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UND Football Gears Up for Home Opener

North Dakota hosts Mississippi Valley State on Thursday.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The University of North Dakota sees its season start a little bit earlier with a week one matchup on Thursday night. Mississippi Valley State heads to the peace garden state for the second year in a row. The Delta Devils were thumped by NDSU last year 72–7. UND is desperate to start things off in the win…

Tailgating Gets An Upgrade At UND Football Games

Alerus Center lots will now open 5 hours prior to kickoff

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The tailgating experience at UND home football games is being stepped up a notch. Alerus Center lots will now open 5 hours prior to kickoff. Tailgate Village has moved to the south of Entrance #1 and it will have a beer garden for the first time at North Dakota Football games. The southern section for season…

Ketteringham Named UND’s Starting Quarterback

The junior transfer beat out Andrew Zimmerman and Brock Boltmann for the job

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (UND Athletics) –  With just over a week remaining until the University of North Dakota football team officially opens its season Aug. 30 against Mississippi Valley State, the team announced Tuesday that junior transfer Nate Ketteringham (San Diego, Calif.) has been named the starting quarterback. Ketteringham has been in an open competition with junior Andrew Zimmerman (Monroe,…

UND Volleyball Focused on Self-Improvement Heading into 2018

UND hits the court with the Green & White scrimmage Tuesday.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The back–to–back Big Sky volleyball tournament champions have a new mountain to climb. The North Dakota volleyball team was pegged to finish second in the preseason poll in their inaugural year in the Summit League. The Fighting Hawks will be entering new territory… The team has never played at five of the eight Summit League opponents venue’s before….

Decision Looming at Quarterback for UND Football

"Our team needs to know who is going to be the first guy going out there" - Schweigert

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — UND football coach Bubba Schweigert has a decision to make. The Hawks have still not made it public who the starting quarterback will be for the home opener against Mississippi Valley State Thursday August 31st. Andrew Zimmerman, Nate Ketteringham and Brock Boltman will learn their fate soon enough. The team is off Tuesday and Schweigert said a…

Hair Care 101 with UND Football

Ryan Tobin, Luke Fiedler sport luscious locks

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — North Dakota football has been hard at work these last few weeks prepping for the 2018 season. The Fighting Hawks are looking to turn a new leaf after finishing 3-8 in 2017. Some players, however, aren’t only spending their time on the practice field. There are also plenty of hours being spent on hair care. Offensive lineman Ryan…

KVRR Round Table: UND Football Tries to Turn it Around in 2018

UND finished with a 3-8 overall record last season

FARGO, N.D. — UND football is less than two weeks away from the start of the 2018-2019 season. The squad opens up the season at home against Mississippi Valley State on August 30th. The KVRR sports team analyzes whether the Fighting Hawks can turn it around after finishing 3-8 last season. Categories: College, KVRR Sports Extra, Top Sports Headlines Tags:…

UND DB Harris Itching to Play His First Game Back From Injury

Deion Harris missed all of 2017 with an Achilles injury

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Deion Harris’s love of football was rekindled during his time on the sidelines. Harris missed the entire 2017 season with an injury to his Achilles tendon. In 2016, this year’s preseason second-team All-American picked off five passes and returned three for touchdowns. Now he wants to get back to making big plays for the University of…

NDSU, UND Investing in More Research

Each university will ask the state for $50 million

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — NDSU and UND may have a sports rivalry, but the schools have a partnership when it comes to academics. Both universities invest about $225 million a year on research. NDSU President Dean Bresciani and UND President Mark Kennedy are now asking for $100 million, $50 million for each, from the state to expand research programs at the…

Energized Fighting Hawks Football Ready for New Campaign

UND football opens season at home for first time since 2013.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Last season’s 3–8 finish obviously fell below the University of North Dakota football’s expectations. This year’s team already feels different. “We’re energized,” running back John Santiago said. His buddy Brady Oliveira agrees with Santiago. “I’ve never seen so much excitement and energy on the practice field,” Oliveira stated. Just four practices into the season , the…