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2012 Schedule Date Opponent Time 2012 Nebraska Baseball Feb. 17 vs. Gonzaga L, 4-7 Feb. 18 vs. Gonzaga L, 8-10 twitter.com/Husker_Baseball facebook.com/NebraskaBaseball Feb. 19 vs. Gonzaga L, 4-5 Kleberg Bank College Classic Baseball Contact: Jeremy Foote • e-mail: [email protected] • Cell Phone: (402) 518-0232 • Office Phone: (402) 472-7778 Feb. 24 vs. Utah W, 5-2 Office Fax: (402) 472-2005 • Mailing Address: One Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NE 68588 Feb. 25 vs. Utah W, 15-0 Feb. 25 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi W, 7-1 Tuesday, March 6: Kansas State - 2:05 p.m. (CT) Feb. 26 vs. UNLV W, 8-7 Wednesday, March 7: UNK - 1:35 p.m. (CT) Dairy Queen Classic Friday, March 9: Cal - 1:35 p.m. (CT) March 2 vs. West Virginia L, 1-4 Saturday, March 10: Cal - 2:05 p.m. (CT) March 3 vs. New Mexico State W, 6-4 Sunday, March 11: Cal - 1:05 p.m. (CT) Monday, March 12: Cal - 12:05 p.m. (CT) March 4 at Minnesota W, 10-3 March 6 Kansas State 2:05 p.m. March 7 Nebraska-Kearney 1:35 p.m. March 9 California 1:35 p.m. This Week in Nebraska Baseball March 10 California 2:05 p.m. 2012 Record (6-4, 0-0 Big Ten) Rankings (Collegiate Baseball: NR | Baseball America: NR | USA Today/ESPN Coaches: NR | NCBWA: NR) March 11 California 1:05 p.m. March 12 California 12:05 p.m. Date Opponent Radio Web Stream TV Time/Result (CT) March 13 South Dakota State 1:35 p.m. Tuesday March 6 vs. Kansas State (5-5, 0-0 Big 12) HSN Huskers.com None 2:05 p.m. March 15 Louisiana Tech 3:05 p.m. Wednesday March 7 vs. UNK (5-6, 4-0 RMAC) HSN Huskers.com None 1:35 p.m. March 16 Louisiana Tech 1:35 p.m. March 17 Louisiana Tech 1:35 p.m. Media Info March 18 Louisiana Tech 11:05 p.m. Live Radio: Select Husker Sports Network affiliates (list on page 7), Official Husker App and for free on Huskers.com March 20 Northern Colorado 6:35 p.m. Live Stats: Huskers.com March 21 Northern Colorado 1:35 p.m. Television: None Web Stream: Huskers.com (subscription needed) March 23 Illinois * 6:35 p.m. (BTN) March 24 Illinois * 2:05 p.m. Probable Starting Pitchers March 25 Illinois * 1:05 p.m. Day Nebraska Opponent March 27 Kansas State 6:35 p.m. Tuesday Jon Keller, So., RHP Kansas State - Shane Conlon, So., LHP March 30 at Northwestern * 3 p.m. Wednesday Dexter Spitsnogle, Sr., RHP UNK - TBA March 31 at Northwestern * 1 p.m. April 1 at Northwestern * 1 p.m. April 3 at Kansas State 6:35 p.m. April 6 Iowa * 6:35 p.m. (NET) April 7 Iowa * 2:05 p.m. Huskers Host K-State in Home Opener April 8 Iowa * 1:05 p.m. This Week: The Nebraska baseball team (6-4, 0-0 Big Ten) hosts its 2012 home April 10 Creighton 6:35 p.m. (BTN) opener at 2:05 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon against Kansas State at Hawks Field. BY THE NUMBERS... April 13 at Ohio State * 5:35 p.m. It will be the first of 17 straight home games for the Huskers, as they will cap the April 14 at Ohio State * 2:05 p.m. homestand with a return trip by the Wildcats on Tuesday, March 27. 33 - The Huskers have won 33 home April 15 at Ohio State * 12:05 p.m. openers dating back to 1979. Nebraska April 20 Purdue * 6:35 p.m. (BTN) Nebraska-Kearney makes the short trip to Lincoln for a 1:35 p.m. game on is 10-0 all-time in home openers at Hawks Field. April 21 Purdue * 2:05 p.m. Wednesday, March 7, before 2011 College World Series qualifier California comes April 22 Purdue * 1:05 p.m. to Hawks Field for a four-game series starting on Friday, March 9. April 24 at Creighton 6:30 p.m. (NET) Tickets: Season and single-game tickets can be purchased at Huskers.com, by - Nebraska and Kansas State April 27 CSU Bakersfield 6:35 p.m. 268 calling 1-800-8BIGRED or by visiting the Nebraska Athletic Ticket Office across have played 268 times in a series that April 28 CSU Bakersfield 2:05 p.m. (NET) the street from Memorial Stadium. The Huskers are also offering a nine-game goes back to 1898. NU holds a 163-105 April 29 CSU Bakersfield 1:05 p.m. ticket deal this season. Named the “Diamond-Deal” fans can pick any nine of the advantage in the series. May 5 at Indiana * Noon Huskers’ 31 home games and have the same seat for all nine games. May 6 at Indiana * Noon (BTN) May 7 at Indiana * Noon Television: There will be no TV this week, but every game will be carried on - Nebraska roped five doubles against May 8 vs. Creighton 7 p.m. (NET) 5 HuskersNside (subscription needed). Minnesota on March 5, it was the most May 11 Minnesota * 6:35 p.m. (NET) doubles in a game for the Huskers since May 12 Minnesota * 2:05 p.m. On the Radio: