Minnesota scene: No. 2 Stanford drops Gophers volleyball team to 0-2

The Gophers women's volleyball team fell to 0-2 Sunday, losing in three sets to No. 2 Stanford at the Stanford Invite in Palo Alto, Calif.

The set scores were 25-15, 25-23, 25-18. Stanford improved to 2-0.

The Gophers, predicted by conference coaches to finish fifth in the Big Ten, got a match-high 13 kills from Daly Santana. Paige Tapp led the Gophers with five block assists, and Samantha Seliger-Swenson had a match-best 33 assists.

Stanford hit .253 and had 15 blocks, while holding the Gophers to .095 and eight blocks.

Apple Valley sophomore Gable Stevenson, the defending Class 3A wrestling 220-pound state champion, won the gold medal Sunday at the United World Wrestling (UWW) Cadet World Championships in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Steveson won the freestyle 100kg (220-pound) division, beating Khasanboy Rakhimov of Uzbekistan 9-0 in the finals, completing the tournament with a 5-0 record.

He already has given a verbal commitment to the Gophers, where he'll join brother Bobby Steveson.

LSU scored in the 71st minute on a header by Jorian Baucom, beating the Gophers women's soccer team 1-0 in the Battle of the Bayou in Baton Rouge, La.

It was the first loss of the season for the Gophers (2-1-1), who had also had a draw with 23rd-ranked Kansas.

Gophers Rashida Beal, Tori Burnett and Josee Stiever made the all-tournament team.

The St. Paul Saints broke the franchise home run record, running their season total to 97, on the way to a 10-3 victory over the host Kansas City T-Bones.

Sunday's record-breaker was hit by infielder Sam Maus, his first professional home run.

The Saints (68-25) have seven regular-season games remaining, all home games, starting Tuesday.

Sunday's results made it certain that the Saints will open the American Association playoffs against Sioux City. The first-round playoff matchups are based on geography, not record.