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Gophers softball wins one, loses one in Elite Invitational

February 17, 2019 at 6:18AM

The Gophers softball team lost 17-6 to No. 1-ranked Florida State on Saturday night in the St. Pete/Clearwater Elite Invitational in Florida.

The defending national champions took a 5-0 lead in the top of the first inning against Sydney Smith and kept pulling away by scoring in four of the next six innings.

For Minnesota (3-3), Hope Brandner had an RBI single in the first, MaKenna Partain a two-run triple in the second and Natalie DenHartog the final three RBI on a two-run homer — her second of the day — in the fifth and a groundout in the seventh.

Earlier, the Gophers routed Notre Dame 10-0, scoring seven runs in the first inning — three on junior Carlie Brandt's first career homer.

Freshman catcher Emma Burns had a two-run double for Minnesota in the first. DenHartog hit a three-run shot in the fifth.

Junior righthander Amber Fiser got the win, giving up one hit and striking out nine in four innings.

U baseball falls

Gophers 6-7 righthander Patrick Fredrickson was great last season. He was 9-0 with a 1.86 ERA a year ago and named the Big Ten Pitcher and Freshman of the Year.

But he got off to a rocky start Saturday in his first appearance this season. He gave up five runs — two earned — and eight hits in four innings in Minnesota's 11-1 loss to New Mexico in the College Baseball Classic in Surprise, Ariz.

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The Lobos' Jared Mang did the most damage against Fredrickson. Mang had an RBI single in the first inning and a two-run double in the fourth.

The Gophers (1-1) got their run on Cole McDevitt's RBI single in the fourth.

Two streaks tumble

Hamline ended No. 1-ranked St. Thomas' 38-game unbeaten streak in women's hockey on Saturday, edging the Tommies 3-2 on Leah Schwartzman's goal 28 seconds into overtime.

St. Thomas will still be the top seed in the MIAC playoffs by virtue of a 3-2 win over the No. 4 Pipers the night before on Anna Solheim's goal with 52 seconds left. That win clinched the Tommies' third regular-season title in six years and also ended a 17-game unbeaten streak for Hamline, the second seed in the conference playoffs.

• Augsburg will be the top seed in the MIAC men's hockey playoffs. In their final regular-season game, the Auggies beat Concordia 5-4 in overtime on Eric Brenk's goal at 1:06.

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• Kiley Sabin improved on her own Gophers' program record by winning the shot put with a toss of 57 feet, 3¾ inches in the Parents Day Invitational.

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