No. 19 Nebraska is off to its best conference start since at least 2000, improving to 11-1 in Big Ten play after completing the series sweep of Penn State with an 8-6 win on Sunday afternoon at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park.

The 11-1 start surpasses the previous best conference start of 10-1-1 to begin Big 12 play in the 2008 campaign, while the Huskers also had 10-2 starts in 2019, 2006 and 2001 to open conference play.

With the 26-6 overall record, the Big Red matched its second-best 32-game start this century. The Huskers began the 2006 season with a 27-5 record after opening the 2005 campaign with a 26-6 mark.

Nebraska (26-6, 11-1 Big Ten) scored eight runs on 13 hits and an error, while Penn State (8-21, 3-9 Big Ten) totaled three runs, four hits and an error.

Rhett Stokes went 2-for-4 with a homer and three RBI to lead the Big Red. Drew Grego went 2-for-4 with a double, a homer and two RBI, and Joshua Overbeek was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI. Mac Moyer added two hits and a run scored, and Jeter Worthley drove in two runs on a 1-for-4 day with a double.

Case Sanderson, Dylan Carey, Will Jesske and Preston Freeman tallied one hit each.

Cooper Katskee improved to 5-0 on the season, working seven strong innings. The right-hander allowed three runs on three hits with six strikeouts to notch his third quality start of the season. Kevin Mannell worked a scoreless eighth inning, while Chase Olson and Pryce Bender also made a relief appearance.

J’Shawn Unger closed out the ninth to pick up his sixth save of the season.

Penn State struck first when a two-run homer to left field in the top of the first gave the Nittany Lions a 2-0 lead.

Nebraska responded with five runs off six consecutive hits in the bottom of the second to flip the game around. Jesske singled and Overbeek doubled down the right-field line to score Jesske. Grego followed with a two-run blast to center to give the Huskers a 3-2 lead. Stokes and Moyer reached on back-to-back infield singles, setting up Je. Worthley’s two-RBI double down the left-field line that extended the Big Red’s lead to three.

The Nittany Lions added a solo homer in the third to cut the NU lead to 5-3, but Nebraska answered immediately with three runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning. Jesske walked and Overbeek singled before Stokes smacked a 392-foot three-run homer down the left-field line to push the lead to 8-3.

Penn State rallied for three runs in the ninth with a bases-loaded walk, a double-play grounder and a wild pitch that cut the Huskers’ lead to 8-6. Unger induced a groundout with the tying run at the plate to close out the sweep and preserve Nebraska’s 8-6 win on Sunday.

Nebraska returns to action on Tuesday, April 7, as the Huskers welcome Kansas to Hawks Field at Haymarket Park. First pitch between the Big Red and Jayhawks is set for 6 p.m. on B1G+.

Revelle Grabs 1,200th Win at Nebraska As Huskers Sweep Rutgers

The No. 8 Nebraska softball team posted a seven-run first inning to spark a 11-5 win over Rutgers on Sunday at Bowlin Stadium. With the win, the Huskers swept the series and moved to 30-6 (11-1 Big Ten) on the season.

Head Coach Rhonda Revelle recorded her 1,200th win at Nebraska with the victory today. She has a 1,200-686 record with the Big Red.

As a team, NU outhit Rutgers 14-6 on the day. Jordy Frahm led the Husker offense with three hits, two of which were triples. With those two triples, she tied the Nebraska single-game record. Ava Kuszak also logged three hits and had two RBI, while Kacie Hoffmann had two hits with an RBI. Lauren Camenzind homered and Kuszak and Hoffmann each hit a double. Nine Huskers recorded at least one hit.

Frahm (10-4) also earned the win in the circle, as she threw the final three innings for the Huskers and allowed no hits and no runs while striking out six. Hannah Camenzind grabbed the start and threw the first inning, and Alexis Jensen added three innings with three strikeouts.

Rutgers opened the scoring, aided by a pair of Husker errors in the top of the first. Nebraska struck back immediately, as Frahm walked, Hannah Coor singled and H. Camenzind was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Kuszak singled to score Frahm and a Hoffmann fielder’s choice sent Coor across the plate. Hoffmann stole second before Jensen singled to score H. Camenzind and send Hoffmann to third. A fielder’s choice from Jesse Farrell sent Hoffmann home and L. Camenzind’s three-run homer wrapped up the seven-run first inning for the Big Red and made the score 7-2.

The Scarlet Knights added a run in each of the second and third innings to cut the lead to 7-4. In the bottom of the third, Coor walked and went to third on a H. Camenzind single before scoring on a Kuszak double to put NU up 8-4.

Rutgers posted another run in the top of the fourth, but the Huskers saw a three-run fifth inning to put the nail in the coffin. Frahm tripled and scored on a Coor sacrifice fly. Kuszak and Hoffmann hit back-to-back singles before a Bella Bacon single scored Kuszak and a Samantha Bland single scored Hoffmann.

The Huskers will hit the road next weekend to take on Wisconsin in Madison, Wisc. The first game on Friday, April 10 is set for 7 p.m. (CT) and will be televised on the Big Ten Network. The game can also be heard across the Huskers Radio Network (107.3 FM).

Notes

Rhonda Revelle recorded her 1,200th win at Nebraska. She ranks third amongst active D1 coaches in wins at their current school.
Jordy Frahm tied Nebraska’s single-game triples record with two today. It was the fifth time overall and first since 2019 that a Husker recorded two triples in a game.
NU got to 30 wins through 36 games, the quickest pace since 2011.
Nebraska’s seven-run first inning tied its highest-scoring inning this year.
The Huskers have now scored 4+ runs in 23 innings this year.
NU has scored 10+ runs in five games this season.

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