SOFTBALL NOTES NEBRSKCommunications Contact: Erica Nett | [email protected] | 402.472.2264 NEBRASKA AT MINNESOTA 2018 SCHEDULE April 20-22 | Minneapolis, Minn. | Jane Sage Cowles Stadium Date Opponent Time (CT) Kajikawa Classic (at Arizona State) 47 Feb. 9 vs. No. 19 BYU W, 5-4 (8) 45 46 Feb. 9 at No. 23 Arizona State L, 6-4 Feb. 10 vs. No. 15 Utah W, 5-0 Feb. 10 vs. San Diego State W, 5-3 Feb. 11 vs. CSUN W, 9-1 (5) ® ® ® Feb. 11 vs. Seattle U W, 3-2 . MINNESOTA MINNESOTA MINNESOTA ACC/Big Ten Challenge (at Georgia Tech) April 20 | 6:30 p.m. CT April 21 | 1 p.m. CT April 22 | 3 p.m. CT Feb. 16 vs. Boston College W, 2-1 BTN/BTN2Go (TV/stream) BTNPlus/FloSoftball (stream) ESPNU/WatchESPN (TV/stream) Feb. 16 at Georgia Tech W, 6-5 Huskers.com (radio) Huskers.com (radio) Feb. 17 at Georgia Tech W, 7-3 Feb. 18 vs. Boston College L, 3-0 HUSKERS FACE OFF AGAINST GOLDEN GOPHERS Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (private) The Nebraska softball team (30-14, circle, becoming Minnesota’s first conference Feb. 22 vs. No. 6 Texas A&M W, 6-3 8-5 Big Ten) will travel to Minneapolis, pitcher of the week since three-time NFCA Feb. 22 vs. Mississippi State L, 9-0 (5) Minn., for a top-four Big Ten matchup All-American Sara Groenewegen last May. Feb. 23 vs. No. 3 UCLA L, 5-0 against Minnesota (24-14, 7-3) April 20- Fiser leads the team in the circle with an Feb. 24 vs. St. John's W, 7-4 22. The Huskers, who currently hold overall record of 16-8 and an overall ERA Feb. 24 vs. No. 1 Washington L, 4-2 the No. 4 spot in the Big Ten standings, of 1.80, which includes an ERA of 1.18 in March 3 Wichita State L, 6-2 and the Gophers, who rank third in the conference play. She’s pitched 159.1 innings March 3 Wichita State W, 3-1 conference, will play a total of three this season - more than all three other March 4 Wichita State L, 8-0 games this weekend. Game one is on Gopher pitchers combined. Jayhawk Invitational (at Kansas) Friday beginning at 6:30 p.m. The game Fiser also has pitched a conference-high 19 March 9 vs. Green Bay W, 7-0 will be televised on BTN and will also be complete games this season, which includes March 9 vs. Northern Iowa W, 6-3 available on BTN2Go and the BTN mobile two solo shutouts. She has a team-high 166 March 10 vs. Tulsa W, 3-2 app. Game two will be on Saturday at 1 strikeouts, which ranks second in the Big Ten. March 10 at Kansas W, 5-1 p.m. and will be streamed on BTNPlus/ At the plate, the Gophers are led by March 11 vs. UMKC Cancelled FloSoftball (subscription required). The Ellee Jensen, MaKenna Partain and Kendyl March 14 vs. South Dakota State W, 8-2 series finale is set for Sunday at 3 p.m. The Lindaman, who are each batting above .300 March 14 vs. South Dakota State W, 12-3 (5) game will be televised on ESPNU and will this season. Jensen leads the team with a Easton Invitational (at Cal State Fullerton) also be available online at WatchESPN. .371 average. Partain is batting .353, while March 16 vs. Grand Canyon W, 4-1 March 16 vs. Cal State Northridge L, 10-5 com or on the WatchESPN app. Lindaman is batting .349. Lindaman also has March 17 vs. No. 5 Oklahoma 8-0 (5) Additionally, games one and three will a team-high 36 RBIs and team-best 15 home March 17 at Cal State Fullerton W, 7-1 also be available on Huskers.com (radio). runs. The rest of the team as 17 homers. March 18 vs. DePaul W, 1-0 Last Time Out In conference play, Lindaman has been even more impressive for the Gophers. March 20 Creighton W, 6-2 Nebraska went 2-0 against Purdue on March 23 Michigan State W, 9-6 April 13, before game three of the series She leads the Big Ten with a .522 batting March 24 Michigan State W, 12-6 was cancelled due to bad weather. In average, a 1.304 slugging percentage, a .732 March 25 Michigan State L, 9-1 (5) on base percentage and 17 walks in Big Ten the doubleheader, Tristen Edwards went March 27 South Dakota W, 9-3 5-for-6 with two runs and five RBIs to only games. March 30 at Northwestern W, 6-2 lead the Huskers to a combined 18 runs. In conference play, Minnesota ranks in the March 31 at Northwestern L, 8-3 top three in batting average, ERA, slugging April 1 at Northwestern L, 9-5 Laura Barrow also had an impressive day, going 2-for-3 with five runs and five walks. percentage, on base percentage, doubles, home runs, opposing bat average, hits April 3 at Omaha Cancelled Kaylan Jablonski hit her first-career grand April 6 at Indiana W, 5-0 slam in game