For the second time, Kansas walked away with the win, dropping Nebraska to 25-13 on the season.
The Huskers hosted Kansas on Tuesday night in their second showdown against the Jayhawks this season. Kansas walked away with the win for the second time, dropping Nebraska to 25-13 on the season.
Nebraska put ten pitchers on the mound to counter Kansas’s batting, combining for 12 total strikeouts across 44 batters. The Jayhawks produced 11 hits and eight RBIs to accompany their nine total runs, going up by as much as 7-1 and 9-3 over Nebraska.
The Huskers finished the game with eight hits but left 12 batters on base to result in just four runs, including three in the ninth. Cayden Brumbaugh led Nebraska in RBIs, delivering two of a double in the fourth. In the second, Tyler Stone served up an RBI with a solo home run. Joshua Overbeek also brought in an RBI with a single in the eighth.
The Huskers will remain home to face Iowa in a three-game series starting Friday night. The first pitch is set for 6:05 p.m. and can be viewed on B1G+.
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Nebraska falls to 25-19 on the season and 8-6 in Big Ten play.
Nebraska softball concluded its three-game series against Michigan. The Huskers fell to the Wolverines in the first two outings, and the trend continued following their 11-3 six-inning loss on Sunday.
This is the first Big Ten series of the season. Nebraska suffered a sweep, and it came in a struggling fashion. Michigan erupted in the third and fourth innings, scoring nine runs, before closing out with two runs in the sixth.
Kaylin Kinney suffered the loss in the pitching circle, allowing five runs in 3.0 innings. Caitlynn Neal pitched in the fourth inning and allowed four runs. Emmerson Cope pitched the final 1.1 innings and allowed two runs on only one hit.
Offensively, the Huskers finished with six hits and two RBIs in the game. Peyton Cody and Bella Bacon produced Nebraska’s lone RBIs, with Cody hitting one in the fourth inning and Bacon producing hers in the sixth.
Nebraska falls to 25-19 on the season and 8-6 in Big Ten play. The Huskers will return home Tuesday to face off against Iowa in a doubleheader. Game one is set for 4 p.m., and game two is set for 6:30 p.m., and both games can be viewed on Big Ten Network.
It was a tough defeat for Nebraska on Sunday afternoon.
The Huskers concluded their three-game series against Penn State on Sunday afternoon. Nebraska battled the Nittany Lions throughout the day, needing three extra innings to determine the winner. However, the Huskers fell in the end 6-5.
Nebraska led 4-2 heading into the seventh before Penn State tied the game to force extra innings. The Nittany Lions took the lead in the tenth, going up 6-4. The Huskers attempted a comeback, cutting the deficit to one, but fell short.
Caitlynn Neal led Nebraska in RBIs, finishing with three in the loss. Neal delivered an RBI single in the second, then a two-run home run in the sixth inning. Peyton Cody also delivered an RBI, hitting a home run in the bottom of the 10th.
Kaylin Kinney started in the pitching circle, pitching for 9.1 innings. On the day, Kinney faced 37 batters, tossing four strikeouts and surrendering six runs.
The Huskers fall to 23-14 on the season and will travel east to face Rutgers in a three-game series. The first game is set for 2 p.m. on Friday afternoon.
The Nebraska softball team entered its second game of the series against Penn State on Saturday afternoon. The Huskers bounced back from their 2-1 loss to the Nittany Lions on Friday night by delivering a monster fifth inning, earning a 10-2 win.
Nebraska finished the game with nine hits to earn its ten runs. In the fifth inning, the Huskers delivered seven of their runs off five hits, ending the game in five innings. Penn State scored its two runs in the fourth, cutting Nebraska’s lead to 3-2 before the Huskers’ fifth-inning surge.
Peyton Cody led Nebraska in hitting and RBIs, finishing the day with two hits and three RBIs. Caitlynn Neal earned two RBIs in the win, hitting a two-RBI double in the fifth. Billie Andrews capped off the fifth inning with a two-run home run.
Sarah Harness earned the win in the circle, pitching for 3.0 innings and facing ten batters. Harness threw two strikeouts and surrendered one hit and one run. Kaylin Kinney got the save for Nebraska, going three-up, three-down in the fifth.
The Huskers improve to 23-14 on the season and 6-1 in conference play. Nebraska will conclude the series against Penn State on Sunday. The first pitch is set for noon and can be viewed on B1G+.
