The No. 7 Gophers volleyball team (6-4, 1-1 Big Ten) will host Northwestern (11-3, 0-2) at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Maturi Pavilion (BTN).
Minnesota is 16-1 against the Wildcats under coach Hugh McCutcheon.
The Gophers are coming off a 3-0 win over defending national champion and then-No. 6 Wisconsin on Sunday at home. Taylor Landfair had 17 kills and Mckenna Wucherer nine against the Badgers and Carter Booth had seven blocks.
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Junior Lindsay Cunningham of Winona State was named the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's runner of the week among Division II women. She won the women's Maroon 6k race (21 minutes, 5.6 seconds) for the second year in a row. Her time was a meet record for that race.
Forward Izzy Fairchild, a junior for Proctor/Hermantown, has committed to Bemidji State, according to the Youth Hockey Hub. She had 75 points in her first two season with the Mirage.
