Huskers Survive Washington Comeback
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The No. 18 Nebraska softball team stifled a Washington Huskies comeback threat and grabbed a 12-8 victory on Friday night in Seattle, Wash.
The Huskers posted six extra-base hits on the day, including five home runs. NU now has 178 extra-base hits on the season, which is a program record.
Jordyn Bahl was 2-for-3 on the night with a home run and three RBIs. She now has 51 RBIs on the season and is the first player to notch 50 or more hits, runs and RBIs in the same season since Billie Andrews in 2022. Bahl's home run put her at 15 home runs and 15 doubles on the season. She is the first player in program history to accomplish that feat.
Bahl (19-5) also tossed 5.1 innings and claimed the win for the Big Red. She allowed five earned runs and struck out 12 batters. She has posted 207 strikeouts in 2025, which is a career-high season total.
Hannah Camenzind tossed the final 1.2 innings and allowed three earned runs.
Ava Kuszak knocked two home runs for her third multi-homer game of the season. She also added five RBIs. H.
Camenzind, Lauren Camenzind and
Bella Bacon each added two hits and Bacon and H. Camenzind each contributed a solo home run.
Bacon kicked off the scoring for NU in the top of the third with a solo home run. L. Camenzind logged a double and scored on a Bahl two-run homer that made the score 3-0.
In the top of the fourth, H. Camenzind knocked a leadoff home run to extend the score to 4-0.
Olivia DiNardo singled and
Kennadi Williams pinch ran for her. Bredwell reached on an error following a sacrifice bunt and Williams went to second before Bacon walked to load the bases. L. Camenzind singled to score Bredwell and Williams. Bahl lined a sacrifice fly to left field that sent Bacon across the plate and Kuszak hit the Huskers’ fourth home run of the day to score herself and L. Camenzind. NU led 9-0 going into the fifth.
Washington hit a two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the fifth to extend the game.
Bacon singled and went to second on a wild pitch in the top of the sixth.
Samantha Bland reached first on an error that also sent Bacon to third. Kuszak hit her second homer of the day to make the Husker lead 12-2.
The Huskies scored three more runs in the bottom of the sixth to make the score 12-5. UW then pulled within four after a three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh, but it wasn’t enough and the Big Red locked up the 12-8 victory.
NU will take on the Huskies again tomorrow, April 26, starting at 5 p.m. (CT). The game will be streamed on the Big Ten Network and can be heard across the Huskers Radio Network.
Postgame Notes
- Jordyn Bahl’s leadoff hit in the first inning put her hitting streak at 10 games, the second time she’s had a hitting streak of 10+ games this season.
- The Huskers have hit multiple home runs in 17 innings this season.
- NU posted six extra-base hits to bring its season total to 178, which is a new single-season program record.
- Bahl’s home run in the third inning brought her season total to 15. She is the first player in Nebraska history to notch 15 home runs and 15 doubles in a single season.
- Bahl now has 51 RBIs on the season, along with 62 hits and 53 runs. She is the first player since Billie Andrews in 2022 to have 50+ runs, hits and RBIs in a single season.
- Nebraska has hit 4+ home runs in nine games this season.
- NU has scored 10+ runs in 21 games this season.
- Ava Kuszak posted her third multi-homer game of the season.
- The Huskers’ 12 runs are the most that Washington has allowed in a game since 2021 and the most the Huskies have allowed at home since 2019.
- NU has scored 6+ runs in 16 innings so far this season.
