BSB Preview: vs. Penn State

NO. 19 NEBRASKA VS. PENN STATE
April 3-5, 2026
Hawks Field at Haymarket Park | Lincoln, Neb.

Friday, April 3 – 6:02 p.m. CT
Pitching: RHP Ty Horn (1-1, 3.31 ERA) vs. RHP Colin Fitzgerald (2-4, 5.79 ERA)
TV/Streaming: Nebraska Public Media/B1G+
Radio: Huskers.com, Huskers Radio Network, Official Huskers App

Saturday, April 4 – 2:02 p.m. CT
Pitching: RHP Carson Jasa (5-1, 4.11 ERA) vs. RHP Ben Hudson (1-5, 8.42 ERA)
TV/Streaming: B1G+
Radio: Huskers.com, Huskers Radio Network, Official Huskers App

Sunday, April 5 – 12:02 p.m. CT
Pitching: RHP Cooper Katskee (4-0, 2.56 ERA) vs. RHP Isaiah Shayter (1-4, 10.65 ERA)
TV/Streaming: B1G+
Radio: Huskers.com, Huskers Radio Network, Official Huskers App

Follow The Game
• All three games of this weekend's series against Penn State can be seen on B1G+. 
• Fans can also listen to Nick Handley and Kyle Crooks call this weekend's action on the Huskers Radio Network.
• Every game of the 2026 season can be heard for free on Huskers.com and the Official Nebraska Huskers App for both iOS and Android devices.

Nebraska vs. Penn State
• Nebraska and Penn State have met 21 times on the diamond, with the Huskers holding a 19-2 lead over the Nittany Lions in the all-time series. 
• The last two meetings between the two programs have been at the Big Ten Baseball Tournament in 2024 and 2025. The Huskers defeated Penn State 6-3 in the semifinal round of last year's Big Ten Tournament after defeating the Nittany Lions 2-1 in the 2024 Big Ten Championship Game.
• In their last weekend series, Nebraska swept Penn State in three games in Lincoln in 2023.
• The Big Red enter the weekend with a 13-game winning streak against the Nittany Lions.

In the Polls
• Nebraska checked in at No. 19 in the D1Baseball rankings, No. 20 in the Perfect Game and NCBWA polls, No. 21 in the USA Today/Coaches poll and No. 24 in Baseball America's Top 25 after going 4-0 last week against Kansas State and Indiana.
• The No. 19 ranking is the Big Red's highest Top 25 ranking since finishing the 2021 season at No. 17 after falling to top-seeded Arkansas in the regional final of the Fayetteville Regional.
• Nebraska is one of four Big Ten teams to appear in the rankings this week, with UCLA (No. 1), USC (No. 12) and Oregon (No. 15) also landing spots in D1Baseball's Top 25 poll.

Big Red Off to Best Start Since 2008
• With a 23-6 start to the season, Nebraska is off to its best start since opening the 2008 campaign with a 24-4-1 mark.
• The 23 wins in the first 29 games are tied for fifth-most this century, trailing the 24 victories in 2004, 2006 and 2008 and the Big Red's 25-4 start in the 2005 campaign.
Home Sweet home at Haymarket Park
• Nebraska is in its 25th season playing at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park this year and hasn't had a losing season at home in any of the last 24 seasons.
• Following the series sweep of Indiana last weekend, the Huskers are 452-183-1 in 635 all-time games at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park.

Huskers Finish March Among Program's Best
• Nebraska compiled an 18-2 record in the month of March, recording one of the best months of March in program history.
• The 18 wins are fourth-most in program history, as the Big Red went 22-0 in 1983, 22-8 in 1984 and 19-2-1 in 2008.
• Additionally, the Huskers recorded the third-best winning percentage all-time in March with a .900 winning percentage, trailing the 1983 (1.000) and 1999 (.923) seasons.
• The Big Red have reached the 15-win mark in the month of March 15 times, including six seasons with at least 17 victories.

A Look at the Weekend Rotation
• Ty Horn takes the mound on Friday's series opener and is 1-1 on the season with a 3.31 ERA in 35.1 innings this season with 38 strikeouts across seven starts.
• Redshirt sophomore Carson Jasa gets the nod on Saturday and is 5-1 with a 4.11 ERA and 55 punchouts in 35 innings of work. 
• Cooper Katskee is scheduled to start Sunday's series finale and is 4-0 with a 2.56 ERA with 39 strikeouts and an opposing batting average of .184 in 31.2 innings this season.

All Three Facets
• Nebraska is one of seven teams nationally to be ranked in the top 50 in all three facets of the game, joining Georgia, Mississippi State, USF, Texas, Texas A&M and West Virginia. 
• The Huskers are ranked 25th in batting average (.315), 41st in earned run average (4.36) and 16th in fielding percentage (.983).

