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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 2 p.m. Office Fax: (402) 472-2005 • Mailing Address: One Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NE 68588 Feb. 25 vs. Utah 3 p.m. Feb. 25 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 7 p.m. Kleberg Bank College Classic Feb. 26 vs. UNLV 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 24: Utah - 2 p.m. (CT) Dairy Queen Classic Saturday, Feb. 25: Utah - 3 p.m. (CT) March 2 vs. West Virginia 12:15 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi - 7 p.m. (CT) March 3 vs. New Mexico State 12:05 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26: UNLV - 11 a.m. (CT) March 4 at Minnesota 3:05 p.m. Corpus Christi, Texas (Whataburger Field) 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 • Feb. 24-26 March 10 California 2:05 p.m. 2012 Record (0-3, 0-0 Big Ten) March 11 California 1:05 p.m. Rankings (Collegiate Baseball: NR | Baseball America: NR | USA Today/ESPN Coaches: NR | NCBWA: NR) 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. Friday Feb. 24 vs. Utah (1-3, 0-0 Pac-12) HSN GoIslanders.com None 2 p.m. March 15 Louisiana Tech 3:05 p.m. Saturday Feb. 25 vs. Utah (1-3, 0-0 Pac-12) HSN GoIslanders.com None 3 p.m. March 16 Louisiana Tech 1:35 p.m. Saturday Feb. 25 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (4-1, 0-0 Southland) HSN GoIslanders.com None 7 p.m. March 17 Louisiana Tech 1:35 p.m. Sunday Feb. 26 vs. UNLV (2-2, 0-0 Mountain West) HSN GoIslanders.com None 11 a.m. March 18 Louisiana Tech 11:05 p.m. March 20 Northern Colorado 6:35 p.m. Media Info March 21 Northern Colorado 1:35 p.m. Live Radio: Select Husker Sports Network affiliates (list on page 7), Official Husker App and for free on Huskers.com March 23 Illinois * 6:35 p.m. (BTN) Live Stats: http://livestats.prestosports.com/tamucc/ March 24 Illinois * 2:05 p.m. Television: None Web Stream: GoIslanders.com (subscription needed or $5.95 per game) March 25 Illinois * 1:05 p.m. March 27 Kansas State 6:35 p.m. Probable Starting Pitchers March 30 at Northwestern * 3 p.m. Day Nebraska Opponent March 31 at Northwestern * 1 p.m. Friday Zach Hirsch, So., LHP Utah - Zach Adams, Jr., RHP April 1 at Northwestern * 1 p.m. Saturday (1) Jon Keller, So., RHP Utah - Ben Mordini, So. RHP April 3 at Kansas State 6:35 p.m. Saturday (2) Tom Lemke, Jr., RHP TAMU-Corpus Christi - TBA April 6 Iowa * 6:35 p.m. (NET) Sunday Kyle Kubat, Fr., LHP UNLV - Erick Fedde, Fr., RHP April 7 Iowa * 2:05 p.m. April 8 Iowa * 1:05 p.m. Huskers Head to Texas for Four Games in Three Days April 10 Creighton 6:35 p.m. (BTN) This Week: Nebraska (0-3, 0-0 Big Ten) heads back on the road to Corpus April 13 at Ohio State * 5:35 p.m. Christi, Texas, for the Kleberg Bank College Classic at Whataburger Field. The April 14 at Ohio State * 2:05 p.m. BY THE NUMBERS... Huskers will open play on Friday, Feb. 24, when they meet Utah from the Pac-12 April 15 at Ohio State * 12:05 p.m. Conference at 2 p.m. NU will then play two games on Saturday when it faces - Junior outfielder Chad April 20 Purdue * 6:35 p.m. (BTN) .545 the Utes again at 3 p.m., before battling Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at 7 p.m. The Christensen hit .545 during the Huskers’ April 21 Purdue * 2:05 p.m. Huskers will finish the weekend on Sunday against UNLV at 11 a.m. season opening series with Gonzaga. April 22 Purdue * 1:05 p.m. Christensen was 6-for-11 with one home April 24 at Creighton 6:30 p.m. (NET) Tickets: Tickets can be purchased at the Whataburger Field box office, through run. April 27 CSU Bakersfield 6:35 p.m. CCHooks.com or by calling (361) 561-4665. Daily tickets are $10 for adults and April 28 CSU Bakersfield 2:05 p.m. (NET) $5 for children ages 4-12. Three-day packages are available for $24 for adults and April 29 CSU Bakersfield 1:05 p.m. $12 for children. 