The No. 1 Nebraska softball team (51-6) will make its eighth Women’s College World Series appearance tonight as it takes on the No. 10 Arkansas Razorbacks at Devon Park in Oklahoma City, Okla.
Pregame coverage on KBBN radio (95.3 FM) will start tonight at 8 PM. First pitch is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. (CT). NU is the No. 4 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament and Arkansas is the No. 5 overall seed.
NU finished the regular season with a 43-6 (.878) record, good for the best regular-season winning percentage in program history. The Huskers went 23-1 in Big Ten play, which tied the Big Ten record for conference wins in a season, and clinched an outright Big Ten regular-season title. The Huskers also won the Big Ten Tournament last weekend to grab their 22nd overall conference title. NU downed South Dakota once and Grand Canyon twice in the Lincoln Regional last weekend to advance to Super Regionals. The 10th regional title in program history was powered by pitching, as Jordy Frahm and Alexis Jensen allowed only four hits and one run across three games. At the Lincoln Super Regional, Nebraska beat No. 15 Oklahoma State by scores of 8-1 and 9-1 (5 inn.) to advance to its first WCWS since 2013.
Tonight’s game will be broadcast through the Huskers Radio Network on 95.3 FM (KBBN) in Broken Bow. It is available on television on ESPN2.
Other Husker softball notes:
- The Huskers are ranked No. 1 by both the NFCA Coaches Poll and the USA Softball Poll this week. It is the best ranking in school history.
- Jordy Frahm was named to the Top 3 Watch List for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. Alexis Jensen is on the NFCA Freshman of the Year Top 3 list.
- The Huskers now have two wins over top-ranked teams this season — 8-5 over Texas on Feb. 7 and 3-2 over Texas Tech on Feb. 15.
- Nebraska won both the Big Ten regular season and tournament crowns. It is the ninth time in school history NU has swept conference titles.
- The Huskers finished the regular season ranked third in the NCAA RPI and had the second-toughest non-conference strength of schedule in the nation.
- Nebraska is making its eighth Women’s College World Series appearance in school history and fourth under Rhonda Revelle.
- Nebraska has the longest active win streak in the country at 26 games. That mark is a school record for consecutive wins. NU also has a 51-6 record, which is good for a .895 winning percentate, which is the best in the country.
- The Huskers went 5-3 in the regular season against teams in this year’s WCWS field.
