Nebraska's interim athletic director, Dennis Leblanc, was announced by University of Nebraska Interim President Chris Kabourek. Leblanc has been with the university since 1983 and in his current role since 2015. In a baseball game against Nicholls, the #Huskers faced a tough battle, with players like Josh Caron delivering key hits, leading to a close 7-6 victory. The game featured notable performances from players like Drew Christo and Jaden Collura, with Nebraska ultimately clinching the win.
Whoa. #Huskers up 5-0 with the crack of the bat. Will Walsh launches a full-count pitch into the jet stream and over the wall in right for a grand slam. This after Garrett Anglim is plunked. NU 5-0 in B1.
A 35-pitch T1 for #Huskers RHP Brett Sears, who walks as many batters (two) as he did in his first 25 innings this season. The senior leaves the bags full of Colonels to keep a scoreless game early.
A couple things to watch for Nicholls-Nebraska II: 🔹Stacking lineups. NU with eight righty bats vs. LHP Jack Nelson; Nicholls has six LHHs against RHP Brett Sears. Wind gusting to right may matter. 🔹Can the #Huskers pull away with clutch hitting? 6 for last 42 (.143) w/ RISP.
"His energy is always great. He was the same guy every day and is the same guy still.” Just about anyone in Nebraska athletics the last 40 years has something good to say about Dennis Leblanc. Meet the #Huskers' new interim AD: https://t.co/AkFwIOf84k
Tracy Mitchem, making his third career start, just poked a single into left field to tie the score at 3 with two outs in fifth. Really nice piece of hitting with two strikes. Good response by #Tulane after falling behind in top of inning.
"We were glad to get the first one for Dennis (Leblanc)." A white-knuckle Nebraska baseball win over Nicholls ended with a team photo with the interim AD. More on a night featuring a couple big Josh Caron swings and a wild game-ending sequence. https://t.co/wvcrL0RMhY
Final: Nebraska 7, Nicholls 6. #Huskers pitching atypically wild (6BB) and some misses on offense offset by a five-RBI night from Josh Caron and some key defensive moments. Another close win. NU (11-5) and Nicholls back at it Saturday at 2.
Last chance for Nicholls in T9. Leadoff Colonels single and now #Huskers closer Casey Daiss coming on trying to protect a 7-6 advantage.
Nebraska interim AD Dennis Leblanc at Haymarket Park tonight. Predictably, already long on a first-name basis with many in the press box who congratulated him on his appointment.
#Huskers use three relievers in T8 as Nicholls gets a two-out run on a strikeout-wild pitch sequence. Mason McConnaughey gets a soft grounder to the mound to strand the bases loaded. NU 7-6, mid 8th. A season-high six walks from Nebraska pitching.
Nebraska loads the bases with no outs, then gets to two outs before Josh Caron smashes a first-pitch single up the middle to break the tie. #Huskers back up, 7-5, in B7. A five-RBI night for Caron.
Tie game. A walk, single and walk juice the bags for Nicholls. Then a sac fly and two-run double from pinch hitter Jaden Collura the big blow. Now 5-5 in T7 as Evan Borst takes the mound.
#Huskers recoup a run, loading the bases for a Cole Evans sac fly to right. Nebraska 4-2 into the 6th. Tucker Timmerman in to pitch. Drew Christo's line: 5IP, 4H, 2R(1ER), 0BB, 4K (81 pitches).
Nicholls gets two runs back in T5 on a double, a single, two wild pitches and a dropped flyball in right. #Huskers up 3-2, mid 5th.
Safe to say Josh Caron was hunting the fastball. #Huskers catcher mashes a 95-mph pitch into the terrace seating in right-center -- a three-run homer after Overbeek and Evans reached. Nebraska 3-0 in B4.
#Huskers starter Drew Christo prompting some uncomfortable swings from Nicholls hitters. A couple singles the only damage against him early with 3 Ks. Colonels starter Jacob Mayers has been just as good. Scoreless, mid 3rd.
A couple things to watch for Nicholls-Nebraska I: 🔹Nicholls RHP Jacob Mayers. Electric soph has 31Ks and 2.70 ERA in 20IP and projects as a top 2025 MLB prospect. Watch the command (16 BB). 🔹#Huskers still lineup tinkering. Josh Overbeek (3) and Cole Evans (4) in new spots.
University of Nebraska Interim President Chris Kabourek announced today that Dennis Leblanc will serve as interim athletic director. LeBlanc is the executive associate AD for academics and has been at NU since 1983, when he coached track.
Nebraska Executive Associate Athletic Director for Academics Dennis Leblanc will serve as the interim athletic director for Nebraska, interim university system Chris Kabourek announced Thursday. Leblanc has been in his role since 2015 and has been at UNL since 1983.
The scout for Nicholls-Nebraska baseball. Including a fluid lineup seeking stability in a long homestand, a pillow-soft Colonels schedule and how the #Huskers have already forced opponents to throw more than a game's worth of extra pitches. https://t.co/OcD1sWCgwK