Hazard within the first inning did not result in a meltdown Thursday from the Large Crimson in West Lafayette.

No. 3 seed Nebraska softball placed on a dominant effort to beat No. 11 seed Penn State within the Large Ten Match quarterfinals by run-rule in 5 innings, 9-1. The Huskers advance to the semifinal spherical Thursday.

NU improves to 39-12 whereas PSU ends the season at 25-27.

The Nittany Lions received on the board first, making the most of Husker errors. Bahl hit the leadoff batter with a pitch, who was capable of advance to second on a floor out after which to 3rd on a wild pitch. That runner scored, earlier than Bahl was capable of finish the inning with a strikeout.

From there, the Large Crimson protection did not enable one other hit, not to mention one other run.

Bahl walked the leadoff hitter within the second inning earlier than hanging out the subsequent three. The Huskers retired 12 consecutive Nittany Lion batters to take away any probabilities of a comeback.

The Husker pitcher completed with 9 strikeouts, permitting one run on two hits, to enhance to 23-5 on the 12 months.

On the plate, Nebraska wasted no time answering the preliminary deficit within the opening body. After Bahl and Samantha Bland received out, the Huskers rallied to attain 5 runs. These RBI hits included an Abbie Squier triple and an Ava Bredwell single.

The Huskers tacked on two extra runs within the second inning earlier than including a pair within the fifth to finish the sport on Ava Kuszak’s single up the center.

Six Huskers tallied hits towards Penn State, led by the 3-for-3 effort from Bredwell, who had three RBIs.

Nebraska advances to the semifinals Friday. The Huskers will play at 4 p.m. CDT towards the 2-seed UCLA. The Bruins walked-off the 10-seed Indiana 5-4 Thursday.

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