Nebraska vs. Texas A&M-CC/Abilene Christian
April 1, 2023
Crutcher Scott Field | Abilene, Texas
 
Saturday, April 1 – 1 p.m. CT
Pitching: LHP Emmett Olson (4-1, 3.68 ERA) vs. RHP Colin Purcell (2-1, 3.50 ERA)
TV/Streaming: WAC International Digital Network
Radio: Huskers Radio Network – Lincoln (1400 AM), Omaha (590 AM), Huskers.com, Huskers App

Saturday, April 1 – Approx. 45 min. after Game One
Pitching: RHP Jace Kaminska (5-0, 2.06 ERA) vs. RHP Breck Eichelberger (3-0, 3.62 ERA)
TV/Streaming: WAC International Digital Network
Radio: Huskers Radio Network – Lincoln (1400 AM), Omaha (590 AM), Huskers.com, Huskers App
 
Nebraska heads south for a non-conference doubleheader against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Abilene Christian on Saturday afternoon in Abilene, Texas.
 
First pitch between the Huskers and Texas A&M-CC is scheduled for 1 p.m., while Nebraska's second game against Abilene Christian will start approximately 45 minutes after game one.
 
Both games on Saturday can be seen on the WAC International Digital Network, while fans can also listen to Greg Sharpe and Ben McLaughlin call the action on the Huskers Radio Network, which can be heard on KLIN (1400 AM) in Lincoln and KXSP (590 AM) in Omaha. Every game this season can be heard for free on Huskers.com and the Official Nebraska Huskers App for both iOS and android devices.

Nebraska vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
• Nebraska and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi have met six times on the baseball diamond, with the Huskers holding a 4-2 advantage in the all-time series.
• The two teams played a three-game series last year in Lincoln, as the Islanders won the series by taking the final two games.
• Nebraska won the series opener with a walk-off 13-12 victory, while the Islanders bounced back with wins of 4-1 (March 19) and 21-4 (March 20).
 
Nebraska vs. Abilene Christian
• The lone all-time meeting between the Huskers and Wildcats was back in 1974.
• Abilene Christian blanked the Big Red with a 3-0 victory over the Huskers in Abilene on March 23, 1974.
 
Big Red Blasts
• Nebraska has been leaving the yard at an impressive rate this season with 40 long balls through 23 games, which ranks 28th heading into Saturday's doubleheader in Abilene.
• So far this season, 11 different players have gone deep for the Big Red. All 11 of those players have hit multiple homers, led by Brice Matthews (8), Max Anderson (6) and Gabe Swansen (6).
• NU has homered in six of its last seven games and has gone deep multiple times in 10 games this season.
 
Matthews a Constant on the Base Path
• Brice Matthews has been a constant on the base path for the Huskers recently, as the junior enters the weekend having reached base safely in 20-plus games.
• Matthews comes into Saturday's doubleheader on a 26-game reached base streak, dating back to last season.
 
Flashing the Leather
• Through their first 23 games this season, the Huskers have committed just 15 errors and rank 15th nationally with a .981 fielding percentage.
 
Extra-Base Hits Fuel NU Offense
• Through its first 23 games, the NU offense is hitting .320 with 51 doubles, six triples, 40 home runs and a .550 slugging percentage.
• In 53 games last season, the Huskers totaled 79 doubles, 51 homers and a .400 slugging
percentage.
 
Superb Southpaw
• Friday night starter Emmett Olson has led the NU pitching staff through six starts this season.
• Olson is 4-1 with a 3.68 ERA and 40 strikeouts in 36.2 innings of work while limiting opponents to a .198 batting average.
• The junior had a career-high 10 strikeouts in a seven-inning outing against Illinois last weekend to pick up his fourth win of the season.
 
