If the Nebraska softball team marches to the Women’s College World Series for the first time since 2013, it likely won’t be that they pounded their opponents into dust with their offense the way a team like Texas A&M did in their regional opener on Friday. Should the Huskers keep on winning and get all the way to Oklahoma City, it will be the one-two punch of Jordy Frahm and Alexis Jensen, though it might be that combination in a way few teams expect.
Jordy Frahm and Alexis Jensen give Nebraska softball its clearest WCWS formula
While the Huskers’ offense can get it going at times, Rhonda Revelle’s squad tends to hold opponents down with its pitching and wait until it can finally get to the opposition. They did it again on Friday night, tallying just one hit through the first four innings before finally breaking through in the bottom of the fifth to take a 2-1 lead against an upstart South Dakota squad.
The Coyotes came into the regional with a 20-34-1 record after an improbable run through the Summit League Tournament. Nebraska fans would have loved to see the Huskers jump on their opponent early and often, clubbing them to death with big scoring innings, but that’s not really the way this group operates.
Instead, Jensen did her thing, allowing just three baserunners through five innings and waiting for the offense to eventually score just enough for NU to get some breathing room. And then, when the Huskers got that 4-1 breathing room, it was time for the knockout blow. It was time for Jordy Frahm to come in and close things down…