The Nebraska track and field team began competition at the Drake Relays and the Prairie Wolf Invitational on Thursday. 

At the Drake Relays, Ryan Martins was the runner-up in the unseeded 5,000 meters with a time of 14:06.35, the No. 4 time in Nebraska outdoor history. Bailey Timmons placed 15th with an outdoor PR of 14:24.82. 

Taya Skelton placed 14th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a personal-best time of 10:42.86, improving her No. 10 time in school history. 

At the Prairie Wolf Invitational, Passmore Mudundulu won the triple jump and finished second in the long jump. Mudundulu had big outdoor PRs in both events, 48-0 1/2 (14.64m) in the triple jump and 23-10 3/4 (7.28m) in the long jump. 

Tyler Drew won the 400-meter hurdles title in 53.67, while Clayton Keys (54.41) and Joseph Clifford (54.46) were third and fourth, respectively. 

Zach Morrison was third in the discus (153-00, 46.63m) and fourth in the hammer throw (184-0, 56.10m). Josh Marcy was fourth in the discus (150-9, 45.95m) and fifth in the hammer throw at 183-10 (56.03m), a PR. 

Nick Bryant led five Huskers in the top six of the 800 meters with a time of 1:52.74 to finish second. Daniel Mattern (1:53.00), Sam Easley (1:53.62), Holden Ruse (1:55.04) and Zach Van Brocklin (1:55.26) followed Bryant in order. Jack Nolley was third in the 1,500 meters (4:09.24). 

For the Husker women, Nieve Walsh won the 800 meters in 2:15.26, a new personal best. Kaitlynn Johnson (2:16.19) and Lindsey Blehm (2:18.41) were fourth and fifth. 

Karlie Moore won the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:03.18, and Kerrigan Myers took runner-up honors in the 100-meter hurdles (14.09). 

Jade Hallgrimson (4:59.10) and Emma Ralston (5:02.39) were second and third, respectively, in the 1,500 meters. 

Gleason Recipient of Big Ten Sportsmanship Award

The Big Ten Conference announced its men's tennis individual honors on Thursday night following the conclusion of the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament. Nebraska's William Gleason received the Sportsmanship Award for the Huskers.
 
Gleason, a native of Lincoln, Neb. earned the award presented to athletes that demonstrate sportsmanship and citizenship on and off the court. The senior has a 4-12 singles record and a 5-3 doubles record in the spring campaign. In singles play, Gleason has won four of his last five singles matches including wins over Wisconsin and Illinois.
 
2021-22 All-Big Ten Men's Tennis Awards
 

Player of the Year:  Cannon Kingsley, Ohio State

Freshman of the Year: Gavin Young, Michigan

Coach of the Year: Ty Tucker, Ohio State
 

First Team All-Big Ten

Hunter Heck, Illinois*

Jacob Bickersteth, Michigan

Patrick Maloney, Michigan

Ondrej Styler, Michigan*

Jack Winkler, Michigan State

Simen Bratholm, Northwestern

Steven Forman, Northwestern*

Cannon Kingsley, Ohio State

JJ Tracy, Ohio State*

James Trotter, Ohio State

Jake Van Emburgh, Ohio State

Matej Vocel, Ohio State*

Second Team All-Big Ten

Olivier Stuart, Illinois

Gavin Young, Michigan

Trice Pickens, Northwestern

Robert Cash, Ohio State

Athell Bennett, Purdue

Jared Pratt, Wisconsin

Sportsmanship Award

Lucas Horve, Illinois

Vikash Singh, Indiana

Ondrej Styler, Michigan

Josh Mukherjee, Michigan State

William Gleason, Nebraska

Trice Pickens, Northwestern

James Trotter, Ohio State

Miko Eala, Penn State

Julen Morgan, Purdue

Gabriel Huber, Wisconsin

* - Unanimous Selection

Huskers Open Play at B1G Championships

The Nebraska men's golf team enters postseason play this weekend when it competes at the 2022 Big Ten Championships in French Lick, Ind., April 29-May 1.

The Huskers will be one of 14 teams taking on the par-72, 7,033-yard layout at The Pete Dye Course at the French Lick Resort.

Live scoring for the event will be available at GolfStat.com.

