LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — At least Mike Riley still has his sense of humor.

With all four of Nebraska’s losses having come on the opponent’s final offensive play, each in the last few seconds or overtime, the Cornhuskers’ first-year coach was asked Monday what he would like to see change the second half of the season. He responded, “a 59-minute game.” Continue reading “Winning a game, not B10 West, is Huskers’ immediate concern”

Lincoln – Head Coach Darin Erstad released Nebraska’s 2016 baseball schedule on Monday morning. The 56-game schedule kicks off on Friday, Feb. 19, when the Huskers open a three-game series against the College of Charleston in Charleston, S.C. Nebraska will play its first 10 games away from Lincoln before hosting its home opener on Tuesday, March 8, with an afternoon contest against Northern Colorado at Hawks Field. Continue reading “Huskers Open 2016 on Feb. 19 in South Carolina”

Lincoln, Neb. – In a continuation of one of the longest stretches of close games in Nebraska football history, the Huskers watched Rafael Gaglianone’s 46-yard field goal sail through the uprights in the north end zone with four seconds left to give Wisconsin a 23-21 win at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.

The loss, Nebraska’s fourth of the season on the opponent’s final offensive play, dropped the Huskers to 2-4 and 0-2 in the Big Ten, while Wisconsin improved to 4-2 and 1-1 in the conference. Continue reading “Badger Boot Beats Big Red”

Lincoln – The fourth-ranked Nebraska volleyball team won its 16th straight home match with a 3-1 (25-18, 25-19, 20-25, 25-17) win over No. 24 Michigan on Saturday at the Bob Devaney Sports Center, with 8,314 people on hand for the annual “Pink Night”.

The Huskers moved to 14-2 overall and 5-1 in the Big Ten with their third win over a ranked opponent this season, while Michigan fell to 13-4 and 3-3 in the Big Ten.  Continue reading “Huskers Top No. 24 Michigan, 3-1, on Pink Night”

Lincoln, Neb.- The Nebraska football team practiced for just under 90 minutes without pads at Memorial Stadium on Thursday in preparation for Saturday’s game against Wisconsin.

After practice, Coach Riley talked about injuries to the team. Sophomore linebacker Josh Banderas, senior cornerback Daniel Davie and junior linebacker Michael Rose-Ivey continue to make progress in their recoveries, but all will miss Saturday’s game. Riley added that freshman defensive end Freedom Akinmoladun hurt his knee and will not play against Wisconsin.

“We hope it’s a two week deal,” Riley said about Akinmoladun. “It might be good timing, we will see how he is tomorrow. He has practiced a couple days.”

Riley also updated the status of junior defensive end Greg McMullen saying he will be ready to switch from defensive end to defensive tackle if junior Vincent Valentine is not able to play on Saturday. Riley elaborated on the lack of depth on the defensive line saying, “It’s all dominos. That was a deep position a while back but it is not anymore. It’s a concern.”

Riley also said that true freshman running back Jordan Stevenson may take on a role in special teams on Saturday, which would mark his first action of the season. Stevenson could help the Nebraska kickoff return unit, Riley said, while he also noted that sophomore punt returner and wide receiver De’Mornay Pierson-El is ready to go on Saturday after making his season debut in limited action last weekend at Illinois.

“He has been practicing and had a little scare the other day but that’s all it was,” Riley said regarding Pierson-El.

Riley also likes the mentality of the team going into Saturday, saying the team has bounced back from losing three games in the final seconds.

“It has been really what I thought it would be.” Riley said. “They have worked well. The work and the coaching with them has been good. The other part we can only prove by playing. But I have good faith that it is going to be good.”

Saturday’s game against Wisconsin kicks off at 2:30 p.m. (CT) at Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska. The game will be televised on ABC/ESPN2/WatchESPN.

Continue reading “Huskers Approach Wisconsin Match-Up”

LINCOLN – Behind a strong block and solid day at the service line, the No. 4 Nebraska volleyball team defeated Michigan State 3-1 (23-25, 25-15, 28-26, 25-15) on Wednesday night at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.

The Huskers, playing at home for just the second time in the last 25 days, improved to 13-2 overall and 4-1 in the Big Ten. The Spartans dropped to 10-6 overall and 2-3 in Big Ten play. Continue reading “Huskers Serve Past Michigan State, 3-1”

Heading into Wednesday night’s match against Michigan State, Nebraska’s Justine Wong-Orantes was named the espnW National Player of the Week following her performance at Penn State and Ohio State last weekend.

Wong-Orantes helped lead the fourth-ranked Huskers to a 3-2 comeback win over No. 1 Penn State on Friday with a career-high 30 digs. Continue reading “Wong-Orantes Named espnW National Player of the Week”

Four former Huskers are on 40-man rosters for the 2015 MLB Playoffs, which ties Nebraska for the third in the country. Nebraska, along with North Carolina, Florida State, Tennessee and Vanderbilt all have four former players on 40-man rosters, while LSU has five former players and Long Beach State leads the nation with six former players. Continue reading “Huskers in the MLB Playoffs”

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Lincoln, Neb. – The Huskers practiced for just under two hours in half pads Tuesday in afternoon. The offense practiced inside Memorial Stadium and the defense practiced on the Ed and Joyanne Gass practice field in preparation for the Wisconsin game this Saturday. Offensive coordinator Danny Langsdorf spoke with the media following practice.

“I thought we did a great walkthrough yesterday and a good, sharp-spirited practice today. They’ve got great intentions and are practicing hard.” Langsdorf said. Continue reading “Offense Prepares for Wisconsin”