NEBRSKASOFTBALL WEEKLY NOTES | MAY 9-11 | BIG TEN TOURNAMENT | BLOOMINGTON, IND. HUSKERS LOOK TO MAKE A RUN AT THE BIG TEN TOURNAMENT VS. ILLINOIS QUARTERFINALS SEMIFINALS & FINAL MAY 9 MAY 10 MAY 11 12:30 P.M. CT GAME 1 - 10 A.M. CT SEMIFINAL GAME 1 - 11 A.M. CT HUSKERS.COM (RADIO) GAME 2 - 12:30 P.M. CT SEMIFINAL GAME 2 - 1:30 P.M. CT BTN/BTN2GO/FOX SPORTS APP GAME 3- 3:30 P.M. CT CHAMPIONSHIP GAME - 4 P.M. CT TWITTER (@HUSKERSOFTBALL) GAME 4 - 6 P.M. CT The Nebraska softball team (21-30, 9-14 Big A LOOK AT THE OTHER TEAMS No. 6 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Ten) begins the postseason on Thursday when No. 1 Michigan Wolverines Rutgers (28-23, 11-12 Big Ten) finished the it plays Illinois (31-22, 9-14 Big Ten) in the first Michigan (40-11, 22-1 Big Ten) claimed the season with a 2-1 series win over Michigan State round of Big Ten Tournament, in Bloomington, No. 1 seed after winning the regular season last weekend. Rutgers lost the finale, but has Ind. Nebraska holds the No. 8 seed, while Illinois title. It was Michigan’s 21st conference title and won six of their last 10 games. is the No. 9 seed. First pitch is scheduled for 11th in the past 12 seasons. The Wolverines 12:30 CT. clinched the outright Big Ten Championship No. 7 Indiana Hoosiers The teams met already this season at the on Sunday afternoon with a 12-3 victory at Host school Indiana (35-20, 10-13 Big Ten) looks end of March. Nebraska claimed the series, Maryland, coupled with Northwestern’s 4-0 loss to make a run on its home field this weekend. 2-1. Nebraska hit .341 against Illinois over the at Minnesota. Indiana won the final series of the season against three-game series. Tristen Edwards went 4-for-7 Penn State and has won four of its last six games. (.571) with two runs, a double and a home run. No. 2 Northwestern Wildcats She also slugged 1.143 and drew four walks for Northwestern (42-9, 21-2 Big Ten) dropped to No. 10 Penn State Nittany Lions an on-base percentage of .727. Peyton Glatter the No. 2 seed following the final weekend of Penn State (34-31, 7-16 Big Ten) gets a rematch went 5-for-9 (.559) and slugged .778. Courtney play after losing its first two conference games of its regular-season finale against Indiana. Wallace went 4-for-9 with three runs, one of the season to Minnesota over the weekend. The Nittany Lions looks to avenge its two double, two triples and one home run, finishing However, Northwestern has the best overall losses against the Hoosiers and advance in the with a team-high slugging percentage of 1.333. record in the conference and is expected to tournament. However, Penn State finished the make a run at the title. last 10 games of the season with a 3-7 record. LAST TIME OUT The Huskers closed the regular season at No. 3 Minnesota Golden Gophers No. 11 Purdue Boilermakers Wisconsin and won game one before dropping Minnesota (39-11, 20-2 Big Ten) handed Purdue (30-26, 6-17 Big Ten) looks to snap a the last two of the series. However, Nebraska Northwestern its first Big Ten losses of the season nine-game losing streak and advance to the finished the season strong, winning six of its last in the final weekend of the regular season, next round of the Big Ten Tournament. The nine games over the final two weeks of regular- spoiling the Wildcats’ Big Ten Championship. Boilermakers last win was on April 16 against season play. Tristen Edwards led the Husker Minnesota comes into the weekend with some Notre Dame and the team’s last conference win offense against the Badgers going 5-for-11 (.455) momentum, winning nine of its last 10 games. was April 12 against Nebraska. with two runs, one double and one RBI. Madi Unzicker had a double and two home runs to No. 4 Ohio State Buckeyes No. 12 Iowa Hawkeyes finish the weekend with a slugging percentage Ohio State (34-15, 17-6 Big Ten) clinched a first- Iowa grabbed the final spot in the tournament of 1.000. In the circle, Regan Mergele pitched round bye after winning two of three from Iowa after taking one game from Ohio State over the a scoreless 1.1 inning of relief and had one in the final weekend and got help from Nebraska weekend. The Hawkeyes got help, as Minnesota strikeout. Courtney Wallace made a team-high as the Huskers took one from Wisconsin over swept Maryland and Michigan State lost two three appearances and finished with an ERA of the weekend. Ohio State has been hot lately, games to Rutgers. Iowa is 3-7 in its final 10 2.00. She pitched 7.0 innings and gave up two winning nine of its last 10 games. The Buckeyes games. runs. She also had five strikeouts. look to carry that momentum into the Big Ten Tournament. FOLLOW THE HUSKERS SCOUTING ILLINOIS