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Late Rally Lifts Ashland Past UT

A Tribune staff, wire report

The Tampa Tribune

Published: May 27, 2008

SAUGET, Ill. - Jeff Yates went 3-for-4 and hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning Monday, lifting Ashland to a 6-5 victory against the third-ranked University of Tampa baseball team in the first round of the NCAA Division II Championships.

Ashland (40-16) advances to play No. 1-ranked Mount Olive at 7:30 tonight, while Tampa (42-10-1) faces Ouachita Baptist at 3:30 p.m. today in an elimination game.

The Spartans got home runs from Steven Broschofsky, Paul Cruz and Junior Mejia. Jesus Barroso had three hits to extend his hitting streak to 15 games.

The Eagles tied the game with a run in the fourth inning and three in the sixth, including David Quirog's game-tying solo homer.

The Spartans had taken a 5-1 lead after Broschofsky and Mejia connected for two-run homers in the top of the fourth.

Hurricanes Are Top Seed For NCAA Tournament

The University of Miami was selected as the top seed for the 64-team Division I college baseball tournament.

The Hurricanes (47-8), who won the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament for the first time, will host one of 16 four-team, double-elimination regionals that begin Friday. They open up against Bethune-Cookman (36-20).

The other national seeds, in order, are North Carolina (46-12), Arizona State (45-11), Florida State (48-10), Fullerton (37-19), Rice (42-13), LSU (43-16-1) and Georgia (35-21-1).

The winners of each regional will advance to the super regionals, played June 6-9. The eight winners of the super regionals will play in the College World Series, which starts June 14 in Omaha, Neb.

BASKETBALL: University of Florida forward Jonathan Mitchell, who was named Mr. New York Basketball 2006, will transfer to Rutgers.

Mitchell, a 6-foot-7, 243-pounder, played in 35 games over two seasons at Florida and was a member of its 2007 national championship team. He won't be able to play for the Scarlet Knights until the 2009-2010 season.

LACROSSE: At Foxborough, Mass., Syracuse won its 10th men's lacrosse championship, beating defending champion Johns Hopkins 13-10 behind three goals from Dan Hardy.

The crowd of 48,970 was the largest to see an NCAA championship outdoors in any sport - the BCS football championship game isn't an NCAA event.

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