Fans across Nebraska and around the world can listen Greg April 1, 2011, when they also had five at May 13 Minnesota * 1:05 p.m. Sharpe, Lane Grindle and Jeff Culhane call all of the action on the Husker Sports home against Oklahoma State. May 15 Wichita State 6:35 p.m. (NET) Network - including KLIN 1400 AM in Lincoln - and on the Internet at Huskers.com May 17 at Michigan * 5:05 p.m. or the Official Husker App. A complete list of HSN affiliates can be found on page 7. May 18 at Michigan * 5:05 p.m. May 19 at Michigan * 12:05 p.m. Preview: After winning 2-of-3 this weekend at the Dairy Queen Classic, the Nebraska baseball team is set to play its first game at Hawks Field in 2012. The Huskers started the season with 10 straight games on the road and now host a 17-game homestand May 23-27 at Big Ten Tournament TBA starting on Tuesday against Kansas State. June 1-4 NCAA Regionals TBA June 8-12 NCAA Super Regionals TBA The Huskers send sophomore Jon Keller to the mound to face the Wildcats, as the righty will be making his second start in four June 15-26 College World Series TBA days after starting on Saturday against New Mexico State. It was a short outing for Keller, as he went just 1.1 innings. K-State will counter with sophomore lefty Shane Conlon, who is 1-0 with a 1.29 ERA and will be making his first start of the season. Nebraska will send senior Dexter Spitsnogle to the mound on Wednesday, while UNK’s starter is yet to be announced. 12 ncaa tournaments three college world series appearances 55 all AMERICANS 142 mlB draFt picKs 2012 Nebraska Baseball Weekly Release • Page 2 • March 5, 2012 • Huskers.com Husker Position Players University of Nebraska Quick Facts Pos. # Player Bats Cl. Avg. HR RBI Worth Noting Location ......................................................................Lincoln, Neb. C 13 Cory Burleson L Sr. .261 0 5 Has thrown out 3-of-5 runners trying to steal Population ...........................................................................251,624 C/1B 39 Richard Stock L Jr. .424 0 6 Leads the team with six doubles Founded ..................................................................................1869 C 40 Sam Stucky R Sr. .500 0 0 Has a .625 on-base percentage Enrollment ............................................................................24,610 Nickname .......................................................Cornhuskers/Huskers C 45 Taylor Fish R Fr. .000 0 0 Hit .477 with 15 doubles and 58 RBI’s as a HS senior Colors ................................................................Scarlet and Cream 1B 3 Kash Kalkowski R Jr. .313 1 4 Pinch-hit game tying RBI against New Mexico State Chancellor .....................................................Harvey Perlman, J.D. 1B 20 Josh Scheffert R Jr. .350 0 1 Lead the team in 2011 with 4 triples Conference .......................................................................... Big Ten 2B 7 Bryan Peters R Jr. .355 0 4 Led 2011 team in SB’s (12), HBP (18) and sac bunts (18) Athletic Director ......................................................... Tom Osborne SS 9 Pat Kelly R Fr. .500 0 1 First freshman to start season at SS since Ben Kline in 2008 Facility ...........................................Hawks Field at Haymarket Park 3B 10 Kurt Farmer R Jr. .200 1 4 .889 fielding percentage in 2012 Capacity ..................................................................................8,486 INF 22 Blake Headley L Fr. .294 0 2 Started four games at 3B this season Dimensions ...................335-LL; 403-LC; 395-CF; 400-RC; 325-RL 1B/OF 34 Austin Christensen L Fr. .000 0 0 Younger brother of junior OF Chad Christensen OF 2 Chad Christensen R Jr. .390 2 8 Named MVP of the Kleberg Bank College Classic 2012 Coaching Staff OF 4 Michael Pritchard R So. .444 0 4 Silver Stick Award at Dairy Queen Classic Head Coach .................................................................Darin Erstad OF 5 Quentin Urban R Fr. .000 0 0 Originally committed to play football at South Dakota Nebraska Record (Year) ....................................... 6-4 (1st Season) OF 11 Rich Sanguinetti L Jr. .300 1 7 Walk-off 2-run home run to beat New Mexico State Career Record ........................................................................Same OF 14 Kale Kiser S Sr. .161 0 6 On-base percentage of .395 entering the weekend Associate Head Coach .................................Will Bolt, First Season OF 41 Austin Darby L Fr. .292 1 4 First career home run against New Mexico State Alma Mater (Year)................................................