Zero Earned Runs in 20.1 Innings
• Junior Jace Kaminska went 20.1 innings without allowing an earned run after surrendering an earned run on a wild pitch in the second inning last weekend against Illinoi.
• In the 20.1-inning stretch, Kaminska had allowed just one run, which was unearned on a passed ball in a 17-1 win against Nicholls.
• Kaminska is 5-0 this season with a 2.06 ERA and is limiting opposing hitters to a .206 batting average in 35.0 innings.

Numbers to Know
1– Shay Schanaman is one strikeout away from tying Bob Sebra (1981-83) for eighth all-time in program history with 212 strikeouts.
7 – Nebraska is one of seven teams nationally hitting .320 or better as a team with at least 40 homers, joining Campbell, Old Dominion, Coastal Carolina, LSU, Florida and FGCU.
2 – Saturday's game against Abilene Christian marks the second all-time meeting between the Huskers and Wildcats.
11 – So far this season, 11 different players have gone deep for the Big Red. All 11 of those players have hit multiple homers, led by Brice Matthews (8), Max Anderson (6) and Gabe Swansen (6).
18 – The Nebraska pitching staff ranks 18th in the country and leads the Big Ten with 2.32 walks allowed per nine innings through the first 23 games this season.

Nebraska Drops Series Opener to Michigan

Michigan handed the Nebraska softball team a rare Big Ten home loss Friday afternoon, as the Wolverines were thoroughly impressive in a 10-1 five-inning victory over the Huskers at Bowlin Stadium. The loss was only Nebraska's second defeat in its last 19 Big Ten Conference home games.
 
The Wolverines (16-13, 2-2 Big Ten) scored a pair of runs in each of the first two innings before exploding for a six-run third inning. Michigan set season highs in runs (10) and hits (14), while the Wolverines were 10-for-19 in the game with runners on base.
 
Lauren Derkowski (10-6) picked up her 10th win of the season. She tossed a two-hitter and allowed only one run while facing one batter over the minimum. Offensively, every Wolverine had at least one hit and Keke Tholl drove in four runs.
 
Senior right-hander Courtney Wallace (15-7) took the loss for Nebraska (24-11, 4-2 Big Ten). Wallace was charged with eight runs (seven earned) on nine hits in 2.1 innings. Freshman right-hander Kendall Mangel came on in relief to make her Bowlin Stadium debut. Mangel allowed two runs on five hits in 2.2 innings.
 
Offensively, senior Mya Felder provided Nebraska's lone run with a solo home run in the bottom of the fourth inning. Freshman Katelyn Caneda produced Nebraska's other hit with one-out single in the bottom of the first.
 
Michigan jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first. An error and a double put Wolverines on second and third with no outs for Tholl, who brought home the game's first run with a sacrifice fly to deep center. Maddie Erickson followed with an RBI single to make it 2-0.
 
The Wolverines added two more runs in the top of the second, as a two-out RBI double and a two-out RBI single pushed the lead to 4-0.
 
Michigan continued to score with a six-run third inning. Four of the first five batters in the frame singled, including back-to-back RBI singles that stretched the lead to 6-0 and marked the end of the day for Wallace. Mangel inherited runners on first and second with one out and retired the first batter she faced before Lexie Blair lined a two-run double to left center and Tholl followed with a two-run homer to center to make it 10-0.
 
Nebraska got one run back in the bottom of the sixth when Felder launched a two-out, opposite-field solo home run to right.
 
Mangel held the Wolverines scoreless in the top of the fifth, but Nebraska was retired in order in the bottom of the frame as the game ended early due to the run-rule.
 
Nebraska and Michigan continue their series on Saturday at 4 p.m. The game will be televised live on the Big Ten Network with radio coverage on the Huskers Radio Network
 
Game Notes

• Nebraska lost a Big Ten Conference home game for just the second time in the past two seasons.
• The Huskers are 17-2 in their last 19 Big Ten home games, which dates back to the final home series of the 2021 season. NU was 10-1 at home in conference games last season and opened the 2023 Big Ten season with a three-game sweep of Purdue last weekend.
• Senior Mya Felder hit her sixth home run of the season, the second-highest season home run total of her career.
• Freshman Ashley Smetter made her first career start (designated player).
• Freshman Kendall Mangel made her Bowlin Stadium debut and went 2.2 innings, the second-longest outing of her career.

