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I went back and watched the first half of that game. Yes, Montana definitely struggled on defense. Both teams moved the ball well in the first half, and each had one costly turnover. CWU is a good, but certainly not great dII team. They are currently ranked in the 20's in the d2football.com poll. UND ran for over 200 yards against Montana last year, and won despite Simon going 11-24 for just 97 yards and a pick. If Kaminski plays like he has through the first two games, UND has a good chance.

I'm not thrilled about it, but playing three non-dI games has been the norm for the past several years. USD, St. Thomas, Omaha, Denver and ORU are all doing the same. Only the xDSU's aren't (NDSU has two such games, and SDSU has one). KC hasn't announced their non-conference schedule yet.

I am certainly no volleyball expert, but it seems UND volleyball has had some of the same issues as women’s basketball. Specifically, hiring head coaches with no or limited head coaching experience at the college level, and too little recruiting in the region. Maybe instead of hiring another dI assistant from Texas or California, try hiring a successful NSIC head coach, and recruit in MN more? I also don’t understand why ND produces almost no division I volleyball players. It’s definitely less than in basketball, despite the fact that there are far more young girls playing volleyball than basketball, and it’s been that way for years.

Ex-UND commit Pabst already in the 2-deep.

I believe that likely completes the 2026 high school recruiting class--Fricke, Smith and Sonnenberg. Looks like a very solid class. This was from a Star Tribune article on recruiting from May:

That's what I am thinking, also. As in 1. offense; 2. defense; 3. kickoff; 4. kick return; 5. punt; 6. punt return; 7. field goal/extra point.

6’2”. Projects as a 4. Fits what Hutter likes at that position, in that she has 3-point range in addition to post up ability.

Has offers from Oral Roberts and Southeastern Louisiana, plus numerous dIIs. Ranked 14th best 2026 prospect in Arkansas.

Warren Township (IL) lineman Jordan Ellis has committed to UND. Had offers from Southern Illinois, Western Illinois, St. Thomas and Butler.

I'm not sure having more NIL money really impacts the caliber of players a low-major program is going to get from the portal all that much. Looking at who Omaha is bringing in, the only one who looks like he might be something is a 5'9" division II transfer who scored 24 ppg last season. Otherwise, their newcomers don't look like anything special.

The guy I'm kind of interested to see if he can surprise some people and get into the rotation is Uelmen. Seems like he was kind of a late bloomer in high school, but he was the leading scorer as a senior for Minnetonka, who won the MN AAAA state title that season. He was actually a bigger scorer than his high school teammate Andy Stefanowicz, who played quite a bit as a freshman at NDSU last season.

Looks like 2026 Kinley Smith recently visited and was offered by UND. She's a 6'2" forward from Fouke, Arkansas.

I realize St. Thomas has pretty deep pockets, and SDSU historically draws very well for basketball and probably gets a fair amount of money from Sioux Falls businesses, but where does Omaha get its NIL money? They are literally the third-most popular division I program in their own city.

I would be shocked if both aren't in the rotation, and I would guess that Micah will be in the starting lineup by the time conference play starts, if not sooner. Considering all the front court minutes gone from last year between Kuljohovic, Woodson, Mayar, Mara and Mathews, and with Natsvishvili being in all likelihood the only returnee with much of a chance of getting serious front court minutes, by process of elimination you almost have to assume both Curtises will play a lot.

New commit--James Jones, a WR from St. Thomas Aquinas HS (FL). Has offers from Eastern Michigan, Western Kentucky, Liberty, Rhode Island and Bethune-Cookman.

I believe geaux_sioux is correct. All signs point to this being Minta.

My guess would be Carter Harris, since he visited recently.

It’s Rudd. UNDFootball360 confirmed it.

UND has offered 2026 Byron (MN) guard Madison Ohm, a high school teammate of incoming freshman Kendra Harvey. She also has an offer from Bowling Green.

The league lost the vast majority of its better players to either graduation or the portal--just 3 of the 16 all conference/honorable mention players return (Meyer, Koenen and Oglesby). SDSU appears to be the clear number one on paper (again), particularly since they added a potential impact player in the Evansville transfer. NDSU appears to be number two, but aside from Koenen rebounding could be an issue for them. The rest of the teams will be so dependent on newcomers that it's very difficult to predict how they will do. As decimated as UND was with portal defections, they are still better off than most teams in the league in that they return two solid starters in Demers (9.5 points/game and 7.1 rebounds/game) and Aumer (8.7 points/game).

This is quite an accomplishment. Also noteworthy is that Grand Forks Red River alum Shelby Frank of Texas Tech finished second in this same event.

I read somewhere that the original injury in her sophomore year was a partial ACL tear, and no surgery was done. Unfortunately, shortly after coming back she suffered a complete tear early last season and then had the surgery done. If all is going well with rehab, she should be ready to play again by the start of the high school season in late November.

Here's a list of UND offers/commitments by class. I don't claim that this is a complete list, and a few of these pre-date Hutter's promotion, so whether they're still valid offers is unknown. 2026 Maggie Fricke, Minot (committed) Samantha Voll, Monticello (MN) (has offers from Northern Illinois, St. Thomas and Vermont) 2027 Addison Bjorklund, Brainerd (committed) Sydney Friedly, Benilde St. Margaret Marlee Falcon, Bismarck Legacy (has offers from NDSU, SDSU and USD) Jordan Christofferson, Horace (has offer from NDSU) (daughter of former UND player Jenny Boll) Skyler Mancini, Chanhassen (has offers from SDSU, St. Thomas, USD and Montana St.) 2028 Lakyn Donnelly, Horace (has offers from NDSU and St. Thomas) Rylee Seavert, Shanley (has offers from NDSU, SDSU, USD and Eastern Illinois) Brianna Eggers, Buffalo (MN) (has offers from NDSU and Eastern Illinois) Malin Youngberg, Little Falls (has offers from NDSU, St. Thomas, USD and Eastern Illinois) Peyton Hoffman, Climax-Fisher

Herbst is the new Minot State coach.

UND has offered Samantha Voll, a 2026 guard from Monticello. Was a MN AAA all stater this past season.