Press Release Courtesy of Nebraska Athletics- Nebraska recorded its first ranked sweep since 2015 with a 16-6 run-rule victory over No. 12 USC in front of a crowd of 7,510 fans on Sunday afternoon at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park.
This weekend’s sweep of the 12th-ranked Trojans set a program record for the largest attendance for a Big Ten home series with 21,383 fans, which is the fifth-most all-time conference series since Haymarket Park opened in 2002.
Nebraska (31-9, 15-3 Big Ten) scored 16 runs on 14 hits and two errors, while USC (30-11, 13-8 Big Ten) tallied six runs on 10 hits and two errors.
The Husker offense scored 30-plus runs in a three-game Big Ten series for the 12th time since joining the conference after erupting for 36 runs against the nation’s fifth-best pitching staff this weekend. The 36 runs are tied for second-most with the 2023 series against Minnesota and only trail the 39 runs scored against Purdue in 2019.
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