The Huskers fight all the way back from an opening game loss to take the Big Ten Conference Tournament Championship. NU is the first team since Ohio State in 1995 to drop their first game and emerge as champions.
NU outlasted Penn State 2-1 in the league title game Sunday. This is the first conference tournament championship for the Big Red since joining the Big Ten.No Big Ten team since Ohio State in 1995 had dropped their first game and ended up as the champion. That tournament consisted of only four teams where the Buckeyes had to play four games. Nebraska played in six games over six days.
The Huskers improve to 39-20 ahead of the NCAA Tournament beginning this next weekend. Penn State's season comes to a close at 29-24. The Nittany Lions struck first when a pickoff throw to second went awry, scoring the runner from third. From there, No. 8 seed managed just one more hit. Nebraska didn't get on the board until Josh Caron belted a home run over the right field wall. Then, in the top of the ninth inning, Gabe Swansen, who had two of Nebraska's six hits on the day, crushed a double that scored Cayden Brumbaugh.took the hill for the save. Brett Sears worked a 1-2-3 ninth inning to take the title back to Lincoln.Caron, with a conference tournament record six home runs this week, was named Most Outstanding Player of the Big Ten Conference Tournament.
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