The Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team didn’t start the season off the way they wanted. After the first few innings, they were dominated by UC Irvine. That’s why Saturday’s game against No. 16 Vanderbilt was so important.
The game took on a special importance on Saturday morning when it was announced that the “Voice of the Huskers,” Greg Sharpe passed away after a year-long fight with pancreatic cancer.
With the extra weight of playing for Sharpie, the Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team took down the Commodores thanks largely to Gabe Swansen, who picked up where he left off in the regionals last year. Swansen went 3-for-4 with a home run and drove in all 6 runs in the 6-4 win.
On Sunday, the Huskers will wrap up the MLB Desert Invitational with a 6pm game against San Diego State.
FOR SHARPIE. pic.twitter.com/fOvTD7vYPL
— Nebraska Baseball (@HuskerBaseball) February 16, 2025
Softball gets back to dominance on Saturday
After a 3-0 start to the season, the Huskers’ softball team struggled a bit in back-to-back Top 25 contests. However, this weekend, NU showed that they can be dominant when things are clicking.
They played a doubleheader on Friday, winning 20-1 and 10-0 against Texas A&M - Corpus Christi and New Mexico St.respectively.
On Saturday, they beat Montana 13-5 and then followed that up with a 10-0 victory over Northern Colorado. Like the baseball team, the softball team will wrap up a tournament, the Troy Cox Classic with a Sunday night game, this one against Montana again. Should they win tonight, they’ll start the season 8-2.
Jordy Bahl has unsurprisingly played a big part in the Nebraska Cornhuskers' success. She’s hitting .455 with 5 home runs and 11 RBI while going 3-1 on the mound with a 0.30 ERA. On Saturday, she also threw her first no-hitter as a Husker.
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— Nebraska Softball (@HuskerSoftball) February 15, 2025
First no-hitter as a Husker for @jordybahl and the 41st no-hitter in Nebraska Softball history‼️ pic.twitter.com/VBUmItG2Aj
More Nebraska Cornhuskers news
- Cam Jurgens won his first Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles and he's certainly been enjoying the aftermatch. He's appearing on several late night shows while drinking beers and hucking his own brand of beef jerky.
- The Nebraska women's basketball team has lost 4 of its last 6 but they did recently log an upset win over No. 17 Maryland. There are four games left on the regular season schedule. They probably need to win at least three to lock in an NCAA Tournament bid. That starts on Sunday night against Illinois.
- The Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball team is currently 49th in the NET and according to Bracketologists.com, that puts them in the First Four Out category by two spots. They need to come up with an impressive win on Sunday night at Northwestern.