2007 Softball Contact: Matt Smith Office: (402) Cell: (402)

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1 April 4-7 Wedneday Thurday Friday Saturday at Kana 3 p.m. Travel Day Huker Prepare for Difficult Stretch of Game After poting a perfect 6-0 record in a trio of doubleheader at Bowlin Stadium lat week, the Nebraka oftball team hope for continued ucce a the Huker head on the road to begin a trecherou portion of their chedule that feature even road game and ix contet againt top-10 foe in a pan of 18 day. Nebraka travel to Lawrence, Kan., for a mid-week matchup with the Kana Jayhawk thi Wedneday, April 4 at 3 p.m. After returning to Lincoln, the Huker will immediately head outh to College Station, Texa, for a two-game howdown with econd-ranked Texa A&M on Friday and Saturday. Should the Aggie hold the No. 2 pot when the new poll i releaed later thi week, they would be the highet ranked opponent the Huker have faced ince opening the 2004 eaon againt top-ranked UCLA. The chedule doen t get any eaier from there, a NU will play three game in three day next week in mid-week action before welcoming No. 9 Texa to Bowlin Stadium for a two-game weekend erie. The gauntlet wrap up with a trip to third-ranked Oklahoma for a two-game erie April 21 and 22. Did You Know? Nebraka ued the ame batting lineup on two occaion lat week, marking the firt time thi eaon the Huker had ued the ame lineup more than once. NU had utilized 33 different lineup through the firt 33 game. Coach Rhonda Revelle ha now ued 35 different lineup in 37 game. Sophomore Brittany Pacale ha 20 walk thi eaon, marking the firt time a Huker ha poted 20 or more walk in a eaon ince Sheena Lawrick drew 33 free pae in Nebraka ha played in 18 one-run game thi eaon, exceeding lat year total from 56 game. The Huker are 13-5 in game decided by one run in 2007 after poting a 9-2 record in Contratly, the Huker 6-0 win in game one of Sunday doubleheader wa NU mot lopided game of the year. Through 37 game, Nebraka ha not run-ruled an opponent after poting 11 run-rule victorie in Molly Hill ha toed a hutout in each of her lat three tart, marking the econd time thi eaon the ophomore ha thrown at leat two conecutive hutout. at Texa A&M 6 p.m. at Texa A&M Noon A the Huker enter the toughet tretch of their chedule, they do o having put together their mot complete game of the eaon lat week to cap an up-and-down threeweek tretch that aw Nebraka win 12 in a row, then loe four in a row before poting it current ix-game win treak. The Huker napped the loing treak by weeping a doubleheader from Drake lat Wedneday in what would be the firt of three doubleheader weep lat week. Nebraka rallied from a 3-0 deficit to force extra-inning before frehman Whitney Barrett capped a three-hit day with a walk-off double in the bottom of the eighth. In game two, ophomore right-hander Molly Hill toed what would be her firt of three hutout on the week, a NU claimed a 3-0 win. The very next day, Hill blanked Colorado State and ophomore Brittany Pacale firt home run of the year lifted NU to a 1-0 win. Senior Jamie Waldecker then hit a walk-off ingle in the bottom of the eventh inning in game two to give the Huker the weep. The Huker then picked up their firt Big 12 Conference victorie of the eaon by weeping Texa Tech, 6-0 and 4-0, on Sunday. Hill picked up hutout No. 3 in game one, while enior right-hander Ahley DeBuhr toed her third career no-hitter in game two Softball Contact: Matt Smith mmith@huker.com Office: (402) Cell: (402) Date Opponent/Tournament Time/Reult Record Feb Paradie Claic (Honolulu, Hawaii) Feb. 8 v. No. 24 Auburn W, 1-0 (8) 1-0 Feb. 8 at Hawaii L, Feb. 9 v. Portland State W, Feb. 9 v. DePaul W, Feb. 10 v. Portland State L, Feb. 11 v. No. 24 Auburn W, 1-0 A4-2 Feb. 11 at Hawaii L, Feb NFCA Leadoff Claic (Columbu, Ga.) Feb. 23 v. Tenneee Tech L, Feb. 23 v. No. 20 Florida State L, 1-2 (9) 4-5 Feb. 24 v. Seton Hall W, Feb. 24 v. Miiippi State W, 7-6 (9) 6-5 Feb. 25 v. No. 18 Georgia W, March 2-4 UNLV Invitational (La Vega, Nev.) March 2 v. Southern Utah W, March 3 v. DePaul L, March 3 v. Freno State L, March 4 v. Delaware State W, March 5 v. No. 18 California W, 5-2 (8) 10-7 March 9-11 Shocker Invitational (Wichita, Kan.) March 9 v. Minneota W, March 9 v. Wetern Illinoi W, March 10 v. Wetern Illinoi W, March 10 v. Minneota W, March 11 at Wichita State W, March Big Red Tournament (Bowlin Stadium) March 16 North Dakota State W, March 16 Arkana^ W, March 17 Arkana^ W, March 17 North Dakota State W, 2-1 (8) 19-7 March 18 North Dakota State^ W, March 18 Arkana^ L, March 21 Creighton^ L, March 24 at No. 17 Baylor* L, March 25 at No. 17 Baylor* L, March 27 Drake^ W, 4-3 (8) March 27 Drake W, 3-0 (5) March 28 Colorado State W, March 28 Colorado State W, April 1 Texa Tech* W, April 1 Texa Tech* W, April 4 at Kana* 3 p.m. April 6 at Texa A&M* 6 p.m. April 7 at Texa A&M* Noon April 9 South Dakota State (DH)^ 4 & 6 p.m. April 11 at Creighton 6 p.m. April 14 Texa* 2 p.m. April 15 Texa* Noon April 17 Iowa State*^ 5 p.m. April 19 at Iowa State* 3:30 p.m. April 21 at Oklahoma* 2 p.m. April 22 at Oklahoma* Noon April 25 Kana*^ 6:30 p.m. April 28 Oklahoma State* 2 p.m. April 29 Oklahoma State* 1 p.m. May 5 at Miouri* 2 p.m. May 6 at Miouri* 1 p.m. May Big 12 Championhip TBA May NCAA Regional TBA May NCAA Super Regional TBA May 31-June 6 WCWS TBA *Big 12 Conference game ^Game broadcat on the Huker Sport Network.

