Gopher Women's Hockey unveils 2025-2026 team roster; Moorhead native Olivia Kortan joins as 10th new player
The University of Minnesota Golden Gopher Women's Hockey team unveiled its 2025-2026 roster yesterday (July 30, 2025) as the precursor to the program's 29th season of competition. The squad rolls into the new year with 10 new players.
One of the team's 10 new members will be incoming freshman forward Olivia Kortan (Moorhead, MN / Moorhead H.S.), who announced her commitment to the Gophers on social media two weeks ago. Wearing the #3 jersey for the Maroon & Gold, she will be joined by fellow freshmen Layla Hemp (G; #1), Sydney Bailey (D; #5), Avery Hovland (F; #12), Sienna D'Alessandro (F; #14), Tereza Plosova (F; #22), and Bella Fanale (F; #97), plus transfers Molly Jordan (Jr. F; #6), Jamie Nelson (Gr. F; #10), and Sarah Paul (RS Sr. D; #19).
We send a warm welcome to Olivia, and we look forward to seeing all the new and returning players as they open the season in eight weeks!!
3 Gophers named to Canada's National Development Team roster
We send congratulations and wishes of good luck to Gopher sophomore goaltender Hannah Clark, freshman forward Sienna D'Alessandro, and senior Sarah Paul upon being named to the roster of Canada's National Women's Development Team for their upcoming games against the U.S. Collegiate Women's Select Team. Those contests will be played August 13, 14 and 16, 2025 in Lake Placid, New York, with video streaming live on-demand on USAHockeyTV.com.
As we reported Tuesday, July 29, 2025, current and incoming Gopher Women's Hockey players Bella Fanale, Layla Hemp, Molly Jordan, Maddie Kaiser, Ava Lindsay, Sydney Morrow, Abbey Murphy & Jamie Nelson, and Gopher alumnae Taylor Heise, Kelly Pannek, Lee Stecklein & Grace Zumwinkle received invitations to USA Hockey's 2025 Women's National Festival (announcement here), which starts this coming Sunday, August 3, 2025.
The roster for the U.S. Collegiate Women's Select Team, chosen from those who still hold collegiate eligibility, will be named following the conclusion of the festival on Saturday, August 9, 2025
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