The Huskers commenced their three-game series against Penn State on Friday night. Nebraska battled the Nittany Lions in a low-scoring duel but failed to come out on top, falling 2-1 and snapping its six-game winning streak.
The Huskers finished the game with two hits, even scoring in the first inning to take a 1-0 lead. But Penn State responded in the sixth inning, delivering a two-run home run to take the lead and the win.
Billie Andrews scored the Huskers’ only run. She reached first base on a leadoff error before Brooke Andrews delivered a double to bring her to third. A passed ball brought her home.
Kaylin Kinney started in the circle for Nebraska, pitching a complete game, tossing five strikeouts, and surrendering five hits and two runs. Bridget Nemeth also completed a full game for Penn State, throwing four strikeouts and surrendering two hits and one run to move to 16-1 on the season.
Nebraska falls to 22-14 on the year and 5-1 in Big Ten play. It will continue its series against Penn State on Saturday afternoon. The first pitch is set for 1 p.m. and can be viewed on B1G+.
The No. 24 Huskers kicked off their three-game series against Ohio State at home on Friday night. Nebraska shut out the Buckeyes in a swift 3-0 win, being led by a career game from Brett Sears.
Sears pitched his first career complete game, earning the shutout win. It was the first by a Husker since Will Walsh in the Big Ten Tournament last season. Sears limited the Buckeyes to just two hits, the fewest in a complete game by a Nebraska pitcher since Matt Waldron against Michigan State in 2019.
Sears faced 28 batters in the game, throwing a career-high ten strikeouts and surrendering two hits. This is Sears’ first career complete game and marks his seventh consecutive quality start, the longest streak by a Husker hurler since Aaron Mardsen recorded seven straight in 2002.
The Huskers had seven hits on the day, five of which occurred in the first three innings when they scored all three runs. Josh Caron scored all three runs for Nebraska.
Caron started the day for Nebraska by delivering a sacrificial groundout that brought in Cayden Brumbaugh in the first inning. He then hit a two-RBI single in the third.
The Huskers improve to 21-6 on the season and will face off against Ohio State for the second game of the series on Saturday afternoon. The first pitch is set for 12:05 p.m. and can be viewed on Nebraska Public Media.
Despite an impressive 19-9 start to the season, Rutgers baseball is still not ranked. However, a Big Ten team made the cut in the most recent Top 25 rankings for the first time in weeks. Nebraska was ranked No.22 after going 3-0 last week.
As Nebraska went undefeated they were led by an offense that has been on fire of late. The Cornhuskers outscored Northwestern 22-14 in a three-game sweep. Nebraska will be back in action on April 5 to begin a series with Ohio State.
While the latest rankings for Rutgers are disappointing, they have struggled of late. After beating Michigan State last Friday, the Scarlet Knights lost the last two games of the series. They were outscored 8-4 in that span and did not score more than two runs in either game.
As Rutgers looks to get back on track, its offense will need to rediscover its power. The Scarlet Knights early season success has partly been due to its ability to put five runs on the board nightly. Rutgers best player has been Josh Kuroda-Grauer, who has posted a team-high .413 batting average.
This weekend, Rutgers will look to get back in the win column when they welcome Purdue to Bainton Field.
Trev Dormer plans to do some “different, quirky things” in his renovation of a Nebraska nine-holer.
Canadian golf architect Trev Dormer, perhaps best known in the industry for his work as an associate for the team of Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw, has signed on for his first solo project.
Working with the farming family behind the development of the popular new Landmand Golf Club in eastern Nebraska, Dormer will completely renovate the family’s nearby nine-hole course at Old Dane Golf Club in Dakota City, Nebraska.
The Andersen family bought an 18-hole course in 2007 and converted it to nine holes, the current Old Dane. Dormer’s plan is to tear out the entire course and introduce a 12-hole routing that can be played as loops of six, nine or 12 holes across 93 acres of what is currently flat ground. Dormer’s team will build a lake that will provide fill to introduce elevation changes.
“There will be different ways to play the course – I just wanted to get as much golf on the property as I could,” Dormer, who recently completed his work at the new Point Hardy Golf Club at Cabot Saint Lucia in the Caribbean, said in a media release announcing the renovation of Old Dane. “It’s a dead flat site, so I’m trying to do some different, quirky things – a tee shot over the previous green for example. I think it will be significantly more fun and more interesting, and I hope it raises some questions among those who play it.”
