The Husker women’s basketball team has finalized their non-conference schedule for the 2012-2013 season. Of the twelve opponents on the slate, seven of them appeared in postseason play last year. The marquee matchup of the non-conference schedule is a clash with Maryland at the Devaney Center on November 28. The Terrapins went to the Elite Eight last season and come to Lincoln as part of the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The Huskers will also visit a pair of NCAA Tournament teams, playing at South Dakota State November 18 and trekking to Omaha to face Creighton December 5. Other non-conference foes visiting the Husker women are Florida State, Temple, Idaho State, Oral Roberts, Northern Arizona, Sam Houston State, Grambling State and North Carolina A&T. Nebraska also has a road game against USC on the schedule as well.

The Nebraska baseball team has lost one of their most consistent starting pitchers. Junior right-hander Jon Keller will transfer to Division II powerhouse, the University of Tampa. The native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa came to Nebraska a highly-touted prospect, having been an eleventh-round pick of the Seattle Mariners out of high school. Keller appeared in 28 games for the Huskers the last two seasons, 24 of them as a starter. He compiled a 7-7 record and a 4.40 ERA.

The Colorado Rockies will be looking to make some deals prior to the July 31 trading deadline. Reports out of New York suggest the Mets have interest in Rockies catcher Ramon Hernandez. Hernandez has been on the disabled list with a hand injury since May 25, and the efforts of Wilin Rosario and Wil Nieves have made the 36 year-old Hernandez expendable. The Rockies could receive prospects in return, as well as some salary relief on the over $4.5 million they still owe Hernandez for this season and next.

(Lincoln County Raceway Press Release)The IMCA racing action was jam-packed and fierce at the Lincoln County Raceway in North Platte, Nebraska on Saturday. Avoiding all incidents and taking the checkered flag to win their respective feature events during Veteran’s Night at the races were: Andrew Dillenburg, Shane Stout, Casey Werkmeister, Austin Davis and Jose Sabala.

Getting up on the wheel and finding a fast groove from his fourth row starting position, heat race winner Andrew Dillenburg of North Platte, took the lead in the IMCA Modified feature at the halfway point and ran off and hid at the front of the field to win. Pacing the field from the onset until lap eight was Josh Sabin of North Platte. Sabin held his position after being passed by Dillenburg and took home runner-up honors. Brady Bullet Dave Pedersen showcased consistency and stellar skills on the wheel to finish in the show position. Heat race winner Ronnie Wallace of McCook and Zach Schultz of North Platte rounded out your top five finishers in fourth and fifth in the Feature event.

Holding off all charges and persevering through the cautions, North Platte’s Shane Stout was in the zone as he powered to the Feature victory in the IMCA Northern Sport Mods division. Stout garnered the lead from fifth row starting position on the fifth lap and never looked back. Heat race winner Jeremy Halouska of North Platte led the initial two laps, before relinquishing the lead to Robby Kosmacek of North Platte. Kosmacek held ship and finished in second place in the feature. Charging forward from the back of the field with the assistance of the caution flags that bunched the field, heat race winner Bryan Herrick of Curtis finished third. Avoiding incidents and staying heavy on the loud pedal throughout, Corey Cruzan of North Platte and Atkinson’s Brandon Poessnecker finished fourth and fifth in the Northern Sport Mod feature. Rodger Morash of North Platte had early success on Saturday in winning a heat race.

Racing with gumption and grasping the early lead powered Maywood’s Casey Werkmeister to win the IMCA Stock Car feature, despite the challenges from contenders on his back bumper from Mike Nichols of Harlan, Iowa and Ronnie Wallace of McCook. Werkmeister won the initial heat race to setup his win the feature, where he started in the fourth row of the grid. In Werkmeister’s rearview mirror for much of the feature was runner-up finisher Mike Nichols and third place driver Ronnie Wallace. Displaying great throttle control the whole night, heat race winner Kyle Werkmeister of Maywood drove from his fourth row starting position to fourth overall. Gothenburg’s Jeff Whiting stayed consistent to drive his Chevy Lumina to a top five position in fifth place.

