When freshman pitcher Alexis Jensen and the Nebraska softball team opened fall workouts, they weren’t simply trying to develop her like any other freshman. There was hope the Gretna grad could grow into a consistent role for a Nebraska team looking to build a postseason formula capable of surviving the kind of games they just went through this past weekend.
What Nebraska couldn’t have fully known at the time was how vital her role would be.
Jensen arrived in Lincoln with considerable expectations already attached to her name. She was one of the most decorated high school pitchers in Nebraska, earning plenty of statewide and national recognition throughout her high school career…