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Big Ten eyes image boost at TD Ameritrade Park

OMAHA — The Big Ten baseball tournament is coming to Omaha in 2014, a partnership with the College World Series’ host city that the league hopes will help to raise the profile of its annual event.

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Saturday 05/19/2012
Huskers secure No. 4 seed at Big Ten Tournament
Updated: May 19, 2012 - 4:15 pm

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The Nebraska baseball team (34-21, 14-10 Big Ten) secured the No. 4 seed at the Big Ten Tournament with a 7-3 win over the Michigan Wolverines on Saturday afternoon at Wilpon Complex.

Friday 05/18/2012
Huskers drop close one to Wolverines
Updated: May 18, 2012 - 8:40 pm

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — After scoring 15 runs in Thursday’s series opener, the Nebraska baseball team (32-21, 13-10 Big Ten) was held to just five runs in a 6-5 loss to the Michigan Wolverines Friday.

Thursday 05/17/2012
Huskers clinch Big Ten tourney spot
Updated: May 17, 2012 - 8:42 pm

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Nebraska’s baseball team won its fourth straight Big Ten game and clinched a spot in the conference tournament, beating Michigan 15-2 in the opener of a three-game series Thursday evening.

Wednesday 05/16/2012
NU pitchers creating own problems
Updated: May 16, 2012 - 11:54 pm

LINCOLN — Nebraska’s backbreaking third inning during Tuesday’s 13-2 loss to Wichita State again highlighted a troubling trend for the NU pitching staff this season.

Tuesday 05/15/2012
Huskers fall in home finale to Wichita State
Updated: May 15, 2012 - 10:50 pm

LINCOLN — A 19-hit performance by the Wichita State Shockers spoiled the 2012 home finale for the Nebraska baseball team (32-20, 12-9 Big Ten) on Tuesday night at Hawks Field. The Shockers got out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first and never looked back, as they coasted to a 13-2 win.

Frazier, Crouch say they’re not hurt by Hall snub
Updated: May 15, 2012 - 10:30 pm

OMAHA — Disappointed Nebraska fans who thought quarterback greats Tommie Frazier and Eric Crouch would be named to the College Football Hall of Fame on Tuesday might have had unrealistic expectations.

Sunday 05/13/2012
Huskers sweep Gophers on Senior Day
Updated: May 13, 2012 - 8:21 pm

LINCOLN — Behind three solo home runs — back-to-back homers by Austin Darby and Kale Kiser in the second inning and a homer by Chad Christensen in the third — the Nebraska baseball team (32-19, 12-9 Big Ten) completed a sweep of the Minnesota Golden Gophers (28-23, 10-11 Big Ten) on Sunday afternoon at Hawks Field with a 6-5 win.

Saturday 05/12/2012
NU freshman leads Huskers to win
Updated: May 12, 2012 - 10:44 pm

LINCOLN — Nebraska’s Pat Kelly says he’s simply trying to guide base hits up the middle. Anything else is a bonus.

Freshmen carry Huskers to series-opening win over Gophers
Updated: May 12, 2012 - 12:12 am

LINCOLN — A two-run home run from freshman Pat Kelly and a six innings of solid work on the mound from freshman Kyle Kubat led the Nebraska baseball team (30-19, 10-9 Big Ten) to its 30th win of the season with a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Golden Gophers on Friday night at Hawks Field. The Huskers and Gophers are now tied for fifth in the Big Ten standing with a 10-9 league record, while Indiana, Michigan State and Penn State are all one-game ahead of the Huskers and Gophers with an 11-8 record.

Miles gets 7-year, incentive laden deal with Nebraska
Updated: May 12, 2012 - 12:03 am

LINCOLN — Nebraska Athletic Director Tom Osborne called the length of Tim Miles’ seven-year contract unique but necessary as the Huskers try to turn around their basketball fortunes.

Friday 05/11/2012
Husker volleyball announces its 2012 schedule
Updated: May 11, 2012 - 11:56 pm

LINCOLN — A total of 11 matches against NCAA qualifiers, including non-conference showdowns against defending National Champion UCLA, as well as Oklahoma, Kentucky and Iowa State, highlight the 2012 Nebraska volleyball schedule released on Friday.

Husker softball team rallies to split doubleheader with Wisconsin
Updated: May 12, 2012 - 12:01 am

LINCOLN — The Nebraska softball team rallied from a four-run deficit to defeat Wisconsin, 6-4, in game two of Saturday’s doubleheader at Bowlin Stadium.

NU’s Sheils in Top 25 at Central Regional
Updated: May 11, 2012 - 11:54 pm

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Nebraska’s Madeleine Sheils struggled to a second-round 80 but remained in the top 25 after two rounds at the NCAA Women’s Golf Midwest Regional on Friday at Ohio State’s Scarlet Course.

Thursday 05/10/2012
Erstad says all NU arms on deck for the Gophers
Updated: May 10, 2012 - 9:02 pm

LINCOLN — It’s the worst time of year for instability within a pitching staff, but Nebraska will start its biggest league series of the season without a complete weekend rotation in place.

Wednesday 05/09/2012
Jays turn back Huskers
Posted: May 09, 2012

OMAHA — The Nebraska baseball team (29-19, 9-9 Big Ten) was unable to complete a season sweep of the Creighton Bluejays on Tuesday night at TD Ameritrade Park, as the Jays used 16 hits to produce a 8-1 win.

Tuesday 05/08/2012
Bluejays have a chance to finish strong against Huskers
Updated: May 08, 2012 - 12:32 am

Creighton’s second season of play at TD Ameritrade Park has been a mix of good and bad.

Sunday 05/06/2012
Huskers drop two games at Indiana
Updated: May 06, 2012 - 11:01 pm

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – After taking the series opener on Saturday. the Nebraska baseball team (29-18, 9-9) dropped a double header to the Indiana Hoosiers on Sunday afternoon at Sembower Field to lose the three-game series. The Huskers totaled six runs on 11 hits in the series finale, but the IU batters were even tougher on NU’s pitching with nine runs on 16 hits in a 9-6 Indiana win.

Saturday 05/05/2012
Kubat handcuffs Hoosiers in 13-2 NU win
Updated: May 05, 2012 - 7:28 pm

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Behind a seven-strikeout performance from freshman Kyle Kubat and three home runs from the Husker offense, the Nebraska baseball team (29-16, 9-7 Big Ten) put an end to the Indiana Hoosiers’ four-game winning streak with a 13-2 win.

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