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Lincoln, NE (Learfield) -- The third-ranked Golden Gopher volleyball team lost a five-set match yesterday at top-ranked Nebraska. Minnesota won the first set, fell in the second and third sets, tied the match with a fourth-set win, but fell 15-8 in the fifth set...

Minneapolis, MN (Learfield)  --  It took a 28-yard field goal by Emmit Carpenter with 10 seconds to go for the Minnesota Gophers to avoid an ugly loss on their 2016 Homecoming game Saturday.

Gophersports.com -- The No. 3 University of Minnesota volleyball team fell to No. 14 Michigan State in five sets, tonight, in East Lansing, Mich. With the loss, the Golden Gophers fall to 14-3 overall and 6-2 in the Big Ten. MSU improves to 16-4 overall and 5-3 in league action.

COLLEGE PARK, Md.(Gophersports.com) -- Rodney Smith ran for 144 yards and two touchdowns, Conor Rhoda threw for a score in his first career start and Minnesota defeated error-prone Maryland 31-10 Saturday.

MINNEAPOLIS (GopherSports.com) – Tyler Sheehy, who leads the Big Ten Conference in scoring after one week of play -- has been named the Big Ten First Star of the Week following the No. 8/9 Gopher Hockey program’s two-win weekend in Alaska.

Bemidji, MN (Gophersports.com) - The Gopher women's hockey team dropped a 2-0 decision at Bemidji State Saturday, splitting its WCHA-opening series after winning 3-1 win on Friday.

UNDATED (AP) — The San Francisco Giants entered last night's action on a three-game skid in which the bullpen blew ninth-inning leads on Saturday and Monday.

UNDATED (AP) — Rick Porcello continues to win, David Ortiz continues to homer and the Boston Red Sox continue to charge toward their first division title since 2013.

UNDATED (AP) — The New England Patriots have managed to withstand the absence of quarterback Tom Brady so far this season, and they were able to win with Jacoby Brissett under center.

UNDATED (AP) — Florida State can expect to fall out of the top-5 in Sunday's Associated Press football poll following one of the Seminoles' worst losses in school history.

UNDATED (AP) — The Boston Red Sox are 2-for-2 in their four-game series with the New York Yankees.

Minneapolis, MN (KROC-AM News) - Three members of the University of Minnesota volleyball team have been selected for weekly honors by the Big 10 Conference.

(Gophersports.com) -- The No. 5 University of Minnesota volleyball team earned a four-set win over No. 11 North Carolina, Saturday night, in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Here are the results from Saturday, including Big Ten and state college football. --Big Ten Minnesota 58, Indiana State 28 Michigan 51, Central Florida 14 Nebraska 52, Wyoming 17 Pittsburgh 42, Penn State 39 Cincinnati 38, Purdue 20 Rutgers 52, Howard 14 Ohio State 48, Tulsa 3 Wisconsin 54, Akron 10 Illinois State 9, Northwestern 7 Indiana 30, Ball State 20 North Carolina 48, Illinois 23 Iowa 42,