Fourth-Ranked Huskers Dodge No. 25 Golden Gophers, 9-2 - Huskers.com - Nebraska Athletics Official Web Site

Lincoln - Matt Hopper went 3-for-5 with three RBIs, as the fourth-ranked Nebraska baseball team improved to 35-11 on the year with a 9-2 victory over No. 25 Minnesota in front of 2,553 at Hawks Field Wednesday evening.

The senior from Golden, Colo., broke a 2-2 tie in the fifth with an RBI single to center off reliever Brian Bull to score Jeff Leise (Omaha, Neb.) with the go-ahead run, as Nebraska scored eight unanswered runs to erase a 2-1 deficit. Hopper, who leads the Huskers with 50 RBIs and a .383 average, highlighted a three-run eighth with a two-run single en route to his team-best 20th multi-hit game of the season.

Leise matched a career high with four hits and scored three times, while Daniel Bruce (Omaha, Neb.) was hit by three pitches and scored twice, as the Huskers improved to 20-1 at Hawks Field this spring.

Leise, who is 11 for 20 in the last four games, continued to feast upon on Golden Gopher pitching, going 8-for-11 with seven runs scored in two games against Minnesota, which fell to 27-15 with the loss. The win was NU