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Photo by: Steve Hockstein
Nebraska Bests Softball, 2-1
Apr 02 | Softball
LINCOLN, Neb. – The host Nebraska Cornhuskers took game two of the series on Saturday at Bowlin Stadium defeating Rutgers softball, 2-1.
The Scarlet Knights dropped to 23-14 overall and 1-4 in Big Ten play. The Cornhuskers won their ninth consecutive contest to up their mark to 24-9 overall and 4-0 in conference.
The Scarlet Knights and Cornhuskers wrap up the series on Sunday with a 1 p.m. (ET) start time.
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The Scarlet Knights dropped to 23-14 overall and 1-4 in Big Ten play. The Cornhuskers won their ninth consecutive contest to up their mark to 24-9 overall and 4-0 in conference.
| STATISTICALLY SPEAKING |
- Sophomore Kyleigh Sand went 2-for-3 to lead the Scarlet Knights and carried on her hitting streak extending it to 11 games. She scored RU's lone run, her team-leading 39th of the season.
- Freshman Maddie Lawson drove in the run off a sacrifice fly in the fifth.
- Graduate student Gabrielle Callaway's hit streak came to end at nine games on Saturday, but her on-base streak continued to 18-straight games reaching base on a fielder's choice and walk.
- Junior righthander Ashley Hitchcock fell to 9-10 overall. She gave up two runs on seven hits and struck out four Cornhuskers.
| THE RUNDOWN |
- Nebraska took advantage of bases-loaded situations in the second and third walking in a run in both frames for a 2-0 lead.
- Kiersten Withstandley closed out the third inning turning in a solo double play off a line drive to first to keep RU's deficit to a pair of runs.
- Rutgers had runners on the corners for Maddie Lawson in the top of the fifth. The rookie used a sacrifice fly to left to score Sand from third for RU to trail 2-1.
- The Scarlet Knights had the bases loaded with two outs in the sixth but the side was retired on the force at home to keep the Cornhuskers ahead.
| UP NEXT |
The Scarlet Knights and Cornhuskers wrap up the series on Sunday with a 1 p.m. (ET) start time.
Follow Rutgers softball on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Ferrell, Olivia (13-4)
L: Hitchcock, Ashley (9-10)
S: Wallace, Courtney (3)
Batting:
RBI: Lawson, Maddie 1
SH: Lincavage, Payton 1 ; Hura, Kobie 1 ; Withstandley, Kiersten 1
SF: Lawson, Maddie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sand, Kyleigh 1
SB: Callaway, Gabrielle 2 ; Wingert, Katie 1 ; Fawcett, Taylor 1
HBP: Withstandley, Kiersten 1
Batting:
2B: Bredwell, Ava 1
RBI: Andrews, Billie 1 ; Glatter, Peyton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gray, Sydney 1 ; Bredwell, Ava 1
SB: Andrews, Billie 2
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