2 Weekly Note #10 April 3 Page 2 Nebraka Quick Fact Head Coach... Rhonda Revelle Alma Mater...Nebraka, 1984 Overall Record (year) (16 year) Overall Winning Percentage Record at NU (year) (15 year) Nebraka Winning Percentage Aociate Coach... Lori Sippel Alma Mater...Nebraka, 1988 Seaon at Nebraka... 18th Year Aitant Coach...Jennifer Ogee Alma Mater... Wahington, 1997 Seaon at Nebraka...Sixth Year Facility/Capacity...Bowlin Stadium/2, Overall Record Big 12 Record (2nd) Letterwinner Returning/Lot... 11/5 Poition Starter Returning/Lot... 5/4 Pitcher Returning/Lot... 3/0 Firt Year of Softball All-Time Record...1, (.646) All-Time Record (NCAA Era Only) (.662) All-Time Conference Record (.598) Big 12 Conference Record (.702) Overall Conference Title...12 Overall Big Eight Conference Title...6 Overall Big 12 Conference Title...6 Big 12 Regular-Seaon Title...3 Big 12 Championhip Title...3 NCAA Tournament Appearance...17 NCAA Tournament Record (.580) NCAA Regional Record (.635) College World Serie Appearance...7 College World Serie Record (.440) Honda Broderick Award Winner...1 Honda Broderick Award Nominee...3 Total All-American...20 Firt-Team All-American...6 Second-Team All-American...11 Third-Team All-American...3 Total Academic All-American...24 Firt-Team Academic All-American...6 Second-Team Academic All-American...8 Third-Team Academic All-American...7 Honorable Mention Academic All-American...3 Student-Athlete Who Have Earned Degree Scouting Kana Kana enter a Tueday doubleheader with Arkana with a nearly identical record a NU. The Jayhawk are in 2007, including a 2-2 mark in league play, while the Huker are and 2-2. The Jayhawk were wept by 16th-ranked and Big 12 leader Baylor in league play lat weekend, but had won four in a row and eight of nine prior to that erie. KU i led by a olid offene and defene. At the plate, Kana i hitting.258 a a team and the Jayhawk have belted 30 home run while averaging nearly four run per game. In the circle, returning All- Big 12 pitcher Kaie Humphrey highlight a taff that ha poted 11 hutout while compiling a collective 1.94 ERA. Offenively, Stevie Crioto lead the team with a.354 average, while Amanda Jobe (.305) i the only other Jayhawk hitting.300 or above. Crioto alo lead the team with digit double, 10 tolen bae and 29 run cored. Elle Pottorf ha been KU top lugger, leading the team with eight home run, 33 RBI and a.615 lugging percentage. Tale of the Tape Nebraka...Category...Kana Record Average Home Run Stolen Bae Run Per Game Run Allowed Per Game ERA Shutout Strikeout Per Game Opponent Avg Fielding Pct In the circle, Humphrey i 12-5 with a 1.99 ERA, but opponent are hitting jut.185 againt her, managing only 74 hit in inning. Valerie George ha been the Jayhawk top pitcher tatitically, compiling an 8-2 record with a 1.66 ERA in 80.0 ining of work. Sarah Vertelka (5-4, 2.25 ERA) ha alo een action in the circle. A Look at the Serie Hitory Kana lead the all-time erie with Nebraka, 52-46, but the Huker are againt the Jayhawk under Coach Revelle. The erie ha been a cloe one, epecially recently a the team have plit the lat 10 meeting dating back to the 2004 eaon. The Huker won two of four from KU lat eaon, weeping the regular-eaon league meeting before the Jayhawk eliminated the Huker in the emifinal of the Big 12 Championhip en route to winning the firt Big 12 title in chool hitory. NU alo fell to Kana, 4-0, at the Tula Tournament in early March, prior to the tart of league play. Pitching dominated each of the three Big 12 meeting, epecially the regular-eaon tilt, a each ide poted a no-hitter in it home tadium. In the firt game in Lawrence, KU Kaie Humphrey toed a no-hitter but lot, a Triha Tannahill cored twice on a paed ball and a wild pitch for the lone run in the Huker 2-0 victory. Ahley DeBuhr toed a four-hit hutout for NU and added 11 trikeout. DeBuhr wa the tar of the how again three week later in Lincoln, a he toed a no-hitter in the Huker 1-0 win. In picking up her econd career no-hitter, DeBuhr urrendered jut two walk and truck out 16. Katie Linke provided the only run of the game a he ingled home Crytal Carwile in the bottom of the fourth. At the Big 12 Championhip in Oklahoma City, Kana ued four Huker error to finally get to DeBuhr in a 2-0 victory. DeBuhr toed a two-hitter and did not allow an earned run while triking out 10, but Humphrey kept the Huker off the coreboard by toing a three-hit hutout. DeBuhr Notche Third Career No-Hitter Senior right-hander Ahley DeBuhr toed the Huker firt no-hitter of the eaon - and the third of her illutriou career - in game two of a doubleheader with Texa Tech lat Sunday. DeBuhr hit three batter and urrendered one walk, but he did not