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Milestone Win for Husker Softball Coach
Copyright: MSC Sports
03/04/2013

Stillwater, Okla. - The Husker offense exploded for 10 runs against one of the nation's top pitching staffs, helping the 25th-ranked Nebraska softball team complete a doubleheader sweep of Oklahoma State with a 10-5 win in game two of a double header Sunday afternoon.  Nebraska won the opener, 3-0.
The 10 runs were the most the Cowgirls have allowed this season, doubling the five runs they surrendered to 16th-ranked UCLA. OSU entered Sunday with a team ERA of 1.62. The offense powered Nebraska to its third straight victory and capped a 3-1 weekend, while handing 21st-year Head Coach Rhonda Revelle a milestone victory, as she became Nebraska's all-time wins leader.
The win was the 768th of Revelle's career, as she moved past former baseball coach John Sanders atop Nebraska's all-time, all-sport coaching wins chart.
Leading the offensive charge that pushed Revelle to the milestone victory were home runs from senior Brooke Thomason and freshmen Alicia Armstrong and Dawna Tyson. Thomason finished 3-for-4 with three runs scored and three RBIs, finishing a triple shy of the cycle. Tyson was 2-for-4 with a three-run homer, while Armstrong's homer was a solo shot, the first of her career and her only hit in the game. Classmate Kiki Stokes collected two hits, scored three runs and stole a pair of bases out of the leadoff spot, while senior Gabby Banda was 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Freshman right-hander Emily Lockman (6-1) earned the win, helping Nebraska improve to 14-5 on the year. After a rough first inning in which she allowed five runs on a three-run homer and a two-run shot, Lockman settled in and did not give up a run over her final 6.0 innings. Overall in a complete-game effort, Lockman surrendered five runs on eight hits.
Simone Freeman (5-6) took the loss for Oklahoma State, which lost its sixth straight game to fall to 7-11 on the season.
The Huskers remain on the road this coming weekend, traveling to Wichita, Kan., for three games on Saturday and Sunday against the Wichita State Shockers.

 


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