Going back to what worked before, Austin Davis of Benkelman pulled off a clean sweep in the IMCA Hobby Stocks division. Davis was the class of the field in the heat race and feature, driving away with victories in both events. Leading the way from lap five to the finish, Davis passed early leader Brady Weinman of Arnold, who lead from the drop of the green flag through the fourth lap. In the closing laps of the Feature, Weinman relinquished the runner-up position to Chuck Ledbetter of Loomis who would claim the second place accolades as a result of his great consistency. Weinman was forced to settle for third place overall. Rounding out the top five finishers in the Hobby Stock feature was Rick Eller and Andrew Baumgardner, both of North Platte in fourth and fifth, respectively.

Continuing his undefeated record of victories, North Platte’s Jose Sabala paced the field to win the IMCA Sport Compact Feature. Sabala piloted his Dodge Neon rocketship to win the heat race and the cash dash in earlier night racing action. Les Brogdon of North Platte stayed heavy on the gas pedal to finish as the runner-up in the heat race and the Feature.

Unofficial Results
–Modified Feature: 1. 71-Andrew Dillenburg; 2. 23s-Josh Sabin; 3. 4p-Dave Pedersen; 4.
3rw-Ronnie Wallace; 5. 55z-Zach Schultz; 6. 4kj-Terry Houchin; 7. 14-Jason Gallentine;
8. 83c-Chris Stevens; 9. 2-Jeremy Herbst (DNF)
–Heat 1: 1. 71-Andrew Dillenburg; 2. 14-Jason Gallentine; 3. 23s-Josh Sabin; 4.
83c-Chris Stevens; 5. 2-Jeremy Herbst.
–Heat 2: 1. 3rw-Ronnie Wallace; 2. 4p-Dave Pedersen; 3. 55z-Zach Schultz; 4.
4kj-Terry Houchin.

–Northern Sport Mod Feature: 1. 5s-Shane Stout; 2. 15kos-Robby Kosmacek; 3. 0-
Bryan Herrick; 4. 8c-Corey Cruzan; 5. 52p-Brandon Poessnecker; 6. 12j-Russ Jones; 7.
34-Matt Caudillo; 8. 55d-Dillon Schultz (DNF); 9. 3-Gary Long (DNF); 10. 58x-Jerry
Cox (DNF); 11. 93-Joe Thiem (DNF); 12. 17-Rodger Morash (DNF); 13. 87f-Don Fair
(DNF); 14. 11h-Henry Henderson (DNF); 15. 7-Jeremy Halouska (DNF).
–Heat 1: 1. 0-Bryan Herrick; 2. 15kos-Robby Kosmacek; 3. 55d-Dillon Schultz;
4. 3-Gary Long; 5. 12j-Russ Jones.
–Heat 2: 1. 7-Jeremy Halouska; 2. 58x-Jerry Cox; 3. 8c-Corey Cruzan; 4. 5s-
Shane Stout; 5. 93-Joe Thiem.
–Heat 3: 1. 17- Rodger Morash; 2. 87f-Don Fair; 3. 11h-Henry Henderson; 4.
52p-Brandon Poessnecker.

–Stock Car Feature: 1. 24w-Casey Werkmeister; 2. 63-Mike Nichols; 3. 3rw-Ronnie
Wallace; 4. 42w-Kyle Werkmeister; 5. 16w-Jeff Whiting; 6. 75-Dan Eller; 7. 24-Bob
Chalupa; 8. 4k-Kent Lower; 9. 09h-Bob Hoing (DNF); 10. 31-Darin Racek (DNF); 11.
46-Scotty White (DNS).
–Heat 1: 1. 24w-Casey Werkmeister; 2. 63-Mike Nichols; 3. 16w-Jeff Whiting;
4. 4k-Kent Lower; 5. 09h-Bob Hoing.
–Heat 2: 1. 42w-Kyle Werkmeister; 2. 24-Bob Chalupa; 3. 75-Dan Eller; 4. 31-
Darin Racek.

–Hobby Stock Feature: 1. 22-Austin Davis; 2. 5-Chuck Ledbetter; 3. 22w-Brady
Weinman; 4. 65-Rick Eller; 5. 44u-Andrew Baumgardner; 6. 7s-Scott Gibson; 7. 25 Chris
Taylor (DNF).
–Heat 1: 1. 22-Austin Davis; 2. 22w-Brady Weinman; 3. 5-Chuck Ledbetter; 4.
7s-Scott Gibson; 65-Rick Eller.