Nebraska's five-player lineup will be led by senior Tom Westenberger, who has been a consistent performer for the Big Red throughout the 2021-22 season. At the Quail Valley Collegiate (Oct. 18), Westenberger notched his season-best finish with a tie for 10th after firing a career-best 54-hole score of 211 (-5) powered by a 69 (-3) in the opening round. The senior from Wuppertal, Germany, has added a pair of top-25 finishes during the spring season at the Desert Mountain Collegiate and the Stitch Intercollegiate.

Senior Caleb Badura is set to golf out of the No. 2 spot for the Huskers, coming off a strong showing at the Hawkeye Invitational (April 17) where he produced Nebraska's top team finish with a tie for 15th place and a season-best three-round score of 218 (+2). The Nebraska native shot an even-par 72 in the second round in Iowa City and closed with a 71 (-1).

Senior Branden Meyer (Gilbert, Ariz.) has made an appearance in every lineup this spring and will continue the streak at the conference meet. Meyer's season has been highlighted by shooting a career-best round with a 69 at the Seahawk Intercollegiate (March 28) and a pair of top-25 individual finishes at the Desert Mountain Collegiate and the Hawkeye Invitational.

Reed Malleck will compete in Nebraska's lineup for the first time of the spring season at the Big Ten Championships. During the fall, Malleck provided the top finish for the Huskers at the Rod Myers/Duke Inviational with a 223 (+7). At the Big Ten Match Play in early February, Malleck had a strong showing as the only Nebraska golfer to go 3-0-0. The sophomore from York, Neb., played as an individual at the Stitch Intercollegiate (April 8-9) and the Hawkeye Invitational (April 16-17).

Senior Mark Foelbaek (Jelling, Denmark) rounds out Nebraska's lineup in Indiana. He has also appeared in every lineup this spring, golfing his best three-round score at the Desert Mountain Collegiate with a 222 (+6) to tie for 20th.


Big Ten Championships
French Lick, Indiana
The Pete Dye Course (Par 72, 7,033 Yards)

Live Scoring: GolfStat.com

Nebraska Lineup
1. Tom Westenberger
2. Caleb Badura
3. Branden Meyer
4. Reed Malleck
5. Mark Foelbaek

Participating Teams (14)     
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa  
Maryland
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northwestern
Ohio State
Penn State
Purdue
Rutgers
Wisconsin

Series Opener vs. Iowa Moved to 3:35 PM

Nebraska's series opener on Friday vs. Iowa has been moved to 3:35 p.m. due to forecasted inclement weather.

With the schedule change, Friday's game will no longer be broadcast on BTN and will be available on B1G+. Fan with tickets to Friday night's previously scheduled 7:02 game can still use them for the newly scheduled 3:35 start.

The Huskers and Hawkeyes continue the series on Saturday, with first pitch set for 2:02 p.m. The series finale on Sunday is scheduled for 12:05 p.m.

Saturday's game can be seen on Nebraska Public Media with John Bishop, Jeff Leise and Ana Bellinghausen on the call. Fans can also listen to Greg Sharpe and Ben McLaughlin call all the action of this weekend's games on the Huskers Radio Network. All three games this weekend will be carried on KLIN (1400 AM) in Lincoln and KXSP (590 AM) in Omaha. Every game this season can be heard for free on Huskers.com and the Official Nebraska Huskers App for both iOS and Android devices.

Scouting the Iowa Hawkeyes
• Iowa enters the weekend with a 24-13 overall record and 8-4 mark in Big Ten play after taking two of three games at league-leading Rutgers last weekend.
• Peyton Williams is hitting a team-best .374 at the plate with 15 doubles, two triples, nine home runs and 31 RBI. Keaton Anthony has slugged a team-high 17 doubles while hitting .353 with seven homers and 35 RBI. 
• Friday night starter Adam Mazur is 4-2 on the season in 10 starts with a 2.76 ERA and 73 strikeouts in 62 innings. Connor Schultz has posted a 2-0 record and 1.97 ERA in 10 appearances this season with 36 strikeouts in 32 innings. Ty Langenberg is 4-1 with 51 strikeouts in 39.1 innings and a 3.89 ERA in  nine appearances this season, including seven starts.
• As a team, Iowa is hitting .277 with 356 hits, 75 doubles, eight triples, 30 home runs and 234 runs through 37 games.
• The Hawkeye pitching staff has a team ERA of 3.49, while allowing 157 runs, 129 earned, and striking out 444 in 332.1 innings.
• Head coach Rick Heller is in his ninth season at Iowa, boasting a 264-169 record. Heller is in his 35th season overall as a head coach and holds a career record of 954-734-4.

