Junior right fielder Luke Gorsett is off to a powerful start for the third-ranked Nebraska baseball team, which completed a three-game sweep of visiting Alabama on Sunday and improved to 11-2.
Gorsett, a former Thomas Jefferson High School star, leads the Huskers in home runs (seven), RBIs (14) and slugging percentage (.865) and has a .385 batting average. Gorsett, on March 3 against Notre Dame at the Metrodome in Minneapolis, became the first Nebraska player in 11 years to hit for the cycle.
Brandon Buckman, a senior first baseman from Lewis- Palmer, is hitting .280 for Nebraska with three homers. He had a two-homer game March 5 against Minnesota at the Metrodome. Jake Opitz, a sophomore second baseman from Heritage, is hitting .273 for the Huskers.
Roaring Fork grad races to D-III title
Roaring Fork High School graduate Caroline Cretti of Williams (Mass.) College won the women’s 5,000-meter run at the NCAA Division III indoor track and field championships Saturday. Cretti’s time of 16:44.57 was a record at St. Olaf’s Tostrud Center in Northfield, Minn., where the meet was held.
CSU men’s golf eighth in San Diego
The Colorado State men’s golf team is tied for eighth place after the first round of the Callaway Golf Invitational at the Farms Golf Club in San Diego.
The Rams finished the round at 303, led by Zen Brown, who shot a 73, putting him in eighth place.
On the women’s side, the Rams finished the first round of the UNLV Spring Invitational in 18th after shooting a 317. Chelsea Benton led the way for the women, finishing the day with a 75 for 22nd place.
Metro State improves to 7-4 in men’s tennis
Metro State’s men’s tennis team defeated Dallas Baptist 7-2, improving to 7-4, winning five of six singles matches and both doubles matches.
The Metro State women’s team fell to 1-11, losing to Dallas Baptist 7-2. Miriam Evangelista and Tia Mahoney won their No. 1 doubles match 8-4, and Mahoney won the lone women’s singles match for the Roadrunners.