allow a ball to leave the infield while triking out 13, including the final four batter of the game Nebraka Cornhuker Numerical Roter No. Name Po. Ht. Yr. B/T Hometown (Previou School) 2007 Highlight 1 Meghan Mullin OF 5-4 So. L/L Mea, Ariz. (Seton Catholic) hitting.336 a the only tarter hitting.300 or better 2 Devin Porter INF 5-5 Sr. R/R Lakewood, Calif. (Lakewood) lead the team with two home run and rank third with 10 RBI 3 Ahley DeBuhr RHP 5-6 Sr. R/R Beatrice, Neb. (Beatrice) i 12-5 with a 1.46 ERA, but i 3-2 with a 0.56 ERA againt ranked foe 4 Haley Long OF 5-5 So. L/R Brenham, Texa (Blinn College) ha only truck out five time in 85 at bat and 96 plate appearance 7 Carmen Kier INF 5-6 Sr. R/R Renton, Wah. (Liberty) ha tarted every game at third bae 11 Crytal Carwile INF 5-4 So. L/L Chino, Calif. (Don Antonio Lugo) lead the team with one triple and 19 RBI 12 Kimberly Fuller INF 5-3 So. R/R Honolulu, Hawaii (Rooevelt) career-high 19 tart; three of her ix hit have gone for extra bae 13 Molly Hill RHP 5-8 So. R/R Wayne, Neb. (Wayne) ha allowed one earned run or le in 13 of her lat 15 tart 17 Darcy Rutherford OF 5-9 So. L/R Omaha, Neb. (Omaha Central) 19 tart after being primarily a pinch-runner in Whitney Barrett INF 5-5 Fr. R/R Wetumpka, Ala. (Wetumpka) eight hit in five tart lat week; entered the week with jut three hit 22 Jamie Waldecker C 5-8 Sr. R/R Garden Grove, Calif. (Pacifica) i nearly back to 100% health following a broken hand 23 Crytal Gonzalez OF 5-2 Fr. L/R Pomona, Calif. (Diamond Bar) ha been tellar defenively and i 5-of-5 in tolen bae 25 Alex Hupp RHP 5-6 Fr. R/R Olathe, Kan. (Olathe Eat) threw a one-hit hutout in her firt career tart 33 Jaime Borg OF 5-9 Sr. R/R Lincoln, Neb. (Waverly) i hitting.273 while tarting a career-high five game in the field 34 Brittany Pacale C 5-4 So. R/R Frankfort, Ill. (Lincoln Way Eat) firt Huker to draw 20 or more walk in a eaon ince 2005

3 Weekly Note #10 April 3 Page 3 By throwing her third career no-hitter, DeBuhr moved into a four-way tie for econd place on the NU career chart. Each of DeBuhr three no-hitter have come at Bowlin Stadium againt Big 12 competition in the month of April, including one in 2005 againt Iowa State and one lat year againt Kana. Her no-hitter againt the Cyclone alo marked only the third perfect game in chool hitory. Streaking Huker The Huker have been a treaky team of late, poting a winning treak of 12 game before loing four traight and then rebounding with their current ix-game win treak. The 12-game winning treak tied the program longet ince 2002, while the four-game loing treak tied NU longet ince Nebraka treaky play ha not been limited to reult only, however. During the loing treak, the Huker went 23.0 inning without coring a run although the NU pitching taff currently boat a corele inning treak of In fact, in it firt Big 12 Conference erie, the Huker were hut out twice and lat weekend againt Texa Tech, Nebraka hut out the Red Raider twice. In Control in the Circle Nebraka boat one of the top pitching taff in the nation and currently lead the Big 12 Conference with a collective 1.30 ERA. While the duo of enior right-hander Ahley DeBuhr and ophomore right-hander Molly Hill have been conitently olid all year, they tepped up their play lat week to lead NU to a ix-game win treak. In ix game lat week, DeBuhr and Hill combined to pot a 0.68 ERA while toing four hutout. The pair held opponent to a paltry.170 average, highlighted by DeBuhr no-hitter againt Texa Tech. The duo alo poted a whopping 66 trikeout in only 41.0 inning. Hill tretched her career-high corele inning treak to a current 19.1 inning while not allowing a run lat week and toing three hutout. DeBuhr currently own a 8.2-inning corele treak. DeBuhr ha alo poted 10 or more trikeout in each of her lat three game and five or her lat even contet overall. Hill currently lead the Big 12 with a 1.03 ERA and in addition to the Huker league-leading 1.30 team ERA, NU alo lead the league with 307 trikeout and a.195 opponent batting average. In conference-only action, Nebraka lead the league with a 1.08 ERA, two hutout and an 8.35 trikeout-per-even-inning average. Defene Stepping Up Pitching i not the only facet of the game the Huker have improved on lately. Defenively, NU committed jut three error in it ix game lat week. Nebraka ha poted four errorle game in it lat five contet and ha not committed an error in it lat 57 chance. Before the current treak, the Huker had gone an entire game without an error only nine time through the firt 33 contet. NU alo turned one double play and threw out 3-of-10 would-be bae tealer after allowing opponent to uccefully teal nine bae in their previou 10 