Huskers Announce Summer Trip to Brazil

The Nebraska volleyball team will embark on a 17-day trip to Brazil from May 29-June 14. The Huskers will train and play matches in both Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte.

NCAA programs are allowed to take foreign trips once every four years, and this will be Nebraska's first-ever trip to Brazil under Head Coach John Cook. The last foreign trip for the Nebraska volleyball program was a 17-day trip to Japan and China in the summer of 2019. The Huskers also went to Asia in 2000, 2006, 2010 and 2014.

The Huskers' itinerary for the trip is still being planned, but the Big Red will be playing matches against the U19 and U21 Brazil national teams, as well as the Brazil women's military team.

Nebraska has six new players on its roster and no seniors, so the trip will allow NU's young squad a chance to gel before preseason training begins in August. The Huskers also had six newcomers and no seniors on their 2019 trip to Asia.

Nebraska Falls to Ohio State

Columbus, Ohio – The No. 45 ranked Nebraska men's tennis team (9-7, 1-2 Big Ten) fell to No. 2 Ohio State (20-2, 3-0 Big Ten) 7-0 at the Ty Tucker Tennis Center on Friday evening.
 
The Buckeyes got off to a strong start in doubles play with the No. 36 ranked duo of Robert Cash and Justin Boulais defeating NU's Nic Wiedenhorn and Calvin Mueller 6-3 on Court 2. Ohio State then clinched the doubles point on Court 3 with Cannon Kingsley and James Trotter defeating Roni Hietaranta and Shunya Maruyama 6-4. 

The match between Nebraska's William Gleason and Leo Linquet against Ohio State's No. 3 ranked JJ Tracy and Andrew Lutschaunig went unfinished, with the pairs tied at 4-4.  
 
Ohio State continued strong in singles, sweeping all six courts. No. 25 Trotter picked up the first singles win on Court 2 with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Linquet. No. 12 Kingsley defeated Hietaranta on Court 1, 6-1, 6-4 to extend the Buckeye lead to three. 
 
Ohio State clinched the overall win on Court 5, with Cash defeating Gleason 6-4, 6-1. 
 
The two teams decided to play out the remaining matches. Maruyama dropped his match on Court 3 to No. 15 Tracy, 6-3, 6-2. No. 63 Alexander Bernard defeated Lars Johann 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 on Court 4. Jack Anthrop closed out the evening by defeating Mueller 6-4, 6-7 (5), [10-7] on Court 6. 
 
The Huskers now head to University Park, Pa., to take on No. 73 Penn State at 11 a.m. CT on Sunday.

Tennis Match Results
Nebraska vs Ohio State
Mar 31, 2023 at Columbus, Ohio
(Ty Tucker Tennis Center)

#2 Ohio State 7, #45 Nebraska 0

Singles competition
1. #12 Cannon Kingsley (OSU) def. Roni Hietaranta (NEB) 6-1, 6-4
2. #25 James Trotter (OSU) def. Leo Linquet (NEB) 6-2, 6-1
3. #15 JJ Tracy (OSU) def. Shunya Maruyama (NEB) 6-3, 6-2
4. #63 Alexander Bernard (OSU) def. Lars Johann (NEB) 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
5. Robert Cash (OSU) def. William Gleason (NEB) 6-4, 6-1
6. Jack Anthrop (OSU) def. Calvin Mueller (NEB) 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 10-7

Doubles competition
1. #3 Andrew Lutschaunig/JJ Tracy (OSU) vs. William Gleason/Leo Linquet (NEB) 4-4, unfinished
2. #36 Robert Cash/Justin Boulais (OSU) def. Nic Wiedenhorn/Calvin Mueller (NEB) 6-3
3. Cannon Kingsley/James Trotter (OSU) def. Roni Hietaranta/Shunya Maruyama (NEB) 6-4

Match Notes:
Nebraska 9-7 (1-2 B1G)
Ohio State 20-2 (3-0 B1G); National ranking #2
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (2,1,5,3,4,6)
Official: Julio Colon T-2:46 A-3

Trio of Huskers Climb All-Time List at Texas Relays

The Nebraska track and field team continued its weekend at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays and the Bobcat Invitational with nine top-five finishes and three athletes posting all-time marks on Friday.

