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Nebraska Baseball Drops Arizona Finale to Grand Canyon

The Huskers struck first but couldn't hold on as they leave Arizona 2-2.
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Nebraska pitcher Jackson Brockett delivers a pitch at Grand Canyon on Feb. 17, 2025.
Nebraska pitcher Jackson Brockett delivers a pitch at Grand Canyon on Feb. 17, 2025. | Nebraska Athletics

The four-game slate in Arizona came to a close Monday for Nebraska baseball, bookended with losses.

No. 23 Nebraska fell at Grand Canyon in Phoneix, Arizona, 3-1. That drops the Huskers to 2-2 while the Lopes improve to a matching 2-2 record.

During the trip, Nebraska also lost to UC Irvine before beating then-No. 16 Vanderbilt and San Diego State.

NU got out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning when Dylan Carey earned an RBI groundout to bring in Cayden Brumbaugh. The Huskers would not score again, leaving seven on base over the next eight innings.

The Lopes struggled to get on the board for half of the game as Jackson Brockett put together four scoreless innings. In the fifth, Brockett allowed a solo home run as Grand Canyon tied the game.

Brockett would leave after 6.0 innings, allowing one earned run on six hits. He struck out three Lopes.

Drew Christo came on in relief in the seventh, inheriting a runner on base in the process. He would get out of the inning unscathed, but the same couldn't be said in the eight.

With two runners on, Christo was pulled for Luke Broderick. The junior allowed a two-RBI double down the left-field line to give the Lopes a 3-1 lead.

The Huskers were sat down in order, all on strikeouts, to end the game.

Nebraska posted just four hits on the day to Grand Canyon's 10. Case Sanderson led the Big Red hitters with a pair of hits, while Josh Overbeek and Brumbaugh had the other two hits.

Nebraska stays on the road next weekend for a trio of games at Louisiana. First pitch between the Huskers and Rajin Cajuns is 6 p.m. CST on Friday, 2 p.m. CST on Saturday, and 1 p.m. CST on Sunday. Friday's contest will be streamed on ESPN+.

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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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