The Gophers won the decisive game of their three-game baseball series at Long Beach State, pounding out 21 hits in a 19-6 victory Sunday.
The Gophers' hits included 11 doubles and Jordan Kozicky's second home run of the weekend. Long Beach State (3-15) had 14 hits but stranded 11 runners, and the Gophers took advantage of six Long Beach State errors.
Kozicky went 3-for-5 at the plate with two runs and six RBI, including a three-run homer. Max Meyer was 3-for-4 with two runs, a double, an RBI and a walk. Eli Wilson and Andrew Wilhite had two doubles apiece.
The Gophers (5-12) sent 12 batters to the plate in an eight-run ninth that included four doubles and Kozicky's home run.
U softball posts shutout
The Gophers softball team blanked South Florida 3-0 on Sunday, concluding a weekend in Tampa, Fla., in which it won four of five games. Maddie Houlihan's two-run double broke a scoreless tie in the third, and freshman Natalie DenHartog homered three innings later for the Gophers (19-8).
Amber Fiser (11-5) allowed three hits and ran her scoreless-innings streak to 25. Sydney Smith finished with a 1-2-3 seventh.
Gophers gymnasts win
Sophomore Shane Wiskus won event titles with career-best scores on parallel bars and high bar and freshman Garrett Kasiski won the vault and placed third on the rings for the sixth-ranked Gophers in their victory over No. 13 Air Force in a men's gymnastics dual at the Maturi Pavilion. The score was 402.050 to 387.350.
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• The Gophers men's golf team placed 10th at the 14-team Schenkel Invitational in Statesboro, Ga., closing with a 4-over 292, its best round of the tournament. Sophomore Angus Flanagan was the top Gophers finisher, tying for 21st at 2-over-par 218. Host Georgia Southern won the team title by 13 strokes, at 26-under 838.