–Sport Compacts Feature: 1. 40j-Jose Sabala; 2. 20-Les Brogdon.
–Heat 1: 1. 40j-Jose Sabala; 2. 20-Les Brogdon.

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) – Andy Murray reached the Wimbledon final for the first time, beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 Friday in the semifinals. Murray had lost in the semifinals in each of the last three years. He’ll face Roger Federer on Sunday in the final. Murray is the first British man to play in the Wimbledon final since Bunny Austin in 1938. The last British man to win the title was Fred Perry in 1936. Murray has played in three major finals, losing in straight sets each time. Two of the matches, the 2008 U.S. Open and the 2010 Australian Open, were against Federer.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The Philadelphia 76ers have used the amnesty clause on veteran forward Elton Brand and will get about $18 million in salary cap relief for next season. Sixers president Rod Thorn confirmed the move in an email to The Associated Press on Friday. Brand was entering the final season of an $80 million, five-year contract. The amnesty clause allows a team to waive one player during the new labor deal and have 100 percent of his salary taken off the cap and the tax. Brand is still owed the money. Teams under the salary cap can now bid for Brand’s services for next season. Brand was a two-time All-Star when he spurned better offers and signed the free-agent contract with Philadelphia. He never fulfilled the expectations of the deal even though his last two seasons with the Sixers were solid ones. The move came the same day the Sixers agreed to terms with free-agent guard Nick Young.

Friday

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Kansas City at Detroit, 6:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Cleveland, 6:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 6:10 p.m.
Minnesota at Texas, 7:05 p.m.
Toronto at Chicago White Sox, 7:10 p.m.
Baltimore at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.
Seattle at Oakland, 9:05 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Atlanta at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m.
Colorado at Washington, 6:05 p.m. (LISTEN LIVE on ESPN Radio 1410)
San Francisco at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at N.Y. Mets, 6:10 p.m.
Milwaukee at Houston, 7:05 p.m.
Miami at St. Louis, 87:15 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 8:40 p.m.
Cincinnati at San Diego, 9:05 p.m.

Saturday

AMERICAN LEAGUE
N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 11:35 p.m., 1st game
Kansas City at Detroit, 3:05 p.m.
Toronto at Chicago White Sox, 3:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Cleveland, 5:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 6:15 p.m., 2nd game
Minnesota at Texas, 6:15 p.m.
Baltimore at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.
Seattle at Oakland, 9:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Colorado at Washington, 3:05 p.m.  (LISTEN LIVE on ESPN Radio 1410)
Milwaukee at Houston, 3:05 p.m.
San Francisco at Pittsburgh, 3:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at N.Y. Mets, 3:10 p.m.
Miami at St. Louis, 3:10 p.m.
Atlanta at Philadelphia, 6:15 p.m.
Cincinnati at San Diego, 9:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 9:10 p.m.
MOTORSPORTS
Formula One, British Grand Prix Qualifying, Silverstone, England, 7 a.m.
NHRA, Summit Racing Equipment Nationals Qualifying, Norwalk, Ohio, 9:30 a.m.
IndyCar, Honda Indy Toronto Qualifying, 12:05 p.m.
NASCAR Sprint Cup, Coke Zero 400, Daytona Beach, Fla., 6:30 p.m.
OTHER EVENTS
Tennis
LTA/ITF, The Championships, Wimbledon, England
Golf
USGA, U.S. Women’s Open, Kohler, Wis.
PGA Tour, Greenbrier Classic, White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.
Champions Tour, First Tee Open, Pebble Beach, Calif.
European Tour, Alstom Open de France, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France
Cycling
ASO, Tour de France, seventh stage, La Planche des Belles Filles, France

