Nebraska Baseball set to start season in Dallas

The Nebraska Cornhuskers will start their 2024 season on Friday against Baylor as part of the Shriners Children’s College Showdown.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers 2024 baseball season will get underway this weekend as the Huskers head to Dallas, Texas to play at the Shriners Children’s College Showdown.

The Huskers will begin the weekend with a matchup against Baylor and will also play Texas Tech and Oklahoma on Saturday and Sunday. Also taking place in the showdown is the Oregon Ducks and Tennessee Volunteers, however, the Huskers will face neither program.

The neutral site contests will take place at Globe Life Field, the home of the defending World Series champions, the Texas Rangers.

This season, the Huskers will be looking to improve upon a 33-23-1 record from 2023 which included a conference play record of 15-9.

The Huskers are entering year five under head coach Will Bolt, a former Husker himself. The Huskers through his first four seasons have collected winning records in each of the last three seasons including a 34-14 record in 2021 that resulted in a trip to an NCAA Regional, he also earned Big Ten Coach of the Year honors for the Huskers accomplishments that season.

Overall, the Huskers are 97-75-1 all-time under Bolt’s direction.

Notably, the Huskers are projected to be one of the Big Ten’s best programs this season and were picked to finish fifth in the Big Ten preseason poll.