May 11, 2006 | Baseball
MANKATO, Minn. -- Nebraska-Omaha belted six home runs en route to an 11-5 victory over Minnesota Duluth during the opening round of the North Central Conference Tournament on Thursday.
UNO improved to 43-11 on the season and will face Minnesota State, Mankato in a winner's bracket game on Friday at 3:30 p.m. The 43 wins surpasses last season's win total of 42 and is the most in school history.
The Mavs trailed 3-2 before a five-run outburst in the sixth inning, highlighted by home runs by Tyler Cloyd, Chad Leon and Evan Porter. UNO tacked on three more runs in the seventh with homers from Lyle Lafountain, David Bodnar and another by Cloyd for a 10-3 lead.
Cloyd finished the game 3-for-3 and drove in four runs while scoring three times.
Josh Lundin improved to 9-1 on the season. The junior from Rapid City, S.D., allowed two runs and struck out nine in 5 2/3 innings.
UNO improved to 43-11 on the season and will face Minnesota State, Mankato in a winner's bracket game on Friday at 3:30 p.m. The 43 wins surpasses last season's win total of 42 and is the most in school history.
The Mavs trailed 3-2 before a five-run outburst in the sixth inning, highlighted by home runs by Tyler Cloyd, Chad Leon and Evan Porter. UNO tacked on three more runs in the seventh with homers from Lyle Lafountain, David Bodnar and another by Cloyd for a 10-3 lead.
Cloyd finished the game 3-for-3 and drove in four runs while scoring three times.
Josh Lundin improved to 9-1 on the season. The junior from Rapid City, S.D., allowed two runs and struck out nine in 5 2/3 innings.
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