For the sixth-straight year, the Gophers will open the season at the Bison Open in Fargo, N.D. on Saturday, Nov. 13. One week later, on Nov. 20, Minnesota will be in Omaha for the Kaufman-Brand Open hosted by Nebraska-Omaha. The Gophers return to their home state on Saturday, Nov. 27, competing in the Northern Quad with Appalachian State, North Dakota State and Central Michigan in Rochester, Minn.
Minnesota kicks off the month of December with its first meet on campus when Oklahoma State visits the Sports Pavilion on Sunday, Dec. 5. That competition is scheduled for a 2:00 p.m. kickoff. The Gophers then hit the road for the remainder of the month starting with a dual against Nebraska on Thursday, Dec. 9. Just two days later, Minnesota will be back in action with three dual meets against Cal State Bakersfield, Cal State Fullerton and Cal Poly in Bakersfield and Fullerton, Calif. on Saturday, Dec. 11 before competing in the Southern Scuffle in Greensboro, N.C. on Dec. 29-30. The team rounds out the road trip with its first competition of 2011 at National Duals in Cedar Falls, Iowa the weekend of January 8- 9.
On Friday, Jan. 14, the Gophers will host their first Big Ten dual of the year when they take on Indiana at the Sports Pavilion to kick off the conference season before another road trip that will take the program to Iowa State on Sunday, Jan. 16, Purdue on Jan. 21 and Illinois on Jan. 23. Minnesota rounds out the month of January with a home dual meet against Wisconsin on Sunday, Jan. 30 at 2:00 p.m. The Badgers meet marks the second dual in less than two weeks in which the Gophers will face a team that finished in the top four at the 2009 NCAA Championships. Wisconsin finished fourth in the event while Iowa State took third-place honors.
The Gophers open February with a conference matchup on the road against Ohio State on Saturday, Feb. 5 before traveling to Ann Arbor to take on Michigan on Feb. 11. Minnesota returns home on Sunday, Feb. 13 for Big Ten dual with Penn State at the Sports Pavilion. The Nittany Lions meet is tabbed for a 2:00 p.m. start time.
Minnesota closes out the regular season with a home dual against the Iowa Hawkeyes in what is annually one of the most anticipated meets of the season. The Gophers are slated to host the defending national champion Hawkeyes on Sunday, Feb. 20 at Williams Arena. A 2:00 p.m. start time is scheduled for the dual.
With March comes tournament time and Minnesota will be on the road at the Big Ten Championships on Mar. 5-6 in West Lafayette, Ind. and at the NCAA Championships in Philadelphia on Mar. 17-19.
The Golden Gopher wrestling program will also host the 2010-2011 Meet the Team event prior to the start of the season. Information for the event will be released as it becomes available.
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