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2005 NebraskaNebraska SoftSoft ball ball 4 Softball SID: Matt Smith 4 Offi ce: (402) 472-7780 4 Cell: (402) 770-5926 4 e-mail: [email protected] 4 Weekly Notes ... For Immediate Release: May 5, 2005 Nebraska Quick Facts Huskers Face Tigers in Pivotal Series 4 The Nebraska softball team (32-18, 8-8 Big General This Week in Husker Softball Location......................... Lincoln, Neb. 68588 12) heads to Columbia, Mo., this weekend for a 4Saturday, May 7 Population..........................................235,594 pivotal two-game series with the Missouri Tigers at Missouri, 2 p.m. Founded..................................................1869 to wrap up the regular-season portion of the 2005 4Sunday, May 8 Enrollment...........................................25,000 schedule. at Missouri, 2 p.m. Nickname .................... Cornhuskers, Huskers At stake against the Tigers is a guaranteed spot Colors ...................................Scar let & Cream in the Big 12 Tournament and a chance to finish the league schedule with a .500 record or better. More Con fer ence............................................Big 12 important than NU's conference record, however, is securing a place in next week's Big 12 Tournament. Affi liation............................ NCAA Division I The top six teams automatically qualify for the Big 12 Tournament while the seventh, eighth, ninth Chancellor..................... Harvey Perlman, J.D. and 10th place teams must compete in play-in games to qualify for the tournament. Athletic Director ......................Steve Pederson Nebraska enters this weekend in sixth place following Kansas' loss to Missouri on Wednesday. The Huskers are a game behind the Tigers (9-7 Big 12) and one-half game ahead of KU (7-8). A sweep of 4Softball Information Missouri this weekend would clinch the fifth seed for Nebraska, regardless of Kansas' outcome. Head Coach ........................... Rhonda Revelle If NU is unable to get a pair of victories, it would need some help to avoid the play-in game. If the Alma Mater.......................... Nebraska, 1984 Huskers split with Missouri, NU would only fall to the seventh seed if Kansas were to sweep Iowa Overall record (years).................513-274 (13) State. If Nebraska is swept by the Tigers, NU would finish in seventh place, unless Kansas is swept by Record at NU (years) ...............505-258 (12) the Cyclones. Assistant Coach..............................Lori Sippel In the nine-year history of the Big 12 Conference, NU has never participated in the play-in game and Alma Mater.......................... Nebraska, 1988 has never finished with a losing record in conference play. Assistant Coach......................... Jennifer Ogee Nebraska is coming off a 2-1 week that included a victory at 10th-ranked Oklahoma. After being Alma Mater...................... Washington, 1997 no-hit against Oklahoma State, the Husker offense responded in a mid-week win at Iowa State and in Facility (Capacity) ..... Bowlin Stadium (2,500) the first game of the series with the Sooners. 2004 Overall Record ............................. 45-17 Against Iowa State, NU pushed a run across in the top of the first inning, but the Cyclones responded 2004 Big 12 Record .......................14-3 (fi rst) with a four-run first frame and added another run in the second inning to take what appeared to be a Letterwinners Returning/Lost ................. 12/6 commanding 5-1 lead. Needing five runs to win and despite scoring only five runs over its last three Position Starters Returning/Lost................ 5/2 games, Nebraska chipped away with a three-run fourth inning and a one-run fifth inning to tie the game Pitchers Returning/Lost............................. 1/2 at five and force extra innings. First Year of Softball ................................1976 In the fourth inning, sophomore Devin Porter showed great timing in hitting the first home run of All-Time Record................................ 975-540 her career. Porter's blast came with two runners on and pulled the Huskers to within 5-4. In the next All-Time Conference Record............. 224-151 inning, junior Katie Linke lined a shot off of the Iowa State pitcher that scored senior Sheena Lawrick NCAA Tournament Appearances ................15 with the tying run. College World Series Appearances .................7 In the eighth inning, the NU bats put an end to a frustrating 0-5 record in extra-inning contests this season by exploding with a six-run, two-out rally. Junior Elizabeth Rock tripled with the bases loaded 4Sports Information to put the Huskers up 8-5. The triple was the first of her career and her three RBIs were also a career Softball SID: ...............................Matt Smith high. Lawrick then scored Rock with an RBI single and junior Trisha Tannahill capped the offensive Offi ce Phone: .......................