Jasa Racking up Punchouts at Historic Pace
• Carson Jasa has totaled 55 strikeouts through seven starts, marking the fifth time an NU pitcher has 50-plus punchouts before April since 2000.
• The right-hander has two quality starts on the year and has six starts with at least eight strikeouts, including a career-high 10 punchouts against Maine and Indiana.
• Jasa joins Shane Komine and Joba Chamberlain as the only NU pitchers with 55-plus strikeouts before April since 2000, while Komine accomplished the feat three times.

Notables on the 2026 Campaign
• With wins against No. 7 Auburn and No. 16 Florida State this season, the Big Red are 8-5 against ranked opponents in the last two seasons.
• The Huskers have recorded three walk-off victories this season. Going back to the final three weeks of the regular season in 2025, the Big Red have totaled seven wins in walk-off fashion.
• Nebraska has run-ruled their opponent four times and has scored 10-plus runs nine times through 29 games this season.
• Since joining the Big Ten in 2012, Nebraska has scored 30-plus runs in a three-game conference series 11 times after totaling 30 runs in the series sweep of Indiana last weekend.
• The Husker offense is batting .308 with two outs this season and has recorded 78 of its 199 RBI with two outs.
• Through 29 games, the NU offense has had 57 percent of its at-bats this season with runner(s) on base. The Huskers' highest mark since 2000 was a rate of 55.5 percent in the 2001 campaign.
• Mac Moyer has reached base safely in 28 consecutive games this season, which is the longest streak by a Husker since Brice Matthews' string of 52 straight games in 2023.
• The NU pitching staff has recorded 14 strikeouts in four of the first 29 games this season, after totaling just six such performances combined in 2024 and 2025.
• With Dylan Carey and Mac Moyer leading the Big Red with 48 and 46 hits, respectively, the Huskers are one of four teams nationally with two players with at least 45 hits on the season. 
• Dylan Carey ranks among the top 10 of DI's active career leaders in four categories, including second in at-bats (783), third in doubles (57), fifth in games played (204) and sixth in hits (229).
• Dylan Carey was named to the Brooks Wallace Award Watch list, while Ty Horn and Gavin Blachowicz landed on the Pitcher of the Year Award Watch List.
• The Big Red is 12-0 in home games this season, recording their best home start since opening the home slate with a 17-0 record in 2005.

Top of the Order Fueling the Husker Offense
• The leadoff spot has been one of the most consistent spots in the order for the Husker offense, posting a .352 batting average and .447 on-base percentage, with the highest OBP in the lineup largely driven by Mac Moyer's .383 average and 31 runs scored out of the leadoff spot.
• The three and four spots have combined for six home runs and 61 RBI, slugging .491 and .565 respectively, with Case Sanderson and Dylan Carey doing the bulk of the damage as Nebraska's most dangerous hitters.
• The 1-4 spots of the NU lineup are collectively batting .338 with 27 doubles, seven home runs and 90 RBI this season. 
Worthley Heating Up at the Plate
• Freshman Jeter Worthley has seen his offensive production begin to take shape once Big Ten play began. 
• After just four hits in Nebraska's first 12 games, Worthley is 23-of-58 at the plate (.397) with five doubles, six RBI and 19 runs scored in NU's last 17 games.

Lucky Number Six in the Bolt Era
• Nebraska is 149-29 under head coach Will Bolt when scoring at least six runs.
• The Husker offense has scored six-plus runs in 20 of the 23 victories this season after reaching the six-run mark 32 times last season, compiling a 25-7 record.
• Nebraska scored six-plus runs in 34 contests (28-6) in 2024 after tallying at least six runs 33 times (26-7) in 2023, 23 times (19-4) in 2022, 28 times (26-2) in 2021 and seven times (5-2) in 2020. 

Going the Extra Mile
• The Huskers have recorded at least four extra-base hits in 124 games under head coach Will Bolt, posting a 99-24-1 mark in those games since 2020.
• Additionally, the Big Red are 65-9-1 when the Husker offense tallies five-plus extra-base hits under Bolt.

Get a Lead for the Bullpen
• During Will Bolt's tenure at Nebraska, the Huskers are 158-19-1 since the start of the 2020 season when they lead after the sixth inning.
• The Big Red are 154-17 when leading after seven innings and hold a 152-11 mark when leading after the eighth inning since 2020.

Big Innings Propel NU Offense in the Bolt Era
• During Will Bolt's tenure at Nebraska, the Huskers have scored three-plus runs in an inning in 182 games and hold a 146-35-1 record in those contests. 
• The Huskers are 71-15 in the last three seasons when the NU offense has generated the big inning (3+ runs) in 2024, 2025 and 2026. 
• In 2025, Division I teams who scored three-plus runs in an inning won 70.1% of the time.