[Husker] Baseball team sweeps UC Riverside

[Rod Wellman]

Good thing the Huskers don't play the Wayne State Wildcats this year,  
or they might be revealed to not be the best team in the state of  
Nebraska :)  Wayne State is off to a good start, rated #25 in Div. II,  
beating UNK last week 3 games to 1.

Rod Wellman
Sioux City, Ia

(WSC grad)


On Mar 3, 2008, at 12:21 PM, Skylar Dodds wrote:

> FYI, last weekend the baseball team swept UC Riverside to move to  
> 5-2 on the
> year.
>
> Few notes from the season so far:
>
> - In my preview earlier this year, my biggest question mark for this  
> year's
> team was the young pitching staff and how they'd have to step up.   
> Since
> giving up 17 to Stanford in the first game of the year, the Huskers  
> have put
> together an impressive 1.76 ERA.  It's VERY early, but so far new  
> Husker
> pitching coach Eric Newman gets 5 stars.  Dorn's been amazing with a  
> the
> lowest starter ERA of 1.38 with 16 Ks in 13 innings.
>
> - The few seniors on this team have really stepped up at the plate.   
> The top
> 3 averages on the team are Opitz .417, Nimmo .400, and Abeita .368.
> Abeita's importance cannot be overstated (not including his sudden  
> power, 3
> homers in 7 games vs 1 homer in 27 games last year).  He's done a  
> great job
> working with Newman to help this young staff out and in my mind  
> might be the
> MVP so far.
>
> - UC Riverside had a very decent team last year, but is in almost  
> the exact
> same position we are with really only 1 returning regular starter on  
> the
> pitching staff.  It's not a jaw-dropping sweep, but it's not bad  
> either.
>
> - Stanford (the series we really should have won) just swept  
> perennial power
> Cal State Fullerton, good RPI boost
>
> - DJ Belfonte's catch on Friday made Sportscenter's Top 10 plays  
> (#7) and
> Sportcenter's Top 10 Plays of the Week (#10).  Probably the best  
> athelete on
> the team.
>
> Husker baseball doesn't get a lot of attention this time of year  
> (Omaha's
> KFAB wouldn't even broadcast the dang games), so I thought I'd give  
> everyone
> some info.
>
> Huskers play two this midweek vs UNK (Tues & Wed both @ 1:35pm) and  
> then a 4
> game set with Northern Colorado this weekend (who took 2 of 3 from  
> aTm).
>
> GBR!
>
> --
> Skylar
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Rod Wellman
Sioux City, Ia.