The 2016 Huskers finished 37-22 overall and 16-8 in the Big Ten. After winning 11 of their final 13 regular-season games, they went 0-2 in both the conference tournament and the NCAA Clemson Regional, totaling just four runs in those four games. | Schedule & results
• Ryan Bolt
signs* with the Tampa Bay Rays.
• Max Knutson says he has
signed* with the Orioles.
• Pitcher Max Knutson and first baseman Ben Miller are selected during the
third day of the MLB draft.
• Pitcher Garett King and outfielder Elijah Dilday are
leaving* the
team.*
• The Oklahoma State teams Darin Erstad remembers weren’t exactly the
small-ball practitioners of today.
• The Huskers intend to
relax* and not let the
pressure* of NCAA tournament play get to them. | Previews:
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2
• On the bubble, Nebraska awaits Monday’s
announcement* of the NCAA Tournament field.
• Former Husker
Todd Oakes, longtime pitching coach for the Minnesota Gophers, dies of leukemia at age 55.
• Wednesday’s loss leaves Nebraska with a daunting task:
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• Chad Luensmann is named Big Ten
freshman of the year, and
Scott Schreiber makes first-team
all-conference. Second-team honors go to Steven Reveles, Ryan Boldt and Luensmann, and Jake Meyers and Ben Miller make the third team. Matt Waldron joins Luensmann on the all-freshman team.
• Paul Meyers, once seen as a likely heir to the athletic director’s post, now enjoys the role of
proud dad* to his baseball-playing son.
• Bad weather forces
postponement of the Creighton game to May 17.
• Jake Meyers pitches seven shutout innings and hits a home run as the Huskers take the weekend series with a
4-2 win. Coverage:
HuskerOnline,
OWH,*
LJS*
• Previewing the Nicholls State series:
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• Previewing the Northwestern series:
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• Previewing the Illinois series:
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• Evan Shawver,* a sophomore lefthanded pitcher from Ohio, commits to the Huskers for 2018.
• The last three weeks have been promising, but
Darin Erstad* says the “whole package” isn’t there yet for the Huskers.
• The Kansas City Royals release former Husker pitcher
Brian Duensing.
• Nebraska’s offense erupts in the final two innings as the Huskers clinch the weekend series with an
11-6 win over Purdue. Coverage:
HuskerOnline,
OWH,*
LJS
• The Huskers connect for 16 hits, including five doubles, in a
9-5 win at Purdue to open Big Ten play. Coverage:
LJS,
OWH*
• Previewing the Purdue series:
1,
2,
3,
4*
• Four-year baseball letterman
Gary Tunnison has died at age 71 in a
fire at his Lincoln home.
• Scott Schreiber earns conference and national
honors for his
big week at the plate.
• The Huskers blank Loyola Marymount,
3-0, behind a strong start from Matt Waldron. Coverage:
HuskerOnline,
OWH,*
LJS
• Weather issues have forced a
reshuffling of this weekend’s games with Loyola Marymount. Series previews:
1,
2,
3,
4*
• Previewing the Northern Colorado games:
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• Nebraska’s bats go cold as Long Beach State makes it a doubleheader sweep,
3-1.
• Video of Friday night’s game will
streamed live. Tournament previews:
1,
2
• Sophomore pitcher Garett King is ready for a
bigger role in 2016.
• Outfielder
Mike Addante from Illinois commits to the Huskers.
• Nebraska is outside the top six in the Big Ten coaches’
preseason poll.
• Pitcher Derek Burkamper is
suspended for the season’s first two weekend series.