Nebraska opened the doubleheader in opposition to Nicholls on Friday with a 2-1 win in seven innings at Tointon Family Stadium in Manhattan, Kan.
Nebraska (10-5-1) scored two runs on seven hits, while Nicholls (11-9) had one run on five hits.
Emmett Olson improved to 3-1 on the season, allowing one run on five hits with seven strikeouts. The seven-inning outing tied Olson’s career-high complete beforehand set vs. Michigan State last season.
Seven Huskers had a success in recreation one, with Charlie Fischer and Dylan Carey every going 1-for-3 with an RBI to lead the NU offense.
Three straight one-out singles put the Huskers ahead 1-0 in the first. Cole Evans and Max Anderson reached on back-to-back singles, before Fischer’s RBI single down the left-field line scored Evans.
After an infield single with two outs within the second, the Colonel offense was held hitless till a two-out single within the prime of the sixth. Olson induced a popout to the subsequent batter to keep the Colonels scoreless by way of six innings.
Nebraska doubled its result in 2-0 on three hits within the bottom of the sixth inning. Back-to-back one-out singles by Josh Caron and Gabe Swansen put runners first and second with one down. Carey adopted by ripping the primary pitch by way of the proper facet for an RBI single, scoring Caron.
Nicholls pieced collectively its lone menace of the sport within the prime of the seventh. Three straight one-out singles loaded the bases for the Colonels to place the go-ahead run on first with one out. A sacrifice fly to middle reduce the Husker result in 2-1 with two outs, while Olson retired the subsequent batter with a three-pitch strikeout to protect the 2-1 win for the Huskers.
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