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Nebraska Baseball Eliminates Holy Cross from the Chapel Hill Regional

The Huskers live to fight another day, eliminating the Crusaders Saturday in Chapel Hill.
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Nebraska second baseman Cayden Brumbaugh launches a home run against Holy Cross in the Chapel Hill Regional.
Nebraska second baseman Cayden Brumbaugh launches a home run against Holy Cross in the Chapel Hill Regional. | Nebraska Athletics

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The baseball season is still alive for the Big Red.

Nebraska eliminated Holy Cross from the Chapel Hill Regional Saturday afternoon, 4-1. The Huskers improve to 33-28 while the Crusaders end their season at 31-27.

Holy Cross briefly held a lead. The Crusaders got a solo home run from Sean Scanlon in the fifth inning to take a 1-0 lead.

But that advantage for the team from Massachussetts was short lived.

Nebraska immedately took over with a two-run homer in the bottom of the fifth from Cayden Brumbaugh. Hogan Helligson then delivered in back-to-back innings, lifting a solo home run in the seventh before knocking a single to drive in Rhett Stokes in the eighth.

The Big Red bullpen got a reprieve from using as many arms as were needed in the opening game, a 7-4 loss Friday to Oklahoma. Ty Horn allowed one run in 7.1 innings Saturday against the Crusaders, giving up five hits while striking out six. Luke Broderick earned his 13th save of the year with 1.2 innings of hitless work.

Nebraska advances to another elimination game Sunday. The Huskers will take on the loser of North Carolina and Oklahoma at 11 a.m. CDT.

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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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