Riverview junior Alex Bates took up pole vaulting after growing up as a gymnast and has since become one of the best in the state. 

He pole vaulted 4.20 meters at the Class 4A-Region 3 meet at Plant City Highon May 3 to win his region and earn a spot at the 4A state championships from May 9 and 10 at Visit Jax Track at Hodges Stadium in Jacksonville. 

When and why did you start pole vaulting? 

I started it my freshman year of high school. Before that I was a gymnast for around five years, and I wasn’t enjoying it as much anymore, so I ended up quitting that. I still wanted to do something, and my mom was a gymnast in college and my dad was a runner in college, so it’s kind of a mix of the two. My mom also knew a bunch of pole vaulters who were ex-gymnasts who ended up turning out really good, so I figured I’d give it a shot. 

What’s been the most memorable moment this season?

Saturday when I won regionals. Last year, I didn’t even make it to regionals because I no-heighted at districts. This was my first year at regionals. 

What’s gone right for you this year?

This year I’ve been focusing more on the technical stuff and trying to perfect my arms and my run, and I feel like that’s helped a lot. 

What’s your favorite all-time memory in pole vaulting? 

I really like going to all the meets. I get to see all of my friends and be sociable before I jump. That’s my favorite part of pole vaulting. 

What’s been your most humbling moment in pole vaulting?

When I no-heighted at districts last year. My goal was to jump really well at that meet, but clearly it didn’t turn out very well. After that I told myself, ‘Well, just keep moving forward and focus on yourself and try to get better.’

What’s your favorite meal?

A good steak cooked medium-rare and I love chimichurri on top of it. You can never go wrong with potatoes on the side.

What’s your favorite TV show or movie?

I don’t usually watch a lot of TV. I don’t have a lot of free time.

What’s your go-to warm-up song?

Anything by Nicki Minaj. She is the queen of rap and she has opened so many doors for so many people. I believe she is a very good symbol of women empowerment. 

If you’re not pole vaulting, what are you doing?

Usually studying. I focus a lot of my time on school because I want to be a doctor when I’m older, so I have high expectations for that. 

What does your ideal weekend look like? 

Saturdays I like to go over to my friend’s house and hang out with them. I usually have work every Sunday at Oasis Cafe, a little breakfast place at Siesta and Osprey, so that’s reserved for that. Then I relax after. 

Who is your favorite athlete and why?

Simone Biles. I’ve met her a few times. We used to train together. She’s the best gymnastics has ever had, and it’s such an inspiration looking up to her. When the Larry Nassar scandal happened, they shut down the girls national training camp, so they ended up coming to EVO Gymnastics by the airport during the summer to train. It was cool to watch. 

Finish this sentence. Alex Bates is…

A lot.

DULUTH — A third-straight losing season in 2024-25 for the Minnesota Duluth men’s hockey program led to the lowest average attendance in 13 full seasons at Amsoil Arena, not counting the COVID-19 pandemic season of 2020-21 when only a few hundred fans were allowed at games.

The Bulldogs averaged 5,668 fans per game in 2024-25

as they lost 20 games for the third-consecutive season,

finishing 13-20-3. That’s 424 less fans per game than the 2023-24 season when the Bulldogs averaged 6,092 fans per game.

The 424 fans is the biggest drop in attendance since the Bulldogs moved to the 6,756-seat Amsoil Arena midway through the 2010-11 season.

Winning and losing doesn’t always dictate a rise and fall in attendance. During the program’s run of seven straight NCAA tournament appearances, attendance dropped for three consecutive seasons from a high of 6,411 fans per game in 2014-15 to 5,811 when the team won the first of back-to-back NCAA titles in 2017-18. Attendance jumped the next two seasons to 6,122 in 2019-20 before COVID-19 hit.

The UMD women’s program also saw a dip in attendance at Amsoil Arena in 2024-25, going from an average of 1,137 fans per game in 2023-24 to 1,094 fans per game in 2024-25. The Bulldogs are in the midst of six straight winning seasons

and five straight NCAA tournament appearances.

UMD hockey programs moved from the DECC into

Amsoil Arena

midway through the 2010-11 season. Since playing their first full season at Amsoil Arena in 2011-12, the Bulldogs women have averaged over 1,000 fans in 13 of their 14 full seasons, with the 2020-21 pandemic season being the lone exception.

