Huskers take two from the Jacks in Lincoln

Wednesday, March 31

Lincoln, Neb.

3 p.m.

South Dakota State University

Nebraska

3/31/2010 9:00:00 PM | Softball

By: SDSU Sports Info

LINCOLN, Neb. - Dani Broshar hit her team-leading fourth homerun, but it came in a losing cause, as South Dakota State dropped both games of a doubleheader at Nebraska on Wednesday, falling 8-3 in Game 1 and 6-0 in the nightcap.

The losses drop the Jacks 8-19 on the season heading into this weekend's three-game series with UMKC in Brookings.

After a scoreless first inning, the Cornhuskers cracked the scoreboard with a pair of runs in the bottom of the second to take a 2-0 lead. They added three in the third and two in the fourth to take a commanding 7-0 lead.

In the meantime, Nebraska starter Robin Mackin recorded six of her nine strikeouts in the game in consecutive fashion between the first and third innings.

Devon Reick broke the strikeout streak in the third with an infield single, but the Jacks did not get on the board until the sixth, when Broshar hit a two-run shot over the left field fence to get the Jacks within five at 7-2.

Nebraska got one of those runs back in the bottom of the sixth to go back up 8-2 and even though the Jacks got one more the in the seventh, the rally fell short.

Broshar provided the only offense for the Jacks in the nightcap as well, hitting a double high off the wall to start the fifth inning for the Jacks only hit.

Husker starter Ashley Hagemann struck out 12 Jackrabbits in getting the win, with just two walks, both to Andrea New.

The Jackrabbits return home, and to Summit League play, on Friday, when they host UMKC in a doubleheader at Jackrabbit Softball Stadium at 1 p.m.