OMAHA (Interstat) — Reece Wagner threw seven no-hit innings and Northern Colorado scored three times in the fifth inning to defeat Omaha 5-3 on Wednesday in a Summit League game.

Wagner, who struck out six and allowed three earned runs despite not surrendering a hit, improved to 3-0 in his last three starts. He walked two and hit a batter, but kept the Mavericks off the board until the sixth inning. Logan Borboa earned the save with 1 1/3 hitless innings.

Northern Colorado (17-36) took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Sam Pease reached on a throwing error, advanced to third on a groundout and scored on a single by Jake Bullard. The Bears added a run in the third on Brandon Sanchez’s RBI single. Sanchez stole second later in the inning, but the Bears left two runners stranded.

The decisive frame came in the fifth. Brett Barber led off with a single, stole second and moved to third on a walk to Sanchez. Jaden Stone singled to center to drive in Barber. After a sacrifice bunt, Ethan Mooser singled up the middle, scoring Stone and Sanchez for a 5-0 lead. Mooser finished 1 for 4 with two RBIs.

Barber went 3 for 4 with two stolen bases and two runs scored. Stone had two hits and an RBI. For Omaha (21-25), Hayden Lewis drove in a run with a double in the sixth. Cardel Dick added an RBI single in the eighth.

Omaha starter Maddox Meyer took the loss, allowing four earned runs on seven hits over 4 2/3 innings. He struck out five and walked one. Nick Riggs pitched 3 2/3 scoreless innings in relief, striking out three.

The Mavericks broke through in the sixth. Chase Diggins walked, Henry Zipay singled and Jackson Trout bunted for a single to load the bases. Tyler Bishop’s fielder’s choice scored Diggins, and Lewis doubled to right-center to bring home Zipay, trimming the deficit to 5-2.

Omaha threatened again in the eighth. Trout walked and Tyler Bishop was hit by a pitch. Gus Allred relieved Wagner and induced a double play, but Trout advanced to third. Borboa came on and allowed Dick’s RBI single to make it 5-3. The Mavericks put two runners on in the ninth, but Borboa got Jackson Trout to fly out to center to end the game.

Northern Colorado’s five-run advantage proved critical after Omaha’s late rally. The Bears snapped a two-game losing streak and ended a three-game slide against the Mavericks, who had won the previous two meetings this season.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Omaha 7, Northern Colorado 5, and its ELO system gave the Mavericks a 64.50 percent probability to win.