Huskers Fall to No. 3 Oklahoma

Cathedral City, Calif. --- Nebraska (5-5) fell to No. 3 Oklahoma (9-1) on Friday at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic by a score of 10-2 in its first of two games on the day.

Samantha Owen, Keana "KP" Pola and Brooke Andrews each had one hit against the Sooners. 

Courtney Wallace (1-2) started and pitched the entire 4.0 innings. She gave up 10 runs - nine earned - on 10 hits and recorded three strikeouts. 

OU's Brooke Vestal (1-0) pitched 3.0 innings of relief. She gave up one hit and had one strikeout. 

Oklahoma got off to a hot start, scoring six runs in the first off six hits. 

In the second, the Huskers cut the lead to 6-2. Owen got a leadoff double and Pola homered to put the Huskers on the board. The Sooners added four more runs in the bottom of the inning. 

In the top of the fifth, Boruff reached on a fielder's choice and stole second. Edwards was hit by a pitch to put two runners on with no outs, but a fly out would end the game due to the mercy rule. 

The Huskers will play their second game of the day at approximately 5:30 p.m. CT against BYU. A live radio broadcast will be available on Huskers.com and the game will also be streamed on FloSoftball (subscription). 

Game Notes:
- Keana "KP" Pola went 1-for-2 with a home run - the first of her career.