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NEBRASKA SOFTBALL NEBRASKANO. 1 IN SOFTBALL ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS • NO. 13 IN NCAA TOURNAMENT WINS NO. 10 IN WORLD SERIES APPEARANCES • NO. 10 IN NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES SOFTBALL MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACT: MATT SMITH OFFICE PHONE: (402) 472-7780 CELL PHONE: (402) 770-5926 E-MAIL: [email protected] WEEK 10: 2014 NEBRASKA SCHEDULE (27-13) Date Opponent Time/Result vs. IOWA Hotel Encanto Invitational (Las Cruces, N.M.) Dates: Friday (DH) & Saturday, April 11 & 12 Feb. 7 vs. UTEP W, 7-0 First Pitches: 4 p.m. & 6 p.m.; 4 p.m. Feb. 7 vs. No. 12 Florida State W, 4-3 Iowa Hawkeyes Location: Lincoln, Neb. Nebraska Cornhuskers Feb. 8 at New Mexico State W, 11-0 (5) Record: 10-20 Stadium: Bowlin Stadium Record: 27-13 Feb. 9 vs. No. 12 Florida State L, 1-5 Ranking: NR/NR Live Stats & Audio: Huskers.com Rankings: 19th/22nd Hilton Houston Plaza Classic (Houston, Texas) Big Ten Record: 5-6 Live TV: None Big Ten Record: 5-4 Feb. 14 at Houston W, 4-1 Feb. 14 vs. Army W, 7-0 BTN.com (Friday Game 2) Away Record: 5-10 Live Streaming: Home Record: 4-3 Feb. 15 vs. Stephen F. Austin L, 0-1 Feb. 15 vs. Sam Houston State W, 2-0 HUSKERS HOST HAWKEYES TO CONTINUE Homestand Feb. 16 vs. Sam Houston State W, 7-1 The Nebraska softball team continues its eight-game homestand this weekend by hosting the Iowa Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (Cathedral City, Calif.) Hawkeyes at Bowlin Stadium. Due to inclement weather, the teams will meet in a Friday doubleheader Feb. 21 vs. No. 12 Texas A&M W, 3-2 (9) beginning at 4 p.m. Saturday’s finale will also start at 4 p.m. and there will be no game Sunday. Feb. 21 vs. No. 14 Arizona L, 0-7 Friday is Military Appreciation Day at Bowlin Stadium, where all active and retired military personnel Feb. 22 vs. No. 2 Tennessee L, 3-5 will receive free admission. On Saturday, fans with a ticket to the Red-White Spring Football Game will Feb. 23 vs. No. 8 UCLA L, 2-6 Feb. 23 vs. Boise State W, 4-0 (6) receive a free general admission softball ticket with their spring game ticket stub. Fathers bringing their daughters to Saturday’s game will also receive a discounted admission of $1 per person. Due to Feb. 28 at Oklahoma State - 1 W, 4-3 Feb. 28 at Oklahoma State - 2 W, 8-4 the schedule change, Saturday is also Breast Cancer Awareness Day at Bowlin Stadium, and fans are March 1 at No. 13 Oklahoma - 1 L, 4-5 encouraged to wear pink to support breast cancer awareness. Pink pom-poms will be handed out to the March 1 at No. 13 Oklahoma - 2 W, 7-2 first 500 fans. Judi Garman Classic (Fullerton, Calif.) Tickets can be purchased 90 minutes prior to first pitch at the Bowlin Stadium ticket office, located at March 7 vs. No. 7 Arizona State L, 0-1 (8) the main entrance to the stadium, behind home plate. Tickets can also be purchased by calling 1-800- March 7 vs. San Jose State W, 4-1 8-BIG RED or by going online to Huskers.com. Ticket prices start at $3 for youth and senior general March 8 at Cal State Fullerton W, 9-2 admission seating, $5 for adult general admission and $7 for reserved seating. General admission March 8 vs. No. 6 Washington W, 2-1 March 9 vs. Fresno State L, 0-1 seating at Bowlin Stadium does include one section of chairback seats. Fans unable to make it out to Bowlin Stadium this weekend will be able to follow all of the action Jayhawk Invitational (Lawrence, Kan.) March 14 vs. Jackson State W, 8-0 (5) online. Veteran softball announcer Nate Rohr will call a free radio broadcast of all three games for March 15 vs. Northern Illinois W, 10-2 (6) Huskers.com. Due to the schedule change, live video will only be available for Friday’s second game to March 15 at Kansas W, 1-0 subscribers of the Big Ten Digital Network at btn.com. March 19 Iowa State W, 10-3 With the Big Ten Conference schedule nearing the halfway point, both Nebraska and Iowa will look to March 21 No. 16 Minnesota* L, 2-7 move up the league standings this week. The Huskers enter this weekend’s series in a three-way tie for March 23 No. 16 Minnesota - 1* L, 4-13 fourth place in the conference with a 5-4 Big Ten record. Iowa sits one game behind the fourth-place March 23 No. 16 Minnesota - 2* W, 3-2 teams, as the Hawkeyes are in seventh place with a 