Gearing Up For Game Day: Big Ten/ACC ChallengeGearing Up For Game Day: Big Ten/ACC Challenge
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Gearing Up For Game Day: Big Ten/ACC Challenge

In a new feature for the 2016 season, on Thursdays before a weekend tournament or conference series, Huskers.com will help fans "gear up" for game day with quick-hitting information and links of interest related to Nebraska softball. Then it's on to Game Day.


Knighten Earns Another Honor
Junior MJ Knighten earned another honor for her outstanding performance in the opening weekend when she was named the National Position Player of the Week by College Sports Madness. Knighten hit .632 in the opening weekend with five home runs and 14 RBIs in only five games. Some of her home runs were tape-measure shots, and we invite you to check them out on HuskerVision's highlights of the UNI-Dome Classic.

 

 

Huskers on ESPN3/WatchESPN This Weekend
Nebraska fans can watch the Huskers take on North Carolina State on Friday at a new time - 3:30 p.m. (Central) - and on Saturday at 4 p.m. (Central), as both games will be available on ESPN3 or the WatchESPN app. Fans can watch both games this weekend on their computer by visiting espn3.com, while WatchESPN offers fans the ability to watch the games on their mobile devices by downloading the free WatchESPN app. Fans can watch both games for free if their cable/satellite or internet provider partners with ESPN to offer this service. To find out if you are eligible to watch the game, check ESPN's list of participating cable/satellite or internet providers. If your cable/satellite or internet provider is on the list, simply click on the game link, select your cable/satellite or internet provider when prompted and log in using the same username and password you would use to log in to your cable/satellite or internet provider online account.

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Follow the Big Ten/ACC Challenge on the Husker Sports Network
Fans can listen to a free radio broadcast of every game again in 2016. All four games this weekend will be available on Huskers.com, or fans can tune in on their mobile device by downloading the "Official Nebraska Huskers" app and paying a one-time $4.99 fee. Nebraska and Wisconsin square off against North Carolina State and Louisville in Raleigh (N.C.) and in other action as part of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, Michigan and Minnesota face Florida State and Virginia Tech in Tallahassee (Fla.), Ohio State and Purdue take on Georgia Tech and Syracuse in Atlanta and Illinois and Northwestern meet Boston College and North Carolina in Chapel Hill (N.C.). In addition to calling all of the action this weekend, Nate Rohr will keep listeners up to date with how the Big Ten is faring against its ACC opponents, as well as keeping an eye on national games of interest.

As always, fans are encouraged to tweet @rohrofthecrowd to check in to the broadcast or to let Nate know of any technical issues with the broadcast.


Scoreboard Watching
In addition to seeing how their conference mates are faring this weekend, a pair of Huskers will also have their eyes on two other prominent programs. Emily Lockman is following Tennessee, where her younger sister Abby is a freshman. MJ Knighten will be checking in on Oklahoma, where her younger sister Shay is a freshman. Last weekend, Emily was quick to give a retweet after Abby hit her first career home run, a two-run shot against BYU.