Nebraska Cornhuskers News: Baseball loses season opener, Griesel’s leadership, more

The Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team lost its season opener against a San Diego team that was on the ropes early but sealed things late.

Emmett Olson looked like the team ace that Nebraska Cornhuskers head coach Will Bolt hoped he would be after some early struggles, but the Husker offense didn’t really come to his aid.

Despite walking seven times, the Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team stranded 10, struck out 9 times and eventually saw the bullpen implode in the bottom of the 8th inning. The story was far too similar from what baseball fans have seen from Bolt’s crew last year.

There should be questions about why Corbin Hawkins stayed in as long as he did, despite clearly starting to struggle. But after one game, it’s not yet time to go after the coach. After all, had the offense produced a bit more in crucial situations, things might have gone quite a bit differently in the late innings.

The baseball team will take on San Diego in Game Two of their four-game tilt on Saturday night.

Other Nebraska Cornhuskers News

• I’ve written before about the kind of stuff Malachi Coleman has overcome to become the man that he is. Now CBS News has released a new piece on his life story and how he went from being abandoned by a child, to one of the best players in the 2023 college football recruiting class.
• The Nebraska softball team also had a tough Friday as it dropped its third straight to number eight Virginia Tech, 6-4. The Huskers have run a gauntlet of Top 10 teams this week and haven’t looked great against them. But iron sharpens iron and it’s clear the plan is to pepper the schedule with tought opposition so the team can be stronger later in the year.
• Sam Griesel has been a heck of a leader on the court for the Nebraska Cornhuskers basketball team. He’s also been a heck of a leader off the court. He showed that again in a blood drive on Friday.

• Ron Brown’s new title at Nebraska was divulged a little while ago, but he recently talked about why he stuck around. In short, he feels as though he and new head coach Matt Rhule have quite a bit in common.
• On a less positive note, former Nebraska Cornhuskers football player Eric Johnson was arrested this week. He’s been charged with human trafficking, among other crimes.