Series History
• Nebraska holds a slim 22-21 advantage in the all-time series over Iowa.
• The Huskers and Hawkeyes met five times last season, playing two games in Minneapolis and a three-game series in Iowa City.
• The two teams split the two games in Minneapolis, while Nebraska posted two wins in the weekend series at Iowa last year. The Hawkeyes tallied a 3-0 win in the series opener, before the Huskers recorded wins of 10-8 and 13-8 to clinch the series on the road.

Huskers Grab Second-Straight Sweep to Advance

Iowa City, Iowa - The Nebraska women's tennis team started the Big Ten Tournament off strong with its eighth sweep of the season, as the Huskers defeated Purdue 4-0 to advance to Friday's quarterfinals at 12 p.m. CT. 

Competition began with doubles play. In the No. 1 spot, Kristina Novak and Maja Makoric took the match over Purdue, 6-1, for their team-leading 12th win. Clinching the doubles point for the Big Red was Chloe Kuckelman and Isabel Adrover Gallego on Court 2 as they won, 6-3. In the No. 3 spot, Ellie Kuckelman and Samantha Alicea's 3-3 battle against Milic and Larranaga resulted in an unfinished match. 
 
To start singles play, Novak played in the No. 1 spot and defeated Gallardo in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3. Chloe followed suit in the No. 5 spot with a 7-5, 6-4 win. At the No. 3 spot, Makoric won by medical forfet to grab the second-round win for the Huskers. 

Adrover Gallego, Alicea and Ellie battled in the second set at the No. 2, No. 4 and No. 6 spots before the match was called. 

Up next, the Huskers will face the No. 3 seed Northwestern in the quarterfinals tomorrow at 12 p.m. CT. 

#55 Nebraska 4, Purdue 0
Singles
1. #122 Kristina Novak (UNL) def. Carmen Gallardo Guevara (PUR) – 6-2, 6-3
2. Isabel Adrover Gallego (UNL) vs. Tara Milic (PUR) – 6-3, 5-5 unfinished
3. Maja Makoric (UNL) def. Rut Galindo (PUR) – 3-6, 4-1, retired
4. Samantha Alicea (UNL) vs. Juana Larranaga (PUR) – 6-7(4), 0-1
5. Chloe Kuckelman (UNL) def. Seira Shimizu (PUR) – 7-5, 6-2
6. Ellie Kuckelman (UNL) vs. Nathalia Wolf Gasparin (PUR) – 6-3, 4-1, unfinished

Doubles
1. Kristina Novak/Maja Makoric (UNL) def. Rut Galindo/Nathalia Wolf Gasparin (PUR) – 6-1
2. Isabel Adrover Gallego/Chloe Kuckelman (UNL) def. Seira Shimizu/Carmen Gallardo Guevara (PUR) – 6-3
3. Samantha Alicea/ Ellie Kuckelman (UNL) vs. Tara Katarina Milic/Juana Larranaga (PUR) – 3-3

Order of Finish
Singles: 1,3,5
Doubles: 1,2

Huskers Set for Three-Game Series at Ohio State

• Nebraska ranks first in the conference in batting average (.325), hits (404), home runs (68), RBIs (281), total bases (694), slugging percentage (.559) and on-base percentage (.407). 
• NU also leads the Big Ten in home runs per game with 1.51.
• The Big Red travels to Columbus, Ohio, for the first time since 2015. NU is 5-3 at Ohio State.
• Nebraska's .971 fielding percentage is currently chasing the school record of .973 which was set in 2006. 
• NU's defense is ranked ninth in the nation for double plays per game with 0.53. 
• NU currently holds a team batting average of .325. This looks to be one of the highest team-averages since 2015 (.337). 
• The Huskers currently sit in second in the Big Ten standings with a 14-2 record behind Northwestern (15-2).
• Nebraska ranks 10th in the nation and first in the conference in scoring, averaging 6.67 runs per game. 
• The Huskers .559 slugging percentage is on-track to blow past the previous record of .505 which was set in 2015.
• NU has recorded 16 come-from-behind wins this season. 
• Mya Felder currently holds a .410 batting average. She looks to be the first Husker to have a batting average above .400 since 2016 and only the fifth NU player in history. 
• Mya Felder is hitting .397 (23-for-58) on the road with three doubles, two home runs and 13 RBIs through 17 away games this season. 
• Olivia Ferrell is 7-3 with a 1.72 ERA on the road. Ferrell has pitched 65.0 innings, striking out 57 batters in away games.