In our Gopher baseball season preview, we wondered if this was the year that they rebound from a couple of truly ugly seasons. Through the non-conference season, it hasn’t really appeared as though things were turning around for this proud and successful program.
The non-conference schedule began with games against ranked opponents and the Gophers were initially competitive, but ultimately unable to earn wins.
- #14 Santa Barbara-9, Minnesota-7
- #18 Oregon St-8, Minnesota-7
Close, but not enough. And they continued to lose, starting the season 0-11 before finally getting a win over Northern Illinois (currently 5-21 and last place in the MAC).