UND Women’s Basketball

UND Women Fall In Season Opener

The Fighting Hawks dropped their first game of the 2020-21 schedule on Sunday afternoon at The Betty

GRAND FORKS, ND – (UND Athletics) The North Dakota women’s basketball team rallied behind its Interim Head Coach Mallory Bernhard in the Fighting Hawks 2020-21 debut, closing a 19-point second half deficit to three possessions as UND (0-1) fell to BIG EAST foe Marquette (1-0) at the Betty Engelstad Sioux Center, 90-82. The grit was more impressive as UND only dressed…

UND women’s basketball will not make scheduled season-opening trip to Chicago

Team working through a positive test, discovered Monday

GRAND FORKS, N.D.— (UND Athletics) The University of North Dakota’s women’s basketball team’s scheduled game for Wednesday, Nov. 25 at Chicago State has been canceled, announced today. Based on standard protocols set forth by the NCAA and other authorities to play contests, the program had a positive test that resulted in not traveling to Chicago for Wednesday’s scheduled game. Contact…

UND Basketball Programs React To A Different Summit League Schedule

Fighting Hawks Open Up Conference Play at home against Kansas City Jan. 2

GRAND FORKS, N.D. –North Dakota men’s basketball heads into year two under head coach Paul Sather. The Fighting Hawks tip off their non-conference slate in three weeks. Now the team knows what’s coming in conference play. The Summit League announced a 16-game schedule starting June 2nd running through February 28th. Teams will play the same opponent twice at the same…

UND’s Fleecs Named to All-Summit League Second Team

Fleecs lead the Hawks in scoring last season

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — North Dakota women’s basketball forward Julia Fleecs was named to the preseason All-Summit League second team. The senior captain had a career year in 2019 starting all 30 games and led the team in scoring. Fleecs was among the top 10 scorers  in the conference as the fighting hawks posted a 15-15 record. The hawks are…

Meet the (Not So) New Head Coach: UND Women’s Basketball’s Mallory Bernhard

Bernhard's Interim Tag extended through 2021-22 basketball season

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — After North Dakota Athletic Director Bill Chaves announced Travis Brewster would not return as women’s basketball head coach three weeks ago, associate head coach Mallory Bernhard was named as the interim. On Monday, the interim tag was extended through the 2021-22 season. “I think bringing the experience of knowing what the program is about with the…

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…

North Dakota Women’s Basketball “Getting Back to the Little Details” After Three-Game Losing Streak

Started out 3-0 in conference

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — North Dakota women’s basketball is going through a rough patch.  UND came out on fire in conference playing winning their first three Summit League match ups before dropping the next three. In the last two losses against South Dakota state and North Dakota State, the Fighting Hawks gave up the most points allowed all season. With…

NDSU women’s basketball defeats UND

The Bison defeated the Fighting Hawks 92-82

FARGO, N.D. – The North Dakota State women’s basketball team used a 10-1 run in the final 2:23 Sunday afternoon, as the Bison beat rival North Dakota 92-82 at the Scheels Center. NDSU improved to 4-13 on the year and 1-4 in Summit League play with the victory, while North Dakota dropped to 12-7 overall and 3-3 in league play….

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…