Lincoln, Neb.-The Nebraska baseball team pounded 11 hits, including a trio of home runs, to power its way past Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 7-2, in the first game of the NCAA Regional at Lincoln in front of a school-record 6,631 fans at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park on Friday.

The Huskers (43-18) used a four-run fifth inning to snap a 2-2 tie and make a winner of freshman reliever Brian Duensing. Senior infielder Jeff Blevins provided the Huskers with their biggest blast in the fifth, a three-run homer to right field. Sophomore catcher John Grose added a solo home run two batters later to give the Huskers a 6-2 cushion, before All-American Jed Morris supplied some more insurance with a solo homer in the seventh.

Duensing, pitched 6.2 innings of shutout relief, allowing just three singles and no walks, to improve to 6-1 on the season. Duensing came on in relief of Aaron Marsden, who managed just 2.1 innings for his shortest starting outing of the year.

Nebraska Coach Dave Van Horn said Duensing