The Minnesota Gophers softball team will look to get back to the NCAA Tournament for the 9th consecutive season—not including the COVID shortened 2020 season, but will need to get some great play from some new blood after losing some of the best to ever play for the program. Minnesota opens their 2022 season this weekend in a tournament at Central Florida with five games in three days.
Minnesota will open the 2022 season with several all-big ten players on the roster, but with plenty of questions as well. The Gophers were predicted by most outlets to finish in third place in the Big Ten this season behind Michigan and Northwestern.