Sunday

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Tampa Bay at Cleveland, 12:05 p.m.
Kansas City at Detroit, 12:05 p.m.
Toronto at Chicago White Sox, 1:10 p.m.
Baltimore at L.A. Angels, 2:35 p.m.
Seattle at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.
Minnesota at Texas, 6:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 7:05 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago Cubs at N.Y. Mets, 12:10 p.m.
Colorado at Washington, 12:35 p.m.  (LISTEN LIVE on ESPN Radio 1410)
San Francisco at Pittsburgh, 12:35 p.m.
Atlanta at Philadelphia, 12:35 p.m.
Milwaukee at Houston, 1:05 p.m.
Miami at St. Louis, 1:15 p.m.
Cincinnati at San Diego, 3:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 3:10 p.m.
MOTORSPORTS
Formula One, British Grand Prix, Silverstone, England, 7 a.m.
NHRA, Summit Racing Equipment Nationals, Norwalk, Ohio, 10 a.m.
IndyCar, Honda Indy Toronto, 12 p.m.
OTHER EVENTS
Tennis
LTA/ITF, The Championships, Wimbledon, England
Golf
USGA, U.S. Women’s Open, Kohler, Wis.
PGA Tour, Greenbrier Classic, White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.
Champions Tour, First Tee Open, Pebble Beach, Calif.
European Tour, Alstom Open de France, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France
Cycling
ASO, Tour de France, eighth stage, Porrentruy, France

NEW YORK (AP) – Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish and St. Louis Cardinals third baseman David Freese are headed to the Midsummer Classic after fans voted them into next week’s all-star showcase in Kansas City. Darvish is the eighth Rangers player on the AL team managed by Texas’ Ron Washington.

KOHLER, Wis. (AP) – Americans Cristie Kerr, Brittany Lincicome (LIHN’-sih-kohm) and Lizette Salas shot 3-under 69 to share the first-round lead in the U.S. Women’s Open. Ai Miyazato (EYE mee-yah-ZAH’-toh), coming off a victory Sunday in the LPGA Tour event in Arkansas, was a stroke back along with 17-year-old Lexi Thompson, Jennie Lee and Beatriz Recari.

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) – Thirteen-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams will play for a fifth Wimbledon singles crown on Saturday against Agnieszka Radwanska (ahg-nee-ESH’-kuh rahd-VAHN’-skuh). Williams served up a Wimbledon record 24 aces during her semifinal victory over second seeded Victoria Azarenka (ah-zah-REN’-kuh) of Belarus 6-3, 7-6

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 7, Minnesota 3
Chicago White Sox 2, Texas 1
Cleveland 3, Tampa Bay 1
Kansas City 9, Toronto 6
L.A. Angels 9, Baltimore 7

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Miami 4, Milwaukee 0
Pittsburgh 2, Houston 0
Washington 6, San Francisco 5
Atlanta 7, Chicago Cubs 3
N.Y. Mets 6, Philadelphia 5
St. Louis 6, Colorado 2
L.A. Dodgers 4, Arizona 1
San Diego 2, Cincinnati 1

A tight game got out of hand in an ugly fifth inning, and the Colorado Rockies were beaten by the St. Louis Cardinals 6-2 in St. Louis last night. Rockies starting pitcher Christian Friedrich was sailing along into the fifth, having given up just one run, but things went off the rails from there. Friedrich walked three batters, including one with the bases loaded, and was pulled from the game for Tyler Chatwood, who promptly allowed all three of his inherited runners to score. Tyler Colvin’s two-run homer in the eighth inning, his eleventh, provided the only Rockies runs. Carlos Gonzalez failed to record a hit for the Rockies, snapping his hitting streak at 12 games. The Rockies now head to our nation’s capital to open a three-game series against the Washington Nationals tonight. ESPN Radio 1410 has the call of the game, with pregame coverage at 5:30 and the first pitch at 6:05.

The North Platte First Nationals are aiming to snap a six-game losing streak at the Wild West Festival tournament in Hays, Kansas this weekend. After dropping both ends of a double header at Grand Island on Tuesday, the First Nationals own a 17-18 record. Their pool play begins this afternoon with games against Thomas More Prep and Fort Morgan, Colorado. On Saturday, they’ll take on the Kansas Crush and Great Bend, Kansas. Bracket play rounds out the tournament on Sunday.