3 - Nebraska hit three home runs against May 5 at Indiana * Noon Gonzaga, including solo shots from Chad May 6 at Indiana * Noon (BTN) Television: There will be no TV, but every game of the tournament will be streamed Christensen, Kash Kalkowski and Kurt May 7 at Indiana * Noon on GoIslanders.com (subscription needed). Farmer. May 8 vs. Creighton 7 p.m. (NET) May 11 Minnesota * 6:35 p.m. (NET) On the Radio: Fans across Nebraska and around the world can listen Lane May 12 Minnesota * 2:05 p.m. Grindle and Jeff Culhane call all of the action on the Husker Sports Network - 4 - Four true freshman saw playing time May 13 Minnesota * 1:05 p.m. including KLIN 1400 AM in Lincoln - and on the Internet at Huskers.com or the against Gonzaga, including three who May 15 Wichita State 6:35 p.m. (NET) Official Husker App. A complete list of HSN affiliates can be found on page 7. started. Blake Headley and Pat Kelly each May 17 at Michigan * 5:05 p.m. started in the infield, while Kyle Kubat May 18 at Michigan * 5:05 p.m. Preview: After being swept by Gonzaga to start the season in Peoria, Ariz., the started on the mound on Sunday. May 19 at Michigan * 12:05 p.m. Nebraska baseball team is ready to get back on the field. The Huskers were one inning away from victory on both Saturday and Sunday against the Zags, but the May 23-27 at Big Ten Tournament TBA Bulldogs mounted consecutive ninth-inning comebacks to steal a pair of wins. June 1-4 NCAA Regionals TBA Sophomore Zach Hirsch will get the ball once again to open the weekend for the Huskers on Friday, while sophomore Jon Keller will June 8-12 NCAA Super Regionals TBA start the first game on Saturday and junior Tom Lemke will start his first game of the 2012 season on Saturday night. True freshman June 15-26 College World Series TBA Kyle Kubat will get the ball on Sunday for the second straight weekend. The Huskers are a combined 4-1 against their opponents this weekend, with the only loss coming to Utah during the 2001 season. 12 ncaa tournaments three college world series appearances 55 all AMERICANS 142 mlB draFt picKs 2012 Nebraska Baseball Weekly Release • Page 2 • Feb. 22, 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. .250 0 1 Started Friday and Sunday against Gonzaga Population ...........................................................................251,624 C/DH 39 Richard Stock L Jr. .200 0 1 45th-round pick by Brewers in the 2009 MLB Draft Founded ..................................................................................1869 C 40 Sam Stucky R Sr. .000 0 0 Yet to play in 2012 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. .308 1 3 Leads the 2012 Huskers in RBIs (3) Chancellor .....................................................Harvey Perlman, J.D. 1B 20 Josh Scheffert R Jr. .250 0 0 Led the 2011 team with four triples Conference .......................................................................... Big Ten 2B 7 Bryan Peters R Jr. .273 0 2 Led 2011 team in SB’s (12), HBP (18) and sac bunts (18) Athletic Director ......................................................... Tom Osborne SS 9 Pat Kelly R Fr. .750 0 0 First freshman to start season at SS since Ben Kline in 2008 Facility ...........................................Hawks Field at Haymarket Park 3B 10 Kurt Farmer R Jr. .091 1 1 Only hit of the year has been a home run Capacity ..................................................................................8,486 INF 22 Blake Headley L Fr. .167 0 0 Earned his first start against Gonzaga on Feb. 19 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. .545 1 2 Was 6-for-11 (.545) in the Huskers’ opening weekend 2012 Coaching Staff OF 4 Michael Pritchard R So. .500 0 1 On-base percentage of .500 in 2012 Head Coach .................................................................Darin Erstad OF 5 Quentin Urban R Fr. .000 0 0 Originally committed to play football at South Dakota Nebraska Record (Year) ....................................... 0-3 (1st Season) OF 11 Rich Sanguinetti L Jr. .250 0 1 2011 Region XIV Conference Player of Year at Texarkana CC Career Record ........................................................................Same OF 14 Kale Kiser S Sr. .083 0 1 On-base percentage of .313 entering the weekend Associate Head Coach .................................Will Bolt, First Season OF 41 Austin Darby L Fr.