Maddie Houlihan went 3-for-3, including a go-ahead RBI single in the fifth inning, in leading the Gophers to a 9-3 softball victory over Nebraska and weekend series sweep in Lincoln.
The Gophers improved to 32-10, 13-1 in the Big Ten.
Minnesota broke it open with five runs in the sixth, capped by Taylor Chell's two-run single. Amber Fiser (20-6) got the victory.
Gophers women earn No. 6 seed in tennis
The Gophers women's tennis team ended its regular season with two home victories, a 5-2 triumph over Iowa and a 7-0 sweep of Green Bay in which it dropped only nine games in six singles matches.
The Gophers (14-10, 6-5 Big Ten) earned a No. 6 seed and bye into the second round of the Big Ten tournament in Lincoln, Neb., and will face third-seeded Illinois, which handed the Gophers their only home loss, on Friday.
• The Gophers men's tennis team lost 4-3 to Northwestern in the regular-season finale at the Baseline Tennis Center. The Gophers split six singles matches. Four of them went three sets, including Jackson Allen's 6-7, 7-5, 7-6 victory over the Wildcats' Simen Bratholm at No. 4 that took four-plus hours.
Gophers drop finale
Brady Harlan's three-run homer in the fifth inning put Oklahoma ahead to stay in a 5-2 baseball victory over the Gophers at Siebert Field. Jordan Kozicky and Riley Smith drove in the Gophers' runs.
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• Angus Flanagan had three birdies and an eagle in a closing 3-under-par 68, leading the Gophers men's golf team to a tie for fifth at the Hawkeye Invitational. Flanagan tied for ninth at 7-under 206.
