The No. 9 Nebraska softball team is set for its first midweek matchup of the year against the Creighton Bluejays, in Omaha, Neb., on Tuesday, March 31. NU enters the weekend following a series victory over No. 7 UCLA. As of Monday, March 30, NU is ranked No. 6 by USA Softball, No. 7 by D1 Softball, No. 8 by Softball America and No. 9 by the NFCA. The Huskers also sit at No. 2 in the NCAA Softball RPI as of March 30.
Nebraska and Creighton are set for first pitch at 5 p.m. (CT) on Tuesday at the new Creighton Softball Stadium.
Last weekend, the Big Red took two of three games against No. 7 UCLA to grab its third conference series win of the season. The Huskers grabbed wins on Friday (4-1) and Sunday (8-4) and took a loss on Saturday (5-6). Alexis Jensen went 2-0 in the circle, while Jordy Frahm grabbed her single-season-record-breaking eighth save of the year. Offensively, Hannah Coor hit .571 and five different Huskers hit home runs, including Frahm, who had three. The Huskers drew a program-record crowd of 3,123 at Saturday’s game and earned a total weekend attendance of 8,383, which was also a program best.
Tuesday’s game - and every game this season - will have a free radio broadcast with Nate Rohr on the call. The radio broadcast is available at Huskers.com/listen and on the official Huskers app. Tuesday’s contest will also be streamed on ESPN+.
Leading Off
- As of March 30, the Huskers are ranked No. 9 in the NFCA Poll. NU is tabbed No. 6 by USA Softball, No. 7 by D1 Softball and No. 8 by Softball America.
- Jordy Frahm and Ava Kuszak were both named to the Top 50 Watch List for the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year.
- The Huskers now have two wins over top-ranked teams this season -- 8-5 over Texas on Feb. 7 and 3-2 over Texas Tech on Feb. 15.
- Nebraska’s team captains for the 2025 season are Jordy Frahm, Ava Kuszak and Alina Felix.
- Nebraska’s series win over UCLA was its first top-10 series win since 2013 against Michigan.
- This season, NU has played 10 teams that are currently ranked in the top 25 of the NFCA Poll. The Big Red has nine wins over those teams.
- As of March 30, Nebraska is second in the NCAA Softball RPI and had the toughest non-conference schedule in the nation, according to the NCAA Statistics website.
- Jordy Frahm broke the single-season saves record with her eighth last weekend. The previous record of seven was held by current head coach Rhonda Revelle.
Huskers Off to Hot Start in Big Ten Play
Nebraska is off to an 8-1 start in Big Ten competition with sweeps of Michigan and Michigan State and a series victory over top-10 UCLA.
• In nine conference games so far, the Big Red is outscoring its opponents 54-20 and outhitting its opponents 85-44. Nebraska’s offense has hit 19 homers in conference play, along with 10 doubles and two triples.
• The highlight of the Big Ten season so far has been a series win over No. 7 UCLA. The Huskers grabbed wins on Friday and Sunday of last weekend.
• Hannah Coor leads the Husker offense with 13 hits during the Big Ten season. She adds three doubles and a triple. Hannah Camenzind has a team-high 11 RBIs in conference play, while Jordy Frahm has knocked five home runs. Alexis Jensen adds 11 hits and nine RBI, while Ava Kuszak has contributed eight hits and Kacie Hoffmann has nine.
• Jensen and Frahm have combined to pitch 50.0 of NU’s 62.0 innings in Big Ten competition. Frahm has an ERA of 2.18 and a 2-1 record, while Jensen is 5-0 with 30 strikeouts and a 2.42 ERA.
Tough Schedule Paying Off for the Big Red
With a majority of its non-conference schedule played, the Nebraska softball team is positioning itself to host an NCAA Regional in 2026.
Pitching Trio Emerging for Huskers
The pitching staff of Jordy Frahm, Alexis Jensen and Hannah Camenzind has been impressive for the Huskers so far, with the three combining for 25 of Nebraska’s 26 wins in the circle. All three have been the Big Ten Pitcher of the Week at some point this season, marking the first time that NU has had three different pitchers win Big Ten Pitcher of the Week in the same season.
• Frahm and Jensen have started 24 games for the Big Red and have a combined record of 21-6. The two have accounted for every win the Huskers have against a ranked team this season. In the games that Jensen has started and Frahm has come in in relief, the two combine for a record of 9-0 and an ERA of 1.95 with 92 strikeouts.
• There are only three Division I pitchers in the country to have struck out 120+ batters and allowed fewer than 20 walks -- two of them are Frahm and Jensen. The other is Maya Johnson from Belmont.
• In the Huskers’ win over then-No. 1 Texas on Feb. 7, Jensen tossed the first three innings before Frahm came in and threw four innings with no runs to claim the win. When NU beat then-No. 1 Texas Tech, Jensen grabbed the win, as she pitched the first four innings of the game and allowed only one earned run. Frahm threw a perfect final three innings with four strikeouts to claim the save.
