NEBRASKA BASEBALL 2018 GAME NOTES Communications Contact: Connor Stange • Email: [email protected] • Office Phone: 402-472-6684 • Cell Phone: 402-560-3758 2018 SCHEDULE HUSKER CLASSIC 0-0, 0-0 BIG TEN FEB. 16-18, 2018 Date Opponent Time (CT)/Result TEMPE DIABLO STADIUM • TEMPE, ARIZ. Husker Classic (Tempe, Ariz.) Feb. 16 vs. UC Riverside 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16 • 5 p.m. (CT) Feb. 17 vs. Washington State 1 p.m. Feb. 17 vs. UC Riverside 5 p.m. UC Riverside vs. Nebraska Feb. 18 vs. Washington State 1 p.m. TV/Stream: None • Radio: HSN Luis Alvarado (0-0) vs. Hazahel Quijada (0-0) Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge (Surprise, Ariz.) Feb. 22 vs. Oregon State 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17 • 1 p.m. (CT) Feb. 23 vs. Utah 6 p.m. Feb. 24 vs. Oregon State 5 p.m. Washington State vs. Nebraska Feb. 25 vs. Utah 2 p.m. OVERALL: 0-0 TV/Stream: None • Radio: HSN RANKING: NR Jake McSteen (0-0) vs. Cody Anderson (0-0) March 2 at Wichita State 3 p.m. March 3 at Wichita State 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17 • 5 p.m. (CT) March 4 at Wichita State 2 p.m. March 8 Cal Poly 1:35 p.m. Nebraska vs. UC Riverside March 9 Cal Poly 1:35 p.m. TV/Stream: None • Radio: HSN OVERALL: 0-0 March 10 Cal Poly (DH) 12:05 p.m. Nate Fisher (0-0) vs. Cole Percival (0-0) RANKING: NR March 13 Northern Colorado 1:35 p.m. March 14 Northern Colorado 1:35 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18 • 1 p.m. (CT) March 16 Northwestern State 4:05 p.m. Nebraska vs. Washington State March 17 Northwestern State 2:05 p.m. OVERALL: 0-0 March 18 Northwestern State 1:05 p.m. TV/Stream: None • Radio: HSN March 20 at Oral Roberts 6:30 p.m. RANKING: NR Matt Warren (0-0) vs. Scotty Sunitsch (0-0) March 21 at Oral Roberts 1 p.m. March 23 Minnesota * 6:35 p.m. March 24 Minnesota * 2:05 p.m. NEBRASKA WEEKEND ROTATION March 25 Minnesota * 2 p.m. March 27 at Creighton 6:30 p.m. R/L # Player ERA W-L App. GS IP R ER BB SO March 30 at Ohio State * 5:30 p.m. March 31 at Ohio State * 2:05 p.m. RHP 19 Luis Alvarado 1.72 0-0 16 0 15.2 3 3 7 15 » Career Stats 1.72 0-0 16 0 15.2 3 3 7 15 April 1 at Ohio State * 12:05 p.m. April 3 at Omaha 6:35 p.m. LHP 33 Jake McSteen 2.04 4-0 22 0 39.2 10 9 10 28 April 6 at Michigan State * 2:05 p.m. April 7 at Michigan State * 12:05 p.m. » Career Stats 3.31 6-2 39 7 89.2 34 33 27 54 April 8 at Michigan State * 10 a.m. April 10 at Kansas State 6:30 p.m. LHP 18 Nate Fisher 5.53 1-1 15 0 27.2 19 17 9 23 April 13 Iowa * 6:35 p.m. April 14 Iowa * 2:05 p.m. » Career Stats 5.11 1-1 24 0 37.0 24 21 14 31 April 15 Iowa * 1 p.m. April 17 Kansas State 6:35 p.m. RHP 34 Matt Warren --Missed the 2017 Season Due to Injury-- April 18 Omaha 6:35 p.m. » Career Stats* 2.69 22-7 47 36 210.2 80 63 53 114 April 20 at Rutgers * 2 p.m. April 