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Nebraska Softball Run-Rules Minnesota in Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals

Huskers will play No. 8 seed Indiana in the semifinals Friday afternoon in Iowa City

Kaleb Henry

Nebraska Athletics

Nebraska softball is moving on to the Big Ten Conference Tournament semifinals in Iowa City, Iowa.

No. 4 seed NU run-ruled No. 5 seed Minnesota 11-2 in five innings Thursday afternoon. The game ended on a three-run walk-off home run by Billie Andrews.

An All-Big Ten First-Team selection, Andrews went 2-for-3 on the day, with both hits going over the outfield wall. Sarah Harness allowed just three hits in her 5.0 innings in the circle.

Minnesota fell to 28-25 on the season, while Nebraska improved to 30-22 and advances to Friday's semifinal round against No. 8 seed Indiana at 4 p.m. CDT. The Hoosiers upset top seed Northwestern 4-3 on Thursday.

Nebraska Athletics Postgame Notes

  • Nebraska won its 30th game of the season, its third straight 30-win season and the 24th time the Huskers have won 30 games under Rhonda Revelle.
  • The Huskers have now advanced to the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament for the third straight season. Nebraska is the only team that has made three straight Big Ten Tournament semifinals.
  • Emmerson Cope homered in the first inning, her fourth home run in her last six games.
  • Billie Andrews hit a pair of home runs to give her 60 career home runs. She is the first Husker and just the eighth player in Big Ten history to hit 60 career home runs.
  • Andrews produced her eighth career game with multiple home runs. That is a Nebraska record, breaking the tie she shared with Tristen Edwards with seven multi-homer games.
  • With the two home runs, Andrews increased her total to 99 career extra-base hits. That is tied for the second-most extra-base hits in program history.
  • Andrews' two hits increased her career total to 234 hits, moving her into sixth place on Nebraska's all-time hit list.
  • Minnesota's leadoff home run to begin the game was the first home run Sarah Harness had allowed in 20.0 innings.
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Kaleb Henry
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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