It was a pretty good week to be a fan of Husker diamond sports. The softball team emphatically punched their ticket to Oklahoma City and the Women’s College World Series by sweeping their super regional against Oklahoma State. The men lost in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament to Oregon but still snagged a national seed to host a regional.
On an unrelated note, we got some rain in Nebraska this past week. If you are a follower of the Drought Monitor website and reports, you know it was sorely
needed. Did you get any rain in your area? Let me know in the comments!
Corn Flakes
Huskers blast Oklahoma State 9-1 to punch ticket to Women’s College World Series
Oklahoma State drew first blood in game two of its Super Regional matchup with Nebraska on Saturday, but in the late innings it was the Huskers who landed the knockout punch.
Nebraska softball advances to the Women’s College World Series for the first time since 2013
Nebraska claimed the super regional title in five with a 9-1 win after Oklahoma State took the lead in the first. The Huskers blew the lead wide open in the fifth, scoring seven runs.
Nebraska baseball chosen to host first regional since 2008
There will be Nebraska baseball in Lincoln this weekend, as the NCAA announced Sunday evening that Lincoln is one of 16 regional host sites for this year’s NCAA Tournament.
Oregon routs Nebraska baseball in Big Ten Tournament semifinals
The crowd was strongly in favor of the Huskers, but the scoreboard was lopsided for the Ducks.
Husker baseball advances to Big Ten Tournament semifinals with win against Michigan
A late night turned early morning finished with a 6-4 Husker win in the quarterfinals.
If you stayed up late enough to watch the Michigan vs Nebraska game, you were treated to the nocturnal possum hanging out on the center field wall. The Lego version of the scene was created by the Twitter user below.
Sports!
Toronto Bluejays lose $710 million in salary to injury in one game
A disappointing start to the Toronto Blue Jays’ season took a darker turn Sunday, May 24 when the club lost slugger Vladimir Guerrero and No. 2 starter Dylan Cease to injury in the same game.
Indy 500: Felix Rosenqvist wins by closest margin in race history
Rosenqvist finished first in the 70th lead change of the race, setting an all-time Indianapolis 500 record. That surpassed the 68 lead changes which occurred during the 2013 race won by Tony Kanaan.
NBA: Wembanyama helps Spurs top Thunder to tie West series 2-2
San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama wanted the ball for the final couple seconds of the first half. He got it, 65 feet from the basket. He had three Oklahoma City defenders in front of him. He took three dribbles. He got three points.
Then There’s This
Teens from across the U.S. travel to compete in this soil judging contest, “It’s a very big deal”
This year’s contest brought 750 4-H and FFA students to showcase their eye for land traits like surface texture, erosion and slope. Students from 32 states – including nearly every state in the central U.S. and as far away as Oregon and Florida – participated in the event.
‘Party in the back’: Competitors vie for European mullet crown
Best captured by the tagline “business in the front, party in the back”, the mullet typically combines a closely cropped fringe and sides with flowing locks down the back of the neck.
