1. Nebraska
4. Illinois-Chicago

2. Creighton
3. NC State

Nebraska is the overall #3 seed in the field of 64.

It was announced today that Nebraska will be hosting a men’s regional, with play starting Friday, June 3rd.

The full listing of Regionals:
Saturday, May 28, are as follows:
Arizona State (33-22), Tempe, Arizona
Baylor (39-20), Waco, Texas
Cal State Fullerton (41-14), Fullerton, California
Clemson (39-21), Clemson, South Carolina
Florida (40-20), Gainesville, Florida
Florida State (50-18), Tallahassee, Florida
Georgia Tech (41-16), Atlanta, Georgia
LSU (38-20), Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Long Beach State (36-20), Long Beach, California
Miami (Florida) (38-17-1), Coral Gables, Florida
Mississippi (44-17), Oxford, Mississippi
Nebraska (50-13), Lincoln, Nebraska
Oregon State (41-9), Corvallis, Oregon
Tennessee (41-19), Knoxville, Tennessee
Texas (45-14), Austin, Texas
Tulane (50-9), New Orleans, Louisiana

Team assignments will be announced Monday, May 30 at 10:30 am Central time with coverage on ESPN.

Tickets:

To purchase tickets, call 1-800-8-BIG-RED beginning Tuesday, May 31or order online at Huskers.com starting at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 29.

All-session ticket prices are as follows:
Reserved - Limited amount of $70 (club) and $63 (upper reserved)
maximum of four reserved tickets per order
General Admission - $56 for adult; $35 for youth

Single-session ticket prices are as follows:
Reserved - $12 (if available)
Adult General Admission - $10 (if available)

Nebraska defeated Baylor 1-0 today to take the Big 12 Tournament Championship for Baseball. This is the 4th title for Husker Baseball and their record 51st win on the season.

Nebraska returns to play on Friday in Regionals.

After losing the first round game to Texas Tech on Thursday, Nebraska has worked their way through the losers bracket. First knocking out Oklahoma, then returning the favor to Texas Tech.

In Saturday’s action, the Huskers doubled dipped Missouri including a dramatic walk off homerun in game one by Daniel Bruce to force game two Saturday night. The night game was all about Husker offense as they drop the tigers 17-9.

The championship game is at 1:00 pm on Sunday with TV coverage from Fox Sports.

Former Husker QB Joe Dailey, who left the team after the Spring Game has now found a new home in North Carolina. It appears Marvin Sanders, defensive coordinator for UNC and a member of the Nebraska coaching staff that recuited Dailey was instrumental in finding Joe a home at Chapel Hill.

After sitting out for 2005, Joe will have two years of eligibility remaining at UNC.

Thanks in part to a series sweep over Kansas State and a crucial loss by Baylor to Missouri, Nebraska Baseball finishes the regular season tied with Baylor as Conference Champions. This is the third title for the Huskers in the past 5 years.

The Big 12 Tournament starts Wednesday with Nebraska rated as the number 1 seed by virture of their head-to-head matchup against Baylor in season play.

Further Reading:
More at Huskers.com.

More at Omaha.com (registration required).

A disappointing end to the Husker Women’s Softball team as Washington moves through the bracket to take the Lincoln Regional and advances on to the super-regional

Regional Recap:
Nebraska beat Iowa 4-0 in the first round, while Washington handed Creighton a 2-1 loss in 11 innings.

Game 3 saw Washington edging out the Huskers 7-6 and sending them to the consolation bracket.

In consolation play, Iowa knocked out Creighton 2-1 in 8 innings, then followed with a revenge win against the Huskers 1-0.

In the championship, Washington soundly defeated the Hawkeyes 2-0 to take the regional championship.

The Huskers take Sunday’s game in dramatic fashion with a walk-off home run from Jesse Boyer in the bottom of the 11th to give Nebraska a 6-5 win and taking the series 2 games to 1.

Next up for Nebraska Baseball is a Tuesday night game against Creighton at Rosenblatt on Tuesday, May 10, followed by a 3 game series at Texas Tech starting May 13.

After a year off, HuskerZone.com is back and under new ownership. Obviously our focus will be on Husker Football, but we will also give the other University of Nebraska sports their due.

Looking forward, we will be rebuilding the site to take on a more professional look, adding message boards, and special events and possibly even some PodCast content.

The Husker baseball team is well down the road to the College World Series and you can expect updates throughout the rest of the season, into the regionals, super regionals, and the CWS.