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Why Each Cinderella Team can Advance to the Final Four 

Why Each Cinderella Team can Advance to the Final Four 

Daniel Krivacs, Writer March 24, 2022

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- Every year in March Madness, there are Cinderella teams after the first weekend of the tournament - teams that get hot at the perfect time and pull off two upsets on their way to the...

Three Takeaways from UND’s Frozen Faceoff Performance

Three Takeaways from UND’s Frozen Faceoff Performance

Claire Weltz, Sports Editor March 24, 2022

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- With the Regional games in the NCAA Tournament starting on Thursday, it is officially the best time of the year. Only 16 teams remain in the hunt for the Frozen Four in Boston, and...

2022 NCHC Frozen Faceoff: What You Need to Know 

2022 NCHC Frozen Faceoff: What You Need to Know 

Claire Weltz, Sports Editor March 17, 2022

SAINT PAUL --   What’s on the Line:   UND (currently No. 5 in both USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine and the DCU/USCHO.com polls) is guaranteed to play in the NCAA Tournament with Regionals starting...

Upset Special: Seven Teams on Upset Alert Going into the Round of 64 

Upset Special: Seven Teams on Upset Alert Going into the Round of 64 

Daniel Krivacs, Sports Writer March 15, 2022

Grand Forks, N.D. -- The Tournament is back. Brackets are being filled out which means upset predictions. With that said, I have every team I feel should be on “upset alert” heading into the first...

10 Things I Learned Based on this Year’s March Madness Bracket 

10 Things I Learned Based on this Year’s March Madness Bracket 

Daniel Krivacs, Sports Writer March 15, 2022

Grand Forks, N.D. -- 10 Things I Learned Based on this Year’s March Madness Bracket  1. The tournament committee loves potential matchups and might be a measure used to organize brackets:  The...

UND Sweeps Western Michigan, One Win Away from the Penrose Cup

UND Sweeps Western Michigan, One Win Away from the Penrose Cup

Claire Weltz, Sports Editor February 28, 2022

Lackluster starts plagued UND during the first half of the season. Even when the Green and White managed to score first, the team dropped 16 points (five losses and one tie/OT win to not take all three...

North Dakota Basketball Drops Final Contest to NDSU; Celebrates Seniors

North Dakota Basketball Drops Final Contest to NDSU; Celebrates Seniors

Daniel Krivacs, Sports Writer February 28, 2022

The final game of the regular season for UND against NDSU reflected past games in the Summit League this season. The team looked outsized and outmatched in nearly every phase of the game. Coming in as...

UND Student-Athletes Shine in the Classroom During Fall 2021 Semester

UND Student-Athletes Shine in the Classroom During Fall 2021 Semester

Claire Weltz, Sports Editor February 21, 2022

  After a chaotic and unusual 2020-2021 season, the student-athletes of University of North Dakota responded with accomplishments both on and off the field during the Fall 2021 season. The COVID-19...

Phil Sykes: From Walk-On to Two-Time NCAA Champion

Phil Sykes: From Walk-On to Two-Time NCAA Champion

Claire Weltz, Sports Editor February 14, 2022

Phil Sykes is a two-time NCAA champion with UND’s hockey team. But Sykes grew up a 21-hour drive from Grand Forks in Dawson Creek, BC. That’s 1,293.7 miles. (About half the width of the United States...

UND’s Offense Routs St. Cloud State 7-1

UND’s Offense Routs St. Cloud State 7-1

Claire Weltz, Editor January 31, 2022

Coming into Friday night’s matchup against St. Cloud State, the Green and White were not in top form. The team had lost four games in a row (something that hadn’t happened since 2006), and with the...

UND Hockey Round-Up: January 1-12 

UND Hockey Round-Up: January 1-12 

Claire Weltz, Editor January 12, 2022

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- Went home for break? Didn’t have time to check Twitter for score updates? Don’t worry, Dakota Student Sports Editor Claire Weltz has you covered. Here’s what you missed...

UND Splits Home Series, 2-1 Win Saturday

UND Splits Home Series, 2-1 Win Saturday

Claire Weltz, Editor November 23, 2021

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- The Fighting Hawks set the tone in the first period with several quality scoring opportunities. The momentum was kickstarted with a power play, a five-minute major courtesy of UMD’s...

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