attempt. Hitting Stride With the pitching and defene performing the bet it ha all eaon, the Huker offene came around lat week to give NU the miing piece of the puzzle. With all three facet of the game beginning to click, the Huker are playing their bet ball of the eaon entering their mot difficult tretch of the eaon. After being held corele for 23 inning - including being hut out in back-to-back game for the firt time ince the Nebraka offene increaed it hit and run output lat week. The Huker hit.268 a a team in ix game lat week and produced back-to-back game with 10 or more hit after recording a double-digit hit total only three time through the firt 34 game. Even when the Huker weren t pounding out a lot of hit, they were maximizing the hit they did get. In a 1-0 victory againt Colorado State, Nebraka wa out-hit 6-1 and the Huker had only one baerunner the entire game. That lone baerunner wa ophomore Brittany Pacale, who hit a olo home run to lift the Nebraka to the victory. Not urpriingly, the Huker trong overall play led Nebraka to pot it larget and econd-larget margin of victory thi eaon againt Texa Tech in it lat two game. Let Play Two Nebraka wept each of it three doubleheader lat week and the Huker have now wept nine conecutive doubleheader - including two againt Big 12 foe - dating back to NU ha plit only once in it lat 11 doubleheader with that coming againt fourth-ranked Oklahoma at Bowlin Stadium in The Huker, meanwhile, haven t been wept in a doubleheader ince loing a pair to Miouri in Overall, Nebraka ha gone 30 conecutive doubleheader without being wept. In it current treak - which cover 18 contet - the game have rarely even been cloe. The Huker two onerun victorie in doubleheader weep of Drake and Colorado State lat week were a many one-run game a NU had played in it lat ix doubleheader (12 game). Overall, Nebraka ha outcored it opponent during it current treak and the pitching ha been epecially tellar, poting eight hutout, including four during lat week three weep. USA Today/NFCA Coache Poll (March 28) Rk. Team Record Pt. LW 1. Tenneee (24) Texa A&M* Alabama Oklahoma* Arizona LSU Arizona State Northwetern Texa* Michigan UCLA Wahington Oregon Stanford Louiiana-Lafayette Baylor* Oregon State Southern Illinoi Florida Illinoi State Hawaii* Georgia* DePaul* North Carolina State North Carolina NR *2007 Huker opponent USA Softball/ESPN.com Poll (March 27) Rk. Team Record Pt. LW 1. Tenneee (17) Texa A&M (1)* Oklahoma (1)* Alabama (1) Arizona LSU Northwetern Michigan Arizona State Texa* Stanford Baylor* t Oregon t UCLA Louiiana-Lafayette Wahington Illinoi State DePaul* Oregon State Southern Illinoi Hawaii* Florida NR 23. North Carolina NR 24. Georgia Tech Virginia Tech *2007 Huker opponent Week-by-Week Ranking Date NFCA ESPN Record Preeaon 15th 15th 0-0 Feb th 20th 4-3 Feb t 21t 4-3 Feb rd NR 7-5 March 6 NR NR 10-7 March 13 NR NR 15-7 March 20 NR NR 20-8 March 27 NR NR 20-11

4 Weekly Note #10 April 3 Page 4 Nebraka Head Coach Rhonda Revelle 15th Seaon at Nebraka (.669) record at NU (.660) career record 6 Big 12 Title 2 WCWS Team 14 All-American 17 Academic All-American Honor and Award 2002 Midwet Region Coaching Staff of the Year 2001 Big 12 Coach of the Year 1998 Big 12 Coach of the Year 1998 NFCA Midwet Coaching Staff of the Year 1997 Nebraka Softball Hall of Fame Inductee 1995 Big Eight Coach of the Year 1995 Midwet Region Coach of the Year Coaching Stop Head Coach 1993-preent... Nebraka Nebraka Weleyan Aitant Coach San Joe State Cal State-Hayward Nebraka Weleyan Coaching Ledger Head Coach (1987, 1993-preent at Nebraka) Year Record Conf. Place Tourn. 1987# 8-16 N/A N/A N/A * 5th N/A * 6th N/A * 3rd N/A ^ 4th 2nd ^ 4th 5th ^ 1t 1t ^ 4th 2nd ^ 2nd 1t ^ 1t 5th ^ 3rd 2nd ^ 6th 4th ^ 1t 1t th 5th nd 4th Total #Nebraka Weleyan, *Big Eight, ^Big 12 Revelle v. the Big 12 Opponent Record Revelle v. Counterpart* Baylor Iowa State Kana Miouri Oklahoma Oklahoma State Texa Texa A&M Texa Tech *only include game at each coach current chool A Look at the Expected Lineup 1. Whitney Barrett, 2B (19 tart,.234, 0 HR, 3 RBI) Barrett earned 13 tart at econd bae through the firt 22 game of the eaon, before being limited by a hand injury. Barrett returned to tart all ix game lat week, and ha moved into the leadoff role in the order. Barrett returned lat week and had eight hit in ix game after entering the week with only three career hit. 2. Meghan Mullin, RF (37 tart,.336, 0 HR, 8 RBI) Mullin aw limited action a a frehman in 2006, but howed good patience and bat control in the box. A a regular tarter thi eaon, Mullin ha already urpaed her frehman total in nearly every category and he lead the team with 38 hit, a.336 average