HUSKER BASEBALL TAKES SERIES OVER ILLINOIS; DROPS ANOTHER SUNDAY:
Max Anderson and Gabe Swansen slugged two homers in Nebraska’s 10-7 setback vs. Illinois in the series finale on Sunday afternoon at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park.
Nebraska (13-8-1, 2-1 Big Ten) tallied seven runs on 12 hits and an error, while the Fighting Illini (11-9, 1-2) recorded 10 runs on 14 hits and one error.
The Huskers did claim wins over Illinois on Friday and Saturday at Haymarket Park.
With the series win, the Huskers have won a weekend series against four consecutive opponents, with series wins against Illinois, Nicholls, Illinois State and South Alabama.
Nebraska returns to action Tuesday, as the Huskers welcome North Dakota State to Hawks Field.
KEARNEY BASEBALL POSTPONES COLUMBUS MATCHUP:
Due to the snow dumped on the Kearney area on Saturday night and poor field conditions at Memorial Field, the Bearcat Baseball matchup with Columbus set for this afternoon has been postponed to a later date.
Monday’s game is the third Kearney Baseball contest to be postponed since the start of the season.
Kearney returns to action on Wednesday hosting Grand Island. Tonight, KGFW will host the High School Coaches Show at 5 PM with Sports Nightly to follow.
STORM COMPLETE SWEEP OF LEAGUE-LEADING FORCE:
The Tri-City Storm completed a three-game weekend sweep over the Fargo Force Sunday evening at the Viaero Center in a 3-2 victory.
Dane Dowiak netted the game-tying goal, and the game-winning goal in the matchup. Shaun McEwen also scored in the win for Tri-City.
The Storm won this year’s season series against the Force with a final head-to-head record of 4-3-1-0. Tri-City improved to 29-17-3-3 overall with the victory.
Tri-City hits the ice again on Wednesday, March 29th, in a road game against the Lincoln Stars.
UNK SOFTBALL DROP HAYS DOUBLEHEADER ON SATURDAY:
Sophomore Savanah Egger threw a complete game two-hitter and freshman Carly Stuke drove in four runs in the nightcap to help Fort Hays State take a double header from Nebraska-Kearney, 2-0 and 10-2 (6 innings), Saturday afternoon in Kansas.
The Tigers (21-10, 4-2) have now won eight straight games and pushed their record against the Lopers (12-18, 3-3) to 42-38 since March 1999.
UNK returns home this weekend to face Pittsburg State and Missouri Southern.
LOPER T&F WINS FIVE EVENTS AT FIRST OUTDOOR COMPETITION:
The Nebraska-Kearney track and field team won five events and had several big efforts at the annual Emporia State Relays this weekend in Kansas.
The large meet began Thursday afternoon with the first half of the multi-events and ran until Saturday evening. A rare scored regular season meet, the Loper men tallied 62.5 points with the women garnering 33.5. This was UNK’s first outdoor competition of the spring.
UNK and Hastings College co-host the annual Central Nebraska Challenge Saturday at Kearney High School.
NEBRASKA SOFTBALL SWEEPS UP PURDUE AT HOME:
The Nebraska softball team (23-9, 3-0 Big Ten) claimed the Big Ten series sweep with a 4-2 win over Purdue on Sunday afternoon at Bowlin Stadium.
The Huskers got ahead early and never trailed in the final matchup of a three-game series. Ava Bredwell led the Nebraska offense, finishing 2-for-2 on the day with one RBI and one run. Caitlynn Neal added two hits while Mya Felder finished with two RBIs and a solo home run.
The Huskers return to action Tuesday, March 28, to face Iowa in a doubleheader in Iowa City, Iowa.
