Huskers complete weekend sweep

LINCOLN After tossing a no-hitter on Saturday, sophomore right-hander Alex Hupp secured a scoreless weekend for the Husker pitching staff, tossing a one-hit shutout as the Nebraska softball team finished off a four-game sweep of Northern Colorado with an 8-0, five-inning win in game two of Sunday's doubleheader at Bowlin Stadium.

Hupp capped off a dominating weekend by striking out seven and facing just one batter over the minimum. In winning her fourth straight start, Hupp improved to 4-3 this season. On the weekend, Hupp tossed 11 innings and allowed just one hit and walked two while striking out 19.

Hupp's work in the circle highlighted a stellar performance from the pitching staff in the four-game sweep. Combining with junior right-hander Molly Hill, NU tossed 24 scoreless innings, allowing just five hits and striking out 39.

"We pitched really, really well this weekend and our defense played great," coach Rhonda Revelle said. "It seems like pitching really gets it going for this team and you saw that happen this weekend."

Nebraska posted a 4-0 record on the weekend to even its record at 8-8 on the season. Three of the wins were 8-0 run-rule victories, as NU has posted four run-rule wins this season after recording just one all of last year.

In the first game, Hill tossed her second two-hit shutout of the weekend as Nebraska posted a 4-0 victory.

Hill won her second straight decision to improve to 3-2 on the season.

Barely a month removed from knee surgery, Hill threw a season-high 7 innings, while striking out a season-high 12. Hill had a no-hitter through 3.1 before surrendering a double that marked Northern Colorado's first hit off a Nebraska pitcher in 11 innings.

After four straight home games, Nebraska hits the road for the next two weekends. The Huskers travel to Las Vegas next weekend, before heading to Austin, Texas, to open Big 12 play against the Texas Longhorns.

Lopers split series with Mesa

KEARNEY Freshman Jessie Thomas threw a complete game six hitter and freshman Cassie Keck drove in three runs to help the Nebraska-Kearney softball team beat Mesa State, 7-2, in the first game of a double header Sunday afternoon at Dryden Park.

The Mavericks, behind five RBI's from Nicole Zuniga, won the second game in five innings, 10-0. Both teams are now 5-3 in RMAC play with UNK being at .500 for the year (6-6) and Mesa having a 7-5 overall mark.

Thomas (Yutan), in her second collegiate start, was in control all afternoon, fanning three and walking none to improve to 2-0. Retiring 10 batters in a row at one point, she only gave up solo home runs to Kristen Silva and Meagan Hennessy.

Stevenson among four Huskers in top 50 at "Mo" Morial

BRYAN, Texas Kate White produced a solid final round with a 79 to climb into a tie for 24th place to lead the Nebraska women's golf team to a 13th-place finish at the 15-team Texas A&M "Mo" Morial on Sunday.

White, a sophomore from Waukegan, Ill., managed the only top-25 finish of the tournament for the Huskers, as she finished at 245 over 54 holes with rounds of 83-83-79 on the 6,244-yard, par 72 layout at the Traditions Club course.

Senior Elli Brown added a 37th-place finish for the Huskers with a 249, while sophomore JC Stevenson, a Grand Island Senior High graduate, managed a tie for 47th in the Husker lineup with a three-round total of 253. Redshirt freshman Sydney Sturdevant, playing as an individual outside of NU's lineup, added a fourth top-50 finish for the Huskers with a 255.

Sophomore Charlotte Wendner, playing in Nebraska's five-player lineup, tied for 66th with junior Megan Place, who was competing as an individual. Both Huskers closed with three-round totals of 265. Senior Allison Stewart rounded out the NU contingent in 71st place with a 266.

UNK loses three straight at Regis

DENVER - The Regis University baseball team rallied from a 6-0 deficit to beat Nebraska-Kearney, 12-6, Sunday afternoon in Denver.

After a 16-1 victory Friday night, the Lopers (7-11, 3-5 RMAC) dropped the next three games in the series to the Rangers (9-6, 5-2 RMAC).

The Lopers scored five in the second and one more in the second to build a seemingly comfortable lead. Over the first two innings, Regis walked six UNK batters, hit another and threw two wild pitches.

However, relief pitcher Anthony Musielak came in for Regis and allowed just three hits and no runs over the final six innings. He also fanned five and walked only one Loper.

Regis came back thanks to a three run third, a four run fourth and a three run sixth.

UNK hosts Wayne State Wednesda starting at 3 p.m., then Colorado School of Mines visits over the weekend for four games.

Storm completes sweep of Gamblers

KEARNEY Mario Lamoureux had a pair of assists to break the team career scoring record and help Tri-City sweep a weekend series with Green Bay on Saturday.

The Storm scored four times in the second period to break a scoreless tie en route to a 5-1 victory.

Alex Hudson scored twice in a span of 3 minutes, 5 seconds to spark the second period scoring outburst.

Troy Mattila, Pierre Paul Lamouruex and Mike Cichy also had goals for the Storm.

For the second straight night, the Gamblers used a late goal to deny Tri-City goaltender Nick Hopper his first career shutout.

This time Joe Schiller played spoiler with a power-play goal with 6:32 left in the game.

With the win, Tri-City closes within 12 points of fourth-place Sioux City with 10 games left. Those teams match-up on Tuesday in Kearney in a make-up game that was postponed last month.

Green Bay 0 0 11

Tri-City 0 4 15

First periodnone. PenaltiesP. Lamoureux, Tri-City (interference), 11:16; Hudson, Tri-City (slashing), 17:47.

Second period1, Tri-City, Mattila 11 (Heath, Hudson), 2:43; 2, Tri-City, Hudson 19 (M. Lamoureux), 12:22; 3, Tri-City, Hudson 20 (M. Lamoureux, Peltoma), 15:27 (sh); 4, Tri-City, P. Lamoureux 3 (Power, Cichy), 19:20 (pp). PenaltiesJohnson, Green Bay (roughing), 6:27; Martell, Tri-City (roughing), 15:19; Johnson, Green Bay (holding), 18:33.

Third period5, Green Bay, Schiller 12 (Cook, Saracino), 13:28 (pp); 6, Tri-City, Cichy 13 (Hickey), 18:36. PenaltiesLittle, Green Bay (checking from behind), 9:26; P. Lamoureux, Tri-City (holding), 12:38; Hayes, Green Bay (hooking), 13:40.

Shots-on-goalGreen Bay 11-6-926, Tri-City 4-9-922.

Power-play opportunitiesGreen Bay 1 for 4, Tri-City 1 for 4.

GoaltendersGreen Bay, Carndall 5-18-2 (22 shots-17 saves). Tri-City, Hopper 9-7-0 (26-25).

Attenance2,965.

RefereeDan Dreger. LinesmenDana Penkivech.

Correction

Scott VanCura of Hastings College finished fourth in the shot with a distance 56-4, a new school record. His place and distance were wrong in Sunday's edition due to incorrect information provided to the Independent.