Trev Dormer’s routing plans for the soon-to-be-remodeled Old Dane Golf Club in Dakota City, Nebraska (Courtesy of Old Dane Golf Club/Trev Dormer)
The current version of Old Dane will shut down in October, with Dormer and his crew immediately beginning the renovation, which will include the removal of the current driving range. Dormer expects the new, walking-only version of Old Dane to open in 2026.
The operators expect the green fees to remain substantially near the current $15 for nine holes and $25 for a double-loop of 18 holes. Dormer said he hopes to attract new players, especially children and families, to what will be an entirely new course.
“There will not be a single square yard of ground on the property that is untouched by the plow,” Dormer said.
The Andersen family has been in the golf news in recent years after employing King-Collins Golf Course Design to build the large-scale Landmand, which opened in 2022 to become the Golfweek’s Best No. 1 public-access layout in Nebraska and tie for No. 26 among all modern courses in the U.S.
Old Dane sits even closer to the Iowa border, about an 8-mile drive to the northeast of Landmand. Old Dane is about a 15-minute drive from Sioux City, Iowa, and is close to Sioux Gateway Airport.
“This project is about finishing what we didn’t completely do when we built the course originally,” owner Will Andersen said in the media release. “We bought the course because my dad wanted a place to go and hang out with his friends, and we achieved that, but we didn’t do that much with the golf course. The irrigation system is 23 years old, and it’s falling apart.”
Trev Dormer, right, speaks with Bill Coore, center, and Ben Crenshaw during construction of the recently completed Point Hardy Golf Club at Cabot Saint Lucia. (Jason Lusk/Golfweek)
Dormer worked briefly with King-Collins on Landmand, and Andersen was impressed with Dormer’s efforts. Dormer started his career in the early 2000s and has worked with several top architects including Ron Prichard, Rod Whitman, Nicklaus Design and Gil Hanse.
“When I thought about rebuilding Old Dane, I had a chat with Rob Collins (of King-Collins), and he confirmed my thought that Trevor would be the right candidate to do the job,” Andersen said.
The Huskers earned a milestone victory on Tuesday.
The Nebraska softball team returned home Tuesday to host Kansas. The Huskers shut out the Jayhawks while scoring four runs to snatch the program’s 1,600th win.
Nebraska finished the night with nine hits for four RBIs to earn its four runs. Kansas delivered six hits but could not capitalize, with only one runner making it to third in the game.
Samantha Bland delivered two RBIs on the night for Nebraska, going three-for-three in the batter’s box. Bland’s RBIs occurred in the first and third innings, helping Nebraska build a 2-0 lead.
Brooke and Billie Andrews each had an RBI for the Huskers. Billie hit a solo home run in the sixth, while Brooke finished with three hits and an RBI single in the fourth.
Emerson Cope earned the win in the pitching circle, facing 17 batters across 4.1 innings and surrendering just five hits. Kaylin Kinney claimed the save, taking over for Cope in the final 2.2 innings. Kinney faced nine batters, threw two strikeouts, and allowed just one hit.
Nebraska improves to 22-13 on the season and will remain home for its next three games. Starting on Friday, the Huskers host Penn State in a three-game series. The first pitch is set for 5:30 p.m. and can be viewed on B1G+.
The Nebraska women’s basketball team entered the second round of the NCAA tournament on Sunday afternoon.
On Sunday afternoon, the Nebraska women’s basketball team entered the second round of the NCAA tournament. The No. 6 Huskers faced off against host No. 3 Oregon State for a chance to reach the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 2013. However, this did not come to pass. Nebraska fell to the Beavers 61-51, ending its run and the season.
The Beavers took a 19-11 lead at the end of the first quarter and kept their cushion of a lead for the remainder of the game. The middle quarters resulted in 34 total points combined, with Nebraska outscoring Oregon State 18-16. The Huskers scored 22 points in the fourth, but the Beavers scored 26.
Jaz Shelley scored 10 points, leading Nebraska in the field as its only double-digit scorer. Alexis Markowski and Annika Stewart both scored eight points in the loss. Markowski also hauled in eight rebounds to lead the team. Oregon State meanwhile finished with three players in double-digits for scoring.
Nebraska concluded the season with a final record of 23-12, the second-best record under head coach Amy Williams.