two to kick off what would allowed, runs allowed, walks allowed and April 7 at Indiana L, 4-3 (8) be a 10-run first inning for the Huskers. home runs allowed. April 8 at Indiana W, 2-1 Jablonski also picked up both wins in the NUMBERS TO KNOW April 10 Iowa L, 2-1 circle, pitching total 10.0 innings. She April 10 Iowa W, 3-0 gave up nine hits, five runs and had seven Senior pitcher Kaylan April 13 Purdue W, 8-7 (8) April 13 Purdue W, 10-1 (5) strikeouts through both games. Jablonski needs two more 8 saves to reach eight on the April 15 Purdue Cancelled Scouting Minnesota Minnesota comes into the weekend season and pass Rhonda Revelle on April 20 at Minnesota 6:30 p.m. with a 24-14 overall record, including a Nebraska’s all-time saves list. She is April 21 at Minnesota 1 p.m. 7-3 record in Big Ten games. currently tied for second with six. April 22 at Minnesota 3 p.m. Most recently, the Golden Gophers Kaylan Jablonski and Tristen April 27 Wisconsin 5 p.m. swept Iowa in a three game series in Iowa April 28 Wisconsin 1 p.m. Edwards have 20 combined April 29 Wisconsin Noon City April 12-13. The Gophers outscored 20 homers. They become the the Hawkeyes 25-3 over the course of the 12th pair in NU history to reach the feat. May 4 at Illinois 5 p.m. three games and two of the games ended May 5 at Illinois 1 p.m. early due to the mercy rule. In the Iowa Tristen Edwards is one of 13 May 6 at Illinois Noon series, sophomore Amber Fiser went 2-0 players in Husker history to May 10-12 at Big Ten Tournament TBA with a complete game and a 0.00 ERA. 10 have at least 10 doubles and May 17-20 NCAA Regional TBA She recorded 10 strikeouts and allowed 10 home runs in the same season. May 31- June 6 Women’s CWS TBA just one walk and seven hits through 14.0 innings. She was named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week on Monday for her efforts in the #HUSKERS Huskers.com facebook.com/HuskerSofball @HuskerSoftball @Husker_Softball #getN NEBRASKA SOFTBALL FACTS Location .................................... Lincoln, Neb. SEASON NOTEBOOK Population ........................................ 268,738 Founded ................................................ 1869 Enrollment .......................................... 26,091 DUO RETURNS AS ALL-REGION, UNZICKER BACK ON THE FIELD Nickname .................... Cornhuskers, Huskers ALL-BIG TEN PICKS The Huskers are enjoying the return of junior Colors .................................. Scarlet & Cream Senior Kaylan Jablonski and junior Alyvia infielder Madi Unzicker, who missed all of the Conference ........................................ Big Ten Athletic Director ..............................Bill Moos Simmons return in 2018 as all-region picks and 2017 season after having knee surgery prior Senior Woman Administrator .... Pat Logsdon all-conference honorees. Both Jablonski and to the start of the season. Unzicker has started Simmons earned third-team NFCA All-Midwest every game this season. She’s batting .215 this COACHING INFORMATION Region honors and second-team all-Big Ten season, with 14 hits, three doubles, one triple, Head Coach .........Rhonda Revelle (26th year) Record at Nebraska (yrs.) ..... 967-528 (25 yrs.) accolades in 2017. Jablonski was a star both on three homers and 11 RBIs. Career Record (yrs.) .............975-544 (26 yrs.) offense and defense for the Huskers last season. Alma Mater ...................... Nebraska (1984) She batted .263 in 43 games and had 31 hits, URNESS OUT FOR SEASON Associate Head Coach Lori Sippel (29th year) with 12 doubles and five homers. She totaled Senior Austen Urness will not compete this Alma Mater ...................... Nebraska (1988) Assistant Coach ........ Diane Miller (10th year) 29 RBIs and finished the season with a slugging season after undergoing season-ending knee Alma Mater .........Missouri Southern (1992) percentage of .492 - the highest of her career. surgery last fall. Director of Operations ...Ali Grant (First year) In the circle, Jablonski appeared in 40 games Alma Mater ..............Michigan State (2012) and pitched 10 complete games. She claimed INFIELD GETS NEW LOOK TEAM INFORMATION 11 wins and finished with a career-low 4.31 ERA. Nebraska’s infield looks much different from 2017 Record ......................................... 24-29 Simmons was explosive on offense, batting .333 last season as only two of the five regular starters Big Ten Record (finish) .............