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Nebraska Baseball Takes Series Over Iowa

Huskers fall short of sweeping Hawkeyes during weather embattled weekend

Kaleb Henry

Nebraska Athletics

Nebraska baseball fought off weather and the Hawkeyes for a weekend series win.

The Huskers took the series 2-1 over Iowa. NU is now 27-14 while Iowa falls to 24-17.

Nebraska took game one on Friday 7-4. Brett Sears didn't factor into the decision and saw his streak of nine consecutive quality starts come to an end. Tyler Stone had a three-run home run while Riley Silva and Josh Overbeek both notched multi-hit games as the Huskers rallied from an early deficit.

Game two became a multi-day affair. The game began on Saturday, where the Huskers jumped out to an 8-1 lead. But severe weather moved through the area in the top of the sixth inning, forcing a suspension of play. On Sunday, the Hawkeyes managed to add a run but NU plated four more to force a "getaway day" mercy run after seven innings, taking the game 12-2.

The series finale was all Iowa, with the Hawkeyes posting runs in the first two innings en route to the 4-1 win. The only Husker run came on a Josh Caron sacrifice fly in the fourth inning.

Nebraska heads to Creighton on Tuesday and hosts Kansas State the following night. The Huskers then travel to Minneapolis for a three-day weekend series against Minnesota

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Kaleb Henry
KALEB HENRY

Kaleb Henry is an award-winning sports reporter, covering collegiate athletics since 2014 via radio, podcasting, and digital journalism. His experience with Big Ten Conference teams goes back more than a decade, including time covering programs such as the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Oregon Ducks, and USC Trojans. He has contributed to Sports Illustrated since 2021. Kaleb has won multiple awards for his sports coverage from the Nebraska Broadcasters Association and Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association. Prior to working in sports journalism, Kaleb was a Division I athlete on the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Track and Field team where he discussed NCAA legislation as SIUE's representative to the Ohio Valley Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. 

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