nebraska softball SOFTBALL WEEKLY NOTES | MARY NUTTER COLLEGIATE CLASSIC | FEB. 21-23 | CATHEDRAL CITY, CALIF. GAME 10 GAME 11 GAME 12 GAME 13 GAME 14 vs. #3 OKLAHOMA vs. BYU vs. CAL vs. #2 WASHINGTON vs. #7/9 FLORIDA FEB. 21 | 12:30 P.M.. CT FEB. 21 | 5:30 P.M. CT FEB. 22 | 4:30 P.M. CT FEB. 22 | 7 P.M. CT FEB. 23 | 11 A.M. CT HUSKERS READY FOR CHALLENGING FIELD AT MARY NUTTER The Nebraska softball team (5-4) will head hitting .346. Reigning Big 12 Player of the Week the team with three home runs, 13 RBIs and a west to Cathedral City, Calif., for the Mary Nutter Lynnsie Elam is hitting .346 as well. .722 slugging percentage. Collegiate Classic this weekend. The Huskers will BYU enters the weekend with a 5-4 record Senior Taryn Atlee is hitting a team-high .467 play five games from Feb. 21 to 23 and will face and will play UC Riverside and Notre Dame on through 11 starts this season. She has 12 runs some of their toughest opponents of the season. Thursday before facing the Huskers on Friday. and 14 hits - all team bests. Nebraska plays three of the top 10 teams in the BYU is coming off a 3-2 outing at the Campbell country which include No. 2 Washington and Cartier Tournament in San Diego after splitting a The Gators lost All-Americans Kelly Barnhill No. 3 Oklahoma. pair of games with both San Diego State and Cal (pitcher) and Amanda Lorenz (outfielder), A pair of former Big 12 foes, the Huskers and State Fullerton and beating Southern Utah. but return All-American utility player Kendyl Sooners will clash on Feb. 21 at 12:30 p.m. CT. On offense, BYU is not a power team. The Lindaman. Lindaman earned third-team honors Later that day, Nebraska will take on BYU at 5:30 Cougars have just three home runs on the in 2019 after transferring from Minnesota. p.m. CT. On Saturday, Nebraska will compete season and are slugging .327. In 2020, Lindaman has started the first 12 against Cal and second-ranked Washington at Cal has a 6-4 record and will have the games and ranks third on the team with a .394 4:30 p.m. CT and 7 p.m. CT, respectively. The opportunity to pick up three more wins before batting average. weekend will conclude on Sunday against No. the game against Nebraska. The Bears take on 7/9 Florida (11 a.m. CT). Saint Mary’s on Wednesday before competing Sophomore Charla Echols leads the Gators against Auburn and Missouri at Mary Nutter with a .500 batting average through 12 starts and SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS prior to the match up with the Huskers. a .917 slugging percentage. She has 12 runs, 1 One of the most dominant programs in recent Most recently, Cal went 3-2 at the Fresno State hits, four homers and 18 RBIs - all team highs. history, third-ranked Oklahoma is off to a hot Tournament, beating Fordham and Saint Mary’s start in 2020 after a runner-up finish at the 2019 twice and falling to Fresno State and Cal Poly. FOLLOW THE HUSKERS Women’s College World Series. The Sooners Washington returns two NFCA All-Americans A live radio broadcast will be available on have just one loss through nine games so far this from its 2019 squad that placed third at the Huskers.com and the official Huskers App for all season. of Nebraska’s games this season. Fans can also OU returns 2019 NFCA All-Americans Jocelyn WCWS in catcher Morganne Flores and pitcher follow the action on Twitter (@HuskerSoftball). Alo and Grace Green. Both have started all nine Gabbie Plain. Additionally, all of the games will be streamed games for the Sooners. Green ranks third on the Flores has started all 11 games so far this on FloSoftball (subscription required). team with a batting average of .357, while Alo is season and is hitting .361 on the year. She leads NEBRASKA NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name B/T Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown ALL-REGION PLAYERS 00 Lexey Kneib L/R INF 5-6 Sr. Webb City, Mo. TRISTEN EDWARDS, SR., OF 1 Rylie Unzicker L/R OF 5-7 Jr. Omaha, Neb. • Third-Team NFCA All-Midwest Region (2019) 2 Payton Huscroft L/L INF 5-8 So. Omaha, Neb. 11 Keana “KP” Pola L/R INF 5-2 Fr. Santa Ana, Calif. 13 Peyton Glatter L/R OF 5-4 So. Omaha, Neb. SAMANTHA OWEN, SR., INF 17 Carson Fischer R/R OF 5-7 So. Denton, Neb. • Third-Team NFCA All-West Region (2018) 18 Mikaela Forcum L/R C 5-4 RFr. Walla Walla, Wash. 21 Sarah Yocom R/R INF 5-6 Jr. Cozad, Neb. ALL-CONFERENCE PLAYERS 23 Courtney Wallace R/R RHP/UTL 5-4 So. Omaha, Neb. TRISTEN EDWARDS, SR., OF 24 Tristen Edwards R/R OF 5-7 Sr. Murrieta, Calif. 