In case you are lacking Valentine’s Day plans, North Dakota State will be providing plenty of sporting entertainment this weekend.
Women’s Basketball: With two games this weekend, the Bison women’s basketball team hopes to improve its overall record to 8-18 on the season. Currently holding a home record of 4-7, the Bison women are looking for home victories against Indiana University Purdue University of Indianapolis on Friday and against University of Nebraska Omaha on Valentine’s Day.
Men’s Basketball: Travel with the Herd down I-29 for a good match up. The Bison (16-8, 6-4) men’s basketball team, led by sophomore Summit League Player of the Week A.J. Jacobson, travels to Omaha on Saturday. Following a sequence of games with an average of 21 points per game, Jacobson and his fellow Bison look to improve its Summit League record.
Wrestling: Welcoming University Northern Iowa for an evening match on Saturday, the Bison will grapple to improve its home record, which sits and 3-5 on the season. Lacking luck at home (the team is 1-3), NDSU is hopeful to take the win against UNI, which holds a four match losing streak. The team has momentum. NDSU won its dual on Sunday in which Hayden Zillmer pinned his man for his 100th career win, and the team finding wins in nine of ten matches.
Men’s and Women’s Track and Field: With a weekend packed full of track and field, both the men’s and women’s teams are competing Friday and Saturday at the Iowa State Classic before making the trip back to Fargo to host the Thundering Herd Classic on Saturday. Following the trend of the season, junior Alex Renner won yet another shot put, while the rest of the team followed in 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place.
On the women’s side of things, the relay team of Taylor Janssen, Morgan Milbrath, Amy Andrushko and Erin Teschuk won the Armory Track Invitational by 10 seconds to place second in NDSU history and seventh in the NCAA event this season.