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Nebraska Softball Rocky Tops Tennessee to Open Knoxville Super Regional

The Huskers are now one win away from the Women's College World Series after taking the opening game of the Knoxville Super Regional.
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Nebraska pitcher Jordy Bahl delivers against Tennessee in the first game of the Knoxville Super Regional.
Nebraska pitcher Jordy Bahl delivers against Tennessee in the first game of the Knoxville Super Regional. | Nebraska Athletics

Nebraska softball is one win away from returning to the Women's College World Series.

The Huskers topped the No. 7 national seed Tennessee Volunteers in game one of the Knoxville Super Regional Friday, 5-2. Nebraska improves to 43-13 while Tennessee falls to 43-15.

Husker pitcher Jordy Bahl improved to 26-6 in the circle. Bahl pitched the full 7.0 innings, allowing two earned runs on seven hits. She struck out six Vols and did not issue a walk.

At the plate, good things happened when Bahl was involved. In the first inning Olivia DiNardo drove in Bahl on a single. Samantha Bland did the same on a double in the third.

Then in the fourth, the Huskers pulled away with some help. After Hannah Camenzind launched a solo home run, her sister Lauren and Bella Bacon got on base. With runners on second and third, Bahl popped up to just outside of the infield behind the shortstop, but the the left fielder called her off at the last second and dropped the ball, scoring two Huskers.

Tennessee got a solo home run in the second inning. The only other damage came on a wild pitch in the fifth.

Nebraska and Tennessee will continue the series Saturday at 4 p.m. CDT. The game will be broadcast on ESPN.

Nebraska players high five during game one of the Knoxville Super Regional against Tennessee.
Nebraska players high five during game one of the Knoxville Super Regional against Tennessee. | Nebraska Athletics

Post Game Notes | Box Score | Gallery

  • The Huskers moved to 69-56 all-time in NCAA Tournament games and 3-3 in Super Regional matchups.
  • Today’s win was NU’s first top-10 win since it beat then-No. 6 Tennessee in the 2025 season opener.
  • This is the fourth time in school history and the first since 2014 that NU has won four straight games in the NCAA Tournament.
  • Jordy Bahl moved to 11-0 in her NCAA Tournament career.
  • Bahl became the first player in Nebraska history to score 70+ runs in a season. She has 71 runs scored this year.
  • Hannah Camenzind's home run was her 10th of the season, putting four Huskers at 10+ homers this year, which is the first time that has happened in school history.
  • Tennessee pitcher Karlyn Pickens has given up only six home runs this season. Two of them have come from Huskers – Bahl in the season opener and Hannah Camenzind in today’s game.

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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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