• Frahm has more saves (8) than all the other pitchers in the Big Ten combined.
• Hannah Camenzind had a solid weekend at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic, solidifying her place in NU’s pitching rotation and earning her Big Ten Pitcher of the Week honors. Camenzind went 2-0 in the circle and threw a five-inning no-hitter against Hawaii. She tossed 10.0 innings last weekend and allowed no runs and only four hits. Her opponents averaged .118 at the plate.
• Camenzind is 4-0 this season and has not posted a loss since March 1, 2025.
Huskers Relying on Experience
The Nebraska softball team will rely on its experience in 2026, as the squad includes 12 seniors and 10 players with 100+ games played in their careers.
• Nebraska returns 97% of its innings pitched from last year, including 58% from 2025 NFCA Player of the Year Jordy Frahm.
• The Big Red welcomes back 84% of its at-bats from last season, including the top nine batting averages. Frahm and Ava Kuszak highlight the returning bats, as both are in the top 10 in school history for single-season batting average (Frahm, 1st, .462; Kuszak, 7th, .412).
• Ten total Huskers on this year’s roster have played 100+ games in their career and 10 have started more than 80 games.
• The Huskers’ 23-player roster includes 12 seniors and 17 total upperclassmen, 15 of which were on last season’s Super Regional team.
• With last year’s Super Regional berth, 20-of-23 (87%) of the NU’s 2026 squad has experience being in the NCAA Tournament. Frahm and Hannah Coor have WCWS experience and won national championships at Oklahoma.
A Look at the Huskers' Newcomers
Nebraska’s 2026 roster includes four newcomers, including two transfers and two true freshmen.
• Hannah Coor is a senior outfielder who came from Oklahoma, where she was a three-time national champion and played with current Husker Jordy Frahm. Coor appeared in 152 games with 25 starts in her time with the Sooners. She owns a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage and has racked up 31 hits and 23 RBI on a .279 batting average. Coor was named a Big Ten Player to Watch prior to the 2026 season.
• Jesse Farrell, a junior catcher from UNLV, is the Huskers’ second transfer for 2026. Farrell was on the All-Mountain West second team in 2025 and was tabbed Second-Team NFCA All-West Region in 2024. Also in 2024, she was one of 25 finalists for the National Freshman of the Year. In her two years at UNLV, Farrell played in 100 games and started 99. She has 221 putouts with 139 assists in her career, along with a .338 batting average with 100 hits, 74 RBI and 19 homers.
• Nebraska adds freshman two-way phenom Alexis Jensen to its pitching staff and batting order in 2026. Jensen, a state champion at Gretna, was a MaxPreps Second-Team All-American in 2025 and a two-time Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year. Jensen was also a three-time Nebraska-All State Team member and owns Gretna program records in batting average (.445), career wins (83), strikeouts (959) and ERA (1.30). Jensen is a D1 Softball and Softball America Freshman to Watch.
• Skarlett Jones rounds out the newcomers for Nebraska. Jones played with Jensen and redshirt freshman Carlie Muhlbach at Gretna, where she was a state champion in 2024. Jones was on the Nebraska All-State team twice and was a two-time Omaha World-Herald All-Nebraska selection. She posted a .409 batting average and .502 on-base percentage in her high school career.
NU's Offense Last Season
Huskers Earn Preseason Recognition
The Big Red have garnered preseason honors, both team and individual, in 2026.
• For the third straight season, the Huskers were ranked in every preseason poll. NU earned its highest spot from D1 Softball and USA Softball, both of which ranked the Huskers No. 9. Nebraska was tabbed No. 10 by the NFCA and No. 11 by Softball America.
• Jordy Frahm was named to the Top 50 Watch List for the USA Softball Player of the Year for the second straight season. She was a top-three finalist for the award last year. Frahm was tabbed a Preseason First-Team All-American by both D1 Softball and Softball America and was the No. 2 overall player for both outlets. She was Softball America’s No. 1 two-way player and D1 Softball’s No. 2 pitcher and two-way player. Frahm was also named a Big Ten Player to Watch.
• Ava Kuszak was also on the Top 50 Watch List for USA Softball Player of the Year and was a Big Ten Player to Watch. She was a D1 Softball Preseason Second-Team All-American and the outlet’s No. 24 overall player and No. 4 shortstop. Softball America tabbed her the No. 43 overall player and No. 5 shortstop.
• Alexis Jensen was tabbed a Freshman to Watch by both Softball America and D1 Softball.
• Hannah Camenzind was Softball America’s No. 90 overall player and the No. 5 two-way player.
• Hannah Coor was named a Big Ten Player to Watch.
Frahm Back for Final Season
2025 NFCA Player of the Year and First-Team All-American Jordy Frahm returns for her final season of college softball. Frahm (previously Jordy Bahl) got married to former Husker baseball player Trey Frahm over the summer and changed her last name.
• Frahm earned numerous major national accolades last season, including being named a top three finalist for both the Honda Award for Softball and the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Award.
