Huskers Outlast No. 1 Texas Tech

The No. 11 Nebraska softball team used a three-run fourth inning to take the lead over No. 1 Texas Tech and never looked back, downing the Red Raiders, 3-2, on Sunday in Clearwater, Fla.

With the win, the Huskers improved to 6-4 on the season with three wins coming over ranked foes, including a pair of wins over the No. 1 team. Texas Tech fell to 11-1, as NU gave the Red Raiders their first loss of the year.

Alexis Jensen (3-1) tossed the first four innings for the Big Red and claimed the win in the circle. She allowed two runs, one earned, with five hits and seven strikeouts. Jordy Frahm threw the last three innings, retired all nine batters she faced, and grabbed her third save of the year. Frahm also registered four strikeouts.

Offensively, Hannah Camenzind was 2-for-3 with a double and Jesse Farrell added a game-tying two-run home run. Hannah Coor contributed a game-winning RBI, as she drove in the eventual winning run. 

NiJaree Canady (4-1) took the loss. The reigning two-time national pitcher of the year allowed three runs in 4.2 innings.

Texas Tech scored a run apiece in the first and third innings to take a 2-0 lead. 

In the bottom of the fourth, H. Camenzind hit a leadoff double before Farrell knocked a two-run homer to tie the score at 2-2. NU took the 3-2 lead as Carlie Muhlbach walked, pinch runner Dakota Carter stole second and crossed the plate on a clutch Coor two-out single.

Frahm came in to pitch the final three innings and retired nine straight batters to close out the win for the Huskers.

The Huskers are set to travel to the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic, where they’ll open play against No. 16 South Carolina on Friday, Feb. 20. The game is set to start at 12 p.m. (CT) and will be streamed on FloSports and can be heard across the Huskers Radio Network.

Notes

• Today marked the Huskers’ fifth win over a No. 1 team in school history and the second this season.
• This is the first time NU has beat two No. 1-ranked teams in the same season in program history. Nebraska downed then-No. 1 Texas on Feb. 7 in San Antonio. 
• Today was the Huskers' third top-15 win of the season.
• According to ESPN, Hannah Camenzind’s double and Jesse Farrell’s home run in the fourth inning were the first back-to-back extra-base hits that Nijaree Canady has allowed in her career.
• Nebraska handed Texas Tech its first loss of the season. 
• Jordy Frahm grabbed her third save of the year, which already surpasses her total from last season.
• Alexis Jensen became the second Husker freshman pitcher to earn a win over the No. 1 team. Emily Lockman threw a shutout in a 1-0 win at Oklahoma in her freshman season of 2013.
• In Nebraska's two wins over the No. 1 team this season, Frahm is 1-0 with one save and has thrown 7.0 scoreless innings with nine strikeouts, allowing only three hits.
• Jesse Farrell’s home run was her fourth of the season. Farrell finished with five extra-base hits in five games at the Clearwater Invitational with a pair of home runs.
• Today was the first time NU beat Texas Tech since Feb. 7, 2015.