Jordy Bahl, Hannah Camenzind help Nebraska beat Tennessee 5-2 in

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP)– Jordy Bahl pitched a total game and scored two runs, Hannah Camenzind hit a home run and Nebraska beat Tennessee 5-2 on Friday night in Game 1 at the best-of-three Knoxville Super Regional.Nebraska (43-13), making its 3rd appearance in a very regional and its very first given that 2014. can clinch a berth in the Women’s College World Series with a win in Game 2 on Saturday.Advertisement Bahl(26-6

)gave up 2 work on seven hits with six strikeouts. The junior, who went into the game striking.475 with 23 home runs and 66 RBIs in addition to a 1.50 ERA, had actually reached base upon 15 consecutive plate appearances before she flied out to end the sixth inning.Bland struck double that scored Bahl to offer Nebraska a 2-1 lead in the 3rd inning.

Camenzind led off with a crowning achievement to spark a three-run fourth that made it 5-1. Amanda Ahlin came on as a pinch runner for Gabby Leach, relocated to 3rd on a single by Ella Dodge and then scored on a wild pitch to cut the deficit to 5-2 in the fifth.Bahl had her string of 10 successive scoreless innings broken when Sophia Nugent struck a solo shot to lead off the

2nd and make it 1-1. 6 of Nugent’s last 7 hits have been home runs.Advertisement Karlyn Pickens( 22-9)pitched 3 2/3 innings, quiting five runs– three made– on four hits and 2 strolls with seven strikeouts.

Pickens went into the game with a 0.90 PERIOD (No. 1 nationally) with 252 strikeouts(No. 6 )this season.The Lady Vols are 5-3 perpetuity against Nebraska, though the Cornhuskers have actually won three of the last 4 games. ___ AP college sports: https://apnews.com/hub/college-sports