Taylor Landfair had 12 kills and Jenna Wenaas 11 as the No. 11 Gophers volleyball team defeated host Michigan State 25-19, 25-15, 25-14 on Sunday afternoon.
No. 11 Gophers volleyball sweeps Michigan State
Taylor Landfair had 12 kills and Jenna Wenaas 11 to lead Minnesota over the Spartans in East Lansing, Mich.
October 10, 2022 at 3:19AM
Naya Gross, a 6-3 middle blocker who transferred from Michigan State this season as a graduate student, added seven kills and five blocks for Minnesota (9-5, 4-2 Big Ten), which hit a season-high .463.
Michigan State (10-7, 1-5) hit .161. Maradith O'Gorman led the Spartans with nine kills.
U soccer wins
Defender Gabbie Cesarone, a graduate transfer from Washington University in St. Louis, scored in the 24th minute as the Gophers soccer team beat Iowa 1-0 on Senior Day at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium before a program record crowd of 1,909.
The victory for Minnesota (6-7-1, 2-4) ended a four-match losing streak.
Cesarone's goal, her fourth of the season and all on set pieces, came after a corner kick by McKenna Buisman. Cesarone put the ball in the upper left corner of the net, past Macy Enneking, who had four saves for the Hawkeyes (3-6-5, 0-3-3). Senior Megan Plaschko stopped six shots for Minnesota.
"I'm so proud of the team for grinding out a really tough game on Senior Day," coach Erin Chastain said. "That's how Big Ten games are, and we haven't been able to do that."
The Gophers have four regular-season games left, one at home.
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Minnesota Morris won the women's team title in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference golf meet on Saturday with a score of 1,097 at Pebble Creek Golf Club in Becker, Minn. And Brady Ralph of the Cougars was the individual men's champion for the second year in a row with a 5-over 221. Wisconsin-Superior won the men's team title with a 959; Northwestern (St. Paul) was second by two shots in the men's and women's meets.
The Gophers scored three goals in the first period and went on to win their ninth game in a row.
