Lincoln - The 14th-seeded Nebraska softball team fought through three weather delays and a tough 13th-ranked Stanford squad to win its first regional championship since 2002 with a 10-5 victory over the Cardinal in the NCAA Lincoln Regional championship game on Sunday.
With the win, Nebraska (43-13) advanced to the first Super Regional in school history, as the NCAA did not adopt the regional-super regional until the 2005 season. Overall, the Huskers won their seventh NCAA regional title. Nebraska will face No. 3 seed Oregon on the road in the Eugene Super Regional this weekend.
The title did not come easy. The game started late following a 32-minute rain delay. Stanford then led 3-1 after one inning of play, before inclement weather delayed the start of the second inning for more than an hour. But the Huskers would not be denied, scoring five times in a rain-delayed fifth inning and four times in the sixth to pull away from the Cardinal (39-21).
Junior right-hander Tatum Edwards (29-8) went the distance to earn the win for the third straight game, allowing five runs (four earned) on 10 hits. Teagan Gerhart (21-13) took the loss for Stanford, allowing 10 runs (four earned) on eight hits in 5.2 innings.
The schedule for this weekend's best-of-three NCAA Softball Super Regional series between Oregon and Nebraska has been set.  The series will begin at 7:00 p.m. Saturday, with game two set for 2 p.m. on Sunday and the if-necessary game three slated to begin at 5 p.m. Sunday.