Nebraska junior outside hitter Lindsay Krause was named Big Ten Player of the Week on Monday by the conference office.

Krause sparked the Huskers to a 3-1 win at Michigan State and a 3-0 sweep at Michigan with 3.43 kills per set on a .458 hitting percentage. She also added a team-high four service aces. Krause had a season-high 15 kills and just one error on 27 swings for a .519 hitting percentage in Saturday's win at Michigan. The Papillion, Neb., natve also had two aces and five digs. On Friday night, Krause posted nine kills with four digs and two aces while hitting .381. For the weekend, Krause totaled 24 kills and just two hitting errors on 48 swings.

WHITE OPENS RED-WHITE SERIES WITH 7-3 WIN

The Nebraska baseball team held its opening game of the annual Red-White Series on Monday afternoon, with the White squad picking up a 7-3 win in seven innings at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park.

White had seven runs on 11 hits and an error, while Red scored three runs on five hits and committed an error.

Ty Horn earned the win on the mound after allowing three runs on three hits with three strikeouts and two walks in 3.1 innings. Kyle Froehlich tossed 2.2 one-hit shutout innings with a pair of strikeouts, while Casey Daiss allowed just one hit in an inning of work.

Red’s Ryan Harrahill took the loss, surrendering four runs on six hits with pair of strikeouts and two walks in three innings of action. Brett Sears gave up two runs on two hits in one inning, followed by a scoreless frame by Kyle Perry. Rans Sanders allowed a run in the sixth, while Carson Jasa tossed a scoreless seventh frame.

Tyler Stone had a 2-for-3 day with a home run, two RBI, one walk and a run scored for the White squad. Max Buettenback went 2-for-3 with a double, two RBI, one walk and a run. Will Jesske and Gabe Swansen turned in two-hit performances, while Cayden Brumbaugh, Joshua Overbeek and Dylan Hufft had one hit apiece.

Red’s Dylan Carey turned in a 2-for-4 afternoon with a solo home run. Ben Columbus went 1-for-3 with a double, while Rhett Stokes and Aaron Manias recorded one hit each

Red wasted no time getting on the board after Carey’s 378-foot solo homer into the left-field berm in the bottom of the first.

Consecutive doubles from Buettenback and Jesske to begin the top of the second locked the game at one, while Hayden Lewis’ RBI groundout plated Jesske to give White the 2-1 advantage.

The lead for White didn’t last long, as Red plated a pair of runs off two hits and an error to grab a 3-2 after two innings. Red opened the inning with a single by Rhett Stokes and a four-pitch walk to Clay Bradford, while Manias’ RBI single through the right side scored Stokes to tie the game at two. An RBI fielder’s choice from Riley Silva brought home Bradford to make it a 3-2 game.

White took back the lead in the top of the third with a pair of runs on two hits. Swansen reached on a walk, joined by Overbeek’s double to left-center that placed runners on second and third. Buettenback followed with a two-RBI single that ricocheted off the first-base bag to score Swansen and Overbeek.

White doubled up Red with another two runs in the fourth frame to stretch the lead to 6-3 after four innings. Brumbaugh reached on a one-out walk, before Stone blasted a 428-foot two-run homer out of the park in right-center.

The White squad tacked on one more run in the sixth after Hufft singled to right and later came around to score on Swansen’s two-out RBI single to left to clinch the 7-3 victory.

The Red-White Series continues tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 p.m. at Hawks Field.

STRAND STORMS TO LEAD IN OKLAHOMA

Kelli Ann Strand unleashed a spectacular round of 66 (-6) to storm to the top of the leader board through 36 holes at the Dale McNamara Invitational on Monday.

Strand, a sophomore from Challis, Idaho, recorded six birdies to go with 12 pars in Monday's second round on the par-72, 6,246-yard layout at the Golf Club of Oklahoma in Broken Arrow. It followed an opening-round 70 (-2) for Strand that included five birdies, 10 pars and three bogeys.

