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05/09 15:05 CDT Nebraska tops UCLA 7-2 to win Big Ten softball title; UCLA's
Grant hits record 38th home run
Nebraska tops UCLA 7-2 to win Big Ten softball title; UCLA's Grant hits record
38th home run
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) --- Jordy Frahm allowed one earned run in a complete
game five-hitter and Nebraska defeated UCLA 7-2 to win the Big Ten softball
championship on Saturday despite a record-setting home run by UCLA's Megan
Grant.
Grant set the Division I single-season home run record with her 38th of the
season, a solo shot to left field that gave UCLA a 2-0 lead in the third inning.
Nebraska bounced back with three runs in the third and two more in the fourth
to take command. The Cornhuskers added two in the sixth for the final score.
With the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the third inning, all three
Nebraska runners scored on a wild play that followed Hannah Camenzind's single.
Kennadi Williams scored from third on the single, pinch runner Katelyn Caneda
scored on a throw to the plate and Hannah Coor came around from first to score
an unearned run after an error on the catcher. Camenzind ended up at third.
With two out in the fourth, Kacie Hoffman fouled off three two-strike pitches
before blasting a two-run home run for a 5-2 Nebraska lead.
In the sixth, Ava Kuszak hit a leadoff home run for Nebraska and with two out
Nessa McMillen scored on an error.
Camenzind and Hoffman drove in two runs each for top-seeded Nebraska (46-6),
ranked second in the nation. Frahm struck out eight and walked one.
Grant had the only RBI for third-seeded and eighth-ranked UCLA (47-8).
The Bruins' Taylor Tinsley (28-6) allowed five earned runs on six hits. She
struck out two and walked two in six innings.
Up next
As the NCAA tournament approaches, the Cornhuskers will be making their 28th
appearance. UCLA anticipates an at-large bid and has a record 50 previous
appearances with a record 12 national championships.
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