Julia Hanson, who finished with a set-high 39 attack points, gave Minnesota set point, 24-23, on her 13th kill. After a Hilltoppers timeout, Lydia Grote and Calissa Minatee combined to block a spike attempt by Western Kentucky’s star attacker Kaylee Cox for the final point.

Minnesota won the first two sets against Western Kentucky but dropped the third set and had to come back to win the fourth.

The sixth-seeded Gophers volleyball team will be dancing for at least another day following its four-set victory — 25-22, 25-20, 19-25, 25-23 — over Western Kentucky in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday in Lexington, Ky.

Meghan Markle glowed as she stepped out onto the red carpet at The Paley Center Gala—the same day that Prince Harry addressed the divorce rumors that plague the couple. Many viewers said the same thing when a clip emerged of Trump's youngest son talking to Dana White and others.

The Gophers were hoping to host the first weekend of the NCAA volleyball tournament, but instead they're in Lexington, where they'll take on Western Kentucky on Thursday.

The Minnesota Gophers will look to extend their season a bit longer when they kick off the NCAA Tournament Thursday afternoon in Lexington Kentucky. The Gophers who received the #6 seed in the Pittsburgh Region will face Western Kentucky at 3:30 PM on Thursday with the winner advancing to face the winner of #3 Kentucky and Cleveland State Friday night for a trip to the Sweet 16.

Juan Soto is starting to drop teams from negotiations ahead of baseball's winter meetings next week. Likely to approach or set a record contract, the free agent slugger has met with the New York Yankees, New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays.