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THE BIG DANCE
Exhibit A: Why you shouldn't mess with @GopherVBall's @dsantana_01. pic.twitter.com/MDyw1foz8U
— Minnesota Gophers (@GopherSports) December 13, 2015
The Minnesota Golden Gophers Volleyball team plays Big 12 champ Texas in the first of two semi-final matches tonight. The second game will feature Kansas vs. Nebraska. For a good review of the final four, click here to be brought to the NCAA page.
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- What: NCAA Women's Volleyball Semi-Final Match
- Who: (#2 seed) The University of Minnesota Golden Gophers vs. the University of Texas Longhorns.
- When: TONIGHT! Thursday, December 17th at 6:00 pm.
- Where: Century Link Center - Omaha, Nebraska
- How to Watch: ESPN 2 or (non-video) Gophersports.com
- Enemy Blog: Burnt Orange Nation - I don't see any volleyball content on the front page.
- Read More: Read the Gophersports.com article here.
- Read More+: OTE Article
- Twitter: @GopherVBall - #DigDeep. #GoGophers. #SkiUMah
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If Minnesota wins tonight they will face the winner of the Kansas/Nebraska game on Saturday night in the final.
OTHER NEWS:
All-Americans
Four Gopher Volleyball players were named AVCA All-Americans. First Team: Daly Santana (Sr) & Hannah Tapp (Jr.) Second Team: Samantha Seliger-Swenson (Fr.) Third Team: Paige Tapp. Read the Gophersports.com announcement here.
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AVCA National Coach of the Year
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The American Volleyball Coaches Association named University of Minnesota head coach Hugh McCutcheon their 2015 Division I Coach of the year. Coach McCutcheon is the first coach to receive the AVCA award in school history and was he was also named the Big Ten coach of the year and the AVCA North Region Coach of the Year earlier. Ready the Gophersports.com article here.
#Gophers @McCutcheonMN is the 2015 @AVCAVolleyball D-I Coach of the Year. Read more: https://t.co/aAHTyEYfxW pic.twitter.com/lCougDrVBX
— Minnesota Volleyball (@GopherVBall) December 17, 2015
OPEN THREAD
Please use the comments on this article as your open thread for the game as well as the Kansas/Nebraska game. Go GOPHERS!
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