Palo Alto, Calif. -- The No. 11 Nebraska softball team ended its 2001 season earlier than it had planned with back-to-back losses in NCAA Regional action Saturday afternoon at Stanford. The Huskers, who finished the season with a 51-15 record, fell to fourth-ranked Stanford, 5-1, before suffering a 3-1 defeat to No. 18 Pacific.

The losses capped an otherwise successful season for the Huskers. In 2001, Nebraska won the regular-season Big 12 Conference title with a 16-2 run that included back-to-back wins over defending national champion Oklahoma in late March. Husker Coach Rhonda Revelle was named the Big 12 Coach of the Year, and six Nebraska players earned all-Big 12 recognition. NU broke the school record for consecutive victories with 18 straight from March 9 to March 30.