ELITE EIGHT RESULTS; FINAL FOUR SET:
ELITE EIGHT – SATURDAY RESULTS:
No. 9 FAU 79-76 No. 3 Kansas State
No. 4 UConn 82-54 No. 3 Gonzaga
ELITE EIGHT – SUNDAY RESULTS:
No. 5 San Diego State 57-56 No. 6 Creighton
No. 5 Miami 88-81 No. 2 Texas
FINAL FOUR – SATURDAY SCHEDULE:
No. 4 UConn v. No. 5 Miami
No. 9 FAU v. No. 5 San Diego State
Local Results & Schedules:
THIS WEEK IN LOCAL SPORTS:
MONDAY:
- KEARNEY HIGH:
- Baseball: v. Columbus – POSTPONED to TBA
- Girls Tennis: v. Holdrege @ Harmon Park – 4 PM
- KEARNEY CATHOLIC:
- N/a
- UNK:
- N/a
- HASTINGS COLLEGE:
- Men’s Golf: @ Oklahoma City Invite – 10 AM
- KGFW Sports Schedule:
- High School Coaches Show (5 PM – 6 PM)
- Sports Nightly w/ Husker Baseball HC Will Bolt (6 PM – 8 PM)
TUESDAY:
- KEARNEY HIGH:
- Girls Tennis: v. Holdrege @ Harmon Park – 4 PM
- Boys Soccer: @ Columbus @
- Girls Soccer: v. Columbus @ Kearney High School – 7:30 PM
- KGFW Pregame at 7:15 PM
- KEARNEY CATHOLIC:
- Girls Tennis: @ Adams Central – 4 PM
- Girls Soccer: v. Hastings – 4:30 PM
- Boys Soccer: v. Hastings – 6:15 PM
- UNK:
- N/a
- HASTINGS COLLEGE:
- Men’s Golf: @ Oklahoma City Invite – 10 AM
- Baseball: v. Concordia – 2 PM
- Softball: v. Midland – 4 PM
- Baseball: v. Concordia – 5 PM
- Softball: v. Midland – 6 PM
- KGFW Sports Schedule:
- Kearney High Girls Soccer v. Columbus (7:15 PM – 9:15 PM)
WEDNESDAY:
- KEARNEY HIGH:
- Baseball: v. Grand Island @ Memorial Field – 4 PM
- KGFW Pregame at 3:45 PM
- Baseball: v. Grand Island @ Memorial Field – 4 PM
- KEARNEY CATHOLIC:
- N/a
- UNK:
- N/a
- HASTINGS COLLEGE:
- Softball: @ Peru State – 1 PM
- Softball: @ Peru State – 3 PM
- Women’s Tennis: @ College of St. Mary – 4 PM
- KGFW Sports Schedule:
- Kearney Baseball v. Grand Island (3:45 PM – 6:45 PM)
- Sports Nightly w/ Huskers AD Trev Alberts (6:45 PM – 8 PM)
THURSDAY:
- KEARNEY HIGH:
- Girls Tennis: @ North Platte Invite – 9:30 AM
- Baseball: v. Lincoln East @ Memorial Field – 4 PM
- KGFW Pregame at 3:45 PM
- KEARNEY CATHOLIC:
- Boys Golf: @ Amherst Invite – 10 AM
- UNK:
- N/a
- HASTINGS COLLEGE:
- N/a
- KGFW Sports Schedule:
- Kearney Baseball v. Lincoln East (3:45 PM – 6:45 PM)
- Sports Nightly (6:45 PM – 8 PM)
FRIDAY:
- KEARNEY HIGH:
- Boys Golf: @ Grand Island Invite @ Riverside Country Club – 9:30 AM
- Track and Field: @ Columbus Invite @ Pawnee Park – 11:30 AM
- Track and Field: @ North Platte Invite – 12:30 PM
- Girls Soccer: v. Lincoln Southeast @ Seacrest Field – 5 PM
- KEARNEY CATHOLIC:
- Track and Field: @ Aurora Invite – 1 PM
- UNK:
- Softball: v. Missouri Southern @ Patriot Park – 2 PM
- Softball: v. Missouri Southern @ Patriot Park – 4 PM
- HASTINGS COLLEGE:
- Men’s Tennis: v. Northwestern – 4 PM
- KGFW Sports Schedule:
- N/a
SATURDAY:
- KEARNEY HIGH:
- Baseball: Double Dual @ Lincoln Densmore Field
- GAME 1: v. Millard West – 10:30 AM
- GAME 2: v. Millard South – 1 PM
- Girls Soccer: v. Omaha Buena Vista @ UNK Foster Field – 1 PM
- KGFW Pregame at 12:45 PM
- Boys Soccer: v. Omaha Buena Vista @ UNK Foster Field – 3 PM
- KGFW Pregame at 2:45 PM
- Baseball: Double Dual @ Lincoln Densmore Field
- KEARNEY CATHOLIC:
- Girls Soccer: v. York – 1 PM
- Boys Soccer: v. York – 1 PM
- UNK:
- N/a
- HASTINGS COLLEGE:
- M/W T&F: @ Central Nebraska Challenge @ UNK – 10 AM
- Women’s Tennis: v. Northwestern – 10 AM
- Baseball: v. Doane – 1 PM
- Softball: @ Concordia – 1 PM
- Softball: @ Concordia – 3 PM
- Baseball: v. Doane – 3:30 PM
- KGFW Sports Schedule:
- Kearney Girls Soccer v. Omaha Buena Vista (12:45 PM – 2:45 PM)
- Kearney Boys Soccer v. Omaha Buena Vista (2:45 PM – 4:45 PM)
- Nebraska Baseball v. Abilene Christian (4:45 PM – 9 PM)
SUNDAY:
- KEARNEY HIGH:
- N/a
- KEARNEY CATHOLIC:
- N/a
- UNK:
- N/a
- HASTINGS COLLEGE:
- Baseball: @ Doane – 1 PM
- Baseball: @ Doane – 3:30 PM
- KGFW Sports Schedule:
- N/a
