Big Ten Softball Scores and Standings (2/22)

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Louisville 5, Michigan 3 (8 inn)
Michigan 10, Troy 0
Purdue 12, Southern Indiana 0 (6 inn)
Belmont 2, Purdue 0 (8 inn)
Illinois 4, Central Michigan 1
Illinois 12, Northern Colorado 4
Indiana 12, Texas-El Paso 2
#14 Texas Tech 8, Indiana 0
Penn State 4, Southern Mississippi 1
Nicholls State 6, Penn State 4
Cockeye 6, Florida International 3
Cockeye 8, Lafayette 4
#23 Oregon 11, #21 Missouri 3
Ohio State 6, North Florida 1
Ohio State 7, Central Florida 3
Incarnate Word 6, Michigan State 4
North Carolina 5, Maryland 0
Maryland 7, West Georgia 2
#13 Duke 2, Minnesota 0
#6 Tennessee 9, Minnesota 1
#7 UCLA 9, #9 Arkansas 1
Troy 6, Wisconsin 2
Wisconsin 8, Kent State 0
Northwestern 6, Utah 1
St. Mary's 2, Northwestern 0
Oregon State 3, Rutgers 0
Rutgers 6, UC-Riverside 4
Washington 10, UC-Santa Barbara 0
#15 Nebraska 12, San Jose State 4
#15 Nebraska 11, Howard 1

Standings
Oregon (15-1)
UCLA (14-1)
Indiana (10-2)
Cockeye (10-3)
Nebraska (11-4)
Ohio State (9-3-1)
Wisconsin (9-5)
Michigan (8-5)
Illinois (7-5)
Washington (7-7)
Purdue (7-6)
Northwestern (6-7)
Rutgers (7-9)
Maryland (5-7)
Penn State (5-9)
Minnesota (4-9)
Michigan State (3-8)

Next Nebraska Game - Sunday, February 23
Nebraska vs. Utah (at Cathedral City, CA) (1:00 PM - FloSoftball)

 

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Huskers Power Past San Jose State, 12-4
Huskers.com
A school-record four consecutive home runs highlighted a nine-run third inning that powered the No. 16 Nebraska softball team to a 12-4 victory over San Jose State in six innings at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic on Saturday evening in Cathedral City, Calif.

Overall, Nebraska (10-4) homered five times in the game and scored all 12 runs with two outs. The win was the Huskers' eighth run-rule victory of the year.

NU’s five home runs in the game were one shy of the school record, and they all came from different players – Ava Kuszak, Jordyn Bahl, Samatha Bland, Kacie Hoffmann and Abbie Squier.

Kylee Magee (2-1) grabbed the victory in the circle after pitching 2.2 innings of relief, allowing one run and striking out three batters. Hannah Camenzind started and allowed two earned runs and struck out five.

Mia Reynolds (2-5) took the loss for San Jose State.

NU opened up the scoring in a nine-run third inning, which saw four straight home runs. Jordyn Bahl and Samantha Bland reached base to begin the inning and a Lauren Camenzind single loaded the bases. An error then allowed three runs to score and give Nebraska a 3-0 lead. Kacie Hoffmann walked and Hannah Camenzind reached the plate on a passed ball to make the score 4-0.

Squier then started the streak of four consecutive homers with a two-run homer. NU reached the top of the order and Kuszak, Bahl and Bland posted a home run apiece to extend the lead to 9-0 going into the fourth.

San Jose State plated three in the top of the fourth to make the score 9-3.

The Big Red extended its lead again in the bottom of the fourth, as Emmerson Cope singled and was sent home by a Hoffmann home run. The Husker lead was 11-3 going into the fifth.

SJSU knocked a home run in the top of the fifth to make the score 11-4 and extend the game into the sixth inning.

In the bottom of the sixth, Hannah Camenzind singled and Kennadi Williams came in to pinch run for her. Hoffmann was hit by a pitch and Dakota Carter pinch ran for her before a Squier double scored Williams to lock up the 12-4 run-rule victory.

NU will play its second game of the evening tonight against Howard starting at 10 p.m. (CT). The game will be streamed on FloSoftball and can be heard for free across the Huskers Radio Network.

Postgame Notes

• Nebraska scored 12 runs – all with two outs – to mark the seventh time in 14 games the Huskers have scored 10 or more runs.
• The Huskers hit five home runs in the game, one shy of the school record. That marked the fourth time this season Nebraska has homered five times in a game.
• NU scored nine runs in the third inning, all with two outs. That tied for the Huskers’ highest-scoring inning of the season. Nebraska has scored nine runs in an inning twice this year and eight or more runs in an inning four times.
• In the nine-run third inning, Abbie Squier, Ava Kuszak, Jordyn Bahl and Samantha Bland hit back-to-back-to-back-to-back home runs. That marked the first time in school history the Huskers have hit four consecutive home runs. Overall, it was the third time this season Nebraska has hit three consecutive home runs.
• Kacie Hoffmann hit Nebraska’s fifth home run of the game in the fourth inning, her first home run as a Husker.
• Nebraska posted its eighth run-rule victory in the season’s first 14 games.
• The Huskers have outscored their opponents 113-18 in their 10 victories this season, including a 102-16 margin in their eight run-rule wins.
• Bahl went 2-for-2 with a homer and a career-high two walks, as she extended her hitting streak to five games, going 10-for-15 during the hitting streak.
• Abbie Squier went 3-for-4 with a double, a homer and three RBIs. She tied her career high in hits with her sixth career three-hit game.
• Three other Huskers had multi-hit games: Bland (third multi-hit game of the season), Lauren Camenzind (sixth) and Emmerson Cope (third).