Nebraska Athletics:
The No. 1 Nebraska softball team suffered its first loss since March, a 5-1 defeat to the No. 3 Alabama Crimson Tide on Saturday at the NCAA Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City, Okla.
Nebraska fell to 52-7 on the season and the loss snapped a 27-game win streak, which was the longest in the country and in program history.
Hannah Camenzind was responsible for the Huskers’ only hit of the day, a solo shot to center field in the fourth inning.
Jordy Frahm (21-5) took the loss in the circle, as she allowed three runs on three hits in two innings. Alexis Jensen threw the final four innings for the Big Red, striking out six and allowing only two hits and two unearned runs.
Alabama knocked a three-run home run in the bottom of the first to open the scoring and take a 3-0 lead. The Crimson Tide added another run in the bottom of the third.
NU scored its first run of the day on its first hit of the day, a H. Camenzind solo homer in the top of the fourth, to make the score 4-1.
Alabama extended the lead to 5-1 in the bottom of the fourth on a sacrifice fly.
Nebraska will face the No. 2 seed Texas Longhorns in an elimination game today, May 31, at 2 p.m. (CT). The game will be televised on ABC and can be heard across the Huskers Radio Network or on B107.3 FM.