The All-Big Ten golfer closed the day at 136 (-8) to sit in a tie for first with South Florida's Melanie Green, who carded rounds of 72 and 64. The second rounds for Green and Strand were the best rounds of the day among the 86 golfers in the field.

Strand helped the Huskers to a tie for fifth in the 14-team field through the first 36 holes at 583 (+7). Nebraska bounced back from an opening-round 301 (+13) for a 282 (-6) in the second round, which was the second-best round of the day for any team, trailing only South Florida's second-round 279.

The hosts from Tulsa own the top position in the team standings at 568 (-8), following rounds of 283 and 285. South Florida sits three shots back at 571, while Colorado State is third at 573 (-3). UTSA enters the final round in fourth at 574 (-2), while the Huskers sit in a tie with Sam Houston State in a tie for fifth at 583 (+7).

Senior Michaela Vavrova (Bojnice, Slovakia) helped the Huskers climb the team standings in the second round with an even-par 72, after an opening-round 74. She enters Tuesday's final round in a tie for 23rd at 146 (+2).

Defending tournament champion Miu Takahashi (Nasu-machi, Japan) bounced back from an 82 in the first round to card a 69 (-3) over the second round, which included an eagle on the 489-yard, par-5 13th hole. She ended the day in a tie for 53rd with Husker teammate Lena Hassert (Kreuzau, Germany), who managed rounds of 76 and 75 to finish the day at 151 (+7).

Freshman Arden Louchheim, whose opening-round 81 counted toward Nebraska's team score, recorded a 76 in the second round to end the day at 157 in 76th place.

Junior Andrea Velez (Pereira, Colombia), who is competing as an individual outside Nebraska's lineup, posted rounds of 74 and 75 to close Monday in a tie for 42nd at 149.

The Dale McNamara Invitational concludes with the final round on Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. Live scoring will be available from GolfStat on Huskers.com.

Dale McNamara Invitational
Oct. 9-10, 2023
Broken Arrow, Okla.
Golf Club of Oklahoma (Par 72, 6,246 Yards)

Team Standings (Two Rounds)
1. Tulsa - 283-285=568 (-8)
2. South Florida - 292-279=571 (-5)
3. Colorado State - 289-284=573 (-3)
4. UTSA - 290-284=574 (-2)
T5. Nebraska - 301-282=583 (+7)
T5. Sam Houston State - 297-286=583 (+7)
7. Kennesaw State - 302-283= 585 (+9)
8. Abilene Christian - 296-293=589 (+13)
9. Brigham Young - 304-287=591 (+15)
10. Southern Miss - 295-298=593 (+17)
11. Cal Poly - 300-294=594 (+18)
12. Oklahoma City - 309-287=596 (+20)
13. Arkansas State - 307-291=598 (+22)
14. Oral Roberts - 314-296=610 (+34)

Individual Standings (Two Rounds)
T1. Kelli Ann Strand, Nebraska - 70-66=136 (-8)
T1. Melanie Green, South Florida - 72-64=136 (-8)
3. Cameron Carreon, UTSA - 69-68=137 (-7)
4. Jenn David, Sam Houston State - 70-68=138 (-6)
5. Sydney Seigel, Tulsa - 69-71=140 (-4)
T6. Leonor Medeiros, South Florida - 73-68=141 (-3)
T6. Jenni Roller, Tulsa - 71-70=141 (-3)
T6. Andrea Bergsdottir, Colorado State - 71-70=141 (-3)
T9. Nyah Kelly, Kennesaw State - 74-68=142 (-2)
T9. Sofia Torres, Colorado State - 74-68=142 (-2)

Nebraska Individuals
T1. Kelli Ann Strand - 70-66=136 (-8)
T23. Michaela Vavrova - 74-72=146 (+2)
*T42. Andrea Velez - 74-75=149 (+5)
T52. Miu Takahashi - 82-69=151 (+7)
T52. Lena Hassert - 76-75=151 (+7)