Not counting 2020-21, the 2024-25 season was the fifth time the UMD men failed to average 6,000 fans per game. It’s the third time in four seasons.

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The women are one of three NCAA Division I programs, along with Wisconsin and Minnesota,

to average over a thousand fans per game

13 of the previous 14 seasons, with 2020-21 being the exception. Just two other programs have cracked the 1,000-fan mark during that span — Cornell and the now-defunct North Dakota program.

Since Amsoil Arena hosted its first full season of hockey, UMD men’s attendance has

ranked in the top 10 in NCAA Division I,

finishing ninth in 2024-25. The only other Division II-level school to crack the top 20 in 2024-25 was Minnesota State at 19th with 4,160 fans per game.

Amsoil Arena has been a favorite of Stadium Journey’s arena ranking since it opened. In 2013, Amsoil Arena was

ranked No. 1 in the website’s top 100 stadium experiences

in North America. Amsoil still ranks in the top 10 of NCAA Division I venues, coming in at

No. 4 in the most recent rankings done in April 2024.

Clint Austin / File / Duluth Media Group

The venue continues to win bids for major college hockey events. Amsoil Arena has hosted College Hockey Inc.’s men’s Ice Breaker Tournament twice (2017 and 2021) and is back in the rotation for major NCAA women’s events. The WCHA Final Faceoff returned to Amsoil Arena in 2024 after last being held there in 2012.

The NCAA women’s Frozen Four is returning in 2027

after being held there in 2023 and 2012.

Courtesy: Florida Athletics

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A storied group of Gators is set to be inducted into the 2025 UF Athletic Hall of Fame class, the University of Florida F Club and Gator Boosters announced on Wednesday.

The Hall of Fame Banquet is Friday, October 17, 2025, prior to the Mississippi State home football game.

2025 Florida Hall of Fame Class:
The F Club Committee chooses UF Athletic Hall of Fame inductees based on three categories: Gator Greats, Distinguished Letterwinners and Honorary Letterwinners.

The 2025 class is composed of seven Gator Greats and one Honorary Letterwinner.

The list of Gator Greats in this year’s class includes:

The seven Gator Greats were part of 10 national and 16 conference title teams. They won a combined 16 NCAA and 28 SEC individual crowns.

This year’s class includes a distinguish letterwinner:

Gator Greats are Letterwinners who brought recognition and prominence to the University of Florida and themselves by their athletic accomplishments as a student-athlete.

A Distinguished Letterwinner is a letterwinner who has made major contributions to the University athletic program through personal time, effort, interest and through many years of continued service. Additionally, Distinguished Letterwinners must have distinguished themselves as exception in their chosen field or endeavor.

More About the 2025 UF Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees

Gator Greats

Theresa Andrews | Women’s Swimming, 1981-83
A three-time NCAA champion and 18-time All-American, Andrews helped Florida win its first NCAA women’s swimming and diving national championship in 1982. She also captured back-to-back Southeastern Conference titles in the 50-yard and 100-yard backstroke and was part of four relay conference title winning relay teams in 1982 and 1983.

Andrews earned gold medals in the 100-meter backstroke and as a part of the 400m medley relay team at the 1984 Olympics. Her 100m victory was voted in 2005 as No. 6 out of the 10 greatest upsets in Olympic swimming history.

She became the third overall Gator to be awarded the NCAA Silver Anniversary Award in 2008, which recognizes former student-athletes who completed successful collegiate careers in various sports and have excelled in their chosen professions. The Silver Anniversary Award acknowledges the former student-athletes on their 25th anniversary of completing their athletics eligibility.

Prior to joining Florida for the 1981-82 season, Andrews attended Indiana University, Bloomington for a year. During the 1980-81 season, Andrews won six Big Ten titles and participated in six events at the 1981 Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women championships.

Charlotte Browning | Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country 2008-10
A two-time NCAA Individual champion and three-time SEC Individual champion, Browning emerged as one of the top middle-distance and distance runners in the collegiate ranks by her senior season in 2010. In the 2010 campaign, she won both the indoor one-mile and outdoor 1500m NCAA titles. At the SEC Indoor Championships, she won both the one-mile and 3,000m crowns, earning 20 team points for the Gators en route to their first SEC Indoor team championship since 2004. As the high point athlete, she was awarded the Cliff Harper Trophy at the 2010 SEC Indoor Championships. She was named the USTFCCCA South Region Women’s Indoor Runner of the Year following the 2010 indoor season.

