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

Minnesota s volleyball club 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 reported 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 domination 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 noted 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 gang 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 mentioned Her discipline intentionality and pleasure for the Gopher volleyball are still present even amidst this arduous moment The Gophers are back in action at p m Friday night at Loyola Chicago - of the Atlantic