Tulane 5 TCU 3
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – Junior centerfielder Aja Barto hammered a solo home run and junior closer Mason Griffin retired all four batters he faced as the Tulane University baseball team defeated TCU, 5-3, in day three of the Dairy Queen Baseball Classic Sunday at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.
Trailing 3-2 after six and a half innings, junior right fielder Drew Allain tied the score with a two-out RBI triple in the bottom of the seventh. One inning later, Barto turned on a 1-1 offering from Horned Frogs (3-4) reliever Paul Gerrish and sent it into the seats beyond the wall in right center to give the Wave (6-2) a lead they would not relinquish.
Minnesota 5 Pepperdine 2
The Minnesota baseball team (2-4) defeated Pepperdine (5-2) 5-2 to win the Dairy Queen Classic on Sunday, Mar. 2. The Golden Gophers and Waves both finished 2-1 in the Dairy Queen Classic, but Minnesota claimed the title because of the head-to-head tiebreaker.
TCU and Tulane each finished 1-2 in the Dairy Queen Classic. It was the first Dairy Queen Classic title for Minnesota since 2004 when the Golden Gophers went undefeated with victories over Florida State, Nebraska and West Virginia.