21 at Rutgers * Noon *Played at Creighton from 2013-16 April 22 at Rutgers * 11 a.m. April 24 Creighton 6:30 p.m. Note: The first line of stats are from the 2017 season. Year-by-year stats and game-by-game stats April 26 Nevada 6:35 p.m. April 27 Nevada 6:35 p.m. for each individual player can be found on pages 20-56. April 28 Nevada 12:05 p.m. May 4 Maryland * 6:35 p.m. NEBRASKA BASEBALL BY THE NUMBERS May 5 Maryland * 2:05 p.m. May 6 Maryland * 1:05 p.m. » 15 NCAA TOURNAMENTS May 8 at Creighton 7 p.m. May 11 Indiana * 6:35 p.m. » 3 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES APPEARANCES May 12 Indiana * 2:05 p.m. May 13 Indiana 1:05 p.m. » 7 CONFERENCE REGULAR-SEASON TITLES May 17 at Illinois * 6 p.m. May 18 at Illinois * 6 p.m. » 4 CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT TITLES May 19 at Illinois * 1 p.m. » 101 ALL-AMERICA CERTIFICATES May 23-27 Big Ten Tournament (Omaha, Neb.) » 21 CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS June 1-4 NCAA Regionals TBA » 98 FIRST-TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE AWARDS June 8-11 NCAA Super Regionals TBA » 2 PERFECT GAMES June 16-27 College World Series TBA » 7 NO HITTERS *-Big Ten games Home games in BOLD » 36 MAJOR LEAGUERS 2018 NEBRASKA BASEBALL ROSTER ALPHABETICAL ROSTER NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Player Letters Pos. No. Player B/T Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Previous Schools) 4 Andrew Abrahamowicz RHP 1 Zac Repinski R/R OF 6-1 195 Sr. Prior Lake, Minn. (Des Moines Area CC) (Prior Lake) 5 Joe Acker * OF 2 Jaxon Hallmark R/R INF/OF 5-10 175 Fr. Midland, Texas (Midland) 6 Mike Addante OF 3 Alex Henwood L/R INF 5-9 168 Jr. Appleton, Wis. (Appleton North) 7 Angelo Altavilla ** INF 4 Andrew Abrahamowicz R/R RHP 6-3 190 Fr. Lorain, Ohio (Elyria Catholic) 19 Luis Alvarado *** RHP/OF 5 Joe Acker R/R OF 6-0 192 So. Waukesha, Wis. (Marquette) 23 Jeff Athey * INF 6 Mike Addante L/R OF 5-9 175 Fr. Algonquin, Ill. (Harry D. Jacobs) 21 Brison Cronenbold * INF 7 Angelo Altavilla S/R INF 6-1 195 Jr. Lakeville, Minn. (Lakeville North) 26 Carter Cross OF 8 Jesse Wilkening R/R C 5-10 200 Jr. Cedar Lake, Ind. (Hanover Central) 37 Connor Curry * LHP 10 Matt Waldron R/R RHP 6-2 185 Jr. Omaha, Neb. (Westside) 30 Reece Eddins *** RHP 11 Scott Schreiber R/R OF 6-3 225 Sr. Menasha, Wis. (Kimberly) 24 Zack Engelken ** RHP 13 Chad Luensmann R/R RHP 6-4 237 Jr. Altoona, Pa. (Bellwood-Antis) 18 Nate Fisher ** LHP 14 Kennet Sorenson L/R C/OF 5-11 188 Fr. Stone Mountain, Ga. (St. Pius X) 55 Ethan Frazier ** RHP 16 Nolan Hakel L/L OF 6-0 185 Jr. Lincoln, Neb. (Hutchinson CC) (Pius X) 39 Mojo Hagge * OF 18 Nate Fisher L/L LHP 6-1 205 Jr. Yutan, Neb. (Yutan) 16 Nolan Hakel OF 19 Luis Alvarado R/R RHP/OF 6-4 210 Sr. Salinas, Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico Baseball Academy) 2 Jaxon Hallmark INF/OF 20 Paul Tillotson R/R RHP 6-2 205 RFr. Monument, Colo. (Lewis-Palmer) 31 Gunner Hellstrom C 21 Brison Cronenbold S/R INF 6-2 170 Sr. Thousand Oaks, Calif. (Ventura College) (Thousand Oaks) 3 Alex Henwood ** INF 22 Ben Klenke L/R UTL 6-2 205 So. Seward, Neb. (Seward) 38 Jake Hohensee *** RHP 23 Jeff Athey L/R INF 6-3 220 RFr. Eden Prairie, Minn. (Eden Prairie) 48 Byron Hood ** RHP 24 Zack Engelken R/R RHP 6-5 235 Jr. Overland Park, Kan. (Blue Valley West) 22 Ben Klenke * UTL 25 Luke Roskam L/R UTL 6-2 218 So. Chaska, Minn. (Chaska) 36 Zac Luckey INF 26 Carter Cross R/R OF 6-0 188 RFr. Fairview, Pa. (Cathedral Prep) 13 Chad Luensmann ** RHP 27 Mitch Steinhoff L/L LHP 6-1 212 Jr. Crete, Neb. (Crete) 33 Jake McSteen *** LHP 28 Keegan Watson R/R OF/RHP 6-3 198 Fr. Fountaintown, Ind. (New Palestine) 47 Robbie Palkert ** RHP 30 Reece Eddins R/R RHP 6-5 210 Jr. Lee’s Summit, Mo. (Blue Springs South) 1 Zac Repinski * OF 31 Gunner Hellstrom R/R C 6-4 210 Fr. Simi Valley, Calif. (Grace Brethren) 25 Luke Roskam * UTL 32 Mike Waldron R/R UTL 6-2 203 Jr. Omaha, Neb. (Westside) 49 Max Schreiber RHP 33 Jake McSteen R/L LHP 6-0 205 Jr. Great Falls, Va. (Langley) 11 Scott Schreiber *** OF 34 Matt Warren R/R RHP 6-0 215 Sr. Omaha, Neb. (Creighton) (Skutt Catholic) 14 Kennet Sorenson C/OF 36 Zac Luckey R/R INF 5-11 185 Fr. Omaha, Neb. (Creighton Prep) 27 Mitch Steinhoff ** LHP 37 Connor Curry R/L LHP 6-3 211 RFr. Lincoln, Neb. (Southeast) 20 Paul Tillotson * RHP 38 Jake Hohensee S/R RHP 6-2 231 Sr. Lincoln, Neb. (East) 10 Matt Waldron ** RHP 39 Mojo Hagge L/R OF 5-7 174 So. Omaha, Neb. (Skutt Catholic) 32 Mike Waldron ** UTL 47 Robbie Palkert R/R RHP 6-3 202 Jr. Golden Valley, Minn. (Hopkins) 34 Matt Warren RHP 48 Byron Hood R/R RHP 5-11 185 Jr. Roca, Neb. (Norris) 28 Keegan Watson OF/RHP 49 Max Schreiber R/R RHP 6-4 191 Fr. Cardington, Ohio (Highland) 8 Jesse Wilkening ** C 55 Ethan Frazier R/R RHP 6-2 200 Jr. Lee’s Summit, Mo. (Blue Springs South) *-Letters Earned COACHING AND SUPPORT STAFF 17 Darin Erstad, Head Coach (7th season) 12 Ted Silva, Associate Head Coach/Recruiting Coordinator (7th season) 9 Mike Kirby, Assistant Head Coach (4th season) PRONUNCIATIONS 42 Jeff Tezak, Volunteer Assistant Coach (3rd season) Player ........................................ Pronunciation Jake Schleppenbach, Undergraduate Assistant Coach Andrew Abrahamowicz .............Abraham-oh-wits Lucas Novotny, Strength Coach Mike Addante ..................................Uh-DONTAY Curtis Ledbetter, Director of Operations Angelo Altavilla ...........................ALT-uh-VILL-uh Kevin Otto, Assistant Director of Operations Luis Alvarado .................................Alv-uh-rod-oh Renee Brinkmann, Baseball Office Manager Jeff Athey ..............................................