Minnesota Volleyball: Gophers Split Weekend with Ranked Pac-12 Pair

The Minnesota Gophers hosted the Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge this past weekend at The Pav, but could not use the home court to their complete advantage. Minnesota earned a tough 3-1 over the #18 ranked Oregon Ducks on Friday night, but didn’t have enough energy left in the tank and played poorly on Saturday losing to #11 Stanford 3-1.

Friday it was all the Taylor Landfair show for the Gophers. She earned a career high 28 kills and added nine digs and five blocks.

Oregon jumped out to an early lead in the opening set before the Gophers went on a n 9-1 run to regain control. Oregon would get back within one point at 17-16 but the Gophers would not be denied and closed out a 25-20 win with a big…