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Friday, Feb. 8 - Sunday, Feb. 10 Friday, Feb. 22 - Sunday, Feb. 24 host institution: New Mexico State University host: Tournament Run by UCLA Assistant Coach Kirk Walker and Deb Hartwig complex: NMSU Softball Complex complex: Big League Dreams Sports Park Media Relations contact: Stephanie Taylor tournament director: Deb Hartwig office Phone: (575) 646-3269 cell Phone: (505) 804-4249 cell Phone: (310) 466-0324 nebraska's Schedule nebraska's Schedule Friday, Feb. 8 vs. Illinois-Chicago 1:30 p.m. (Central) Friday, Feb. 22 vs. Oklahoma 8 p.m. (Central) at New Mexico State 4 p.m. (Central) vs. Maryland 10:30 p.m. (Central) Saturday, Feb. 9 vs. Illinois-Chicago 1:30 p.m. (Central) Saturday, Feb. 23 vs. Oregon 7:30 p.m. (Central) Sunday, Feb. 10 vs. Illinois-Chicago 10:30 a.m. (Central) Sunday, Feb. 24 vs. Florida State 11 a.m. (Central) vs. New Mexico 1 p.m. (Central) vs. California 1:30 p.m. (Central) tournament notes tournament notes » Nebraska is playing in a tournament hosted by New Mexico State for the 12th time in » Nebraska is participating in the Mary Nutter Classic (formerly the Cathedral City Classic) program history and will play at the NMSU Softball Complex for the fourth straight year . for the fourth time in five seasons. The Huskers posted a 2-3 record in 2009 and went 4-1 The Huskers own a 47-29 record in their previous 11 tournament appearances. at the tournament in 2011, before going 1-4 last season. » NU also traveled to a New Mexico State tournament in 1982 (4-2 record), 1983 (6-2), 1984 » Nebraska has defeated a top-15 opponent at the tournament each of the past two seasons, (5-2), 1986 (5-3), 1987 (5-3), 1989 (1-6), 1994 (4-3), 1995 (4-5), 2005 (5-0), 2010 (3-3) and and this year, the Huskers figure to have more chances against top teams. NU's schedule 2012 (5-0). In 2011, the Huskers went 3-1 in a four-game series at New Mexico State. includes three games against teams that finished the 2012 season ranked in the top five (No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 3 California, No. 5 Oregon). » The Huskers have won eight straight games in New Mexico (including five straight against the Aggies), scoring a total of 85 runs in the eight games, an average of 10.6 runs per game. » The Mary Nutter Classic offers a unique setting as the Big League Dreams Complex features softball diamonds designed to look like scaled-down replicas of famous baseball stadiums » Several Huskers have put up terrific career numbers at the NMSU Softball Complex in such as Fenway Park, Wrigley Field and the old Yankee Stadium. Nebraska's frequent stops at the facility the past few years. Brooke Thomason has played 13 career games at the stadium, batting .477 (21-for-44) with four doubles, three home runs big ten touRnaMent (lincoln, neb.) and 15 RBIs. In nine games, Taylor Edwards has batted .519 (14-for-27) with one double, thursday, May 9 - Sunday, May 12 three home runs and 12 RBIs. Taylor's twin sister Tatum has hit .364 (12-for-33) in nine host institution: University of Nebraska games at New Mexico State, hitting four home runs and driving in 14, including an NU complex: Bowlin Stadium record-tying seven RBIs in 2012 against the Aggies. Edwards is also 3-0 in the circle at the Participants (12): All 12 Big Ten Conference softball teams will make the conference NMSU Softball Complex, allowing only two earned runs in 16.0 innings, for a 0.88 ERA. tournament, with the top four seeds receiving a bye. Seeds 1-4 will not play until Friday and seeds 5-12 will all play an opening game on hillenbRand invitational (tucson, ariz.) Thursday. The semifinals are set for Saturday, with the championship Friday, Feb. 15 - Sunday, Feb. 17 game on Sunday. host institution: University of Arizona complex: Hillenbrand Stadium More information on the Big Ten Tournament can be found on the following page. Media Relations contact: Danny Martinez office Phone: (520) 621-4163 cell Phone: (520) 409-1810 ncaa touRnaMent (campus sites/oklahoma city, okla.) Friday, May 17 - Wednesday, June 5 nebraska's Schedule host institution: National Collegiate Athletic Association Friday, Feb. 15 vs. Southern Utah 10 a.m. (Central) complexes: Campus Sites (Regionals and Super Regionals) at Arizona 5 p.m. (Central) ASA Hall of Fame Stadium (Women's College World Series) Saturday, Feb. 16 vs. Utah State 10 a.m. (Central) Participants (64): The NCAA Tournament features 64 teams, including 