Husker freshman second baseman Pat Kelly was named to Baseball America’s first-team All-Freshman squad. It’s Kelly’s third such honor of the postseason. He was previously named a freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball and by the National Collegiate Baseball Writer’s Association. The last Husker to earn three postseason freshman honors was Matt Hopper in 2000. Kelly batted .313 with eight home runs and 37 RBI in his debut season as a Husker. The eight dingers were the most hit by a Nebraska freshman in a season in 12 years. Kelly was also big in the clutch for the Big Red, batting .367 with runners on base and .364 with runners in scoring position. The native of Red Wing, Minnesota was named the Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Week twice and was a third-team all-conference honoree.

The Husker women’s soccer team released their 19-game schedule for the 2012 season. Among the opponents are six teams who qualified for the NCAA tournament last season, including a non-conference home game against Virginia Tech and a Big Ten battle at home against Penn State. The Huskers open their season in familiar enemy territory on August 17, when they travel to Norman to take on the Oklahoma Sooners. Nebraska’s home opener comes two days after that against Drake.

(Jeremy Foote, Nebraska Sports Information) – The 2012 campaign kicks off on Friday, Aug. 17, in Norman, Okla., when the Huskers visit the Oklahoma Sooners for a 1 p.m. game at John Crain Field. NU leads the all-time series with the Sooners, 12-2-1, and it is the first meeting between the two programs since Nebraska left the Big 12 Conference following the 2010 season.

For the third straight year the Huskers will play host to 10 home games, including non-conference visits from Drake, Virginia Tech, New Mexico, Southeast Missouri State and Northern Colorado. NU opens play at the Nebraska Soccer Field on Sunday, Aug. 19, against the Drake Bulldogs at 1 p.m. The games against Virginia Tech and New Mexico take place during the Husker Classic, on Friday, Aug. 24 and Sunday, Aug. 26. Iowa State will also be in Lincoln that weekend, but will not play the Huskers.

Also during non-conference play, Nebraska makes a trip to Baylor on Friday, Aug. 31, after the two teams tied, 1-1, last year in Lincoln and the Huskers play the Cincinnati Bearcats for the first time in program history on Sunday, Sept. 2, at Gettler Stadium.

Big Ten Conference play opens on Friday, Sept. 14, with a trip to Evanston, Ill., to play the Northwestern Wildcats. The Huskers shut out the Wildcats, 3-0, last season in NU’s first ever Big Ten Conference event in any sport.

The Huskers then return to Lincoln for a game with Northern Colorado before hosting a pair of conference games against Purdue on Friday, Sept. 21, and Indiana on Sunday, Sept. 23.

Nebraska heads back on the road for three straight games against Michigan State (Sept. 28), Michigan (Sept. 30) and Wisconsin (Oct. 5). The Huskers will be looking to post roads wins at each school after the Spartans, Wolverines and Badgers each left Lincoln with a victory last season.

The premier home game of the season takes place on Friday, Oct. 14, when the Penn State Nittany Lions and reigning Big Ten Forward-of-the-Year Maya Hayes come to Lincoln for a 4 p.m. game at the Nebraska Soccer Field. The Nittany Lions have won or earned a share of the past 14 Big Ten women’s soccer regular-season titles. The weekend also includes a showdown with the Ohio State Buckeyes on Sunday, Oct. 14 at Noon. The Huskers beat the Buckeyes, 3-2, in Columbus last year in the first-ever meeting between the two programs.

Nebraska’s road schedule wraps up with a visit to Iowa City on Thursday, Oct. 18, to play the Iowa Hawkeyes at 7 p.m. and at Illinois on Sunday, Oct. 21, at 1 p.m. The Fighting Illini won the Big Ten Conference Tournament last year and return Big Ten Midfielder-of-the-Year Vanessa DiBernardo.

The regular season concludes on Friday, Oct. 26, with a visit from the Minnesota Golden Gophers on Senior Day. The Huskers won the first five meetings in the all-time series with Minnesota, before the Gophers won 6-3 last year at home.

Nebraska will look to be one of eight teams that qualifies for the Big Ten Conference Tournament, which is scheduled to be played in Bloomington, Ind., at Armstrong Stadium. Hosted over five days from Wednesday, Oct. 31 to Sunday, Nov. 4, the Hoosiers automatically earn a bid to the tournament as the host school. The winner of the tournament earns the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.