and 10 tolen bae, while recording her firt career extra-bae hit. 3. Crytal Carwile, 1B (37 tart,.291, 1 HR, 19 RBI) Carwile burt onto the cene a a frehman in 2006, homering three time in her firt weekend en route to finihing with 12 home run, one hy of the NU frehman record. Carwile began the 2007 eaon lowly after miing the offeaon with houlder urgery, but ha emerged recently and ha 15 RBI in her lat 18 game. 4. Jamie Waldecker, C (14 tart,.200, 1 HR, 4 RBI) A clutch hitter with power, Waldecker i alo one of the bet defenive catcher in the Big 12 Conference. A broken hand forced her to mi 18 game, but he made a dramatic return, tarting her firt game at catcher in 25 game againt Drake on March 27 and finihing with two RBI, including a walk-off RBI ingle. 5. Brittany Pacale, DP (35 tart,.255, 1 HR, 7 RBI) Pacale howed continued improvement throughout 2006 and emerged a one of NU mot clutch hitter. Pacale had three eventh-inning, pinch-hit at bat that reulted in the game-tying run. In 2007, he ha drawn a teamhigh 20 walk to become the firt Huker ince 2005 to draw 20 walk in a eaon. 6. Devin Porter, SS (37 tart,.263, 2 HR, 10 RBI) Porter ha made great progre a a player through her firt three eaon in the Huker program. She ha been named the Huker Mot Improved Player in each of the lat two year and enjoyed her bet eaon in 2006, when he earned econd-team All-Big 12 honor after leading the Huker with a.360 average in league play. 7. Alex Hupp, LF (21 tart,.113, 1 HR, 4 RBI; 4 tart, 2-0, 1.98 ERA, 12 K, 17.2 IP) A two-time NFCA High School All-American, Hupp i a olid pitcher who can alo hit. She toed a one-hit hutout in her firt career tart and boat an ERA under Hupp ha moved to the outfield o her bat can be in the lineup. She i hitting jut.113 thi year but ha three double, a homer and four RBI. 8. Haley Long, CF (29 tart,.271, 0 HR, 11 RBI) Long wa a late find for the Huker a he wa brought in thi pat ummer to add depth to the outfield. Long ha appeared in 30 of NU 35 game and rank third among all tarter with a.271 average. She ha alo recorded four double and 11 RBI, while triking out only twice, drawing ix walk and being hit by two pitche. 9. Carmen Kier, 3B (37 tart,.190, 0 HR, 9 RBI) Kier i in her econd eaon a the everyday tarter at third after belting a career-high five homer and driving in a career-high 19 in Known a a patient hitter, Kier ha drawn 46 career walk, including eight thi eaon to rank econd on the team. She alo boat power a nearly 30 percent of her career hit have gone for extra bae. 10. Ahley DeBuhr, RHP (16 tart, 12-5, 1.46 ERA, 160 K, IP; 10 tart,.200, 1 HR, 4 RBI) DeBuhr continued to be more dominant in the circle, following her econd-team All-Big 12 and All-Midwet honor from 2005 with firt-team election in One of 50 player named to the 2007 USA Softball Preeaon Player of the Year Watch Lit, he ha two hutout and ha five tart againt ranked team (3-2 record). Jaime Borg, OF (5 tart,.273, 0 HR, 0 RBI) Borg moved back to the outfield after being the Huker No. 3 pitcher in each of the pat two eaon. She recorded ha three hit thi eaon after having only one career hit entering her enior eaon. Kimberly Fuller, 2B (19 tart,.130, 1 HR, 7 RBI) In limited action in 2006, Fuller went 2-for-11, but drew three walk to pot a.357 on-bae percentage. She ha plit time at econd bae with Whitney Barrett, earning 19 tart thi eaon. Crytal Gonzalez, OF (23 tart,.214, 0 HR, 0 RBI) Labeled a probably the bet defenive propect in Southern California by the Lo Angele Time, Gonzalez ha hown great range and a trong arm. She uffered a knee injury that ha kept her out of the lat two game. Darcy Rutherford, OF (21 tart,.250, 0 HR, 2 RBI) Rutherford i arguably the Huker mot improved player. Primarily a pinch runner in 2006 when he appeared in 25 game and cored four run, Rutherford went 2-for-4 in the firt weekend to pot her firt career hit. Molly Hill, RHP (17 tart, 12-6, 1.03 ERA, 135 K, IP) Hill i the Huker No. 2 pitcher, but ha the credential to be the ace of nearly any taff. A a frehman, Hill went 18-2 to etablih a chool-record.900 winning percentage. She i 12-6 thi year with a Big 12-low 1.03 ERA. Winninget Coache in NU Hitory (all port by win) 1. John Sander, Baeball, ; 20 year 2. Terry Pettit, Volleyball, ; 23 year 3. Rhonda Revelle, Softball, ; 15 year* 4. Tony Sharpe, Baeball; ; 31 year 5. Tom Oborne, Football; ; 25 year *active Porter Set School Record Senior Devin Porter wa hit by a pitch in game two of Sunday doubleheader with Texa Tech, marking the fourth time thi eaon Porter ha been hit by a pitch. Porter ha now been hit by 18 pitche in her career, breaking the previou chool record of 17, et by Triha Tannahill jut lat eaon.

