Nebraska softball dominates Minnesota to sweep series
Nebraska softball (23-8, 4-1) dominated Minnesota (13-18, 2-5) 3-0 in its first home Big Ten series of the season. NU outscored the Golden Gophers 24-5 in three games.
The Huskers crushed Minnesota 8-0 in six innings on Friday to start the series as best as possible. Right-handed pitcher Jordy Bahl allowed one hit, walked two and struck out seven in six innings.
On Saturday, Nebraska prevailed 8-3 thanks to a four-run fourth-inning effort. Left-handed pitcher Hannah Camenzind improved to 4-2 and Bahl picked up her first save of the season.
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In the series finale, the Huskers claimed their fourth Big Ten victory with a 8-2 win.
Pitcher No. 2
The pressure continues to increase for left-handed pitcher Hannah Camenzind.
Minnesota rolled with their ace pitcher on Saturday. The Gophers knew that Bahl would pitch on Friday so Saturday would be their best shot at winning. They started freshman Natalie Susa on Friday and their ace, Sydney Schwartz, on Saturday.
Lots of Big Ten teams, especially in the lower half of the conference, might take the same approach. With teams starting their aces on Saturdays, Camenzind’s stint in the circle becomes even more important.
On Saturday, head coach Rhonda Revelle met with Camenzind in the first inning after she gave up hits vs. her first two batters. She told the Nebraska Public Media crew during an in-game interview that she told Camenzind to compete. Camenzind struck out the next two batters. She did a solid job until the fifth inning when she gave up two runs and four hits.
In game two, Camenzind pitched 4 2/3 innings and allowed eight hits and three runs. She struck out a season-high seven batters. Bahl replaced her in the bottom of the fifth with two on and two outs.
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Luckily for the Camenzind and the Husker bullpen, three other pitchers showed some good stuff as well.
Kylee Magee has best outing as a Husker
Kylee Magee had her best outing as a Husker. On Sunday, she recorded three strikeouts, one walk and didn’t allow a hit in three innings. The sophomore Arizona State transfer improved to 3-2 on the season.
“I think the story of the day though is we had three pitchers, that was by design, we thought we’d have at least a three-pitcher day, maybe four. If they could come in and give two or three innings of doing what they do best and they all did that,” Revelle said. “They all set each other up.”
Emmerson Cope and Caitlin Olensky each threw two decent innings. Both gave up three hits and one run in their two innings. Olensky struck out two batters. But the highlight was Magee.
“This was Kylee’s first game since her wrist surgery that she’s really had some really good rhythm,” her head coach said. “You saw some electric movement out of her. It wasn’t every pitch but there were moments that it was like, “Wow, that pitch jumped.” That’s what we know that she has.”
Revelle said Nebraska softball has a lot of hard workers but no one has worked harder than Magee has trying to get back to 100% after her injury.
“The other day she came in and she talked to Coach (Lori Sippel) and myself,” Revelle said. “She was frustrated with her bullpen. We were talking her through some things, really telling her to give herself a little grace. But she came back in with our permission and pitched part of a bullpen again because she wanted to finish on a better note. I mean who does that? People don’t do that a lot.”
Defense cleaning up
The Huskers have struggled with errors on defense this season. They had a handful of errors cost them games. NU has 35 errors in 2025. Ava Kuszak and Sammie Bland lead the group with eight and seven errors respectively.
Revelle was thrilled to learn that Nebraska softball didn’t commit a single error against Minnesota.
“That’s great cause I work with the defense a lot so yay!” Revelle said. “I thought we made some big plays. I thought Sammie Bland had a terrific weekend. The play on the drag bunt with (Margaret) Tobias, that was a big girl play because she had to throw off balance and up the line. I thought Ava Bredwell’s catch in foul terratory with the ball swirling with their best hitter up was huge. I thought we had some really important plays defensively this weekend.”
The Huskers had four errors in their 1-2 series loss to Ohio State last weekend.
On the other side of the ball, Minnesota recorded six errors against Nebraska in game three and eight in the series. The Golden Gophers had five errors in the third inning on Sunday and Nebraska capitalized with five runs. That inning was the difference in the game. First baseman Cameron Chard record three errors.
