Hill Leads Huskers to 10th Straight Victory

Lincoln ? Sophomore right-hander Molly Hill tossed her second shutout in three games at the Big Red Tournament to lead the Nebraska softball team to its 10th straight victory in a 5-0 win over Arkansas on Saturday.

 

In tossing her third consecutive complete game in three contests at the Big Red Tournament, Hill picked up her fifth straight win to improve to 8-4 on the season. After taking a no-hitter into the seventh inning of Friday's game with the Lady Razorbacks, Hill surrendered six hits but posted the shutout the second time around.

 

With Hill dominating in the circle, fellow sophomore Crystal Carwile provided the offense finishing 3-for-3 with four RBIs, both season highs. Carwile reached base safely in each of her four plate appearances and drove in at least one run in each of her first three trips to the plate.

 

Arkansas, which committed a season-high five errors in Friday's 6-2 loss to the Huskers, shored up its defense, but Katy Henry still suffered the loss to an opportunistic NU offense. In five innings, Henry allowed five runs on only five hits.

 

Nebraska jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the top of the first. Sophomores Darcy Rutherford and Meghan Mullin both reached to lead off the inning, despite not recording a hit. The pair moved up to second and third on a sacrifice from senior Devin Porter.

 

Carwile then successfully executed a squeeze play to score Rutherford. Mullin then came home on an infield single off the bat of sophomore Haley Long to put NU ahead 2-0.

 

The Huskers made it 3-0 in the top of the third when Porter and Carwile recorded back-to-back doubles.

 

A two-run fifth inning increased Nebraska’s lead to 5-0. Rutherford was hit by a pitch stole second and moved to third on a single from Mullin. After Mullin advanced to second, Carwile plated them both with a single to right center to pick up her third and fourth RBIs of the game.

 

In addition to Carwile's big day, Porter finished 2-for-3 while Rutherford and Mullin each scored twice.

 

Following the game, Mullin was presented with the 2006-07 Richard Raimondi Memorial Scholarship in an on-field presentation that included Mullin's parents and members of the Raimondi family.

 

Box Score The Automated ScoreBook Nebraska at Arkansas Mar 17, 2007 at Lincoln, Neb. (Bowlin Stadium)

Nebraska 5 (18-7)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Rutherford, Darcy lf..... 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Mullin, Meghan rf........ 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Porter, Devin ss......... 3 1 2 0 0 1 2 5 0 Carwile, Crystal 1b...... 3 0 3 4 0 0 12 0 0 Pascale, Brittany c...... 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 Long, Haley cf........... 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 Fuller, Kimberly 2b...... 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 Hupp, Alex dp............ 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Kier, Carmen 3b.......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 Hill, Molly p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals................... 27 5 7 5 1 7 21 15 6

Arkansas 0 (10-22)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Jessica Bachkora cf...... 4 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 Rachel LeMaster rf....... 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 Miranda Dixon dp/p....... 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 Brandy Foust pr......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dayna Huckabee 3b/ss..... 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 Kayla Johnson 2b......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 4 Whitney Cloer c.......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 8 2 2 Brittany Robison ss...... 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 Jess Reed ph/3b......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Samantha Buckner 1b...... 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 Jocelyne Moncrief lf..... 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Teighynne Hulsey ph..... 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Katy Henry p/dp.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals................... 26 0 6 0 3 5 21 7 9

Score by Innings R H E ----------------------------------------- Nebraska............ 201 020 0 - 5 7 0 Arkansas............ 000 000 0 - 0 6 0 -----------------------------------------

DP - Cornhuskers 1. LOB - Cornhuskers 6; Lady'Backs 9. 2B - Porter(5); Carwile(6); Bachkora(6). HBP - Rutherford. SH - Mullin(7); Porter(6); Carwile(1); LeMaster(1). SB - Rutherford(7).

Nebraska IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP -------------------------------------------------- Hill, Molly......... 7.0 6 0 0 3 5 26 30 115

Arkansas IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP -------------------------------------------------- Katy Henry.......... 5.0 5 5 5 1 3 19 24 83 Miranda Dixon....... 2.0 2 0 0 0 4 8 8 28

Win - Hill (8-4). Loss - Katy Henry (7-10). Save - None. HBP - by Katy Henry (Rutherford). Pitches/strikes: Hill 115/78; Katy Henry 83/49; Dixon 28/18. Umpires - HP: Todd Delph 1B: Andy Hahn 3B: Jeff Sloan Start: 11:03 am Time: 2:03 Attendance: Game: NU25