5 Weekly Note #10 April 3 Page 5 DeBuhr Reache Miletone When enior right-hander Ahley DeBuhr truck out the firt batter of what proved to be a 16-trikeout performance in game two of a March 28 doubleheader with Colorado State, the trikeout marked the 800th of her career. DeBuhr i one of only four pitcher in Nebraka hitory to record 800 or more career trikeout and the Beatrice native need jut 11 more trikeout to pa her pitching coach, Lori Sippel, for third place on the NU chart. DeBuhr i 117 trikeout away from tying Peache Jame chool record and ha an outide hot to reach Jame mark. Barrett Boot Huker Returning to the lineup for the firt time in 10 game, frehman Whitney Barrett enjoyed a tremendou week, a he urpaed her career total in hit, run and RBI in only ix game lat week. Barrett went 3-for-4 againt Drake in her firt tart in two week and added a walk-off double in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift Nebraka to a 4-3 victory that napped a eaon-high four-game loing treak for the Huker. Entering the game, Barrett wa jut 3-for-26 with one RBI in her career. Barrett then moved into the leadoff pot in the order in the next game and tarted the next five contet in that pot. In thoe five game, he hit.296 after all of the Huker previou leadoff batter had combined for jut a.200 average through the firt 32 game. Barrett move to the leadoff pot parked a Huker offene that had been hut out in two of it lat three game, a Nebraka cored 17 run in five game with Barrett batting leadoff, including five run from Barrett. In her firt game at the leadoff pot, Barrett went 1-for-2 with a walk and cored a career-high two time. In fact, entering the game Barrett had cored jut three time in her firt 21 career game. Barrett then aw the firt at bat of her Big 12 career on Sunday and reponded in a big way, finihing 4-for-8 in a doubleheader weep of Texa Tech. Barrett went 2-for-4 in each game and totaled an RBI and two run cored. On the week, Barrett wa 8-for-21 (.381) with a pair of RBI and five run cored while leading Nebraka to ix traight victorie. Barrett nearly tripled her career hit total (8-to-3) on the week, while doubling her career RBI total (2-to-1) and nearly doubling her career run cored total (5-to-3). Barrett alo finihed with three multi-hit game, the firt of her career, while adding the firt game-winning RBI of her career and etablihing a career-bet two-game hitting treak on two occaion. Barrett wa alo outtanding defenively, playing error-free ball while making everal outtanding play, including a pectacular diving catch that preerved an eventual no-hitter for Ahley DeBuhr on Sunday againt Texa Tech. Waldecker Return Frehman Whitney Barrett wa not the only welcomed addition to the Huker lineup lat week. Senior Jamie Waldecker had the cat removed from her broken left hand and not only received ome at bat, but alo made her firt tart behind the plate ince Feb. 24. Waldecker, who uffered the broken hand againt Florida State on Feb. 23, had been available to hit the pat two week, although her effectivene wa limited by her cat. Waldecker made her initial return againt Arkana on March 18, but wa able to only wing with one hand. She did go 1-for-3 with an RBI, however. The econd game of Wedneday doubleheader with Colorado State marked her full return, a he wa not only in the lineup but wa behind the plate a well. She immediately made her preence felt a he went 1-for-3 with a pair of RBI while delivering a walk-off, RBI ingle in the bottom of the eventh inning. Waldecker return hould not only be a big boot to the Huker offene, but her preence behind the plate could be jut a big. One of the top defenive catcher in the conference, Waldecker boat a trong and accurate throwing arm and i tough to teal againt. Opponent have tolen only four bae in eight trie in Waldecker 12 game behind the plate. In contrat, opponent have tolen 35 bae in 43 attempt againt the Huker without Waldecker behind the plate. A Conitent Winning Combination Nebraka homegrown pitching duo of enior Ahley DeBuhr and ophomore Molly Hill have each poted at leat 10 victorie for the econd traight eaon. DeBuhr - who ha won at leat 10 game for three conecutive eaon - ha 11 victorie thi eaon, while Hill - who won 18 game a a frehman lat eaon - alo boat 11 win. With both pitcher reaching double-figure in win, it mark only the econd time in the Big 12 era - dating back to the 1996 eaon - that the ame pair of Huker pitcher have both poted 10 or more victorie in conecutive eaon. DeBuhr and Hill join excluive company, a Jenny Vo and Leigh Ann Walker accomplihed the feat in and Walker teamed up with Peache Jame to accomplih the feat in Vo, Walker and Jame were each a firt- or econd-team All-American hurler for the Huker. Hill and DeBuhr have combined for three hutout and have held the opponent corele in four of their lat ix game. Big 12 Conference Standing (game through 4/1) Rk. Team Big 12 Overall 1. Baylor Miouri Oklahoma Texa A&M Nebraka Kana Oklahoma State Texa Iowa State Texa Tech Big 12 Player of the Week Date Player School Po. Feb. 13 Megan Gibon* TAMU P/1B Feb. 20 Ahley Monceaux BU 1B Feb. 28 Mariee Mena*^ OU INF March 6 Megan Gibon TAMU P/1B March 13 Alex Colyer^ BU INF March 20 Samantha Rickett* OU C Courtney Totte OSU C March 27 Norrelle Dickon^ OU 3B *NFCA National Player of the Week ^USA Softball National Player of the Week Big 12 Pitcher of the Week Date Player School Po. Feb. 13 Amanda Scarborough^ TAMU RHP Feb. 20 Meagan Denny UT RHP Feb. 28 Megan Gibon TAMU RHP March 6 Lauren Eckermann OU RHP March 13 Lia Ferguon* BU RHP March 20 Lauren Eckermann OU RHP March 27 Lia Ferguon BU RHP *NFCA National Player of the Week ^USA Softball National Player of the Week Nebraka All-Big 12 Athletic Honoree Crytal Carwile Second-Team All-Big 12 (2006) Ahley DeBuhr Firt-Team All-Big 12 (2006) Second-Team All-Big 12 (2005) Two-Time Big 12 Pitcher of the Week Big 12 Championhip All-Tournament Team (2006) Devin Porter Second-Team All-Big 12 (2006) Jamie Waldecker Second-Team All-Big 12 (2004 & 2006) Nebraka in the Big 12 Ranking Rk. Category Game Avg. 2nd Team Batting Average Rk. Category Game Avg. 1t Team ERA Rk. Category Game Pct. 5th Team Fielding

