A New Year’s Day home dual with perennial national power Oklahoma State highlights the 2008-2009 Minnesota
wrestling slate released today. Other notable dates include the
season-opening Northern Quad with Northern Colorado, North Dakota State
and Portland State at Rochester, MInn. (Nov. 29), a road dual at
defending Big Ten and NCAA champion Iowa (Feb. 15) and home meets with
conference foes Michigan State (Jan. 25), Michigan (Feb. 6),
Northwestern (Feb. 8) and Indiana (Feb. 22).
Each of the Gophers’ five home duals this season will be held at the
University Sports Pavilion. After unfolding in Minneapolis a year ago,
the Big Ten Championships travel to State College, Pa. (Mar. 8-9) this
season, while the NCAA Championships will be held in St. Louis, Mo.
(Mar. 19-21) for the second consecutive season.
Minnesota Wrestling 2008-09 Schedule
Date, Opponent - Site - Time
Nov. 15 at Bison Open - Fargo, ND - All Day
Nov. 22 at Nebraska-Omaha Open - Omaha, Neb. - All Day ** Begin Official Season **
Nov. 29 at Northern Quad - Rochester, Minn. - All Day
Dec. 5-6 at Las Vegas Invite - Las Vegas, Nev - All Day
Dec. 21 at Nebraska - Lincoln, Neb. - 2:00 PM JAN. 1 OKLAHOMA STATE - SPORTS PAVILION - 2:00 PM
Jan. 3 at Lone Star Duals - Dallas, Texas - All Day
Jan. 10-11 at National Duals - Cedar Falls, Iowa - All Day
Jan. 23 at Arizona State - Tempe, Ariz. - 7:00 PM JAN. 25 MICHIGAN STATE - SPORTS PAVILION - 2:00 PM
Jan. 30 at Penn State - State College, Pa. - TBD
Feb. 1 at Ohio State - Columbus, Ohio - TBD FEB. 6 MICHIGAN - SPORTS PAVILION - 7:00 PM
FEB. 8 NORTHWESTERN - SPORTS PAVILION - 2:00 PM
Feb. 13 at Wisconsin - Madison, Wis. - TBD
Feb. 15 at Iowa - Iowa City, Iowa - TBD
Feb. 20 at Iowa State - Ames, Iowa - TBD FEB. 22 INDIANA - SPORTS PAVILION - 2:00 PM
Mar. 8-9 at Big Ten Championships - State College, Pa. - All Day
Mar. 19-21 at NCAA Championships - St. Louis, Mo. - All Day