Browning set the school record in both the mile and 1500m that season, with former standing for nearly 14 years.

In the 2009 cross country season, Browning led the Gators’ efforts at the NCAA Championships, being named a USTFCCCA All-American for her 21^st-place finish in the 6k, and added All-SEC and All-South Region honors for her runner-up finishes in both races. Her finish at the national title race led the Gators to seventh overall, which ranked then as the program’s highest NCAA cross country placing and first top-10 showing.

Kitty Cullen | Lacrosse, 2010-13
Kitty Cullen, a part of Florida’s first four teams, is also the first lacrosse player to join the Gators Athletics Hall of Fame. She appeared in 79 games with 73 starts during her Florida career. Cullen was a three-time IWLCA All-American, earning first-team honors in 2012 and 2013, while capturing second-team honors in 2011. The Rockville, Md., native totaled 261 points on 203 goals and 58 assists in her Gator career, which still stands as fifth all-time in goals and seventh in points. She led UF scoring as a sophomore, junior and senior. The attacker was a three-time Tewaaraton Top-25 nominee.

She earned top American Lacrosse Conference (ALC) honors twice – 2011 ALC Player of the Year and the first 2013 ALC Offensive Player of the Year. Cullen was an All-ALC First Team selection in 2011, 2012 and 2013.

Cullen helped the Gators reach their first ever NCAA semifinal in 2012, posting eight hat-tricks and three games with five goals during that season.

Marquis Dendy | Men’s Track and Field, 2012-15
One of the greatest and most decorated jumpers in collegiate history, Marquis Dendy won an incredible seven NCAA individual titles and seven SEC titles during his four seasons in Gainesville. In 2015, Dendy became unstoppable in the horizontal jumps, sweeping the long jump and triple jump titles at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships, as well as both SEC Championship meets. He set the school record in all four events – all of which stand to this day.

Following his senior season, Dendy won the long jump crown at the U.S. Championships, and would go on to represent team USA at the World Championships. He won the 2016 World Indoor Championships long jump title.

Dendy became the first athlete in Florida Gators history to win The Bowerman Trophy in 2015, collegiate track and field’s highest individual honor.

A singular talent and personality, Dendy’s professional career has continued to flourish, donning his colorful kits and iconic hats in international competition to this day, currently holding the No. 25 long jump mark in the world for 2025 season.

Lauren Haeger | Softball, 2012-15
Lauren Haeger was one of the most dominant Gators in the circle and at the plate in Florida program history. As a senior, she became just the third in NCAA history to claim each of softball’s highest honors in a single season – Honda Award, USA Softball National Collegiate Player of the Year and Women’s College World Series Most Outstanding Player. After leading Florida to its second consecutive NCAA team title as a senior in 2015, Haeger claimed the Southeastern Conference Female Athlete of Year award.

Haeger joined Babe Ruth as the only players in Division I softball, baseball or Major League Baseball history to reach the 70-70 plateau (career victories and career home runs). The 2015 SEC Pitcher of the Year led the Gators that season with 19 home runs and 71 RBI. A first-team All-American in 2015 and 2013, Haeger still is the Gators career home run (71) and RBI (260) leader. Haeger closed her four seasons in the circle ranking in the top 10 in win percentage, win, ERA, innings pitched, shutouts and appearances. Haeger also ended among UF’s top 10 in career slugging percentage, hits, total bases and walks.

Kytra Hunter | Gymnastics 2012-15
Kytra Hunter made an impression from the opening competition of her Gator career. The first of her 21 all-around wins came in her collegiate debut at NC State in 2012. As a freshman, she won all-around titles at the Southeastern Conference and NCAA Championships. She was the first Gator to win the NCAA all-around title, which she repeated as a senior in 2015. Hunter helped the Gators win their first NCAA title in 2013 and continued to be a key member for Florida’s 2014 and 2015 national title teams. In addition to her two NCAA all-around titles, Hunter won NCAA vault (2012) and floor exercise (2015). Her seven SEC individual titles shares the program career total lead. Hunter finished her career third on Florida’s career all-around wins (21) and event titles (83) lists, which includes a career-high nine all-around wins in 2015.

She was the first Gator to repeat as a Honda Award winner as the nation’s top collegiate gymnast in 2012 and 2015. Hunter found perfection six times – two 10.0s for vault and four for floor. She’s one of 10 in league history to be both SEC Freshman (2012) and Gymnast (2015) of the Year.

