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Emily Riggs rounds third after hitting a homer against Nebraska
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UMBC UMBC 26-16
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Winner NEBRASKA NEBRASKA 35-21
UMBC UMBC
26-16
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Final
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NEBRASKA NEBRASKA
35-21
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
UMBC UMBC 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 6 0
NEBRASKA NEBRASKA 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 3 5 0

W: Wallace, Courtney (24-15) L: Coppersmith, Courtney (8-3)

Game Recap: Softball |

Riggs Homers as Softball Takes Nebraska to the Wire

Postgame Press Conference

Stillwater, OK. –  Emily Riggs (Lancaster, Pa.) blasted a two-run homer, as the UMBC Softball team fell to Big Ten foe Nebraska, 3-2, in an NCAA Tournament elimination game on Saturday.

How it Happened:
  • After a scoreless top of the first, Coppersmith struck out the side in the first
  • Karly Keating (Orlando, Fla.) got a one-out single in the second to extend her hitting streak in NCAA Tournament games to four, but was stranded
  • Ashley Della Guardia (Phoenixville, Pa.) singled and Macy Granzow (Glenn Dale, Md.) doubled with two outs in the third, but UMBC couldn't cash in after Nebraska made a jumping catch of a liner at third to escape.
  • Nebraska hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the third to go up 2-0
  • Madison Wilson (Abingdon, Md.) worked a leadoff walk in the fourth and Riggs blasted her two-run shot to right-center to tie it with one out
  • Shanel Stott (Cumberland, Md.) followed the homer with a single to force a Huskers pitching change, but the game would remain tied at two.
  • Granzow was hit by a pitch with one out in the fifth and moved to second on a wild pitch, and Lyndsey Evix (Cumberland, Md.) then worked a walk, but a double play ended the inning.
  • Nebraska would re-take the lead in the bottom of the fifth on a solo homer, and then hit a double, but Coppersmith would get the next three batters to keep it a 3-2 game.
  • Riggs worked a one out walk in the sixth and Jerzie Nutile (Pasadena, Md.) singled with two outs, but both were stranded
  • UMBC could not get any closer, as Nebraska would close out the game in the seventh

Coppersmith finishes her career with 1,023 career strikeouts, the 93rd most in NCAA history

Keating and Coppersmith finish their career with: 
117 wins
4 America East Tournament Championships
4 NCAA Tournament Appearances
3 America East Regular Season Championships
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