Huskers Knock Off Mountain Hawks

Lincoln --- Nebraka and Lehigh were matched in a pitcher's duel for nearly four full innings until Nicole Trimboli blasted a two-run homer for the Huskers, and Peaches James dominated in the circle to give NU a 6-0 victory over the Mountain Hawks in the second game of the NCAA Lincoln Regional.

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Nebraska Educational Television has announced that it will televise the Nebraska softball team’s NCAA Regional game against Creighton Friday at 12:30 p.m. (CDT) on NETV2. Larry Punteney will call the action, while Theresa Becker will provide color analysis. The game will also be carried live nationally on College Sports Television throughout the nation and will be available in more than 20 million homes.

The second-seeded Huskers (43-15) advanced to Friday’s second-round regional game at Bowlin Stadium with a 6-0 win over Lehigh Thursday. Creighton (42-15-1), the No. 6 seed, upset third-seeded Florida Atlantic, 6-2, Thursday morning. Nebraska and Creighton have met twice this year, with the Huskers winning both contests. NU defeated the Bluejays, 1-0, March 24 in Omaha before taking a 2-0 decision April 6 in Lincoln.

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With the win, Nebraska (43-15) advanced to Friday's 12:30 p.m. contest (televised on NETV2) against in-state rival Creighton, a 6-2 winner earlier in the day over Florida Atlantic. Lehigh (40-16-2) dropped into Thursday's 8 p.m. contest against Florida Atlantic.

Trimboli started the scoring in the bottom of the fourth, as she lined a 1-0 pitch over right field fence to give the Huskers a 2-0 lead. Jessica Yoachim, who reached on a walk with one out in the bottom of the fourth, came home on Trimboli's team-high eighth round tripper of the year.

Trisha Tannahill continued the Huskers' strong offensive inning, as she took a 1-2 pitch with one out up the middle for a single before stealing second. Following a Jamie Waldecker single on a 1-2 count, James came to the plate and helped her cause as she smacked another 1-2 pitch to the deepest part of left center for a two-run double, giving the Huskers a 4-0 lead.

Lehigh got its first hit in the top of the fifth when designated player Lauren Haney blooped a single just over the outstretched arm of Devin Porter, who was backpeddaling from shortstop. Shana Treon added an infield single with two outs in the sixth for the Mountain Hawks' only other hit against James.

The reigning national player of the week, James finished the game allowing two hits in 6.0 innings with 12 strikeouts and no walks. James improved her record to 35-7 on the season while freshman Ashley DeBuhr finished the contest with 1.0 inning of work, allowing one hit.

Nebraska padded its lead with a pair of insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth when Waldecker drove in Trimboli and James scored on Liz Lawhorn's single to centerfield. Trimboli finished 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs and two runs while James went 2-for-3 with two RBIs and one run. It was James' sixth multi-hit game this season and third in the past four games.

Nebraska game notes: Senior Peaches James recorded her 900th career strikeout in the first innning...James is the Huskers single-season (359) and career (910) strikeout leader...the 12 strikeouts against the Mountain Hawks were Jmaes 18th double-digit strikeout performance this year...Nicole Trimboli drilled her team-high eighth home run this season and 27th of her career...Trimboli is now tied for fifth on NU career charts with Jamie Fuente, who had 27 between 1998 and 2001...Peaches James' double in the fourth inning was her fourth of the year and 16th of her career...it was also James' 17th and 18th RBIs of the season...it was James' fourth multiple-RBI game of the season...James has allowed just 12 hits, two earned runs and one walk while striking out 66 in the past 40.0 innings over seven consecutive games.

Lehigh game notes: Emily Ling increased her team lead in strikeouts to 161 with five Ks in 4.1 innings (four earned runs) against the Huskers...Lehigh had recorded at least 10 hits in four of its previous five games before facing the Huskers...it was only the fourth time this season Lehigh had been shut out...Lehigh was 14-0 entering the game when games were decided by at least five runs...it was only the seventh time this season the Mountain Hawks allowed at least four runs...Lehigh allowed a season-high seven runs once on Feb. 28 against Radford.