Darius Luff posted a wind-aided personal-best time of 13.44 in the 110m hurdles prelim to earn a spot in tomorrow's final. That time ranks third in school history. Johanna Ilves clocked a personal-best 13.72 in the 100m hurdles, finishing third in her section.

Newcomer Arthur Petersen had the fourth-best javelin mark in school history, placing ninth with a 239-11 (73.13m).

Kalynn Meyer added a personal-best shot put effort to the day. With a distance of 53-6 1/2 (16.32m), Meyer finished as runner-up in the B section and climbed to ninth on the all-time list.

Maddie Harris was NU's top finisher in the women's javelin with a mark of 170-2 (51.87m) to place seventh. Mirta Kulisic pitched in a top-ten mark with a 166-4 (50.70m). Maxwell Otterdahl represented the Big Red in the throws on the men's side, finishing 11th in the shot put with a mark of 182-8 (55.68m).

Riley Masten and Madison Yerigan tied for fifth in the B section of the high jump with a clearance of 5-7 (1.70m).

Ieva Turke highlighted the horizontal jumps with a personal-best 43-4 1/4 (13.21m) in the triple jump to place third in the B section. Rhianna Phipps added a ninth-place finish with a 42-1 1/2 (12.84m). In the B section of the men's long jump, Micaylon Moore took seventh with a leap of 24-8 1/4 (7.52m).

The Husker men (Kavian Kerr, Jacob Hyde, Garrett Kaalund, Luff) placed 19th in the 4x100m relay prelim with a time of 40.09. In the 4x400, Cory Berg, Nick Bryant, Hyde and Kaalund crossed the line at 3:09.26 to earn another 19th-place finish.

At the Bobcat Invitational, Zionn Pearson leaped a personal-best 20-7 3/4 (6.29m) to claim runner-up honors in the long jump. Ashriel Dixon, Michael Hoffer and Tyus Wilson tied for third in the high jump with a clearance of 6-9 1/2 (2.07m).

Cory Berg finished sixth in the men's 400m hurdles with a 53.05, while Karlie Moore clocked a 1:02.33 in the women's 400m hurdles to take ninth.

In the 800m, Sam Easley ran a personal-best 1:50.63 to claim fifth and Cortez Ruiz took ninth with a 1:51.41.

Nebraska returns to action tomorrow morning for the final day of the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays and the Bobcat Invitational. Events are set to begin at 10 a.m. (CT) at both meets.

Huskers Finish Season at NCAA Regionals

The Nebraska women's gymnastics team finished its season at the NCAA Regional Second Round with a 195.525. No. 6 LSU and No. 11 Oregon State advanced to the NCAA Regional Final, both tallying a 197.375. No. 19 Georgia finished in third with a 197.000.

Rotation One 
The Huskers started the afternoon on vault, earning a team score of 48.950. Emma Spence and Kinsey Davis led the way with a score of 9.825 followed by Martina Comin who tallied a 9.800. Ayzhia Hall and Katie Kuenemann added a 9.750 while Sophia McClelland finished with a 9.675.

Madi Dagen of Oregon State recorded a session-best 9.900 on vault. 

Rotation Two
Nebraska moved to uneven bars, finishing with a 48.675. Spence led the Big Red with a 9.825 followed by Clara Colombo earning a 9.775. McClelland tallied a 9.750 while Genesis Gibson earned a 9.725. Davis recorded a 9.600 while Emma Simpton rounded out the rotation with a 9.200. 

