Huskers Sweep South Dakota State on Thursday

The No. 10 Nebraska softball team grabbed two victories over the South Dakota State Jackrabbits by scores of 9-4 and 8-1 (five innings) on Thursday in the home opener at Bowlin Stadium.

 

Game One

In the first game of the day, NU downed SDSU, 9-4, behind hits from seven Huskers and a seven-inning pitching performance from Alexis Jensen. 

 

Jordy Frahm led the offense, going 3-for-4 with two RBI in the game, while Hannah Camenzind and Ava Kuszak added home runs. H. Camenzind had three RBI and Kuszak had two. Jesse Farrell contributed two hits. 

 

Jensen (7-2) grabbed the win with her second complete game of the year and a career-high 13 strikeouts, which was the most by any Nebraska pitcher this season. She allowed four runs and seven hits in her seven innings. 

 

Frahm singled and stole second to open the bottom of the first and scored on a Samantha Bland bunt and SDSU error. H. Camenzind walked to send Bland to second and both advanced a base on a wild pitch. Farrell singled to score Bland and make the score 2-0. 

 

South Dakota State homered in the second to cut the lead to 2-1 and hit a three-run shot in the third to take a 4-2 lead. 

 

Farrell doubled in the bottom of the third and Kuszak tied the score at 4-4 with a two-run homer.

 

In the bottom of the fourth, the Huskers extended the lead to 9-4 with five hits. Hannah Coor and Malia Thoms singled, and Katelyn Caneda pinch ran for Thoms. The two scored on a Frahm single up the middle before Bland walked. H. Camenzind knocked a three-run shot to center field to wrap up the scoring.

 

Jensen recorded eight strikeouts in the final three innings to close out the win for the Huskers.

 

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Game Two

A five-run second inning powered Nebraska to an 8-0, walk-off, five-inning win over South Dakota State in the second game of the doubleheader on Thursday.

 

With two wins today, NU moved to 16-5 on the season.

 

Jordy Frahm and Kacie Hoffmann each notched two hits for the Husker offense, while Hannah Camenzind added two RBI. Ava Kuszak, Hoffmann and Bella Bacon each hit a home run. Bacon’s was the walk-off solo shot that ended the game in five innings.

 

Frahm (5-3) grabbed the win in the circle after throwing five innings with no runs and only five hits, while striking out nine batters. 

 

Kuszak reached on an error to open the bottom of the second inning and Hoffmann homered to make the score 2-0. Hannah Coor walked and Bacon was hit by a pitch before a Lauren Camenzind fielder’s choice took Bacon off the base paths but sent Coor to third. Samantha Bland reached on a fielder’s choice that scored Coor and H. Camenzind doubled to score Bland and L. Camenzind and extend the lead to 5-0. 

 

The Huskers added two runs in the bottom of the third on a Kuszak homer and a Frahm double, which scored L. Camenzind, who singled and Bacon, who reached on a fielder’s choice. 

 

Bacon’s solo home run in the bottom of the fifth sealed the walk-off win for NU.

 

The Huskers will remain home this Saturday, March 7 to take on the Omaha Mavericks. The game is set to start at 2 p.m. (CT) and will be streamed on B1G+ and can be heard across the Huskers Radio Network. 

 

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