Minnesota Scene: Gophers swimmer Lindsey Kozelsky places third in breaststroke in NCAA meet

Lindsey Kozelsky of the Gophers placed third in the 100-yard breaststroke (58.18 seconds) in the NCAA swimming and diving championships Friday in Columbus, Ohio. Kozelsky is a sophomore from Albert Lea, Minn.

Gophers diver Sarah Bacon placed eighth on the 3-meter board (329.05) after the sophomore from Indianapolis won the 1-meter event the day before.

Minnesota's 200 medley relay placed sixth (1:36.03), giving the Gophers 134 total points, good enough for eighth place into Saturday, the final day of the national meet.

The Gophers baseball team upset No. 9 Texas Christian 6-3 in Fort Worth, Texas.

The heart of the batting order did most of the damage for Minnesota. No. 4 and 5 hitters Toby Hanson and Micah Coffey were both 3-for-4 and No. 6 hitter Cole McDevitt was 2-for-2 with two RBI.

Starter Reggie Meyer pitched 6⅔ innings for the Gophers (13-7), giving up three runs on eight hits. Brett Schulze got the win by getting one out. Freshman Max Meyer pitched two scoreless innings for his fifth save.

Gophers 125-pound wrestler Ethan Lizak won four matches on Friday in the NCAA Championships in Cleveland to assure himself of at least a sixth-place finish. He was the national runner-up a year ago but lost in the second round this year on the first day.

Lizak, a junior from Schnecksville, Pa., got a five-point decision, a major decision, a technical fall and a pin in his next four matches.

Next Lizak will face Lehigh's Darian Cruz, who beat him 6-3 in the title match a year ago.

• The Gophers softball team lost 3-0 to New Mexico State in Las Cruces, N.M. The Aggies (12-12) scored two runs in the second and one in the fifth against Amber Fiser, who pitched a seven-hitter with seven strikeouts. Second baseman MaKenna Partain was 2-for-3 for Minnesota (15-11).

• The Gophers women's tennis team defeated Maryland 6-1 to improve to 2-0 in the Big Ten. Caroline Ryba of Minnesota beat Eva Alexandrova 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (4) at No. 1 singles.

• The Gophers men's golf team was in 13th place at the Schenkel Invitational in Statesboro, Ga. Thomas Longbella shot an even-par 72 to lead the team.

• The Gophers women's golf team, led by Muyu Wu's 2-over 74, was tied for 12th place after the opening round of the Clover Cup in Mesa, Ariz.

• Augsburg basketball forward Collin Olmscheid, a junior from Buffalo, was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division III All-America second team.

• Omaha's Tyler Vesel, a senior forward from Rochester, was named the winner of the NCHC's senior scholar-athlete award.

• Katie Bourk, an assistant coach for the Augustana women's basketball team, was named to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association's Thirty Under 30 honoree list for the 2017-18 season.

• Single-game tickets for the St. Paul Saints baseball team will go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday by phone at 651-644-6659, or by visiting saintsbaseball.com. The box office at CHS Field also will be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.