Morning State Sports Briefs: UWM baseball team tops Tennessee
Wisconsin Sports-- The UW-Milwaukee baseball team won its first game of the season yesterday, 9-6 at Tennessee.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The UW-Milwaukee baseball team, Wisconsin's only Division 1 program, won its first game of the season yesterday, 9-6 at Tennessee.
Freshman Ryan Solberg hit a three-run homer in the fifth inning to put the Panthers up 9-nothing. But the Volunteers scored four times in the same inning, and two more in the eighth. Tennessee suffered its first loss, and is now 2-1. Milwaukee is 1-2.
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The UW-Parkside women have earned the number-two seed in the Great Lakes Valley Conference basketball tournament. The Rangers will host 11th-seeded Bellarmine on Saturday near Kenosha. Parkside finished its regular season schedule this past weekend at 15-3 in league play and 21-5 overall. The Ranger women placed second behind top-seeded Quincy in the league’s North Division. On the men’s side, Parkside was given the 11th seed in the GLVC Tournament. They’ll play at number-two seed Southern Indiana on Saturday night. Parkside finished the regular season in fourth in the North Division at 6-12 in conference play and 9-17 overall. Southern Indiana is 14-4 in the league and 22-4 overall. Both teams won their regular season finales during the weekend. Parkside qualified for the tournament with a 62-61 victory at Saint Joseph.
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The Milwaukee Admirals are still tied for first place in their American Hockey League division, after losing at home to Texas 2-1 yesterday. Sean Backman scored the deciding goal midway through the second period. Jonathon Blum scored Milwaukee’s only goal on a power play in the first period. Tyler Beskorowany had 34 saves for Texas, which moved to one point behind front-running Milwaukee and Houston in the AHL’s West Division.
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In the Major Indoor Soccer League, the Milwaukee Wave lost at Baltimore yesterday 20-9. Robbie Aristodemo scored a hat trick for first-place Baltimore, which is now a-game-and-a-half up on second-place Milwaukee in the standings with four to play. Both teams have secured playoff spots, but the regular season winner gets to host the league championship match.
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The University of Wisconsin softball team took third place at the Texas Invitational, with a 7-6 come-from-behind victory over Colorado State yesterday. The Badgers scored four runs in the final inning, after being down 6-3 in the top of the seventh. Freshman Stephanie Peace singled home the game-winning run, as Wisconsin improved to 4-2 – tied for the second-best start in the team’s history.
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