5-6 conference mark. The top four teams in the final March 26 at UNO W, 10-0 (5) conference standings earn a first-round bye at the Big Ten Tournament. March 28 at No. 23 Northwestern* L, 2-10 (5) Nebraska is also looking to position itself for the postseason. The Huskers fell three spots to No. 10 March 29 at No. 23 Northwestern* W, 13-3 March 30 at No. 23 Northwestern* W, 10-1 (5) in this week’s NCAA RPI ranking. With no ranked teams remaining on NU’s schedule, every win is key to helping the Huskers remain in a position to earn one of the 16 national seeds and the right to host an April 2 Creighton (BTN) W, 5-2 April 5 at Illinois - 1* L, 4-11 NCAA regional at Bowlin Stadium for the second straight season. April 5 at Illinois - 2* W, 9-4 HUSKERS TO WATCH NEBRASKA BY THE NUMBERS April 6 at Illinois* W, 12-2 (5) MJ Knighten, Fr., 3B NU has won 11 of its past 12 Big Ten series, April 8 UNO L, 2-3 April 9 Northern Iowa W, 4-0 Knighten, the Big Ten Freshman of tying Michigan for the most series wins in April 11 Iowa - 1* 6 p.m. the Week, saw her nine-game hitting 11 that stretch. NU has lost only one home April 11 Iowa - 2* 4 p.m. streak snapped Wednesday but she series since joining the Big Ten. April 12 Iowa* 1 p.m. has still been productive out of the No. 5 spot in the lineup. Since moving to Nebraska fell three spots to No. 10 in this April 18 Ohio State* 6 p.m. the No. 5 spot 10 games ago, Knighten is batting .481 week’s NCAA RPI ranking, but the Huskers April 19 Ohio State* 1 p.m. April 20 Ohio State* Noon (13-for-27) with one double, two homers and 11 RBIs, are still the highest ranked Big Ten team, 10 April 23 at Creighton 6 p.m. including five multi-RBI efforts in her last eight games. four spots ahead of No. 14 Michigan. April 25 at Michigan State* 4 p.m. Kat Woolman, Fr., OF A three-game sweep this weekend - April 26 at Michigan State* 11 a.m. Woolman has started 11 consecutive something Nebraska has not done since April 27 at Michigan State (BTN)* 11 a.m. games, and her production has 2012 - would give the Huskers a 30-win April 30 at Wisconsin - 1 (BTN)* 3 p.m. 3 April 30 at Wisconsin - 2 (BTN)* 5:30 p.m. improved over the past three weeks. season for the 16th time in 17 seasons. Woolman has hit safely in six of her May 2 Indiana* 6 p.m. last seven games, going 9-for-19 NU’s schedule ranks No. 1 in the country May 3 Indiana* 1 p.m. (.474) during that stretch with one home run and six for the second straight week. In 2013, NU May 4 Indiana* Noon RBIs. Over her first 13 starts this season, Woolman was 1 owned the nation’s No. 1 non-conference All game times are Central and subject to change. just 5-for-38 (.132) with one homer and two RBIs. schedule and No. 10 overall schedule. NEBRASKA SOFTBALL NATIONAL LEADER IN ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS 2 UNIVERSITY INFORMATION SCOUTING THE IOWA HAWKEYES (10-20 OVERALL, 5-6 BIG TEN) Location Lincoln, Neb. Iowa enters this weekend’s series with a 10-20 overall record TALE OF THE TAPE Population 264,501 and a 5-6 mark in Big Ten play after being swept in a home Founded 1869 Category NEB IOWA doubleheader by No. 14 Minnesota on Tuesday. The Hawkeyes sit in Record 27-13 10-20 Enrollment 24,445 seventh place in the Big Ten Conference standings, one game out Average .283 .246 Nickname Cornhuskers/Huskers Home Runs 37 9 Colors Scarlet & Cream of a three-way tie for fourth. Iowa and Nebraska have faced three Slugging Pct. .451 .351 Conference Big Ten common conference opponents this season in Illinois, Minnesota On-Base Pct. .382 .326 Chancellor Harvey Perlman, J.D. and Northwestern. The Huskers posted a 5-4 record against that Stolen Bases 22 18 Director of Athletics Shawn Eichorst group with series victories at Illinois and Northwestern, while the Runs/Game 5.0 2.9 Hawkeyes posted a 3-5 record with a series win at Illinois. ERA 2.28 3.26 Iowa is batting .246 as a team and averaging 2.9 runs per game NEBRASKA COACHING STAFF Runs Allowed/Game 2.9 4.2 this season. The Hawkeyes are hitting slightly better in Big Ten play Head Coach Rhonda Revelle (Nebraska, 1984) Shutouts 9 3 Career Record 834-452 (.648) [23rd year] at .251, while averaging 3.5 runs per game Three of Iowa’s nine Strikeouts/Game 5.9 4.4 Nebraska Record 826-436 (.654) [22nd year] home runs and 10 of the Hawkeyes’ 18 stolen bases have come in Fielding Pct.