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What’s your fantasy?

Cole Johnson August 29, 2017

Building a perfect fantasy football team takes time. Research for both the draft and the waivers will need to happen earlier rather than later. To have a great team, you will need an understanding of all...

Under head coach Bubba Schweigert, the UND Fighting Hawks football team finished their 2016 season undefeated (8-0) in the Big Sky conference, capturing the conference championship, and 9-2 overall.

UND Football on the rise

Adam Gunderman, Staff Writer May 5, 2017

In 2017, the Fighting Hawks will not only be looking to defend their Big Sky conference title, but also trying to improve on their 2016 season. The 2016 season saw the Hawks achieve many program firsts....

Chris Logan was named as head coach of the womens soccer program on December 14, 2016.

Summer sessions

Jake Andersen, Staff Writer May 5, 2017

Since joining the Big Sky in 2012, the UND women’s soccer team hasn’t had the success they’ve wanted. In fact, the team has a 9-57-6 record in five seasons with the conference, bad enough for the...

Junior pitcher Kaylin VanDomelen earned her fifth Big Sky Conference Pitcher of the Week honor on Monday, April 17, 2017.

Sports Q & A

Thomas McCullough, Staff Writer May 3, 2017

Kaylin VanDomelen is amidst the best year of her University of North Dakota playing career. A softball pitcher and outfielder, VanDomelen leads the team in both batting average (.311) and pitching earned...

Chris Maiello, former head coach of the swimming and diving teams, recently signed on to coach at UConn.

Title IX woes

Adam Demoulas, Staff Writer April 28, 2017

Following the sports cuts at the University of North Dakota, an investigation is underway regarding the controversial federal code Title IX. In the wake of cutting the women’s hockey team and men’s/women’s...

Protests have erupted in response to UND’s decision to cut the women’s hockey team and the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams.

Cutting champions

Jake Andersen, Staff Writer April 28, 2017

It’s almost been a month since UND Athletics Director Brian Faison announced that the women’s hockey team, as well as the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams, would be cut at the university....

UND junior forward Austin Poganski is blocked by Minnesota Duluths Willie Raskob (left) as Poganski charges goalie Hunter Miska in a game earlier this season. Poganski was recently selected as team captain of the UND mens hockey team for the 2017-2018 season.

Journey to the “C”

Jake Andersen, Staff Writer April 21, 2017

“You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.” Austin Poganski told Brad Schlossman that this was his favorite quote last June and after finishing his junior season at UND, Poganski keeps...

Predictions for Lord Stanley

Allyson Bento, Sports Editor April 21, 2017

Every year, when April rolls around and hockey fans of every kind come together to compete to predict the next team to hoist the Stanley Cup. Together, with the sports writers, UND student athletes...

Molli Detloff is a junior thrower on the UND womens track and field team. Detloff recently placed first in the womens hammer throw event at the Mondo Team Challenge in Sacramento, CA on April 1, 2017.

Finding her groove

Thomas McCullough, Staff Writer April 11, 2017

Molli Detloff is a thrower on the women’s track and field team. A junior this year, Molli is from Elk River, Minn. and is double majoring in rehabilitation/human services and psychology. The Dakota Student...

Former UND forward Brock Boeser fires a shot against Omaha earlier this season at the Ralph Engelstad Arena.

UND bids farewell to Boeser

Jake Andersen, Staff Writer April 11, 2017

Brock Boeser wasted no time getting acquainted with his new team. Just a day after his UND squad lost a heartbreaking NCAA quarterfinal game to Boston University in double overtime, Boeser took his talents...

National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman speaks during a news conference at Staples Center, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, in Los Angeles. The NHL All-Star Game is scheduled to be played at Staples Center on Sunday. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Bettman says no to Olympics

Jack Harvey, Staff Writer April 11, 2017

This past week, after speculation of what the choice would be, the National Hockey League has decided its’ players will not represent their countries at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South...

A program that breeds champions

A program that breeds champions

Jake Andersen, Staff Writer April 7, 2017

“Young girls cannot become what they cannot see.” Monique Lamoureux-Morando and Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson wrote these words in a letter to UND President Mark Kennedy pushing for the administration...

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