HUSKER BASEBALL STARTS B1G TOURNEY WITH SPARTANS:
Nebraska Baseball is set to start postseason play today. The #8 seed in this year’s Big Ten Tournament, Nebraska starts against #12 seed Michigan State.
First pitch from Omaha’s Charles Schwab Field is set for 6PM, with pregame coverage on KGFW starting at 5:30.
Probable pitching matchup: RHP Ty Horn (2-4, 5.66 ERA) vs. LHP Joseph Dzierwa (8-3, 2.31 ERA)
BAHL NAMED TOP 3 FINALIST FOR NATIONAL AWARD:
Nebraska softball pitcher and utility player Jordyn Bahl was named a Top 3 finalist for the USA Softball/ESPN Collegiate Player of the Year, the organization announced on Monday. Bahl is the first Husker to be a top-3 finalist for the award, and she is a top-3 finalist for the first time after being a three-time top-10 finalist.
The Papillion native continues to rack up the accolades, as she was named both the Big Ten Player of the Year and the Big Ten Pitcher of the Year. She was the first player in the conference’s history to earn both of those awards in the same season. She also was a member of the All-Big Ten first team. Bahl has also been a two-time national player of the week this spring, and she has won six Big Ten weekly awards, including five pitcher-of-the-week honors and one player-of-the-week award.
The other two finalists are Arkansas’ Bri Ellis and Texas Tech’s NiJaree Canady, the reigning Collegiate Player of the Year.
The winner will be announced on Tuesday, May 27 at the athlete’s banquet prior to the Women’s College World Series.
BEASON, MARTIN, SIS NAMED TO US U23 NATIONAL TRAINING TEAM:
Former Nebraska volleyball All-American Merritt Beason and Creighton’s Ava Martin and Norah Sis have been selected to train with the USA Volleyball Women’s U23 National Team for the NORCECA U23 Pan American Cup, set for July 25-Aug. 2 in Leon, Mexico.
The trio will be part of 18 athletes taking part in a training block at the National Team Training Center in Anaheim, Calif., from July 18-25. From that pool, 12 athletes will be chosen to represent the United States in Mexico.
Beason’s previous experience with the U.S. National Team includes a silver medal at the 2024 Pan Am Cup Final Six with the U.S. Women’s National Team, as well as a gold medal and MVP honors at the 2022 Pan Am Cup with the Women’s U1 National Team.
Last summer Martin was one of 19 women’s collegiate athletes to be selected for the 2024 Women’s Collegiate National Team, which trained in Anaheim, Calif., alongside the U.S. Olympic Women’s Volleyball Team. Sis won gold medals with the Women’s U21 National Team in both 2022 and 2023 at the Pan Am Cup, earning “Second Best Spiker” honors following her second competition.
KEARNEY, HASTINGS BASEBALL ELIMINATED AT NSAA TOURNAMENT, TWO LOCAL TEAMS CARRY ON:
Central City/Centura and Adams Central baseball won their games yesterday to move on in the NSAA Class C Baseball tournament.
Top seeded Central City/Centura defeated Fort Calhoun yesterday 7-5. They’ll have today off and face the winner of today’s Fort Calhoun/Lincoln Christian game. Adams Central eliminated Mt. Michael Benedictine 5-1 yesterday, and have a rematch with Wayne today at 7PM. The Blue Devils knocked Adams Central into the elimination bracked with a 6-1 opening round win.
Hastings and Kearney were eliminated yesterday. Hastings fell to Gretna East 12-2, while Kearney dropped their contest to Papio South 3-0
UNK TENNIS SENIOR RANAIVO WINS HONOR FROM ITA:
Nebraska Kearney’s Narindra Ranaivo has been named the Central Region Women’s Senior Player of the Year by the Intercolleigate Tennis Association (ITA).
The ITA annually announces a series of regional and national awards that include Coach of the Year, Assistant Coach of the Year, Player to Watch and the top Senior and Newcomer. The awards given have changed throughout the years with records dating back to 2001.
Ranaivo (Madagascar), the winningest player in UNK women’s history, joins Kristen Messbarger (2010) as Lopers to have earned this award.
UNK Tennis (20-5) faces Azusa Pacific (20-4) tomorrow in the “Sweet 16” of the NCAA Tournament in Florida.
NSAA STATE GIRLS SOCCER SCORES:
Class A Championship: (1) LINCOLN SOUTHWEST 2, (2) Omaha Marian 1
Class B Championship: (1) GRETNA EAST 5, (3) Lincoln Pius 0
NSAA STATE BOYS SOCCER TODAY:
Class A Championship: (3) Omaha South vs (4) Omaha Westside – 8PM
Class B Championship: (1) Bennington vs (3) Schuyler – 5:30PM
EAGLES SIGN SIRIANNI TO EXTENSION:
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nick Sirianni already won a Super Bowl this year. The Philadelphia Eagles rewarded Sirianni on Monday with a multi-year contract extension to pair with that championship ring.
Sirianni has navigated the Eagles through some personal slings — everything from his supposed frosty relationship with quarterback Jalen Hurts to his dubious sideline interactions with fans — to lead the franchise to four playoff appearances in four seasons and two trips to the Super Bowl. Sirianni led the Eagles to the title in this past season’s Super Bowl when they routed the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 in New Orleans.
Terms of the contract announced Monday were not revealed. Sirianni had one year left on his existing five-year contract he signed when he was hired ahead of the 2021 season.
Sirianni is 48-20 in the regular season with the Eagles. He also led the Eagles to the Super Bowl in the 2022 season where they lost to the Kansas City Chiefs.
TUESDAY’S TIME SCHEDULE:
MLB
Cleveland at Minnesota, 6:10 p.m., completion of susp. game
Chicago Cubs at Miami, 6:40 p.m.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 6:40 p.m.
Atlanta at Washington, 6:45 p.m.
N.Y. Mets at Boston, 6:45 p.m.
Houston at Tampa Bay, 7:05 p.m.
Texas at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.
San Diego at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.
Baltimore at Milwaukee, 7:40 p.m.
Cleveland at Minnesota, 7:40 p.m.
Seattle at Chicago White Sox, 7:40 p.m.
Detroit at St. Louis, 7:45 p.m.
Philadelphia at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.
Kansas City at San Francisco, 9:45 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Athletics, 10:05 p.m.
Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.
NBA Playoffs – Conference Finals
Western Conference
Minnesota at Oklahoma City – Game 1, 8:30 p.m.
NHL Playoffs – Conference Finals
Eastern Conference
Florida at Carolina – Game 1, 8 p.m.
WNBA
Atlanta at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Las Vegas at Connecticut, 7 p.m.
PWHL Playoffs – Finals
Minnesota at Ottawa – Game 1, 7 p.m.
