Sand, Callaway Hit Streaks Continue In Series Opening Loss At Nebraska

Friday, April 1

Lincoln, Neb.

6:30 PM (ET)

Rutgers University

23-13, 1-3

Nebraska

23-9, 3-0

Rutgers

Nebraska

Photo by: Steve Hockstein

Sand, Callaway Hit Streaks Continue In Series Opening Loss At Nebraska

Apr 01 | Softball

Box Score Box Score - Nebraska - Game 1

LINCOLN, Neb. – The weekend series between the two top teams in runs scored in the Big Ten opened up on Friday with host Nebraska topping Rutgers softball, 12-4, in six innings at Bowlin Stadium.

The Scarlet Knights dropped to 23-13 overall and 1-3 in conference action. The Cornhuskers, who are coming off last weekend's series win over then-No. 19 Michigan, won their eighth straight to improve to 23-9 overall and 3-0 in league play.

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

Despite the loss, both Kyleigh Sand and Gabrielle Callaway continued their respective hitting streaks. Sand upped her streak to 10-straight games going 2-for-3, while Callaway improved her streak to nine behind her team-leading sixth home run.
Callaway also led RU with two runs scored and joined Katie Wingert and Taylor Fawcett with a run batted in.
Lefthander Jaden Vickers dropped to 14-4 on the year. She struck out four along the way.

THE RUNDOWN

Rutgers got a trio of runs in its first at-bat. With two outs and the bases filled with Scarlet Knights, Katie Wingert delivered a base hit to left field to score Payton Lincavage. On the bobble in the outfield, Gabrielle Callaway continued running to reach home and make it a 2-0 lead. Taylor Fawcett followed with an RBI fielder's choice scoring Maddie Lawson.
Nebraska collected its first run in the bottom of the first off an RBI single by Mya Felder.
The hosts took the lead in the second on a sacrifice fly and home run. Ava Bredwell flew out to left for the RBI and Brooke Andrews homered to center for three more runs and a 5-3 Cornhuskers edge.
Gabrielle Callaway responded by taking the first pitch to lead off the third to straightaway centerfield field cutting RU's deficit to a run.
The Cornhuskers, however, got the run back in the bottom of the inning with a solo shot of their own from Abbie Squier to stay in front 6-4.
Nebraska closed out the contest knocking in six runs on four hits and an error in the sixth. The Cornhuskers opened with back-to-back singles and the bases were loaded for a miscue on a shallow pop-up to score a run. Sydney Grey cleared the base runners on a double to the wall in left-center, while Squier ended the game on her second home run of the contest, a two-run walk-off to center.\

UP NEXT

The Scarlet Knight-Cornhusker series continues on Saturday with first pitch slated for 2:00 p.m. (ET).

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