6 The Lat Time Nebraka... Scored 10 or more run:...at Texa Tech (10-4 [10]), 4/23/06 Scored 15 or more run:...v. Illinoi (21-1), 2/24/06 Scored 20 or more run:... v. Illinoi (21-1 [6]), 2/24/06 Allowed 10 or more run:... v. UCLA (1-10), 2/13/04 Allowed 15 or more run:... v. Iowa (1-15), 3/22/97 Recorded 15 or more hit:... v. Illinoi (16), 2/24/06 Recorded 20 or more hit:...v. UMKC (21), 4/11/96 Hit ix or more double:...v. UMKC (6), 4/11/96 Hit four or more home run:... v. Illinoi (4), 2/24/06 Hit two or more triple:...v. Northern Colorado (2), 4/14/06 Stole five or more bae:... v. Southern Utah (6), 3/2/07 Drew 10 or more walk:...at Creighton (11), 3/22/00 Pitched a no-hitter:...v. Texa Tech, 4/1/07 (DeBuhr) Pitched 15 or more trikeout:...v. Colorado State, 3/28/07 (DeBuhr, 16) Defeated a top-five team:... v. No. 4 Florida State, 3/18/04 Lot to an unranked opponent:... v. Creighton, 3/21/07 Weekly Note #10 April 3 Page 6 Nebraka 2007 Record When... Overall At home At neutral ite On the road Big 12 (regular eaon) Big 12 (non-conference, poteaon) Againt ranked team Night game Day game On Sunday On Monday On Tueday On Wedneday On Thurday On Friday On Saturday Had fewer than 5 hit Had 5 hit or more Had 10 hit or more Out-hit opponent Out-hit by opponent Scored fewer than 4 run Scored 4 or more run Scored 5 or more run Scored 10 or more run Scored in the firt inning Led after four inning Trailed after four inning In game decided by 1 run In game decided by 3 or more run Committed no error Committed 2 or more error Pencil Me In Nebraka ha ued a different batting lineup in 35 of it 37 game thi eaon after having a fairly et lineup for mot of The Huker ued an identical lineup in conecutive game on March 27 and 28 and in both game of an April 1 doubleheader with Texa Tech, marking the only time thi eaon the ame lineup ha been utilized twice at any point in the eaon. Even with the majority of the poition tarter ettled upon, head coach Rhonda Revelle ha done a lot of hifting in an attempt to maximize the trength of the lineup. Below i a look at the number of different tarter NU ha tried at each poition in the batting order, including the player with the mot tart at that pot and the team record with her in that pot: No. 1-4 player (Darcy Rutherford, 16 tart, 12-4 record) No player (Haley Long, 14 tart, 10-4 record) No. 2-4 player (Mullin, 27 tart, 20-7 record) No. 7-9 player (Alex Hupp, 11 tart, 8-3 record) No. 3-5 player (Devin Porter, 21 tart, 16-5 record) No. 8-7 player (Carmen Kier, 11 tart, 6-5 record) No. 4-4 player (Crytal Carwile, 24 tart, 17-7 record) No. 9-7 player (Carmen Kier, 16 tart, 15-1 record) No. 5-6 player (Brittany Pacale, 22 tart, 18-5 record) Game-Winning RBI Chart Whitney Barrett, Fr., INF March Drake...RBI Double...Bottom 8th (8) Crytal Carwile, So., INF Feb No. 18 California...RBI Single...Top 8th (8) March 9... Minneota...RBI Single...Top 6th March at Wichita State...Two-Run Home Run...Top 1t March Arkana...Sacrifice Bunt...Top 1t March Drake...RBI Single...Top 3rd Ahley DeBuhr, Sr., RHP Feb No. 18 Auburn...Sacrifice Fly...Top 2nd Kimbie Fuller, So., INF March 2... Southern Utah...RBI Single...Top 3rd March 9... Wetern Illinoi...3-Run Home Run...Bottom 2nd March North Dakota State...Bae-Loaded Walk...Bottom 8th (8) Alex Hupp, Fr., RHP/DP Feb Seton Hall...Sacrifice Fly...Bottom 3rd Carmen Kier, Sr., INF April 1... Texa Tech...Two-Run Double...Bottom 2nd Haley Long, So., OF Feb DePaul...3-Run Triple...Bottom 3rd March Arkana...RBI Single...Bottom 3rd Meghan Mullin, So., OF Feb No. 18 Auburn...RBI Single...Top 8th (8) Feb Miiippi State...Sacrifice Slap...Top 9th (9) March 4... Delaware State...RBI Single...Bottom 5th March North Dakota State...Two-Run Single...Top 4th Brittany Pacale, So., C/DP March Colorado State...Solo Home Run...Bottom 2nd Devin Porter, Sr., INF Feb No. 18 Georgia...Solo Home Run...Top 7th Jamie Waldecker, Sr., C March Colorado State...RBI Single...Bottom 7th

7 Weekly Note #10 April 3 Page 7 Pair of Sophomore Fall Jut Short of School Record CoSIDA Academic All-American 24 A pair of Huker ophomore both fell jut hort of tying two Nebraka ingle-game record in the ame game A total of 17 Huker have combined to lat week. Meghan Mullin and Brittany Pacale were both chaing hitory in the econd game of the Huker earn 24 CoSIDA Academic All-America honor, both March 28 doubleheader with Colorado State. of which lead the nation. Acro all port, Nebraka Mullin became the firt Huker to record a four-hit game thi eaon, a he finihed a perfect 4-for-4, jut one lead the nation with 235 Academic All-American. hit hy of tying the chool record for hit in a game lating even inning or fewer. Pacale, meanwhile drew three walk againt the Ram, falling one hort of Sheena Lawrick chool record. 