Volleyball: 12-ranked Gophers lose a third player to season-ending injury

Minnesota s volleyball squad is off to a hot start but season-ending injuries are piling up for the th-ranked - Gophers before the Big Ten season has even started On Wednesday the Gophers broadcasted that middle blocker Calissa Minatee will miss the remainder of the season with a lower body injury after the junior was hurt in Sunday s success over South Dakota State It s a tremendously disappointing moment for a student-athlete who was playing the best volleyball of her career head coach Keegan Cook mentioned in a release Minatee joins teammates Mckenna Wucherer and Zeynep Palabiyik on the shelf Wurcherer an outside hitter is out for the season with a back injury and libero Palabiylik was lost to a knee injury Minatee has started every match for the Gophers - and leads the crew with a hitting percentage She had two matches with or more kills and four with at least seven Calissa continues to exceed my expectations in every space of the student-athlete experience and this has been no different Cook revealed Her discipline intentionality and elation for the Gopher volleyball are still present even amidst this complicated moment The Gophers are back in action at p m Friday night at Loyola Chicago - of the Atlantic Related Articles Gophers football One big missed call looms over Cal loss Gophers football Koi Perich must swallow the pill of adversity Miscues doom Gophers in - loss to California Gophers tailback Darius Taylor ruled out for Cal championship St Thomas football Tommies show advancement with success against high-end foes