NU Win Streak Reaches Nine

Lincoln ? Sophomore right-hander Molly Hill earned her second victory of the day and the Nebraska offense used nine hits and five Arkansas errors to race to the Huskers' ninth straight win with a 6-2 victory Friday at Bowlin Stadium.

 

Hill (7-4) tossed her second complete-game of the day, as she took a no-hitter into the seventh inning before a pair of singles and a pair of Husker errors spoiled what would have been her second shutout of the day. In tossing every inning of NU's two Friday victories, Hill threw 219 pitches and allowed just four hits.

 

Against Arkansas, Hill allowed just one earned run. A native of Wayne, Neb., Hill has now allowed one earned run or less in each of her last nine starts. She picked up her fifth straight win against the Lady Razorbacks to lead Nebraska (17-7) to its 13th win in its last 15 contests.

 

Teighynne Hulsey (2-3) took the loss for Arkansas (10-20). Hulsey allowed four runs (two earned) in 2.1 innings. Miranda Dixon came on in relief and surrendered two runs (none earned) in 3.2 innings. The staff was hurt by Arkansas' season-high five errors, which led to four unearned runs.

 

Nebraska took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second. A walk, an error and an infield single loaded the bases with no outs. Arkansas then recorded a force out at home before senior Carmen Kier coaxed an RBI walk that brought sophomore Kimberly Fuller home.

 

With the bases still loaded, sophomore Darcy Rutherford sent a sinking liner into right field, but Rachel LeMaster made a nice sliding grab and threw to first to double off Kier.

 

The Huskers added another three runs in the bottom of the third. Sophomore Meghan Mullin led off with a single and advanced to second on a sacrifice from senior Devin Porter. Sophomore Crystal Carwile then brought her home with an RBI single.

 

Carwile then scored when sophomore Haley Long singled into right field. Pascale added the Huskers’ final run of the inning when she came home on an error as Long stole second.

 

In the fifth, Arkansas’ fifth error of the game led to a pair of unearned runs for the Huskers. With two outs, Long reached on an error. She would eventually score on an Arkansas error. Freshman Crystal Gonzalez capped the inning by scoring on an RBI single from Kier.

 

After being no-hit through the first six innings, a pair of singles and a walk loaded the bases for Arkansas with no outs in the top of the seventh. A ground out brought the first Lady Razorback run home and a throwing error on the same play allowed a second runner to score.

 

Kier paced the NU offense with a 1-for-2 day that included a pair of RBIs. Long added the Huskers' lone multi-hit game as seven different batters produced at least one hit.

 

Nebraska continues play at Bowlin Stadium on Saturday with an 11 a.m. contest against Arkansas and a 1:30 p.m. Both games can be head for free on Huskers.com, while the Arkansas contest will air on select Husker Sports Network stations, including KLIN 1400 AM in Lincoln.

Box Score The Automated ScoreBook Arkansas at Nebraska Mar 16, 2007 at Lincoln, Neb. (Bowlin Stadium)

Arkansas 2 (10-20)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Rachel LeMaster rf....... 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 Teighynne Hulsey p/dp.... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Kayla Johnson 2b......... 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 Dayna Huckabee 3b........ 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 Jessica Bachkora cf...... 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Whitney Cloer dp......... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Miranda Dixon p......... 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Samantha Buckner 1b...... 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 0 Brandy Baze ph/1b....... 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 Brittany Robison ss...... 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 Brandy Foust pr......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jessica Waddle c......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Jocelyne Moncrief lf..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals................... 24 2 2 1 4 6 18 9 5

Nebraska 6 (17-7)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Rutherford, Darcy lf..... 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Mullin, Meghan rf........ 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Porter, Devin ss......... 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Carwile, Crystal 1b...... 4 1 1 1 0 0 10 0 2 Pascale, Brittany c...... 3 1 1 0 1 0 6 1 0 Fuller, Kimberly 2b...... 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 Long, Haley dp........... 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Gonzalez, Crystal cf..... 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Hupp, Alex ph........... 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kier, Carmen 3b.......... 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 3 2 Hill, Molly p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals................... 28 6 9 4 3 0 21 9 8

Score by Innings R H E ----------------------------------------- Arkansas............ 000 000 2 - 2 2 5 Nebraska............ 013 020 X - 6 9 3 -----------------------------------------

E - K. Johnson(7); Dixon(7); Buckner(4); Baze(1); Waddle(1); Fuller 2(4); Kier(8). DP - Lady'Backs 1. LOB - Lady'Backs 5; Cornhuskers 8. SH - Porter(5). SB - Long(3); Gonzalez(5). CS - LeMaster(4).

Arkansas IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP -------------------------------------------------- Teighynne Hulsey.... 2.1 5 4 2 2 0 11 14 53 Miranda Dixon....... 3.2 4 2 0 1 0 17 18 54

Nebraska IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP -------------------------------------------------- Hill, Molly......... 7.0 2 2 1 4 6 24 28 125

Win - Hill (7-4). Loss - Hulsey (2-3). Save - None. WP - Dixon(8); Hill 2(4). Pitches/strikes: Hulsey 53/33; Dixon 54/36; Hill 125/79. Umpires - HP: Jeff Sloan 1B: Matt Titkemeier 3B: Todd Delph Start: 1:30 pm Time: 2:02 Attendance: Game: NU24