Maurkice Pouncey | Football 2007-09
During his time in Gainesville, Maurkice Pouncey established himself as one of the best offensive linemen in Florida history. From 2007-09, Pouncey started 41 games for the Gators, earning 39 starts. He helped UF win the BCS National Championship and SEC in 2008, starting all 14 games that season at center.

In 2009, Pouncey became the first Gator in program history to win the Rimington Trophy, awarded to the nation’s best center. That year, he was also earned first-team All-America honors from Walter Camp, CBSSports.com, Sporting News and the FWAA, while also being named a unanimous first-team All-SEC selection.

In 2007, he was named a first-team freshman All-American by CollegeFootballNews.com and Rivals.com after playing in all 13 games, while earning 11 starts.

Pouncey was selected with the 18^th overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. He would go on to have a stellar NFL career, playing 11 seasons with the Steelers, starting all 134 games he appeared in. Pouncey was a two-time first-team All-Pro, a three-time second-team All-Pro, nine-time Pro Bowl selection and a member of the NFL’s 2010s All-Decade Team.

Distinguished Letterwinner

Phil Pharr | Football 1978-80
A veteran of over 44 years with Gator Boosters, Inc., Phil Pharr has been a mainstay at UF since his playing days with the Gator football team. A three-year letterman from 1978-80, Pharr was a member of the 1980 team that posted an 8-4 record, earning a ranking as high as No. 18 during the season. The Gators ended the 1980 season with a 35-20 win over Maryland.

After graduating with a degree in public relations, Pharr joined the Gator Boosters staff in 1981 as Field Secretary, a role he held until 1986, where he developed the Lettermen’s Association (currently the F Club), the Hall of Fame nominations process and banquet and helped coordinate the University Athletic Association’s involvement in Gator Clubs throughout the southeast.

In 1986, Pharr was elevated to Assistant Director of Major Gifts in which he coordinated endowment fundraising efforts and cultivated major gift donor prospects. In 1993, he was promoted to Associate Executive Director of Major Gifts where he has directed all aspects of identifying prospective donors, major gifts programs for athletics, and cultivation and stewardship of existing and potential future donors for Gator Boosters.

Pharr has served as the Executive Director of Gator Boosters since 2012, where he oversees the major gift and annual giving programs for the athletic department, including capital gifts, scholarship endowment and ticket-related giving.

The 2025 graduating class is full of champions, Olympians, and stellar athletes who have left their mark on the sport of gymnastics. These are some of the brightest stars the sport has seen in recent memory, they’ll be leaving behind enormous legacies and big shoes to fill.

Oklahoma Sooners

2025 All-Around National Champion Jordan Bowers and her teammate Audrey Davis graduate with three team national titles from Oklahoma.

Florida Gators

Two-time Olympic alternate and NCAA standout Leanne Wong graduates from Florida on her way to med school.

Missouri Tigers

Fan favorite Helen Hu is retiring from gymnastics for real this time, after retiring in 2023, taking the 2024 season off, and coming back to win a national balance beam title in 2025.  

Oregon State Beavers

Olympic medalist Jade Carey had an incredibly impressive senior season, earning four perfect 10s (three on floor, one on balance beam) to bring her career total to 16. Across her four years as a Beaver, Carey won 168 event titles, 51 this season alone. Carey was named the winner of the 2025 American Athlete, Inc. Award, which recognizes the top female senior gymnast nationwide. She is also a finalist for the prestigious Honda award, recognizing the top NCAA athlete in each sport, along with Oklahoma’s Bowers and Davis and LSU’s Aleah Finnegan. 

UCLA Bruins

UCLA’s Brooklyn Moors, Emma Malabuyo, and Chae Campbell have left an indelible impact on the program, bringing it back to its former glory and ending their careers as National Runner-Ups. Campbell won the Big 10 All-Around Title, Moors won the national floor title, and Malabuyo helped clinch the team’s advance to the finals with a second-place finish of her own on the balance beam.

Utah Utes

Olympian and Utah cornerstone Grace McCallum will return as a student coach next year, after claiming four individual runner-up finishes at NCAAs this year. LSU graduates a shocking 10 athletes, including Olympian Aleah Finnegan and last year’s American Athlete, Inc. winner and All-Around national champion Haleigh Bryant. In her career, Bryant owns at least one perfect 10 on each event, what is referred to as a “Gym Slam” in the sport.

