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Rink Report: UND Hockey Focusing on a Faster Start this Friday Night

The Hawks lost last Friday's game against Colorado College.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — UND hockey is returning to non-conference play this weekend when the Hawks visit the Badgers out in Wisconsin. A major point of emphasis for UND is coming out strong on Friday night, an area the Hawks have struggled so far this season. “I think when you drill it all down Fridays have not been as successful…

Big Junior Class Set to Lead UND Women’s Basketball Team

UND defending Big Sky regular season champions.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — UND women’s basketball will also defend a big sky title like the men. The Fighting Hawks women’s team fell in the conference tournament and received a women’s NIT bid last season. This years North Dakota team has just one senior in Chastity Franklin. UND is turning to her and the nine juniors on the team to lead the…

UND Men’s Basketball Aims to Replicate Last Season’s Success

UND defending regular season and conference tournament champions.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — UND men’s basketball has a tall task this season. The Fighting Hawks will look to defend their conference title from 2016-17. North Dakota made its first trip to the NCAA tournament as a 15-seed falling to Arizona in the opening round. The Hawks return Cortez Seales and Big Sky preseason all-conference guard Geno Crandall. On top of…

UND Football Hoping to Carry ‘Spark’ to Southern Utah

UND scored a defensive touchdown, special teams touchdown in win over PSU.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The word ‘positive’ is the buzz in Grand Forks as UND’s football team got a very positive result this past Saturday with a win out at Portland State. A defensive touchdown and a special teams touchdown really helped them secure that victory over the PSU Vikings. “We’ve been looking for sparks and it helps a lot to…

UND Professor Quits, Saying His DAPL Seminars were Rejected

University officials said they had a lot of respect for journalism professor Mark Trahant

GRAND FORKS, ND — A journalism professor with the University Of North Dakota quit his job after his seminars on the Dakota Access Pipeline protest were rejected. Mark Trahant said he was put in charge of a lecture series and drafted two DAPL seminars which the school shot down. For the seminars, he wanted to speak with reporters who visited…

UND Students Free After Simulation of Two-Week Mars Mission

This was the university's fourth mission in its NASA-funded Inflatable Lunar-Mars Habitat project

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Students at UND disembarked from another in a string of missions orchestrated by the university to test the latest in space technology. The students lived in a self–contained environment meant to represent living conditions astronauts could face on a mission to Mars. UND simulates what life would be like living on Mars through their Inflatable Lunar–Mars…

Rink Report: UND not Overlooking Colorado College

The Tigers split a series against the Fighting Hawks last season

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — After a split against Minnesota at home last weekend, North Dakota hockey is on the road this Friday and Saturday to open up conference play. The Fighting Hawks hang onto their No. 4 ranking, and now they’re working on making sure the upcoming pair of contests against Colorado College don’t turn into a trap series. “These…

Clothesline Project Raises Awareness of Sexual Assault to High School Students, UND Campus

This was the 22nd year for the Clothesline Project at UND

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The Clothesline Project is on display in UND’s Memorial Union. T–shirts are hung on clotheslines throughout the union’s ballroom depicting messages of abuse survivor experiences. Students from Grand Forks Red River and Central High Schools visited the display. School officials hope that students become more aware of sexual assault and help those who are victims of…

North Dakota Football Players Refuse to Stop Fighting

UND football is 2-6.

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Another tough loss for North Dakota this past weekend at the Alerus Center. A banged up football team continues to see injuries. Quarterback Keaton Studsrud got hurt in the game against Sacramento State and UND had to go to the backup. But all those injuries will not stop the Fighting Hawks for getting ready for Portland…

UND Volleyball Downs Weber State in Straight Sets

Tamara Merseli recorded her second straight double-double and the 11th of the season with 10 kills and a team-best 23 digs in the win

GRAND FORKS, N.D.(UND ATHLETICS) —  Though it was very much in peril in a lackluster third set, the University of North Dakota’s home set-winning streak remained intact as the Fighting Hawks rallied for a 25-21, 25-21, 27-25 win over Weber State Saturday morning. UND now has won an incredible 38 consecutive sets at home in the midst of its program-record…