• The two-way star was a First-Team All-American for the third time in her career and was named the NFCA DI Player of the Year after leading the Huskers to their first Super Regional appearance since 2014.
• Frahm was both the 2025 Big Ten Player of the Year and Big Ten Pitcher of the Year. She is the first athlete in Big Ten history to earn both awards in the same season.
• The Papillion, Neb., native owns the top season marks in school history in extra-base hits (41), home runs (23), runs scored (72), total bases (167), batting average (.462) and slugging percentage (.988).
• Frahm ended the season ranked in the top 10 nationally in hits allowed per seven innings (2nd), runs per game (4th), shutouts (4th), total bases (4th), runs (5th), strikeouts (5th), batting average (6th), complete games (6th), slugging percentage (6th), strikeouts per seven innings (6th), wins (6th), WHIP (6th), home runs (7th), ERA (8th), games started (8th) and home runs per game (9th).
• Frahm became the first player in NCAA history with more than 20 wins in the circle and more than 20 home runs at the plate in the same season.
• She was the first Husker ever with 15+ home runs and 15+ doubles in the same season, and the second Husker in history to record 60+ hits, runs and RBI in the same season.
• Frahm became the first player since 2017 to score more runs (72) than she allowed (68) with a minimum of 130 innings pitched.
Nebraska Natives Power Red Team
Nebraska softball’s 2026 roster boasts 11 local products, which is 48% of the team.
• The Huskers’ 11 Nebraska natives come from seven different towns throughout the state -- Gretna, Valley, Omaha, Lincoln, Elkhorn, Blair and Papillion.
• Seniors Lauren and Hannah Camenzind, Bella Bacon, Kacie Hoffmann and Jordy Frahm all chose different programs out of high school and transferred back to Nebraska to finish out their careers.
• Shortstop Ava Kuszak is from Colorado, but played club ball for Nebraska Gold with Frahm and Bacon.
Nebraska's Pitching Staff
The Huskers return 97% of their innings pitched from last season, including 206.1 from two-way player Jordy Frahm. NU also welcomes back Kylee Magee, Hannah Camenzind and Emmerson Cope and adds freshman Alexis Jensen.
• Frahm pitched the majority of the Huskers’ innings last year and grabbed a 26-8 record. Her 26 wins were the sixth-most in the country. She finished the year with an ERA of 1.56, eight shutouts and 286 strikeouts. Her opponents logged a batting average of just .156.
• Going into the 2026 season, Frahm has the second-lowest ERA (1.27) of any active player in D1. She also has the third-most wins (70), fourth-most career strikeouts (686) and the fourth-most shutouts (23).
• Kylee Magee amassed a record of 8-4 with an ERA of 4.38 in her first season back from injury. She logged 45 strikeouts to 37 walks in 48.0 innings pitched.
• Magee was on the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team her first year at Arizona State and has a 13-11 record in her career with an ERA of 3.81.
• Hannah Camenzind threw the second-most innings for the Huskers last year at 63.0. The two-way player also had the second-lowest ERA on the team at 3.11 and totaled a record of 5-2 in 24 appearances in the circle.
• In her career, Camenzind is 19-5 with an ERA of 3.11 and 96 strikeouts.
• Emmerson Cope tossed 29.1 innings last season and posted a 4.06 ERA. She was 4-1 in the circle in 2025 with nine strikeouts.
• Alexis Jensen will add even more depth to the Huskers’ pitching staff, as she was a MaxPreps Second-Team All-American in high school and a two-time Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year. Jensen has the Gretna records in career wins (83), strikeouts (959) and ERA (1.30).
Scouting Creighton (18-18, 7-2 big east)
Creighton is an even 18-18 this season with a 7-2 record in conference play. The Bluejays are 7-3 when playing at Creighton Softball Stadium. Nebraska and Creighton share common opponents in Omaha and Seattle. NU is 3-0 against those opponents, while Creighton is 3-1.
• Tara Vandewater leads the Bluejay offense with a 1.138 OPS and a .388 batting average. She has 37 RBIs on 40 hits, including seven doubles, three triples and six homers. Lily West hits .366 with seven doubles and three home runs, while Zoey Greenwood adds 26 RBIs.
• Erika Perez boasts a 1.127 OPS with 34 hits and 24 RBIs. Wichita State transfer Avery Barnard bats .325 with nine doubles, while Kaelan Schultz is 31-for-99 with eight doubles and four home runs. Keegan Mayhue has registered 28 RBIs, the second-highest total on the team.
• Audrey Gilman has thrown 98.1 innings for the Bluejays and has an 8-7 record in the circle. She owns a 4.56 ERA with 56 strikeouts and 59 walks, along with 64 earned runs on 123 hits. Brooklyn Patchen (4.70 ERA, 4-6 record) and Ava Drehs (5.87 ERA, 4-2 record) have also thrown significant innings for Creighton.
• Head Coach Krista Wood is in her fourth season with the Bluejays and 20th in her career. She has a total record of 614-413 and is 106-96 at Creighton.