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UConn women s basketball star Paige Bueckers became the first freshman to win the USBWA s Ann Meyers Drysdale Award as national player of the year. Bueckers, from Hopkins High, also has won the Naismith Trophy and Associated Press player of the year award.
The 5-11 Bueckers averaged 20 points per game, and averaged 21.6 points in the Huskies run to the Final Four. UConn (28-2) fell to No. 3 seed Arizona in the national semifinals.
DenHartog lifts Gophers
Amber Fiser and Autume Pease combined on a three-hitter, and Natalie DenHartog s two-run homer was the key hit for the Gophers in a 2-1 softball victory over Purdue on Sunday at Jane Sage Cowles Stadium.
Story Links The Nebraska men’s golf team enter the final round of the Hoosier Collegiate in the hunt at The Pfau Course in Bloomington, Ind., on Sunday.
The Huskers closed the first day of competition in third place at 599 (296-303, +31), trailing only Michigan State at 587 (298-289, +19) and the hosts from Indiana at 197 (301-296, +29).
Nebraska got off to a strong start with a 296 in the first round – the best opening round of the nine teams in the tournament. The Huskers, who tee off the third round at 10:30 a.m., were led by
Jack Lundin, who closed the first 36 holes in tie for second at 146 (71-75). Lundin’s score through the first 18 holes was the best among the 60 golfers in the field.
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