Minnesota Scene: Gophers' Sarah Bacon wins 1-meter diving title in NCAA meet

Sarah Bacon of the Gophers took first in 1-meter diving on Thursday in the NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships in Columbus, Ohio. Her winning score was 343.50 — 10 points ahead of runner-up Julia Vincent of South Carolina.

"I don't know if there is anyone tougher out there," Minnesota coach Kelly Kremer tweeted about Bacon, a sophomore from Indianapolis.

Minnesota's 400-meter medley relay placed fifth in a school record 3 minutes, 28.34 seconds.

Three wrestlers for the Gophers lost in the second round of the NCAA Championships in Cleveland.

Ethan Lizak, the NCAA runner-up a year ago at 125 pounds, lost to ninth-seeded Ronnie Bresser of Oregon State 4-2 in overtime. Mitch McKee fell to top-seeded Seth Gross of South Dakota State 13-5 at 133. Nick Wanzek got pinned by fifth-seeded Alex Marinelli of Iowa in 6:15 at 165.

The Hamline women's hockey team (21-4-3) will play top-seeded Norwich College (25-1-3) at 7 p.m. Friday in the semifinals of the NCAA Division III tournament in Norwich, Conn. Plattsburgh State (24-2-2) will face Elmira College (24-2-2) in the other semifinal.

The Pipers advanced with a 3-2 win over Wisconsin-Eau Claire on Saturday.

Centennial senior forward Lucas McGregor announced on Twitter that he has given a verbal commitment to the Gophers men's hockey team. A Mr. Hockey finalist, McGregor helped lead the Cougars to the Class 2A state tournament, where they lost 6-3 to eventual champion Minnetonka in the semifinals. The 5-11, 161-pound McGregor had 29 goals this season.

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• Minnesota State Mankato senior forward C.J. Suess was named the WCHA player of the year. Suess, of Forest Lake, won the conference scoring title. He had 19 goals and 17 assists for 36 points in 28 league games.