The battle For Paul Bunyan’s ax will not be played this weekend due to COVID-19 cases at the University of Minnesota.
Gopher athletics is pausing all team-related activities and Saturday’s game at Wisconsin will be ruled a no contest.
Nine players and six staff members have tested positive in the past five days, and there were additional “presumptive” positive results Tuesday.
A-D Mark Coyle says the goal is “to be healthy enough and ready to compete on December 5th against Northwestern.”
Meanwhile, the season opener for Badger women’s basketball was supposed to be played tonight (Wednesday), but it’s off.
The Miami Redhawks canceled due to “protocols related to COVID-19.” The Badgers opener will now be Sunday against Western Illinois.
