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Via: xxjefferson51 • 9 years ago • 1 comments

Huskers Continue Homestand, Host Cal St. Fullerton

Fresh off a three-game sweep of the Michigan Wolverines to open Big Ten play, the Nebraska baseball team (17-6, 3-0 Big Ten) will now play seven non-conference games before paying a visit to Big Ten newcomer Maryland on Friday, April 3.

The Huskers are in the home stretch of a 16-game homestand and after winning the first 10 games of the homestand NU is set to host the Cal State Fullerton Titans (11-11, 0-0 Big West) for a pair of games starting on Tuesday, March 24, at 6:35 p.m. The teams will then meet on Wednesday at 1:35 p.m.

Tuesdays series opener will be the ninth all-time meeting between the two teams, but the first-ever game between the teams in Lincoln. Five of the previous eight meetings took place in Fullerton, while the other three happened in the NCAA Tournament, including a pair of games at last years NCAA Regional in Stillwater and a game at the 2001 College World Series. The Titans are 8-0 all-time against the Huskers.

The Huskers enter Tuesday on a 10-game winning streak, their longest since 2008, and they are a perfect 10-0 at Hawks Field this season. The Titans are 4-6 in their last 10 games and are just 2-7 away from Goodwin Field, including a 1-5 record in road games. The Titans notched their first road win of the season this past weekend when they won the middle game of their series with Long Beach State by a score of 2-1 in 10 innings.

Husker freshmen right handers Garett King and Zack Engelken are scheduled to throw on Tuesday and Wednesday for the third straight week. Each notched a career-long outing against Indiana State last week, with Engelken producing a career-high five strikeouts over 4.1 innings.

The Titans will start freshman right hander Connor Seabold on Tuesday and have yet to announce a starter for Wednesday.

On the Radio
Fans across Nebraska and around the world can listen to Greg Sharpe and Lane Grindle call all of the action on the Husker Sports Network - including KLIN 1400 AM in Lincoln - and live on Huskers.com, the Official Husker App or the TuneIn Radio App.

TV Coverage
No TV coverage for games between Nebraska and Cal State Fullerton.

Web Streams
Both games against Cal State Fullerton will be streamed live on HuskersNSide (subscription required).

10 in a Row
Nebraska enters Tuesday on a 10-game winning streak. It is the longest streak by a Husker team since 2008 when NU rolled off 14 straight wins from Feb. 29 - March 18.

All 10 of the wins have taken place at Hawks Field and the 10-0 start at home is also the best start to a home schedule since 2008 when the Huskers won their first 11 home games before dropping the second game of a two-game series with Arkansas. NU also won its first 11 home games in 2005 and 1999.

The longest home winning streak to start a season happened in 1988, when the Huskers won their first 24 home games of the year. The first lost in 1988 came in the second game of a doubleheader against Oklahoma State on April 30. http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=101&SPID=33&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=209979004

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seeder XXJefferson51 9 years ago

Fullerton Connections
Both of Nebraskas assistant coaches have ties to the Cal State Fullerton program, as Associate Head Coach Ted Silva both played and coached for the Titans, while Assistant Head Coach Mike Kirby coached at CSF for 11 seasons, including each of the last three years.
Silva started the national championship game in 1995 when Fullerton won the College World Series and Kirby was an assistant coach on the squad.
Husker Nation Packs the Park
Husker fans posted a three-day attendance of 17,083 during NUs series with Florida Gulf Coast, which easily broke the previous facility record of 14,885 for a non-conference series at Hawks Field.
The previous mark was set in 2006, when the Huskers opened their home schedule with a three-game series against Alabama.
During the first 10 games on NUs 16-game homestand the Huskers have posted an attendance mark of 40,050 (Avg. 4,005). Last season over 25 dates the Huskers posted a home attendance of 81,044 (Avg. 3,241).
Get the Hits
Last season the Huskers produced double-digit hits in 30 of their 62 games, including 14 of their 27 home games.
The Huskers were 25-5 when notching double-digit hits last season.
Through 23 games this season, the Huskers have notched double-digit hits seven times and are a perfect 7-0 in those games.
The Huskers are 11-1 this year when out-hitting their opponent. The only loss came against LSU, when the Huskers out hit the Tigers, 9-8, but lost 4-2.
Last season, Nebraska was 32-3 when they out hit their opponent, with losses coming against Oregon State, as well as both of NUs losses to Cal State Fullerton in the NCAA Tournament.

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