Husker Offense Overwhelms Gophers in 17-2 Win

The No. 6 Nebraska softball team scored a season-high 17 runs, including 10 in the fifth inning, to rout the Minnesota Golden Gophers, 17-2, in five innings on Saturday in Minneapolis, Minn.

With the win, the Big Red improved to 35-6 on the season with a 16-1 mark in Big Ten play. 

Hannah Coor and Jesse Farrell each hit a grand slam to lead the Husker offense with four RBIs apiece. Kacie Hoffmann added three and Ava Kuszak and Hannah Camenzind each had two. Nine different Huskers contributed at least one hit on the day, led by Kuszak with three.

Alexis Jensen (18-2) grabbed the win in the circle after throwing four innings with just three hits and one run. She added four strikeouts. Kylee Magee tossed the final inning for the Big Red and allowed one hit and one run.

Nebraska took a 2-0 lead in the top of the third, as Coor singled and stole second before eventually scoring on a Kuszak single. Kuszak advanced on the throw home and crossed the plate on a Gopher error. 

The Huskers extended the lead to 7-0 in the top of the fourth with Coor’s grand slam and a Hoffmann RBI single that scored H. Camenzind.

Minnesota added a run in the bottom of the fourth to make the score 7-1.

Nebraska’s 10-run fifth inning started with a Bland single, Minnesota error and Frahm sacrifice fly. L. Camenzind, who reached on the error, stole second and her and Bland scored on a H. Camenzind double. Kuszak singled to score Coor, who walked before Hoffmann and Jensen loaded the bases and Farrell knocked her grand slam. Bland and Emmerson Cope hit back-to-back singles and Talia Tokheim doubled to score Bland. Bella Bacon singled to score L. Camenzind, who ran for Cope, to round out the scoring.

The Gophers scored another run in the bottom of the fifth to close out the 17-2 game.

NU and Minnesota will meet for the series finale tomorrow, April 19, at 12 p.m. (CT). The game will be streamed on B1G+ and can be heard across the Huskers Radio Network. Nate Rohr’s call of the game will air on B107.3 FM.

Notes

• The Huskers now have a 10-game win streak and have won 24 of their last 25 games.
• Nebraska’s 10 runs in the fifth marked its highest scoring inning of the year and highest since March 1 last year against Wichita State.
• Hannah Coor and Jesse Farrell both hit grand slams, which were the Huskers’ third and fourth of the season. It was the first time NU had two grand slams in a game since 2022, when Cam Ybarra and Billie Andrews hit one apiece against Northern Colorado.
• Nebraska’s 17 runs marked a season high and the most runs in a game since Feb. 14, 2025, when NU scored 20 against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
• The 17 runs are the third-most that Nebraska has scored in a Big Ten conference game.
• Jordy Frahm now has a 11-game hit streak and a 30-game on-base streak.
• Kacie Hoffmann now has a 10-game hit streak.
• Hannah Camenzind has reached base 25 games in a row and also has a 10-game hit streak.
• Nebraska has allowed only four runs in its last five games, while scoring 44.
• Nebraska has outscored Minnesota 21-2 in this weekend’s series so far.
• With the win today, the Huskers have now played 15 Big Ten series in a row without losing a series. NU has six Big Ten series wins this season and is 16-1 in conference play.
• The Huskers have now scored 4+ runs in 27 innings this year.
• Nebraska has run-ruled 10 opponents this year.
• NU has scored 10+ runs in seven games this season.
• Hannah Coor had a career-high four RBIs.
• Skarlett Jones made her first appearance as a Husker, as she pinch ran in the fourth inning.
• Nineteen different Huskers appeared in today’s game.