Who are the rising stars in gymnastics, ready to take over from these legends?

Oklahoma Sooners

Oklahoma rising senior Faith Torrez is the heir apparent to the void left by the graduates, already having a long list of accolades to her name, including multiple individual conference and national titles the past two seasons. This year, she took silver on the floor exercise and bronze in the all-around and on balance beam at NCAAs after sharing the balance beam national title with her teammate Audrey Davis last year. Torrez is the reigning SEC champion on the floor exercise and shares the conference honor on balance beam. 

OU also has a dangerous trio of rising sophomores — Addison Fatta, Lily Pederson, and Elle Mueller. Pederson is a Level 10 National Champion, while Mueller won the 2024 Nastia Liukin Cup. Fatta has Olympic Trials and international experience with Team USA as a senior elite gymnast. Fatta and Pederson both competed in the All-Around multiple times this season, with Fatta being named a first-team All-American in the All-Around after NCAAs. Mueller consistently made vault and floor lineups, breaking 9.900 in both events. 

LSU Tigers

Last year’s national champions, the LSU Tigers, boast the reigning SEC Freshman of the Year and NCAA Vault champion, Kailin Chio, and former USA Gymnastics Winter Cup All-Around Champion, Lexi Zeiss. Chio hit a 39.800 in the All-Around this season and won the national vault title. Zeiss and Chio’s teammate, Kaliya Lincoln, had a limited season due to injuries, but the Olympic alternate and Pan American champion is a powerhouse and will likely become a staple in the Tigers’ All-Around lineup and especially in the floor exercise.

Utah Utes

For much of the year, the Freshman of the Year race was neck and neck between two athletes — the aforementioned Chio and Utah’s Avery Neff, who was the number 1 recruit in the class of 2024. Neff’s season took a pause after she sprained both of her ankles during her floor routine on Jan. 17 in a home meet, but she miraculously returned to competition just three weeks later after working closely with the team’s training staff. By the end of the season, she was back in the All-Around, winning the All-Around title at Utah’s regional semifinal appearance with a 39.650. She ended her freshman season as a four-time All-American and the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year.

Arkansas Razorbacks

Arkansas’s Joscelyn Roberson is another SEC gymnast to be reckoned with, breaking multiple program records for the Razorbacks this year. She had a nonstop year, from traveling to Paris as an Olympic alternate, touring with Simone Biles and other members of Team USA on the Gold Over America Tour, and hopping right into competition as a regular All-Around competitor for Arkansas this spring. Roberson was lights out on balance beam and floor, bringing energy and experience to the Gymbacks. She qualified to NCAAs as an individual All-Around competitor after Arkansas fell in the regional finals. She earned All-American honors on the balance beam, both at National Championships and for the regular season, and is returning to elite training during the NCAA offseason. 

Florida Gators

2026 should see comebacks from Florida’s Kayla DiCello and Skye Blakely, who should join their teammate Selena Harris-Miranda as huge contenders in the 2026 season. Blakely returned to limited competition during the 2025 season, but DiCello was sidelined the whole season after rupturing her Achilles at 2024 Olympic Trials and later requiring foot surgery. Both DiCello and Blakely were considered top prospects for the 2024 Olympic Team before their untimely injuries and have the skills and consistency to be major factors for Florida next season. DiCello’s return to the vault lineup would be a huge asset for the Gators, who struggled on the event at this year’s national semi-finals.

Transfer portal

eMjae Frazier, previously at Cal, and former Georgia Bulldog Naya Howard are both currently in the transfer portal but depending on where they land next year, could make a big splash. Frazierbroke the single season NCAA scoring record as a sophomore in 2024. (This record has since been broken by Oklahoma’s Jordan Bowers and Faith Torrez.) She’s a rockstar in the classroom too, graduating from the University of California, Berkeley in three years, and will be pursuing a master’s degree at her next program. Howard will have one year of eligibility for her new program and can make an immediate impact on any program, with a career high of at least a 9.900 on all four events.  

Big 10

The Big Ten should see a lot of stellar gymnastics from MSU’s Sage Kellerman, OSU’s Tory Vetter, Washington’s Mary McDonough, and Illinois’s Chloe Cho. This season, Kellerman earned All-American honors on both events she competed at NCAAs- vault and uneven bars. Vetter recently announced that she will return to Ohio State for her fifth year after being named to the First Team All Big Ten Gymnastics Team this year. Cho was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year and McDonough advanced all the way to the National Championships as an individual All-Around competitor, despite Washington failing to qualify to regional competition.

