Huskers Fall in Game One at Iowa, 4-3

Nebraska  3 4 Iowa
Box Score

Inning-by-Inning
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		R	H	E
Nebraska	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		3	7	1
Iowa	2	0	1	0	0	0	1		4	9	1

Pitching
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
W - Doocy (7-9)	7.0	7	3	1	0	4
L - Jablonski (8-11)	6.1	9	4	4	3	6
S - None	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Individual Leaders
	AB	R	H	RBI	2B	3B
MJ Knighten	3	1	1	1	0	1
Bri Cassidy	3	0	1	1	0	1

Game Notes

Nebraska saw its 8-game win streak snapped, its 6-game Big Ten win streak snapped, its 6-game road win streak snapped and 10-game win streak vs. Iowa snapped..Nebraska hit two triples in the game after hitting only one triple in the first 36 games of the season...MJ Knighten had an RBI triple in the top of the third inning, her first triple of the season...the triple was the seventh of her career, tying for 10th place all-time at NU...Kaylan Jablonski took the loss, ending her personal 5-game win streak.

Iowa City, Iowa - The Nebraska softball team saw its eight-game winning streak snapped with a 4-3 loss to the Iowa Hawkeyes in game one of a Wednesday doubleheader at Bob Pearl Field.

It was a frustrating end to the overall winning streak and six-game Big Ten Conference winning streak for the Huskers (16-21 overall, 6-4 Big Ten). Three of the four runs that scored for Iowa reached base via a leadoff walk, and three of the Hawkeyes' four runs scored with two outs. Offensively for Nebraska, the Huskers were just 3-for-12 with runners on base and scored only three runs in the first five innings despite having seven runners in scoring position.

The highlight of the frustrating day came in the top of the fourth inning, when Nebraska appeared to have taken its first lead of the game. Trailing 3-2 with a runner on base and two outs, sophomore Bri Cassidy launched a ball over the fence in left field. Junior Laura Barrow scored on the potential home run but Cassidy was ruled to have missed home plate on appeal.

Instead of having a 4-3 lead, the game remained 3-3 and it was all Hawkeyes after that. Nebraska got only one hit over the last three innings and the final nine Huskers were retired. Meanwhile Iowa had five hits after the fourth inning, winning on a RBI double from Kaitlyn Mullarkey with one out in the top of the seventh.

Iowa improved to 11-23 with the win and moved to 4-6 in conference play. Allison Doocy (7-9) earned the win, tossing a complete game and allowing three runs (one earned). Junior Kaylan Jablonski (8-11) took the loss for Nebraska, as the right-hander saw her five-game winning streak snapped. Jablonski allowed four runs on nine hits in 6.1 innings, striking out six and walking three.

Iowa jumped out to a 2-0 lead in bottom of the first. A leadoff walk and a double put runners on second and third with one out. Jablonski then coaxed back-to-back infield pop outs on consecutive pitches before Angela Schmiederer lined a two-out, two-run single to center field.

After stranding a runner at second base in the first inning, the Huskers left runners at first and third in the second inning following back-to-back singles from junior Taylor Otte and freshman Alexis Perry. Nebraska then tied the game with a two-run third inning. The bottom of the third started with a dropped pop up in shallow left field that allowed sophomore Alyvia Simmons to advance all the way to third base. Senior MJ Knighten then scored Simmons with an RBI triple down the right field line. Knighten scored the game-tying run two batters later on a sacrifice fly from Jablonski.

Iowa quickly regained the lead in the bottom of the third. For the second time in the game, a leadoff walk came around to score on a two-out base hit, and this time it was Brooke Rozier delivering an RBI single to center.

Nebraska then tied the game in the top of the fourth on Cassidy's two-run homer turned RBI triple. 

The Huskers then squandered a leadoff double in the fifth inning, marking the third time in five innings Nebraska stranded at least one runner in scoring position.

Nebraska was retired in order for the first time in the top of the sixth before the Hawkeyes nearly regained the lead in the bottom of the frame. In the bottom of the sixth, Iowa had a runner on second base with two outs when Claire Fritsch grounded a single through the right side. Pinch runner Havyn Monteer tried to score from second on the play but was thrown out at home plate by freshman right fielder Tristen Edwards.

The Huskers went down in order again in the top of the seventh before another leadoff walk led to the walk-off win for Iowa. A single followed the leadoff walk but Edwards threw out a Hawkeye attempting to advance to third on the hit. Iowa still had a runner at second with two outs, and that runner came home with the winning run one batter later on Mullarkey's double off the left-field wall.

Nebraska looks to salvage a split in game two of the doubleheader.

Box Score 2017 Nebraska Softball Nebraska at Iowa (Game 1) Apr 12, 2017 at Iowa City, Iowa (Bob Pearl Field)

Nebraska 3 (16-21,6-4 Big Ten)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Alyvia Simmons cf........ 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 MJ Knighten 3b........... 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 Tristen Edwards rf....... 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 Kaylan Jablonski p....... 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 Austen Urness dp......... 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Laura Barrow 2b.......... 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 Taylor Otte lf........... 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Alexis Perry 1b.......... 3 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 Bri Cassidy c............ 3 0 1 1 0 1 8 1 2 Rachel Arthur ss......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Totals................... 26 3 7 3 0 4 19 10 4

Iowa 4 (11-23,4-6 Big Ten)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Thompson,Lea rf.......... 2 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 Mullarkey,Kaitlyn 1b..... 4 1 2 1 0 0 7 0 0 Wood,Allie cf............ 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Rozier,Brooke dp......... 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 Schmiederer,Angela c..... 3 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 1 Monteer,Havyn pr........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kilian,Mallory 3b........ 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 Pratt,Cheyenne lf........ 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 Cantu,Devin ph.......... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Fritsch,Claire 2b........ 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 Taylor,Katy ss........... 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 Doocy,Allison p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals................... 25 4 9 4 3 6 21 7 6

Score by Innings R H E ----------------------------------------- Nebraska............ 002 100 0 - 3 7 1 Iowa................ 201 000 1 - 4 9 1 -----------------------------------------

Note: 1 out, 1 runner LOB when the game ended.

E - Knighten(5); Taylor(6). LOB - Huskers 4; Hawkeyes 6. 2B - Simmons(10); Mullarkey 2(10); Wood(6). 3B - Knighten(1); Cassidy(1). SH - Otte(1); Kilian(2). SF - Jablonski(3). SB - Otte(6).

Nebraska IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP -------------------------------------------------- Kaylan Jablonski.... 6.1 9 4 4 3 6 25 29 117

Iowa IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP -------------------------------------------------- Doocy,Allison....... 7.0 7 3 1 0 4 26 28 90

Win - Doocy (7-9). Loss - Jablonski (8-11). Save - None. WP - Jablonski(8). Pitches/strikes: Jablonski 117/68; Doocy 90/60. Umpires - HP: Eric Mandley 1B: Anita Robinett 3B: Sergio Villarreal Start: 3:01 pm Time: 1:40 Attendance: Game: NEB37