NEBRASKA BASEBALL LOOKS TO RIGHT SHIP TODAY AGAINST CREIGHTON:
After falling in their series against Iowa this weekend, Husker Baseball stays on the road to resume the in-state tour against rival Creighton today. They’ll look to avenge their loss from earlier this season.
Nebraska leads the series all-time 40-27, but have lost 12 of the last 13 matchups versus the Bluejays, including at Haymarket Park to start April.
First pitch from Charles Schwab Field in Omaha is set for 6PM on KGFW, with coverage following the conclusion of Kearney High baseball in the HAC Tournament.
KEARNEY BASEBALL RALLIES IN SIXTH TO DEFEAT GRAND ISLAND:
Kearney High Baseball used a Jake Bosshammer triple to spark a four run rally in the bottom of the sixth inning yesterday to defeat Grand Island, 7-4.
Kearney High improves to 8-6 and has a four game winning streak heading into their game today against Lincoln Northeast. First pitch is set for 2:30 on KGFW. Grand Island fell to 7-4, and will play the winner of Norfolk and Fremont today.
SLAYMAKER BRACE POWERS KEARNEY HIGH SOCCER TO WIN OVER FREMONT:
Kearney High Soccer used two goals from Kaden Slaymaker to get a 3-0 win over Fremont yesterday.
Kearney, now sitting at 9-2 on the season, didn’t allow a single shot on target in the win.
With the win, the Bearcats are in the Gold bracket of next week’s HAC Boys Soccer tournament.
NEBRASKA SOFTBALL COMPLETES SWEEP OF NORTHWESTERN:
The No. 21 Nebraska softball team finished a three-game sweep of three-time defending Big Ten champion Northwestern Monday in Evanston with a 3-0 shutout win.
Jordy Bahl pitched her best game as a Husker, striking out a season-high 14 batters while walking one and allowing two hits a complete game victory. Bahl earned her 12th win in her last 13 decisions, moving to 18-4 on the season.
The Wildcats entered the weekend in a three-way tie for first with Oregon and UCLA, but after Nebraska’s sweep, Northwestern settled in fourth place, 1.5 games behind third-place Nebraska. The Huskers are 1.5 games behind UCLA and Oregon for the Big Ten lead.
Nebraska returns to action Friday evening against Indiana at 5 p.m. at Bowlin Stadium.
UNK W’S GOLF MOVES UP TO EIGHTH PLACE AT MIAA CHAMPIONSHIPS, WRAPS UP TODAY
The UNK women’s golf team moved up a spot to eighth after day two of the 2025 MIAA Championships at Meadowlark Hills G.C.
The 12-team, 54-hole event began Sunday morning and continues through Tuesday afternoon. Constant wind gusts well over 30 miles per hour have greeted 68 golfers all tournament long.
UNK’s All-MIAA honorees, Colombian senior Juliana Botero Molina (82-78) and Kansas sophomore Liz Lyons (83-77), are tied for 21st (160).
HAC BASEBALL BRACKET RELEASED, GRAND ISLAND #2 SEED:
Grand Island drew the #2 seed in this year’s HAC Baseball Tournament, while Kearney is the #4 seed.
Seedings were based on records as of Saturday.
Grand Island will face the winner of #7 Fremont and #10 Norfolk at 3PM today at Lincoln’s Sherman Field. Kearney will face #5 seed Lincoln Northeast at 2:30PM at Lincoln’s Densmore Field 2.
BUECKERS IS NO.1 PICK IN THE WNBA DRAFT:
NEW YORK (AP) — Paige Bueckers is ready for her next chapter after a whirlwind week that started with her helping UConn win its 12th national championship and ended with her becoming the WNBA’s No. 1 draft pick by the Dallas Wings.
“I’m just extremely excited to be there. I’ve only heard great things about the city,” Bueckers said of Dallas. “So excited to start that new chapter and be in a new city and explore that and give everything I have to the Wings organization. I know we’re going to do great things, and it’s a fresh start, and I think we’re all ready to do something special.”
The versatile UConn star is the latest Huskies standout to go No. 1, joining former greats Sue Bird, Diana Taurasi, Tina Charles, Maya Moore and Breanna Stewart.
Bueckers has had a busy time since helping UConn win the title on April 6. She has split her time between New York and Connecticut doing morning and nighttime talk shows. On Sunday, she took part in the Huskies’ championship parade.
VANCE FUMBLES OHIO STATE’S NCAA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President VD Vance ended the Ohio State football team’s visit to the White House on Monday by fumbling the team’s national championship trophy.
He didn’t count on the trophy’s golden top being designed to separate from its black base. After some struggling, the vice president lost his grip on the two pieces. OSU running back TreVeyon Henderson, standing behind Vance, grabbed the football-shaped top of the trophy. But the base fell to the ground, forcing Vance to grasp around as it rolled a short distance.
As pictures and videos of Vance’s fumble rocketed across the internet, the vice president tried to explain away the gaffe with self-deprecation: “I didn’t want anyone after Ohio State to get the trophy so I decided to break it,” he wrote on X.
