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Revision as of 14:40, 19 April 2008

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The 2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team is Mike Anderson's 6th year at Head coach. The huskers play their home games at Hawks Field.

Pre-Season

Potential, Promise, Proven is the Huskers motto for the year. While 8 pitchers from 2007 left for the draft, the 2008 Cornhuskers team is the youngest for Mike Anderson with 15 newcomers plus 5 of last years redshirts. [1] Nebraska plays 8 teams that made the 2007 NCAA tournament including 5 one seeds. [2] The baseball team was picked to finish sixth in the Big 12 by a vote of the league coaches with 36 points and no first place votes.[3]

Coaches

[4]

Name Title First Season at NU
Mike Anderson Head Coach 2003
Dave Bingham Assistant Coach 2005
Eric Newman Assistant Coach 2007
Nate Thompson Volunteer Assistant Coach 2008

Roster

[5]

 

Pitchers

  • Johnny Dorn
  • Thad Weber
  • Erik Anderson
  • Dan Jennings
  • Aaron Pribanic
  • Zach Herr
  • Erik Bird
  • Sean Yost
  • Joe Hatasaki
  • Ryan Christenson
  • Matt Freeman
  • Casey Hauptman
  • Michael Mariot
  • Tyler Rank
  

Catchers

  • Mitch Abeita
  • Drew Gray
  • Cody Neer
  

Infielders

  • Craig Corriston
  • Jake Opitz
  • Jeff Tezak
  • Jake Mort
  • Dan Johnston
  • Ben Kline
  

Outfielders

  • Bryce Nimmo
  • Nick Sullivan
  • DJ Belfonte
  • Clay Cuno
  • Tyler Farst
  • David Stewart
  

Schedule/Results

[6]

2008 Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball Game Log
Regular Season
Date Opponent Location Win Loss Save Result Record (Big 12)
Feb. 22 Stanford Palo Alto, California Bleich (1-0) Weber (0-1) L 7-17 0-1
Feb. 22 Stanford Palo Alto, California Dorn (1-0) Davis (0-1) W 9-2 1-1
Feb. 23 Stanford Postponed (rain)
Feb. 24 Stanford Palo Alto, California Inman (1-0) Bird (0-1) Stringer (1) L 2-4 1-2
Feb. 29 UC Riverside Hawks Field Anderson (1-0) Penney (0-1) W 3-2 2-2
Mar. 1 UC Riverside Hawks Field Jennings (1-0) Larkins (1-1) W 10-4 3-2
Mar. 1 UC Riverside Hawks Field Weber (1-1) Applebee (0-2) Nesseth (1) W 5-2 4-2
Mar. 2 UC Riverside Hawks Field Pribanic (1-0) Orozco (0-1) W 13-1 (7) 5-2
Mar. 4 UN-Kearney Hawks Field Hatasaki (1-0) Wrobel (1-3) W 11-2 6-2
Mar. 8 Northern Colorado Hawks Field Dorn (2-0) Reap (1-1) W 12-2 7-2
Mar. 9 Northern Colorado Hawks Field Nesseth (1-0) Peery (1-2) Anderson (1) W 3-2 8-2
Mar. 9 Northern Colorado Hawks Field Weber (2-1) Kazell (0-1) Herr (1) W 8-5 9-2
Mar. 10 Northern Colorado Hawks Field Pribanic (2-0) Keating (2-1) W 7-0 10-2
Mar. 11 South Dakota State Hawks Field Mariot (1-0) Johnson (0-2) W 7-3 11-2
Mar. 14 Kansas State Manhattan, Kansas Herr (1-0) Hoge (0-1) Anderson (2) W 2-1 12-2 (1-0)
Mar. 15 Kansas State Manhattan, Kansas Weber (3-1) Bayuk (0-2) W 11-4 13-2 (2-0)
Mar. 16 Kansas State Manhattan, Kansas Nesseth (2-0) Edwards (1-2) Anderson (3) W 5-3 (10) 14-2 (3-0)
Mar. 18 Arkansas Hawks Field Jennings (2-0) Korbal (0-3) W 6-1 15-2 (3-0)
Mar. 19 Arkansas Hawks Field Richards (1-0) Nesseth (2-1) L 4-9 15-3 (3-0)
Mar. 21 Oklahoma Hawks Field Herr (2-0) Duke (3-2) W 4-2 16-3 (4-0)
Mar. 22 Oklahoma Hawks Field Weber (4-1) Doyle (4-2) Nesseth (2) W 4-3 17-3 (5-0)
Mar. 23 Oklahoma Hawks Field Tie 8-8 (10) 17-3-1 (5-0-1)
Mar. 25 Northern Colorado Hawks Field Jennings (3-0) Klausing (1-3) W 10-0 18-3-1 (5-0-1)
Mar. 26 Northern Colorado Hawks Field Bird (1-1) Banks (0-3) W 9-4 19-3-1 (5-0-1)
Mar. 28 Texas Austin, Texas Dorn (3-0) Shinaberry (1-1) Jennings (1) W 14-4 20-3-1 (6-0-1)
Mar. 29 Texas Austin, Texas Weber (5-1) Wood (2-2) W 2-0 21-3-1 (7-0-1)
Mar. 30 Texas Austin, Texas Boening (2-0) Pribanic (2-1) Green (1) L 12-3 21-4-1 (7-1-1)
April 1 Creighton Postponed until April 23 (Cold Weather)
April 4 Texas Tech Hawks Field Dorn (4-0) Karns (1-5) W 6-2 22-4-1 (8-1-1)
April 5 Texas Tech Hawks Field Weber (6-1) Ramos (1-3) Jennings (2) W 5-2 23-4-1 (9-1-1)
April 6 Texas Tech Hawks Field Pribanic (4-1) Bettis (3-2) Jennings (3) W 5-3 24-4-1 (10-1-1)
April 8 Iowa Canceled (Cold Weather)
April 11 Oklahoma State Stillwater, Oklahoma Oliver (3-2) Dorn (4-1) L 0-1 24-5-1 (10-2-1)
April 12 Oklahoma State Stillwater, Oklahoma Lyons (6-2) Weber (6-2) L 2-19 24-6-1 (10-3-1)
April 13 Oklahoma State Stillwater, Oklahoma Jennings (4-0) Blanford (3-3) W 14-5 25-6-1 (11-3-1)
April 15 Wichita State Hawks Field Bird (2-1) Kelley (4-2) Herr (2) W 3-0 26-6-1 (11-3-1)
April 18 Kansas Hawks Field Dorn (5-1) Czyz (2-4) Jennings (4) W 7-6 27-6-1 (12-3-1)
April 19 Kansas Hawks Field
April 20 Kansas Hawks Field
April 22 Creighton Hawks Field
April 23 Creighton Rosenblatt Stadium
April 25 Baylor Waco, Texas
April 26 Baylor Waco, Texas
April 27 Baylor Waco, Texas
April 29 Western Illinois Hawks Field
April 30 Western Illinois Hawks Field
May 2 Louisiana-Lafayette Hawks Field
May 3 Louisiana-Lafayette Hawks Field
May 4 Louisiana-Lafayette Hawks Field
May 9 Texas A&M Hawks Field
May 10 Texas A&M Hawks Field
May 11 Texas A&M Hawks Field
May 13 Creighton Rosenblatt Stadium
May 16 Missouri Columbia, Missouri
May 17 Missouri Columbia, Missouri
May 18 Missouri Columbia, Missouri

