Gopher Volleyball: Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge Preview

As frustrating as the loss to Texas was No.8 Minnesota showed they could compete with the top teams in the country. They followed it up with a sweep over a good Florida squad. This weekend though, Minnesota faces some familiar top-flight foes, No. 10 Oregon (2-1) and No. 1 Stanford in the Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge at Penn State.

Friday at 5:00 CT on BTN+ the Gophers face Oregon. Saturday at 4:30 CT, also on BTN+, Minnesota gets a crack at mighty Stanford.

Weekend Preview

While Minnesota did look good against Florida they’ll have to be even better this weekend. Two glaring weaknesses for the Gophers are their serving and blocking. Offensively though, Minnesota might have to shift their…