25 Lindsey Walljasper R/R RHP/UTL 5-11 So. Manteca, Calif. • First-Team All-Big Ten (2019) 27 Brooke Andrews R/R INF 5-8 Fr. Gretna, Neb. • First-Team All-Big Ten (2018) 28 Ally Riley R/R C 5-10 Jr. Alva, Okla. 30 Karlee Seevers R/R RHP 5-7 So. York, Neb. SAMANTHA OWEN, SR., INF 32 Cam Ybarra L/R INF 5-6 Jr. Mission Viejo, Calif. • First-Team All-WCC (2018) 33 Anni Raley R/R C 5-7 So. Clovis, Calif. 39 Olivia Ferrell R/R RHP 5-10 Jr. Omaha, Neb. • All-WCC Honorable Mention (2017) 64 Bree Boruff L/L OF 5-8 Sr. Mead, Colo. 77 Samantha Owen R/R INF 5-5 Sr. Manteca, Calif. CAM YBARRA, JR., INF • All Pac-12 Freshman Team (2018) Head Coach: Rhonda Revelle (28th season) • All-Pac-12 Defensive Team (2018) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Bree Boruff ................................... BORE-off Anni Raley .......................AWE-knee RAY-lee Mikaela Forcum ..........................four-COME Rhonda Revelle ..............................ruh-VELL Lexey Kneib .......................................... NIBE Cam Ybarra ..................................EE-bar-uh Keana "KP" Pola .........................key-AH-na Sarah Yocom................................. YO-come SOFTBALL COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT: ERICA NETT | [email protected] | 402.472.2264 2020 NEBRASKA SCHEDULE SCHEDULE NOTES Day Date Opponent Location Time (CT)/Result NU SET FOR 55-GAME SCHEDULE Troy Cox Challenge (at New Mexico State) Thursday Feb. 6 at New Mexico State Las Cruces, N.M. L, 6-11 Nebraska is scheduled to play 55 games in Friday Feb. 7 vs. UTEP Las Cruces, N.M. W, 10-7 2020, including 18 home games, 20 road Saturday Feb. 8 vs. Bradley Las Cruces, N.M. W, 8-1 games and 17 games at a neutral site. Saturday Feb. 8 vs. UTEP Las Cruces, N.M. W, 16-3 (5) Sunday Feb. 9 vs. No. 20/24 Arkansas Las Cruces, N.M. L, 4-15 (5) HUSKERS TRAVEL TO 11 STATES Big Ten/ACC Challenge (at Georgia Tech) IN 2020 Friday Feb. 14 at Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. W, 4-2 Nebraska will travel to 10 states this Saturday Feb. 15 vs. Boston College Atlanta, Ga. W, 5-2 Saturday Feb. 15 at Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga. L, 1-7 season, playing games in Arizona, Sunday Feb. 16 vs. Boston College Atlanta, Ga. L, 0-2 California, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (privately hosted) Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Friday Feb. 21 vs. Oklahoma Cathedral City, Calif. 12:30 p.m. Nebraska and New Mexico. Friday Feb. 21 vs. BYU Cathedral City, Calif. 5:30 p.m. Saturday Feb. 22 vs. California Cathedral City, Calif. 4:30 p.m. NU SET FOR SIX OF GAMES AGAINST Saturday Feb. 22 vs. Washington Cathedral City, Calif. 7 p.m. 2019 WCWS TEAMS Sunday Feb. 23 vs. Florida Cathedral City, Calif. 11 a.m. Nebraska is slated to play four of the Mizzou Tournament (at Missouri) Saturday Feb. 29 at Missouri Columbia, Mo. 11:30 a.m. eight teams that advanced to the Saturday Feb. 29 vs. Wichita State Columbia, Mo. 2 p.m. Women's College World Series last Sunday March 1 at Missouri Columbia, Mo. 10 a.m. season, Oklahoma, Florida, Washington Sunday March 1 vs. Wichita State Columbia, Mo. 12:30 p.m. and Minnesota. The Huskers will see the Arizona State Invitational (at Arizona State) first three at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Friday March 6 vs. Oregon State Tempe, Ariz. 10 a.m. Classic, before traveling to Minnesota for a Friday March 6 vs. Wright State Tempe, Ariz. 12:30 p.m. three-game conference series against the Saturday March 7 vs. Lehigh Tempe, Ariz. 3 p.m. Saturday March 7 at Arizona State Tempe, Ariz. 5:30 p.m. Golden Gophers. Additionally, Nebraska Sunday March 8 vs. New Mexico State Tempe, Ariz. 11 a.m. will play six more teams that made it to Saturday March 14 vs. North Dakota Bowlin Stadium Noon the NCAA Tournament in 2019 when the Saturday March 14 vs. Northern Colorado Bowlin Stadium 2 p.m. team takes on Arkansas, Arizona State, Sunday March 15 vs. North Dakota Bowlin Stadium Noon BYU, Illinois, Missouri and Wisconsin. Sunday March 15 vs. Northern Colorado Bowlin Stadium 2 p.m. Friday March 20 at Illinois* Champaign, Ill. 5 p.m. HOME SWEET HOME Saturday March 21 at Illinois* Champaign, Ill. 1 p.m. Nebraska hosts a 10-game homestand in Sunday March 22 at Illinois* Champaign, Ill. Noon April and 2020 is the fourth straight year Tuesday March 24 at Kansas (1) Lawrence, Kan. 5 p.m.