The Gophers have announced their 2026 spring schedule – loaded with 2025 NCAA Tournament teams, including a match-up with the Badgers!
Friday, April 3 at Iowa St. (Ames, Iowa, TBA)
Friday, April 10 vs. Wisconsin (UW Eau-Claire, 6:30 p.m.)
Saturday, April 18 at Northern Iowa Tournament*
Friday, April 24 vs. St. Thomas (Maturi Pavilion, 6 p.m.) Free admission.
* The UNI event, at Cedar Falls, will be an all-day, 6-team “Tournament,” featuring abbreviated matches. Besides the Gophers and UNI, the field will include: Iowa, South Dakota State, South Dakota, and St. Thomas. My guess would be two, 3-team brackets, playing best 2 out of 3 matches, followed by the 1st place teams playing each other. and maybe the 2nd place teams playing each other?
And I am happy to report that the updated Gopher roster includes every player eligible to return, so we haven’t lost anyone to the portal (yet), plus the 3 anticipated recruits, already in school. It also does not include any surprises – I still think we need an upgrade at back-up setter. And we don’t know how healthy those who were injured might be. But I’m pretty happy with what we’ve got.
Also happy to report that this blog is now a blog again, as the technical difficulties have been resolved (at least for now.) Email comments, questions or opinions to jktrpp@gmail.com, and I’ll post ’em.