Nebraska Husker News

Huskers Add Five Bids for NCAA Championships

The Nebraska baseball team (27-29) extended its season by at least one day on Friday afternoon with a 7-4 win over the Minnesota Golden Gophers (32-22) in an elimination game at the Big Ten Tournament.

Nebraska remained perfect in the individual portion of the 2013 NCAA Championships, as the doubles team of Mary Weatherholt & Patricia Veresova reached the NCAA quarterfinals.

WNBA first-round draft pick Lindsey Moore earned a spot on the Minnesota Lynx roster on Thursday, while 2010 WNBA first-round pick Kelsey Griffin will return for her fourth season in Connecticut.

Nebraska senior All-American Mary Weatherholt continued her record-breaking season in style Friday morning, posting a 6-7 (4), 6-0, 6-0 win over third-ranked Robin Anderson of UCLA.

ESPN/ABC announced Friday the kickoff time & TV information for NU's regular-season finale against Iowa on Nov. 29. The third annual Heroes Game at Memorial Stadium will be on ABC at 11 a.m. CT.

Four Huskers Punch NCAA Tickets

It took a third-set tiebreaker, but Nebraska's top double team of Mary Weatherholt and Patricia Veresova remained in contention for a national title with a 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (6) victory over Georgia State's Masa Grgan and Abigail Tere-Apisah Thursday evening.

Minneapolis – Bryan Peters tied Thursday afternoon's game, 2-2, with a two-out single in the top of the ninth, but a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the ninth resulted in a 3-2 walk-off win for Ohio State Buckeyes in the winner's bracket of the Big Ten Tournament.

Nebraska Athletics reached a milestone this afternoon, reaching 90,000 followers on Twitter. The Huskers rank No. 1 in followers among all NCAA Athletic Department Twitter accounts. Florida (82,360)

Nebraska's Homecoming matchup with Illinois on Saturday, Oct. 5, will kickoff at 11 a.m. (Central), with television to be announced at a later date.

Nebraska All-American Mary Weatherholt stormed into the third round of the NCAA Women's Tennis Singles Championship with another straight-set win on Thursday morning in Urbana, Ill.

Minneapolis, Minn. – After dropping a three-game series to the Michigan Wolverines (29-26) last week at Hawks Field, the Nebraska baseball team (26-28) responded with a 11-2 win on Wednesday afternoon over the Wolverines at Target Field in Nebraska's first game of the 2013 Big Ten Tournament. Sophomore Kyle Kubat dealt 7.0 innings on one-hit ball, while Blake Headley, Pat Kelly and Austin Darby each produced multi-hit days at the plate.

Nebraska's Jordan Hooper earned a position on USA Basketball's roster for the Women's World University Games, USA Basketball announced on Sunday.

The Nebraska women's tennis program has added Hannah Sulz to its 2013-14 roster, Coach Scott Jacobson announced on Wednesday, May 22.

Nebraska's Mary Weatherholt cruised to a 6-4, 6-4 victory over No. 38 Aleksandra Josifoska in the first round of the NCAA Women's Tennis Singles Championship in Urbana, Ill., Wednesday.

Nebraska senior All-American Mary Weatherholt brought home another prestigious honor on Tuesday, May 21, when she was named the winner of the 2013 ITA/Cissie Leary Award for Sportsmanship.

Nebraska senior Mary Weatherholt opens play in the NCAA Singles Championship when she takes on UNLV's Alexsandra Josifoska in the first round of the 64-player field, Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. (Central).

Imagine accomplishing every academic and athletic goal you had as a collegiate freshman and not finding happiness. Imagine finding that happiness in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, a group that

The 14th-seeded Nebraska softball team heads to Eugene, Ore., this weekend to battle No. 3 Oregon for a spot in the Women's College World Series.