A live radio broadcast will be available on Illinois comes into the weekend on a four- No. 5 Wisconsin Badgers Huskers.com and the official Huskers App for all game winning streak. Illinois is hitting .319, Wisconsin (38-11, 15-8) barely missed out on a of Nebraska’s games this season. Fans can also with regular starters Bella Loya (.392), Annie top-four seed and a first-round bye but won its follow all the action on Twitter (@HuskerSoftball). Flemming (.377), Kiana Sherlund (.376) and Carly final two games of the regular season against All Big Ten Tournament games will be televised Thomas (.374) leading the way. Nebraska. The Badgers have won seven of their live on the Big Ten Network and will also be last 10 games. available on BTN2Go and the Fox Sports app. SOFTBALL COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT: ERICA NETT | [email protected] | 402.472.2264 MEDIA SERVICES: The communications contact for Nebraska softball is Assistant Communications Director Erica Nett. All interviews must be arranged through Nett, who can be reached by e-mail ([email protected]) or phone (402) 472-2264. Interviews are generally conducted after practice during the week and following the final game of the day on game day. BIG TEN TOURNAMENT NEBRASKA SOFTBALL PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Bree Boruff ....................................BORE-off A LOOK AT THE HUSKER ROSTER Mikaela Forcum ......................... four-COME No. Name B/T Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown Lexey Kneib ..........................................NIBE 00 Lexey Kneib L/R INF 5-6 Jr. Webb City, Mo. Regan Mergele ............................MURR-gull 1 Rylie Unzicker R/R OF 5-7 So. Omaha, Neb. Anni Raley .......................AWE-knee RAY-lee 2 Payton Huscroft R/R INF 5-8 RFr. Omaha, Neb. Rhonda Revelle .............................. ruh-VELL 7 Madi Unzicker R/R INF 5-9 Sr. Omaha, Neb. Sarah Yocom ................................. YO-come 13 Peyton Glatter L/R OF 5-4 Fr. Omaha, Neb. 17 Carson Fischer R/R UTL 5-7 Fr. Denton, Neb. NFCA ALL-REGION PLAYERS 18 Mikaela Forcum L/R C 5-4 Fr. Walla Walla, Wash. Alyvia Simmons, Sr., OF 19 Regan Mergele R/R RHP 5-7 Sr. San Antonio, Texas • Third-Team All-Midwest Region (2017, 2018) 21 Sarah Yocom L/R INF 5-6 So. Cozad, Neb. Samantha Owen, Jr., UTL 23 Courtney Wallace R/R RHP/UTL 5-4 Fr. Omaha, Neb. • Third-Team All-West Region (Pacific, 2018) 24 Tristen Edwards R/R INF/OF 5-7 Jr. Murrieta, Calif. 25 Lindsey Walljasper R/R RHP/UTL 5-11 Fr. Manteca, Calif. ALL-CONFERENCE PLAYERS 28 Ally Riley R/R C 5-10 So. Alva, Okla. Alyvia Simmons, Sr., OF 30 Karlee Seevers R/R RHP 5-7 Fr. York, Neb. • Second-Team All-Big Ten (2017, 2018) 32 Alyvia Simmons L/R OF 5-9 Sr. Overland Park, Kan. Tristen Edwards, Jr., INF/OF 33 Anni Raley R/R C/UTL 5-7 Fr. Clovis, Calif. • First-Team All-Big Ten (2018) 39 Olivia Ferrell R/R RHP 5-10 So. Omaha, Neb. Samantha Owen, Jr., INF 44 Bri Cassidy R/R C 5-3 Sr. San Bernardino, Calif. • First-Team All-WCC (Pacific, 2018) 64 Bree Boruff L/R OF 5-8 Jr. Mead, Colo. • All-WCC Honorable Mention (Pacific, 2017) 77 Samantha Owen R/R INF 5-5 Jr. Manteca, Calif. COACHING INFORMATION 2019 STARTS BY POSITION THIRD SPOT PITCHER Player GS Record Head Coach ..................Rhonda Revelle (27th year) Player GS Record Samantha Owen 26 11-15 Record at Nebraska (years) ........ 989-567 (27 years) Lindsey Walljasper 20 10-10 Tristen Edwards 21 8-13 Career Record (years) ................ 997-583 (28 years) Courtney Wallace 13 6-7 Peyton Glatter 3 1-2 Alma Mater ................................Nebraska (1984) Regan Mergele 10 3-7 Lindsey Walljasper 1 1-0 Associate Head Coach .........Lori Sippel (30th year) Olivia Ferrell 8 2-6 Alma Mater ................................Nebraska (1988) CLEANUP Assistant Coach ..................Diane Miller (11th year) CATCHER Player GS Record Alma Mater ..................Missouri Southern (1992) Player GS Record Lindsey Walljasper 26 10-16 Director of Operations .......Ali Grant (Second year) Bri Cassidy 51 21-30 Samantha Owen 11 1-10 Alma Mater .......................Michigan State (2012) Alyvia Simmons 5 5-0 FIRST BASE Peyton Glatter 7 4-3 NEBRASKA SOFTBALL QUICK FACTS Player GS Record Courtney Wallace 2 1-1 Location ............................................. Lincoln, Neb. Madi Unzicker 51 21-30 Population ..................................................280,369 FIFTH SPOT Founded ..........................................................1869 SECOND BASE Player GS Record Enrollment ....................................................25,897 Player GS Record Courtney Wallace 22 10-12 Nickname ............................