, 21-10

GRAND FORKS, N.D – (UND ATHLETICS) To say Otis Weah atoned for an early fumble would be an understatement. The redshirt sophomore running back put the ball on the turf trying to cross the goalline in the first quarter, but ran like a man possessed thereafter, chalking up a career-high 163 yards rushing and a pair of touchdowns as fourth-ranked…

UND Hockey’s Weatherby Holds 7-Game Point Streak into Final Regular Season Game

Weatherby named NCHC player of the Month

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — North Dakota hockey has reached its final game of the regular season closing things out for the fourth and final time against Omaha Friday night at Ralph Engelstad Arena. Down these last stretch of games no one has been hotter than forward Jasper Weatherby. The Fighting Hawks went undefeated in the month of February and Weatherby…

Run Game Helping UND Football to Best Ranking in Program History

Fighting Hawks ranked no. 4 after 2-0 start

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — North Dakota football left the field after Saturday’s upset win over number three South Dakota State as the only undefeated team left in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. Two days later, its earned them their highest ranking in program history at number four. The Fighting Hawks are doing it behind a strong rushing attack. Of the…

2nd Half Surge Lifts UND Over SDSU

The Fighting Hawks were down 14-7 at the half before scoring 21 unanswered points to improve to (2-0)

GRAND FORKS, ND (KVRR) – The North Dakota Football team took down South Dakota state 28-17 on Saturday to remain unbeaten through their first two games in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. The tide shifted in the 2nd half. Bubba Schweigert’s team was behind a score before wracking up three touchdowns in the 3rd and 4th quarters combined, including a…

UND Hockey Closes Out Regular Season With Single Games Against Omaha

Fighting Hawks are 3-1 against the Mavericks

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — After winning the Penrose Cup and locking up the NCHC title last weekend with a series sweep over Omaha, North Dakota hockey looks towards a unique finish to the year with just single games against UNO the next two Friday’s. Since leaving the bubble in December, the second half of conference play has all been two-game…