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GOPHERVBALLROCKS

Welcome! to GOPHERVBALLROCKS.

GOPHERVBALLROCKS is NOT AN OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA SITE.

GOPHERVBALLROCKS is a fan-blog for John*’s friends, and friends of friends, to share their hopes, dreams, fears, knowledge and especially their PASSION for Gopher Women’s Volleyball.

A place to post news (in an environment where the best team in town is scarcely noticed by the media), personal reactions, theories, conspiratorial or not, even to question coaching decisions, and to ask questions ranging from lightweight (why does that one girl always wear the wrong jersey?) to insider (why does Sammedy telegraph her dinks?), and get answers – hopefully ones that make sense.

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May 13, 2026

HELP FROM THE PORTAL

Back in January, writing about the portal, I predicted that all 10 of our players eligible to return for ‘26 season would do so, and so far that prediction is holding up. And that, in addition to 3 incoming freshmen, we might pick up a strong player not intimidated by our already crowded roster. Perhaps …

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April 25, 2026

GOPHS SPLIT WITH TOMMIES

Split? Yup, 25-27, 25-15, 25-12 & 19-25. I think they could have played a Set 5, but chose not to. If this was an in-season match against a Summit League Team, even the defending Summit League Tournament Champ and NCAA Tournament rep, a split would be disappointing. But this was an exhibition match – so …

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April 19, 2026

WE’RE BACK!

We, as in the Gophers, playing their first VB (after cancelling the past two weeks due to illness within the team) since early December, and we, as in GopherVBRocks, there to watch and report on it. For the record (or non-record given that these are Exhibition Matches), The Gophs swept South Dakota 2-0 and Northern …

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* John who?

John Trepp is both a long-time Gopher fan (since the men’s BB lineup included Mel Northway, Brian Dvorachek, Paul Prestus and Terry Kunze), and a long-time volleyball enthusiast (learning to play from his high-school phy-ed teacher who would open the gym one night a week after basketball season ended).

In addition to attending a variety of Gopher sporting events over the years, John and wife Maureen have had season tickets for Gopher Volleyball for several years. John, a former Gopher Water Polo star, also coached the Gopher Men’s Water Polo Team from 1996 through 2003, and the Gopher Women’s Water Polo Team from 1998 through 2003. (Gopher Men’s & Women’s Water Polo are both “Club” teams, as is Gopher Men’s volleyball.) John played (sometimes player-coaching) competitive volleyball (mostly 2x/wk, mostly class BB) through his early 50s, and since retirement, plays geezer volleyball with the BAJs, currently playing for the 70 & Over Team and coaching the 75 & Over Team. Maureen played Women’s-Rec volleyball for years, and their three adult children all still play competitively. (John coached the girls through J.O.s.)

Roster

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Contact

You can reach me at jktrpp at gmail dot com