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Lincoln - The Nebraska softball team swept past its competition on Sunday at the Husker Fall Classic, defeating Colorado State and UNO at Bowlin Stadium. NU opened the day with a 9-2 win over the Rams, before closing the tournament with a 10-0 victory over the Mavs.
The Husker offense came alive in the two victories, exploding for 19 runs and 28 hits. Nebraska hit three home runs in the wins, including two from junior Gabby Banda and one from sophomore Kylee Muir. Nebraska hit .453 as a team on the day with seven extra-base hits.
In the circle, Nebraska allowed only two runs on the day, including a two-hit shutout from senior right-hander Ashley Hagemann against UNO. Senior right-hander Haley Workman worked 3.0 scoreless innings against Colorado State, while sophomore right-hander Tatum Edwards earned the win with 4.0 innings against the Rams.
Game 1
Nebraska - 9
Colorado State - 2
Sophomore Kylee Muir doubled, homered and drove in four, as Nebraska defeated Colorado State, 9-2, in its first game on Sunday.
The Huskers took an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first. After a Colorado State error prolonged the inning, Edwards delivered a two-out, RBI single that scored freshman Mattie Fowler.
Nebraska added three more runs in the bottom
of the second. Junior Brooke Thomason began the inning with a single, advanced
to second on a sacrifice from classmate Gabby Banda and scored when sophomore
Kylee Muir hit the first pitch she saw over the fence in center for a two-run
homer. Following a walk to senior Kirby Wright, sophomore pinch runner Morgan
McCann stole second base and scored on a single from freshman Jordan Bettiol
that put the Huskers on top 4-0.
Neither team threatened again until a pair of Colorado State errors and an
Edwards' single loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the fifth. Banda
then worked a bases-loaded walk to score McCann and push the lead to 5-0. Muir
then ripped a line drive off the fence in center for a two-run double that
scored Edwards and Thomason.
Wright followed with a two-run single to give Nebraska a 9-0 lead and become the sixth straight Husker to reach base.
Nebraska finished the game with 13 hits, including three from senior Nikki Haget and two each from Bettiol, Edwards, Muir and Thomason. Wright also finished 1-for-1 with two RBIs and a pair of walks.
Workman started and allowed one hit in 3.0 innings, working around four walks. Edwards earned the victory in relief, allowing two runs on four hits over the final 4.0 innings.
The Huskers took a shutout into the seventh inning before a two-out, two-run double put the Rams on the scoreboard. Colorado State then loaded the bases before Edwards coaxed a ground out to second to end the inning.
Game 2
Nebraska - 10
UNO - 0
Junior Gabby Banda homered twice, including a three-run shot in a six-run first inning, as Nebraska powered its way to a 10-0 victory over UNO in the final game of the Husker Fall Classic at Bowlin Stadium.
Nebraska jumped out to an early lead against the Mavs. With one out, consecutive singles from freshman Mattie Fowler, senior Ashley Guile and sophomore Tatum Edwards and loaded the bases in the bottom of the first inning. Junior Brooke Thomason then missed a grand slam by inches, settling for a bases-clearing, three-run double off the top of the fence in center.
Sophomore Kylee Muir then worked a walk to put runners on first and second, before Banda blasted the first pitch she saw over the fence in left for a three-run homer that gave Nebraska a 6-0 lead only seven batters into the game.
The Huskers stretched the lead to 7-0 in the second when Guile led off the inning with a double and scored from third base on a two-out, RBI single from Muir. Banda then jumped on the first pitch and homered again to left field, this time a two-run shot to make it 9-0.
In the bottom of the third, senior Madison Drake singled, stole second and scored on an RBI single from Haget to make it 10-0.
That was more than enough for senior right-hander Ashley Hagemann, who fired a two-hit shutout and struck out 13. Offensively, Banda went 2-for-3 with five RBIs, while Fowler had three hits and Drake, Guile, Haget and Thomason had two hits apiece. Thomason also added three RBIs.