Anderson took over the Husker program when it was at its peak after Dave Van Horn left for Arkansas in 2002. Anderson, with a loaded team of talent behind Alex Gordon and Joba Chamberlain, made an appearance at the 2005 College World Series. Things haven’t been as rosy in the time since as rumors of player and coach dissent were prevalent in recent times.

A coaching search is currently underway.

A disastrous fifth inning saw Texas state take the lead 4-1 and they didn’t look back. Sophmore Josh Scheffert provided one of the few highlights for the Huskers, going 2-4 including a solo homerun in the second.

Nebraska takes on Air Force this morning at 11:00 AM CT, followed by Washington tonight with a scheduled start of 7:00 PM CT.

Nebraska maintains a 1.5 game lead over Texas A&M in the Big 12 standings.

Komine gave up 4 hits, including a first-inning homerun, but left the game with a 2-1 lead. A’s reliever Houston Street gave up 3 in the ninth in what looked to be blown save opportunity until Oakland rallied for 3 in the bottom half for the win.

Before being called up, Komine had won his last six starts for Triple A Sacramento.

For Saturday:
Nebraska will face San Francisco at 1:05 pm at Hawks Field with television coverage on Net1 and in hi-def on Net-HD.

Miami will square off against Manhattan in the late game at 7:05 pm.

It will be an uphill battle as Nebraska will now need to win 4 straight, starting with the loser of tonight’s Miami – San Francisco game Saturday at 1:05

Alamaba’s starting pitcher for the day, Wade LeBlanc is likely the finest pitcher Nebraska will face all season until post-season play rolls around. With Joba Chamberlain on the bench with a sore arm, Nebraska faced the challenge with a near-capacity crowd of 6,200 in the stands on Friday afternoon.

It just may be another fine run to June.

Probable Pitchers looks like:
Friday: Tony Watson LHP for the Huskers v. Alabama’s ace, Wade LeBlanc LHP
Saturday: Johnny Dorn RHP for Nebraska v. Bernard Robert RHP
Sunday: Husker’s Charlie Shirek RHP v. Tommy Hunter RHP

On a side note, Joba Chamberlain was named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week and Pro-Line Caps National Pitcher of the Week from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) for the week ending March 5.

Leading the charge from Arizona State was first baseman Jeff Larish who took the NU offerings to task and launched a CWS-tying 3 homeruns on the today including a crucial shot in the bottom of the 9th to send the game into extra innings.

The Huskers were down 5-3 going into the 9th but inched closer when Jesse Boyer scored on an Alex Gordon singled through the left side. Joe Simokaitis was then tossed out at third on a David Ledbetter bunt. Freshman Andy Gerch then stepped to the plate and launched a 3 run shot to left giving Nebraska a 7-5 lead.

Errors uncharacteristically plagued the Huskers today leading to a leadoff baserunner in the bottom half when Seth Dhaenens reached on an error by Jake Optiz. Dhaenens then stole second, advanced to third on a J.J. Sferra bunt and scored on a sacrifice fly by Joe Persichina. While Nebraska managed to clear the bases by doubling off Sferra on Persichina’s sacrifice, it brought Jeff Larish to plate and he promptly hit his 3rd shot of the game to deepest part of centerfield.

Both teams sent four to the plate in the 10th but neither managed to mount an offensive threat.

Nebraska stayed quiet in the top half of the 11th, with a foul out by Gordon, a single by Ledbetter, and strikeouts by Gerch and Bryce Nimmo. The Sun Devils started with leadoff single by Joey Hooft. A sacrifice bunt by Dhaenens then moved Hooft to second. A single by Sferra pushed the winning across the plate.

Nebraska is eliminated and Arizona State moves on face Florida needing two wins to advance to the championship.