Ohio State Buckeyes fall to Nebraska Cornhuskers in Big Ten softball semifinal
Olivia Ferrell's RBI double scored Ava Bredwell to give Nebraska a 2-1 victory over Ohio State in the semifinals of the Big Ten softball tournament Friday in East Lansing, Michigan.
Bredwell led off the inning with a double. After a strikeout, Ferrell hit the ball beyond the Buckeyes outfielders to end the game. OSU, the No. 6 seed, is 35-15.
Nebraska (39-14), the No. 2 seed, will face either No. 1 Northwestern or No. 4 Michigan in the championship game at 11 a.m. Saturday.
Each team scored a run in the fourth inning. OSU's Kami Kortokrax reached base on a fielding error. Taylor Pack reached on a fielder's choice and scored on a triple by Meggie Otte. In the bottom of the inning, Abbie Squier's RBI single scored Sydney Gray.
Otte had two hits for the Buckeyes. Each team had six hits. Buckeyes pitcher Lexie Handley struck out six and walked two while two Nebraska pitchers managed only one strikeout combined.
BALL. GAME.
OLIVIA FERRELL SENDS US TO THE SHIP‼️ pic.twitter.com/9icmE2hOsP— Nebraska Softball (@HuskerSoftball) May 13, 2022
Leadoff double → @kaylin2344
Bredwell at the plate with nobody out. pic.twitter.com/wRIF1njjQI— Nebraska Softball (@HuskerSoftball) May 13, 2022
Have we mentioned how much we love inning-ending Ks by @LexieHandley?
OSU 1, NEB 1 • Top 7th • #GoBucks pic.twitter.com/Mg7t87p42E— Ohio State Softball (@OhioStateSB) May 13, 2022
RBI triples & diving catches: @meggieotte is doing it all today.
OSU 1, NEB 1 • Top 6th • #GoBucks pic.twitter.com/2KDWVoyqah— Ohio State Softball (@OhioStateSB) May 13, 2022
The first run of the game belongs to the #Buckeyes!@meggieotte's triple scores @tmpackk and Ohio State leads Nebraska 1-0.#GoBucks pic.twitter.com/ldillPdeO3
— Ohio State Softball (@OhioStateSB) May 13, 2022
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Ohio State softball: Nebraska wins Big Ten semifinal with walk-off double
