Nebraska Baseball 2000 Release Date: Thursday, June 1, 2000 Attention: Sports Desks Baseball SID Contact: Aaron Babcock 2000 NCAA Super Regional [email protected] No. 6/9/10 Nebraska (50-15) vs. No. 2/2/3 Stanford (45-14) Off: (402) 472-7779 • Cell: (402) 540-9090 June 2-4, Sunken Diamond, Palo Alto, Calif. 2000 Schedule (50-15) Friday, June 2, Nebraska vs. Stanford, 9 p.m. (Central) Saturday, June 3, Nebraska vs. Stanford, 3 p.m. (Central) Date Event ......................................Time/Score 2/11 vs. Northwestern State......................L 6-8 if Necessary - Sunday, June 4, Nebraska vs. Stanford, 3 p.m. (Central) 2/12 at #7 Rice ...........................................L 1-2 Radio: KLIN 1400, Pinnacle Sports Network 2/13 vs. Arkansas State ........................ W 10-6 Live Internet Broadcasts/TotalCasts: huskerwebcast.com 2/18 vs. Texas-Arlington ......................... W 3-1 2/19 vs. Washington State .................... W 12-4 Nebraska's Probable Starting Pitchers 2/20 vs. Arkansas .................................. W 13-2 2/25 at Texas-San Antonio .......................L 3-4 Season Career 2/26 at Texas-San Antonio ................... W 10-1 No. R/L Name Yr. ERA App. GS IP SO Record Record 2/27 at Texas-San Antonio ..................... W 3-2 28 R Shane Komine So. 2.14 16 16 117.2 154 11-3 17-5 2/29 Nebraska-Omaha ............................canc. 3/3 *at Oklahoma State..................... W 13-10 33 L Jamie Rodrigue Fr. 2.53 16 14 85.1 53 9-3 9-3 3/4 *at Oklahoma State...........................L 2-4 26 L Trevor Bullock Sr. 2.21 18 8 69.1 56 6-1 6-1 3/5 *at Oklahoma State...........................L 2-8 3/7 Nebraska-Omaha ........................ W 18-2 NU Makes Second Straight NCAA Appearance 3/10 *at Kansas State ................................L 3-4 3/11 *at Kansas State ............................ W 16-0 The sixth-ranked Nebraska baseball team (50- Nebraska vs. the NCAA Field 3/12 *at Kansas State ............................ W 12-4 15) enters its first-ever Super Regional looking (17-8 in 2000) 3/14 at Arkansas ................................... W 10-4 to cap the most successful season in Nebraska 3/15 at Arkansas ................................... W 10-3 2/12 at Rice ............................ L 1-2 3/17 *Oklahoma ................................... W 10-1 baseball history with the school’s first College 3/17 Oklahoma ...................W 10-1 3/18 *Oklahoma ................................... W 12-0 World Series appearance. Nebraska’s task won’t 3/19 Oklahoma ...................W 12-0 3/19 *Oklahoma .......................................L 3-4 be an easy one, as Nebraska’s road to Omaha 3/19 Oklahoma ...................... L 3-4 3/21 at #23 Creighton ............................. W 9-5 will go through nine-time CWS qualifier Stanford 3/21 at Creighton ..................W 9-5 3/24 *Texas Tech .................................. W 11-0 3/25 *Texas Tech .............................W 7-6 (10) (45-14) at the Cardinal’s Sunken Diamond in Palo 3/24 Texas Tech..................W 11-0 3/25 *Texas Tech .............................. L 5-7 (11) Alto, Calif., in a best-of-three game series, Friday- 3/25 Texas Tech....................W 7-6 3/28 North Dakota State ..................... W 12-2 Sunday, June 2-4. 3/25 Texas Tech..................... L 5-7 3/31 *at #17 Baylor ..................................L 2-4 While this is just Nebraska’s fifth NCAA 3/31 at Baylor ........................ L 2-4 4/1 *at #17 Baylor ...................................L 2-3 4/1 at Baylor ........................ L 2-3 Tournament in school history, it is not the first 4/2 *at #17 Baylor ........................... L 6-7 (10) 4/2 at Baylor ................ L 6-7 (10) 4/4 Northwest Missouri State .......... W 18-6 time the Huskers have had to win in Palo Alto to 4/11 Creighton ......................W 6-3 4/7 *Kansas ........................................... W 9-3 advance to the College World Series. Nebraska 4/8 *Kansas ....................................W 14-2 (7) 5/6 at Texas ........................W 4-0 4/9 *Kansas ....................................... W 18-11 played at Stanford in 1985, where the Huskers 5/7 at Texas ......................... L 6-8 4/11 #21 Creighton ................................ W 6-3 defeated Pepperdine, 4-2, in the first game of the 5/8 at Texas ........................W 2-0 4/14 *at Missouri, 1-9 .............................. W 7-2 regional. The Huskers were one out from 5/10 vs. Creighton ..............W 10-2 4/15 *at Missouri, 1-9 ............................ W 15-8 advancing to the championship game, but 5/12 Fresno State ..................W 3-2 4/16 *at Missouri, 1-9 .............................. W 9-5 4/18 Western Illinois ........................... W 16-5 Stanford rallied to score two runs in the bottom 5/13 Fresno State ................... L 1-6 4/19 Western Illinois ........................... W 19-6 of the ninth, handing the Huskers a 9-8 loss. 5/14 Fresno State ..................W 8-0 4/21 *Texas A&M ................................. W 16-2 Nebraska fell in the next game to Pepperdine, 7- 5/20 vs. Oklahoma ...............W 3-1 4/22 *Texas A&M ................................. W 11-3 5/20 vs. Oklahoma ...............W 6-1 4/22 *Texas A&M ................................. W 10-3 6, after having an opportunity to win that game. The Huskers gave up two runs in the top of the 5/21 vs. Baylor ....................W 11-3 4/24 UW-Milwaukee ........................... W 11-0 5/27 vs. Butler ......................W 2-1 4/24 UW-Milwaukee ............................. W 8-5 ninth for Pepperdine to take a 7-4 lead. The Big 5/29 vs. Minnesota ...............W 4-1 4/25 UW-Milwaukee ...............................L 7-9 Red battled, but managed to score only two runs 4/28 *Iowa State (CSS) ........................... W 5-0 5/30 vs. WichitaState ...........W 8-1 4/29 *Iowa State (CSS) ...............W 14-13 (10) in the bottom of the ninth. 4/30 *Iowa State (CSS) ....................W 12-0 (7) The Huskers enter their first Super Regional after a historic weekend, sweeping 5/6 *at #6 Texas (FSN) .......................... W 4-0 through the Minnneapolis Regional to claim its first-ever NCAA regional title, while 5/7 *at #6 Texas ......................................L 6-8 setting the school’s single-season win record. Nebraska’s 50 wins surpassed the old 5/8 *at #9 Texas .................................... W 2-0 5/9 Northern Iowa ................................ W 9-7 record of 49 wins set during the 1979 and 1980 seasons. 5/10 at Creighton ................................... W 10-2 Nebraska has been impressive in the NCAA Tournament, sweeping through the 5/12 #21 Fresno State ............................ W 3-2 Minneapolis Regional behind three dominant pitching performances and its stingy 5/13 #21 Fresno State ..............................L 1-6 defense to defeat Butler (2-1), Minnesota (5-1) and Wichita State (8-1) at Siebert Field in 5/14 #21 Fresno State ............................ W 8-0 5/17-21 at Big 12 Tournament ............................. Minneapolis. 5/17 vs. Missouri (CSS) .......................L 10-12 Nebraska has had great success against the tournament field this year, going 14- 5/18 vs. Oklahoma State (CSS) ........... W 7-5 8 during the regular season. One of the hottest teams in the country, Nebraska enters 5/19 vs. #22 Oklahoma (CSS) .............. W 3-1 the NCAA Tournament after posting a 32-4 record since April 4. After then-No. 17 5/19 vs. #22 Oklahoma (CSS) .............. W 6-1 5/20 vs. #5 Baylor (FSN) ..................... W 11-3 Baylor swept the Huskers in Waco, Nebraska dropped to 18-11 overall and 7-8 in the at NCAA Regionals ....................... TBA Big 12. The Huskers regrouped after the losses by winning 24 of their final 27 regular 5/26 vs. Butler ..................................... W, 2-1 season games, vaulting from seventh in the conference to a second-place finish. The 5/28 at Minnesota ................................ W, 4-1 Husker offense has played a key part in the stretch, hitting .358 in those 36 games. 5/29 vs. Wichita State ......................... W, 8-1 6/2-4 at NCAA Super Regionals .................TBA 6/9-17 at College World Series ......................TBA * Denotes Big 12 Conference Game http://huskerwebcast.com Nebraska Baseball Notes – June 1, 2000 – Page 2 Nebraska Baseball 2000 Quick Facts Nebraska’s NCAA Tournament History Head Coach: Dave Van Horn This marks Nebraska’s second straight NCAA Tournament appearance and the school’s fifth Nebraska’s NCAA Alma Mater: Arkansas, 1988 overall. The Huskers played in the NCAA District Tournament Results Assistant Coach: Mike Anderson playoffs for a chance to advance to the NCAA (8-8 Record) Alma Mater: Northern Colo., 1990 Tournament in 1948 and 1950, but did not actually at Annapolis, Md., 1979 (1-2) Assistant Coach: Rob Childress compete in the tournament. vs. St. John’s ...............................L 0-5 Alma Mater: Northwood, 1990 Nebraska is fresh off its first-ever regional title at Navy ................................... W 13-4 1999 Overall Record: 42-18 after compiling an all-time NCAA Tournament vs. Connecticut .........................L 0-15 1999 Big 12 Record: 16-9 record of 8-8. Last year’s team defeated lost to at Ann Arbor, Mich., 1980 (2-2) 1999 Big 12 Finish: Fifth Mississippi State, defeated Bowling Green, before vs. BYU ................................... W 12-0 1999 Big 12 Tournament: 4-0, 1st getting eliminated by Mississippi State. Nebraska at Michigan.................................L 0-7 1999 NCAA Tournament: 1-2 also made back-to-back showings in 1979-80, vs. BYU ................................... W 12-4 winning one and two games, respectively. at Michigan...............................L 3-12 Travel Information The only other time Nebraska has won two at Palo Alto, Calif., 1985 (1-2) Depart Wednesday, May 31, 2000 games in a regional came in 1980, as the Huskers vs. Pepperdine .......................... W 4-2 Sheraton Palo Alto defeated Brigham Young twice, by scores of 12-0 at Stanford .................................L 8-9 625 El Camino Road and 12-4, but lost to Michigan twice.