Season Facts

  • Johnny Dorn's 13 Strike out game against Northern Colorado is his career high.[7]
  • Aaron Pribanic threw back to back complete games against UC Riverside and Northern Colorado becoming the first Husker pitcher to toss consecutive complete games since Aaron Marsden in March of 2003.[8]
  • The 14-game win streak Nebraska put together tied for the fourth-longest win streak in school history and the longest since a 15-game win streak in 2000.The Huskers’ streak fell two games shy of the Big 12 record of 16 set by Kansas State (2006) and Texas Tech (2002).[9]
  • The Tie against Oklahoma on March 23 was the first tie for Nebraska since 1996 and the fourth fourth one in league games since the Big 12 established in 1996. [10]
  • The Huskers’ 5-0-1 start in Big 12 play is their best since the league was formed in 1997. The previous start was 5-1 on four occasions, most recently in 2005.[11]

Awards

  • Johnny Dorn
    • Big 12’s Co-Pitcher of the Week (03/10/2008)[12]
  • Craig Corriston
    • Big 12 Player of the Week (03/17/2008)[13]
  • Nick Sullivan
    • Big 12 Player of the Week (03/24/2008)[14]

Rankings

Ranking Movement
Poll Pre-
season		 Feb.
25		 Mar.
3		 Mar.
10		 Mar.
17		 Mar.
24		 Mar.
31		 April
7		 April
14		 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Final
USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll (Top 25) [15] NR --* NR NR 24 17 10 6 9
Baseball America (Top 25) NR[16] NR[17] NR[18] NR[19] 22[20] 19[21] 11[22] 6[23] 9[24]
Collegiate Baseball (Top 30)[25] NR NR NR NR 22 15 9 6 10
NCBWA (Top 35) NR[26] NR[27] NR[28] NR[29] NR[30] 30[31] 22[32] 14[33] 13[34]
Rivals.com (Top 25)[35] NR NR NR NR 21 16 12 6 11
NR = Not Ranked

* USA Today/ESPN did not release a poll after the first weekend of play.

References

  1. ^ Huskers Retooled for 2008 Season
  2. ^ NU's baseball schedule features tourney teams
  3. ^ Huskers Tabbed for Sixth in Big 12 Preseason Poll
  4. ^ Baseball - 2008 Coaches
  5. ^ Baseball - 2008 Roster & Bios
  6. ^ Baseball - 2008 Schedule/Results
  7. ^ Dorn, Huskers Top Northern Colorado
  8. ^ Pribanic, Belfonte Powers Huskers to 7-0 Win
  9. ^ Huskers Host Northern Colorado
  10. ^ Huskers-Sooners Tie Finale
  11. ^ Huskers Host Northern Colorado
  12. ^ Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Weekly Awards Announced (March 10)
  13. ^ Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Weekly Awards Announced (March 17)
  14. ^ Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Weekly Awards Announced (March 24)
  15. ^ USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll
  16. ^ Baseball America Preseason Top 25
  17. ^ College Top 25: Feb. 25
  18. ^ College Top 25: Mar. 3
  19. ^ College Top 25: March 10
  20. ^ College Top 25: March 17
  21. ^ College Top 25: March 24
  22. ^ College Top 25: March 31
  23. ^ College Top 25: April 7
  24. ^ College Top 25: April 14
  25. ^ Collegiate Baseball newspaper poll
  26. ^ 2008 PRESEASON NCBWA POLL
  27. ^ ARIZONA STATE TOPS NCBWA POLL
  28. ^ ARIZONA STATE TOPS NCBWA POLL
  29. ^ ARIZONA STATE TOPS NCBWA POLL
  30. ^ ARIZONA STATE TOPS NCBWA POLL
  31. ^ ARIZONA STATE TOPS NCBWA POLL
  32. ^ ARIZONA STATE TOPS NCBWA POLL
  33. ^ MIAMI TOPS NCBWA POLL
  34. ^ MIAMI TOPS NCBWA POLL
  35. ^ Rivals.com Top 25
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