30 automatic vs. Drake 2 p.m. (Central) berths from conference champions and 34 at-large selections. The Sunday, Feb. 17 vs. Purdue Noon (Central) top 16 teams are seeded. tournament notes tournament notes » Nebraska will face Arizona for the third straight season. Last year, the Huskers snapped an » The field for the 2013 NCAA Tournament will be announced on Sunday, May 12. The 11-game losing streak to the Wildcats with a wild 11-10 victory at the Kajikawa Classic in tournament will consist of 16 four-team regionals. The 16 regional champions advance Tempe, Ariz. Nebraska trailed 6-0 in the game, as the six-run comeback was the largest in to a best-of-three Super Regional, with the eight super regional champions advancing school history. The Huskers not only overcame the 6-0 hole, but rallied from a 10-9 deficit to the Women's College World Series. The entire tournament is double elimination until in the bottom of the seventh inning. a best-of-three championship series between the winners of each side of the bracket at » Nebraska has not played at Arizona since the 2000 NCAA Tournament, and NU is 0-5 all- the Women's College World Series. time at Hillenbrand Stadium. Four of the meetings have come during the NCAA Tournament. Arizona eliminated Nebraska in the regional final in both 1997 and 2000 to advance to » Two NCAA Regionals (to be announced) will be televised in their entirety by the ESPN the Women's College World Series, with the Wildcats winning the national title in 1997. family of networks, while every Super Regional and Women's College World Series game will be televised on the ESPN family of networks. » Friday's Arizona game will be a hometown family affair, as Husker sophomore Mattie Fowler, a Tucson native, is the younger sister of Arizona senior Kenzie Fowler. » Nebraska has appeared in 20 of the 33 all-time NCAA Tournaments, compiling a 50-42 all-time postseason record and advancing to the Women's College World Series six times. » The Huskers will face Big Ten foe Purdue on Sunday in a non-conference matchup. Despite The Huskers rank 12th in NCAA history in NCAA Tournament appearances and 13th in being conference members, the teams have not met since a 6-2 Purdue win in 1999. Women's College World Series appearances and NCAA Tournament wins. 78 79 2013 big ten tournament at bowlin stadium (may 9-12) no. 12 Seed touRnaMent Schedule Game 1 thuRSday, May 9 game 1: No. 12 Seed vs. No. 5 Seed 11:30 a.m. Thursday, 11:30 a.m. game 2: No. 9 Seed vs. No. 8 Seed 2 p.m. Game 5 game 3: No. 11 Seed vs. No. 6 Seed 4:30 p.m. no. 5 Seed Friday, 11:30 a.m. game 4: No. 10 Seed vs. No. 7 Seed 7 p.m. FRiday, May 10 no. 4 Seed game 5: Game 1 Winner vs. No. 4 Seed 11:30 a.m. Game 9 game 6: Game 2 Winner vs. No. 1 Seed 2 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. game 7: Game 3 Winner vs. No. 3 Seed 4:30 p.m. game 8: Game 4 Winner vs. No. 2 Seed 7 p.m. SatuRday, May 11 Game 6 no. 9 Seed game 9: Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner 2 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. game 10: Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner 4:30 p.m. Game 2 Sunday, May 12 Thursday, 2 p.m. no. 1 Seed game 11: Game 9 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner 12 p.m. no. 8 Seed Game 11 (Championship) Sunday, Noon no. 11 Seed Note: Winner earns automatic NCAA Tournament berth Game 3 Thursday, 4:30 p.m. boWlin StadiuM Seating chaRt Game 7 no. 6 Seed Friday, 4:30 p.m. no. 3 Seed Game 10 Saturday, 4:30 p.m. Game 8 no. 10 Seed Friday, 7 p.m. Game 4 Thursday, 7 p.m. no. 2 Seed no. 7 Seed 2013 big ten touRnaMent inFoRMation ticket inFoRMation Tickets can be purchased in person at Bowlin Stadium (gates open one hour prior to the first game of the day), over the phone at 1-800-8-BIG-RED or online at Huskers.com. Two types of tickets will be sold: reserved seating (sections 100, 101 and 102 on the above seating chart) and general admission seating (grass berm areas, bleachers on the first-base concourse and chairback section 102). Ticket pricing and type information (all-session passes, day passes, etc.) will be posted on Huskers.com when available. televiSion inFoRMation The two semifinals (games 9 & 10), along with the championship game (game 11) will be televised live on the Big Ten Network. StadiuM inFoRMation Bowlin Stadium inside the Haymarket Park Complex is located at 403 Line Drive Circle in Lincoln, near the intersection of Line Drive and Sun Valley Blvd.