Lincoln - Missouri scored three runs in the second and made it stand up, defeating fourth-ranked (Baseball America) Nebraska, 3-2 in front of 1,207 fans at Buck Beltzer Stadium Sunday afternoon.

With the win, the Tigers, who improved to 15-10-1 overall and 5-7 in the Big 12, took two of three from the Huskers, marking the first time NU, which falls to 17-7 overall and 5-2 in the conference, had lost a home conference series since the 1999 season, when MU took two of three in Lincoln.

Missouri received an outstanding performance from starter Shaun Marcum, who threw a complete-game five hitter, and allowed two runs - one earned - to improve to 2-0 on the season. The right-hander struck out four and held NU to a season low five hits. NU