The Huskers could do no worse than the No. 3 seed in the tournament coming into the game and will face the No. 6 seed Wolverines in the opening round of the tournament, as the Wolverines punched their ticket with the win on Saturday at Hawks Field.

The two teams will play the second game of the tournament on Wednesday at 3:35 p.m. in Minneapolis, Minn., at Target Field. No. 4 Illinois and No. 5 Minnesota will play the opener at 12:05 p.m. on Wednesday.

Nebraska’s offense put up nine runs for the second straight game on Saturday and registered double-digit hits for the fifth straight game with 10 on the afternoon, but were unable to keep up with the Wolverine offense. Husker pitching gave up a season-high 19 runs on season-high 23 hits, the first time all season the Huskers have given up 20 or more hits.

Five Wolverines notched at least three hits on the day, including a four-hit game from both Travis Maezes and Cole Martin.

Sophomore Pat Kelly produced three hits for the second straight game, ending the series with a 7-for-14 performance at the plate with five RBIs. Chad Christensen was the only other Husker with a multi-hit day, as the totaled his 239^th and 240^thcareer hits, tying him with Alex Gordon for ninth all-time in Nebraska history.

Michigan jumped out to an early 4-0 lead with three runs in the first and a run in the second. The Huskers answered in the bottom of the fourth with a four spot, with NU stringing together three-straight two-out singles.

Needing a win to qualify for the league tournament, the Wolverines combined to score 10 runs over the fifth and sixth inning that put them ahead 14-5. Michigan put the game away for good with five runs in the top of the eighth.

The Huskers never stopped fighting, as NU plated four runs in the bottom of the ninth after entering the inning in a 19-5 hole.

The Huskers will head to Minneapolis on Monday and practice at Target Field on Tuesday in preparation for the league tournament. Greg Sharpe and Lane Grindle will have the call of every game of the tournament on the Husker Sports Network, including for free on Huskers.com. The Big Ten Network will also carry every game of the tournament live.

No fatalities were reported following Friday evening’s collision near Fairfield on the Metro-North Railroad.

The rail line referred to it in a news release as a “major derailment.”

A spokesman for public safety officials in nearby Bridgeport says about 250 people were on the two trains that collided after one derailed.

The railroad says a train that departed New York City’s Grand Central station en route to New Haven derailed. A westbound train on an adjacent track then struck the derailed train.

Some cars on the second train also derailed as a result of the collision.

Amtrak suspended service indefinitely between New York and Boston.

Of students who take part in the lunch program, the Food Research and Action Center finds only two states have fewer students who also eat free or reduced-price breakfasts. The group finds that four out of 10 students who participate in the lunch program aren’t part of the breakfast program, even though the income requirements are the same.

Sen. Bill Avery of Lincoln has asked legislative staff to study the matter to see whether there are barriers to participation.

The Legislature’s Education Committee will hear public testimony on the issue later this year. Depending on what’s found, Avery said he may introduce legislation next year.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska says these hospitals all meet quality standards demonstrate cost efficiency.

Dr. Dave Filipi with the insurer says this list should help Nebraskans decide which hospitals to use.

The list includes six hospitals in Omaha: The Nebraska Medical Center; Alegent Creighton’s Immanuel, Bergan Mercy and Lakeside hospitals; the Nebraska Spine Hospital; and Methodist Hospital.

Three Lincoln hospitals were also honored: Saint Elizabeth and BryanLGH East and West hospitals.

Fremont Area Medical Center in Fremont and Saint Francis Medical Center in Grand Island were also named hospitals of distinction.

The meeting in Chadron is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. Friday at the Chadron State College Student Center Ballroom. Public hearings for regulations regarding mountain lions are scheduled for 8:45 a.m. and 9 a.m.

Officials say mountain lions all but vanished from Nebraska by 1890. The cats have been making a comeback in Nebraska’s northwest corner and have traveled as far east in the state as Omaha. The commission estimates the Pine Ridge area has a population of 22 animals.

The commissioners also will consider recommendations on regulations for antelope, deer and elk hunting and an agreement with the city of Gothenburg to rehabilitate Lake Helen.

The 10K Run Wild trail run on June 1 will feature participants in a wild-animal costume. Registration fees for the race are $45 through Friday. The fees include a T-shirt and park entry for the day of the race, and proceeds go to the Nebraska Wildlife Conservation Fund.

The fund helps thousands of nongame species that call Nebraska home.

For more information or to register, visit the Run Wild site online at www.RunWildNe.org.

The tour is slated for June 25-26. It will start on the university’s east campus in Lincoln, but will be based primarily around York and Clay Center.

Tour organizer Mike Jess says the tour will focus on water demands in both rural and urban areas, both now and in the future.

The tour is expected to include stops near Denton, Genoa, Waco, Deshler, York and Clay Center. It will include an overnight stay in York.

Someone signed for the package of memorial bricks delivered by UPS on April 25, using the name “Saelers.”

The office manager says she doesn’t know who that is. Now, she’s pleading for the return of the bricks, which each bear the name of a veteran.

Families of those veterans paid to have the bricks inscribed and installed at the memorial.

The bricks were to be unveiled at a Memorial Day ceremony.

Charlie Rogers

An Omaha gay-rights group is seeking the return of some $1,800 donated to a Lincoln woman convicted of lying about being attacked in her home by masked men who carved anti-gay slurs into her skin.

Beth Rigatuso, president of Heartland Pride, says that the money was given to Charlie Rogers by donors at a candlelight vigil held on Rogers’ behalf last July.

Rogers, a former Nebraska basketball player, had told police that three masked men broke into her Lincoln house and assaulted her. But police say Rogers faked the attack.

Rogers was ordered to repay more than $10,000 given to her. A probation officer distributed the money to donors and a Lincoln police charity. But the Omaha group says it didn’t get its share.

Police say the man, identified as 41-year-old Aslin Nabarro, and 33-year-old Mirna Medina-Colocho argued in the parking lot Friday morning before Nabarro pulled out a knife and began stabbing the woman in the torso and head.

Police say he then inflicted a deep cut to his own throat, fled and collapsed in an alley less than a block away.

Both Medina-Colocho and Nabarro were taken to a local hospital, where each underwent surgery. A nursing supervisor at St. Francis Medical Center said both in stable condition Friday evening. Their conditions were not available Saturday.