Haleigh Bryant of LSU earned the best uneven bars score with a 9.925. 

Rotation Three
NU earned a 48.625 on balance beam during rotation three. McClelland led the Huskers with a 9.875, and Spence added a 9.825. Colombo finished with a 9.775 while Hall earned a 9.750. Gard tallied a 9.400 while Simpton rounded out the rotation with a 9.000. 

Bryant also claimed a session-best score on beam with a 9.950. 

Rotation Four 
The Big Red finished the meet on floor, notching a 49.275. Kylie Piringer and McClelland led the way with a score of 9.900. Spence added a 9.850 while Kuenemann finished with a 9.825. Comin earned a 9.800, and Halle Rourke finished the rotation with a 9.700. 

Jade Carey of Oregon State finished with the best floor score, claiming a 9.975. 

All-Around
Spence finished in the all-around with a 39.325. McClelland added a 39.200 in the all-around competition. 

Bryant claimed a session-best score in the all-around, finishing with a 39.700.

Huskers Defeat Hoosiers, 4-2

Lincoln, Neb. - After winning the doubles point and three singles' matches, the No. 71 Nebraska women's tennis team (13-4, 2-2 Big Ten) defeated Indiana (10-7, 1-4 Big Ten) 4-2 at the Sid and Hazel Dillon Tennis Center on Friday evening. 
 
The match began with doubles play as the No. 2 team of Isabel Adrover Gallego and Ana Carmen Zamburek defeated Alexandra Staiculescu and Nicole Teodosescu, 6-2. On Court 3, Anfisa Danilchenko and Lucy Loy clinched the doubles point and grabbed their first win as a doubles pair against Indiana's Mila Mejic and Rose Hu, 6-3. Samantha Alicea and Raphaëlle Lacasse battled on Court 1, and the teams were tied 4-4 before the match was called. 
 
The action continued with singles play. On Court 6, Loy bested Lauren Lemonds, 6-2, 6-2. In the No. 1 position, Carmen Zamburek was defeated by IU's Lara Schneider, 6-3, 6-1. On Court 4, Danilchenko was bested by Staiculescu, 6-2, 6-4 and the overall score was tied 2-2. Nebraska gained the lead back when Lacasse defeated Teodosescu in three sets on Court 5, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2. In the No. 3 position, Alicea bested Mejic and clinched the overall win for Nebraska, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-1. The match concluded with an unfinished match on Court 2. 
 
Up next, the Huskers stay home to host a matchup against Purdue on Sunday at 11 a.m. CT. 

Tennis Match Results Indiana vs Nebraska
Mar 31, 2023 at Lincoln, Neb.
(Dillon Tennis Center)

#71 Nebraska 4, Indiana 2

Singles competition
1. Lara Schneider (IU) def. Ana C. Zamburek (NEB) 6-3, 6-1
2. Isabel A. Gallego (NEB) vs. Saby Nihalani (IU) 4-6, 7-5, 4-3, unfinished
3. Samantha Alicea (NEB) def. Mila Mejic (IU) 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 6-1
4. A. Staiculescu (IU) def. Anfisa Danilchenko (NEB) 6-2, 6-4
5. Raphaëlle Lacasse (NEB) def. Nicole Teodosescu (IU) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
6. Lucy Loy (NEB) def. Lauren Lemonds (IU) 6-2, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. Samantha Alicea/Raphaëlle Lacasse (NEB) vs. Lara Schneider/Saby Nihalani (IU) 4-4, unfinished
2. Isabel A. Gallego/Ana C. Zamburek (NEB) def. A. Staiculescu/Nicole Teodosescu (IU) 6-2
3. Anfisa Danilchenko/Lucy Loy (NEB) def. Mila Mejic/Xiaowei "Rose" Hu (IU) 6-3

Match Notes:
Indiana 10-7
Nebraska 13-4; National ranking #71
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (6,1,4,5,3)
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