Smaller programs

From smaller programs, expect a splash from Towson’s Isabella Minervini, a regional individual All-Around competitor, and Fisk’s Morgan Price, who has broken a score of records, including sweeping all five individual national titles at this year’s Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics National Invitational Championships, defending her All-Around title from last year. She also became the first HBCU gymnast to ever earn a 10.0 with an uneven bars routine earlier this season. 

Despite a large graduating class of gymnasts, NCAA gymnastics has a bright future. Between rising upperclassmen, this year’s exceptional freshmen class, and a new class of recruits, the 2026 season will be star-studded and full of exciting routines. Whether you’re a gymnastics die-hard, new to the sport, or somewhere in between, each conference has plenty of new and returning gymnasts to root for. Gymnasts will begin training with their teams this summer, and competition will start again in January 2026.

LINK TO 2025-26 SCHEDULE

MINOT, N.D. – The perennial powerhouse Beaver women’s hockey team is set to resume its chase for an ACHA National Championship as Minot State and head coach Ryan Miner are pleased to announce the team’s 2025-26 schedule.

The Beavers hit the ice for a pair of exhibition contests against an AAA/Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL) team at the Maysa Arena on Friday and Saturday, September 19 and 20, at the Maysa Arena. Puck drop both days is 3:45 p.m.

The two tune-up games will provide Minot State a chance to prepare for a big season-opening weekend at home as the Beavers host the McKendree Bearcats two weeks later on Saturday and Sunday, October 4 and 5. Puck drop for the official season opener on Saturday, Oct. 4, is set for 3:45 p.m., and Sunday’s contest starts at 1 p.m.

The Beavers then continue a four-game, season-opening homestand with two more tough contests against the Maryville Saints on Friday and Saturday, October 10 and 11. Both games get underway at 3:45 p.m. at the Maysa Arena.

The four opening home games all are Women’s Midwest Collegiate Hockey (WMCH) contests.

Minot State then hits the road for four non-conference games in four days, playing at Adrian College on Oct. 16 and 17, then at Niagara on Oct. 18 and 19.

The Beavers follow up the quick road trip with another four-game home stand as Arizona State visits the Maysa Arena on Saturday, October 25, at 3:45 p.m., and on Sunday, October 26, at 1 p.m.

Then it’s back to WMCH action against long-time rival Midland as the Warriors visit the Maysa Arena on Friday and Saturday, October 31 and November 1, with gametime at 3:45 p.m. both days.

November continues with Minot State playing at Jamestown on Nov. 14 and 15, then the Beavers are back home prior to the Thanksgiving break to host defending national champion Liberty on Friday, November 21, and Saturday, November 22, at 3:45 p.m. both days.

The first semester on the ice wraps up with Minot State playing two WMCH games at Midland on Dec. 5-6 before a home-and-home series with Dakota College of Bottineau with the Lumberjacks hosting Dec. 12. The Beavers closing the 2025 portion of their schedule hosting Dakota College of Bottineau on Saturday, December 13, at 3:45 p.m.

The new calendar year starts with Minot State on home ice for four in a row as the Beavers host in-state rival Jamestown on Friday and Saturday, January 9 and 10, at 3:45 p.m. in WMCH action before the Beavers host non-conference foe Indiana Tech. The Warriors visit the Maysa Arena on Friday, January 16, and Saturday, January 17, with game times at 3:45 p.m. both days.

Minot State next heads to Chesterfield, Missouri for the WMCH Showcase, January 22-25, before the regular season begins to wind down with the Beavers hosting Midland in WMCH action on Friday, January 30, and Saturday, January 31, with puck drop at 3:45 p.m. for both games.

The Beavers then make a quick trip south to take on Jamestown in WMCH games on Feb. 6-7, then close the regular season hosting Minnesota in two final WMCH contests on Friday, February 13, and Saturday, February 14, at the Maysa Arena at 3:45 p.m. both days.

Minot State then heads to Fremont, Nebraska for the WMCH Tournament hosted by Midland, Feb. 19-21, then back to the ACHA National Tournament in Maryland Heights, Missouri, March 16-20.