If the Nebraska softball team marches to the Women's College World Series for the first time since 2013, it likely won't be that they pounded their opponents into dust with their offense the way a team like Texas A&M did in their regional opener on Friday. Should the Huskers keep on winning and get all the way to Oklahoma City, it will be the one-two punch of Jordy Frahm and Alexis Jensen, though it might be that combination in a way few teams expect.
Jordy Frahm and Alexis Jensen give Nebraska softball its clearest WCWS formula
While the Huskers' offense can get it going at times, Rhonda Revelle's squad tends to hold opponents down with its pitching and wait until it can finally get to the opposition. They did it again on Friday night, tallying just one hit through the first four innings before finally breaking through in the bottom of the fifth to take a 2-1 lead against an upstart South Dakota squad.
The Coyotes came into the regional with a 20-34-1 record after an improbable run through the Summit League Tournament. Nebraska fans would have loved to see the Huskers jump on their opponent early and often, clubbing them to death with big scoring innings, but that's not really the way this group operates.
Instead, Jensen did her thing, allowing just three baserunners through five innings and waiting for the offense to eventually score just enough for NU to get some breathing room. And then, when the Huskers got that 4-1 breathing room, it was time for the knockout blow. It was time for Jordy Frahm to come in and close things down.
Frahm is one of the best starting pitchers in college softball. She finished the 2026 regular season with an 18-4 record and a minuscule 1.24 ERA. But she's also been one heck of a weapon out of the bullpen. When the former Oklahoma Sooner who came back to Lincoln for just this kind of a run isn't starting games, she's closing them out. She notched her 11th save of the season on Friday.
Alexis Jensen and Jordy Frahm give Nebraska softball no real pitching weakness
That's how Nebraska can bring home not just a berth in the Women's College World Series, but a chance to win it all. pound the opposition with two starters who both sport sub-3.00 ERAs and then even if they manage to chase Jensen, the ace of the staff will come in and get the save.
Looking around the college softball world, Husker fans will likely feel a little better if NU's offense were more of a juggernaut, but the team is 47-6 this season because they expect their pitching to be better than almost everyone they face. And there's no let-up. There's no weak link in Nebraska's bullpen.
Even when Jensen and Frahm aren't on the mound, Hannah Camenzind can come in and show off her sparkling 5-0 with a 1.40 ERA to whoever is just trying to score a run... any run.
Nebraska will get to try and work that approach again on Saturday afternoon in the winner's bracket against a Grand Canyon Team that pulled off one of the first big upsets of the regionals earlier Friday against Louisville. Meanwhile, the Cardinals and Coyotes will face off in the loser's bracket for the honor of having to face Jensen and Frahm again.
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