(402) 472-7780 explosion with a two-run home run that provided NU with the final 11-5 margin. Cell Phone .............................(402) 770-5926 Nebraska rode the momentum of its 15-hit attack against Iowa State to produce six runs on 12 hits SID Fax: ...............................(402) 472-2005 in taking the first game from 10th-ranked OU, 6-4. For the second straight game, NU fell behind early Press Box Phone: ...................(402) 472-6932 as Heather Scaglione put the Sooners up 1-0 with a solo home run in the bottom of the second inning. A one-out RBI single from sophomore Jamie Waldecker in the top of the fourth inning tied the game Nebraska Sports Information Mailing Address: and a two-out RBI single off the bat of Porter gave the Huskers their first lead of the game. 116 South Stadium, P.O. Box 880123 Freshman Cassie Kleinsmith, who entered her 86th at bat of the season with just three RBIs, produced Lincoln, NE 68588-0123 another clutch two-out hit in the inning, an opposite-field single that scored two to put NU up 4-1. Nebraska Ticket Offi ce: Heather Scaglione cut the lead to 4-2 in the bottom of the frame with her second solo home run of the (402) 472-3111 OR (800) 8-BIG-RED game. The game remained 4-2 until Nebraska added two runs in the seventh inning with the help of two Sooner errors and a two-run single from Tannahill. Nebraska Interview Policy The runs proved huge when Jamie Fox belted a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh. Fox's homer pulled OU to with 6-4, but the Sooners would get no closer. All interviews with Nebraska softball players In game two of the series, Oklahoma All-American Kami Keiter silenced the Husker bats by tossing must be arranged through the sports information a complete-game, two-hit shutout in OU's 4-0 victory. Christina Enea provided Keiter with all the run office. The best time to reach Head Coach support she would need with a two-run double in the first inning and a two-run home run in the fifth Rhonda Revelle for interviews during the week inning. is from 9 to 11:30 a.m. The Huskers usually Although NU was unable to complete the sweep of Oklahoma, it was still a successful week. The practice daily from 2 to 5:30 p.m. Check with Huskers entered the week in seventh place in the Big 12 with a 6-7 record and finished the week with SID Matt Smith for the location. an 8-8 mark in league play and a tie for sixth place in the conference standings. The game one win over Oklahoma also marked the first time this season that NU crept above the .500 mark in Big 12 play and was also the 975th victory in the history of Nebraska softball. 4 Nebraska Weekly Softball Notes 4 Page 2 Scouting Missouri (37-10, 9-7 Big 12) 2005 Schedule and Results Missouri enters this weekend as the fifth- Day, Date Opponent/Tournament Time/Result Highlights place team in the Big 12 Conference after Feb. 11-13 2005 UNLV Desert Classic# (at Las Vegas, Nev.) Feb. 11 vs. UC Santa Barbara Rained Out blanking Kansas 3-0 on Wednesday. Feb. 11 at UNLV Rained Out The Tigers are led offensively by Micaela Feb. 12 vs. #14 Tennessee L, 0-5 Steffan 1B, SB; Borg scoreless debut inning Minner who is hitting .409 with 15 home Feb. 12 vs. Texas State W, 9-2 Lawrick grand slam (1); Keen CG debut win runs and 50 RBIs. MU has three players with Feb. 13 vs. #16 Oregon State W, 4-3 Porter game-winning hit in top of seventh double-digit home run totals, while NU has none. Missouri has hit 68 homers as a team, Feb. 18-20 Troy Cox Classic (at Las Cruces, N.M.) while the Huskers have hit just 17. The Mizzou Feb. 18 vs. Colorado State W, 2-1 Tacha game-winning HR in 5th inning offense is hitting .312 as a team, bolstered by Feb. 18 vs. New Mexico W, 3-0 First career start for Borg Feb. 19 vs. Texas-San Antonio W, 14-6 (6) Yoachim & Lawrick set school records seven starters hitting .300 or better. Feb. 19 vs. Loyola (Ill.) W, 7-3 Steffan 3-for-4, 2 RBIs In the circle, the Tigers' staff boasts a Feb. 20 at New Mexico State W, 4-2 DeBuhr career-high 11 strikeouts collective 1.53 ERA, led by Erica Peterson. Peterson is 16-2 on the season with a 1.01 Feb. 25-27 NFCA Leadoff Classic (at Columbus, Ga.) ERA in 118.1 innings pitched. Jen Bruck (14- Feb. 25 vs. Cal State-Northridge L, 2-7 Five unearned runs 3) has seen the most action behind Peterson, Feb. 25 vs. #16 Georgia L, 1-4 Kleinsmith first career HR compiling a 1.76 ERA in 103.1 innings. Erin Feb. 26 vs. Massachusetts W, 3-1 DeBuhr 0 ER, Lawrick 2 2B, HR, 2 RBI Kalka (6-5), who ranks in the top 10 in six Feb.