UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The Penn State softball team, under first-year head coach Clarisa Crowell, travels to Lincoln, Neb. to face the Nebraska Cornhuskers in a four-game series, March 26-28, at Bowlin Stadium. All the games will be streamed live on Big Ten Network+.
GAME INFORMATION
- Game 1: Friday, March 26 | 6:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. CT | Live Stream ($) | Listen (Nebraska radio)
- Game 2 (DH): Saturday, March 27 | 1 p.m. ET/Noon CT | Live Stream ($) | Listen (Nebraska radio)
- Game 3 (DH): Saturday, March 27 | approx. 3:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. CT | Live Stream ($) | Listen (Nebraska radio)
- Game 4: Sunday, March 28 | Noon ET/11 a.m. CT | Live Stream ($) | Listen (Nebraska radio)
- Live Stats all games
SERIES HISTORY
- Playing a Big Ten-only schedule in 2021, Penn State will face familiar opponents all season long.
- Penn State trails Nebraska in the all-time series, 5-10. The two teams have not faced off since the 2017 season. The Cornhuskers swept the regular-season series in Lincoln, but the Nittany Lions won in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament in May in Ann Arbor, Mich.
SCOUTING NEBRASKA
- Nebraska is 6-6 after the two bubble weekends in Florida to open the 2021 season. The Cornhuskers have one ranked win on the season, taking down then-No. 23 Michigan, 5-4, in extra innings during the second weekend of play at Sleepy Hollow Sports Complex.
- Senior Tristen Edwards is pacing the Cornhuskers offensively, batting .375 with 12 hits and eight RBI. Edwards also has a team-high three home runs and a .511 on-base percentage.
- In the circle, the Nebraska pitching staff holds a .247 team ERA. Senior Olivia Ferrell and junior Courtney Wallace have pitched the most innings at 36.0 and 35.0, respectively. Ferrell holds a 2.33 ERA with 35 strikeouts while Wallace is at a 2.80 ERA and 3-2 record.
NEBRASKA GIRLS GOING HOME
- Sisters Lexie and Logan Black are Nebraska natives, growing up in Omaha, Neb., approximately an hour away from Lincoln.
- Both stated in a media availability earlier in the week their excitement to show their teammates their home state, as well as being able to see their family and have them watch their games, something they are not always able to do.
- Lexie has started 10 games at first base for the Nittany Lions while Logan has made four appearances in the circle in her senior season.
ON DECK
Penn State finally gets to play within the friendly confines of Nittany Lion Softball Park and Beard Field for the first time in 698 days when it hosts Ohio State for a four-game series, April 2-4.