14 Pacale did receive two intentional walk, which i believed to at leat tie the NU record. Stat of the Week After ophomore Brittany Pacale wa intentionally walked twice in the econd game of the Huker March 28 doubleheader with Colorado State, Nebraka ha now een five intentional walk iued to the team thi year, the mot by any Huker team ince the 2004 eaon. Lat year, NU wa walked intentionally only three time depite hitting.273 with 39 home run and averaging nearly five run per game. Thi eaon, Nebraka i hitting jut.243 with only eight home run and the Huker are averaging only three run per game. Bowlin Stadium See 100th Game Nebraka dramatic 4-3 eight-inning, come-from-behind victory in game one of a March 27 doubleheader with Drake wa not only an exciting game to watch, it alo marked the Huker 100th game at Bowlin Stadium, which opened prior to the 2002 eaon. NU boat a all-time record at Bowlin Stadium, including a 11-2 mark thi eaon after NU doubleheader weep over Texa Tech on April 1. Error Proving Cotly Nebraka defene ha again been olid in 2007, compiling a.966 fielding percentage while featuring new tarter at five poition. Depite the repectable fielding percentage - NU ha the fifth-lowet error total in the Big 12 Conference - the error the Huker have committed have come back to haunt them. Unearned run have been the difference in four of NU 11 loe and are the difference between the Huker current record and a poible 30-7 record that would rank econd in the Big 12 Conference. Unearned run have alo cot Nebraka five potential hutout, including three for ophomore Molly Hill and two for enior Ahley DeBuhr. Nebraka ha already allowed more unearned run in 2007 than it did in 56 game lat eaon. In fact, the Huker 24 unearned run thi eaon are already more than they had urrendered in three of the lat five year. While thee number may eem atounding, the Huker have not been a poor defenive team; opponent have jut been able to capitalize frequently on NU micue o far thi eaon. The Huker have a.966 fielding percentage thi eaon, but 33 percent of the run they have allowed have been unearned. Since 2000, an average of le than 18 percent of Nebraka run have been unearned when the Huker fielding at a.965 clip or better. Below i a chart breaking down the unearned run NU ha allowed thi eaon: Year Run Unearned Run Pct. Unearned Unearned Run Per Game Fld. Pct % % % % % % % % Fielding Their Poition Nebraka three-pitcher taff ha not only combined to pot a collective 1.30 ERA - the lowet in the Big 12 Conference - but the taff ha alo done an excellent job of fielding it poition. Senior Ahley DeBuhr, ophomore Molly Hill and frehman Alex Hupp are perfect in the field in a combined 52 chance. In 2006, the taff had a.935 fielding percentage, committing five error in 77 chance. Hill ha hown great improvement, a he i perfect in 30 chance thi year after committing four error in 28 chance in Double Trouble Depite the high number of unearned run, the Nebraka defene ha till been olid thi eaon. In addition to their repectable fielding percentage, the Huker have already turned 14 double play thi eaon, their highet total ince the 2004 eaon. Nebraka ha turned nearly twice a many double play a it opponent and the Huker are averaging 0.45 double play per game, more than double their average from the pat two eaon. All-American Under Coach Revelle In 14 year at the helm of the Huker program, Coach Revelle ha guided nine player to a total of 14 All-America honor, including four firtteam election and two three-time honoree. NCAA Tournament Appearance 17 In the 25 year oftball ha been an NCAA port, the Huker have made 17 appearance in the NCAA Tournament, including 12 traight under Coach Revelle. The Huker 17 appearance tie Texa A&M for the mot among all Big 12 chool. 7 Women College World Serie Nebraka ha advanced to a total of even Women College World Serie, including the inaugural event in The Huker even appearance are the mot of any Big 12 chool. 1 Undefeated Big 12 Seaon In 1998, Nebraka ran through the Big 12 Conference with the only undefeated eaon in the 11-year hitory of the league. The Huker went a perfect 16-0 to capture the regular-eaon crown and went 4-0 to win the Big 12 Tournament. 0 Loing League Seaon in Big 12 Play Nebraka ha never had a loing eaon in league play in the hitory of the Big 12 Conference, the only chool that can claim that feat. 6 Big 12 Title Nebraka ha won a total of ix Big 12 title, three regular-eaon crown and three tournament title. NU ha the econd-mot title in the conference, trailing Texa by one. 12 Conecutive Top-25 National Finihe Nebraka ha been ranked in the final USA Today/NFCA Coache Poll in each of the lat 12 eaon, every year ince the poll wa formed. The Huker are one of only ix team in the nation to be ranked in the final poll in each year of it exitence. 5 Conecutive Top-10 Attendance Seaon Nebraka built one of the finet oftball facilitie in the nation in 2002 and the fan have reponded. In the five year the Huker have called Bowlin Stadium home, NU ha drawn at leat 10,000 fan each eaon while ranking in the top 10 nationally in average attendance each year. National ProFatpitch All-Star 3 In 2005, the NPF conducted it lone alltar game and three former Huker were elected to play. Nebraka three pick trailed only UCLA for the mot all-tar among all chool in the nation. 1,000 All-Time Victorie In 2006, NU recorded the program 1,000th win, making oftball the firt and only women port at Nebraka to reach the miletone.

8 Weekly Note #10 April 3 Page 8 Below i chart comparing Nebraka double-play ucce thi eaon compared to every eaon ince 2000: Year Game Double Play Double Play Per Game Oh, So Cloe While Nebraka ha poted a olid record againt a tough chedule that ha featured 12 game againt opponent that have appeared in the USA Today/NFCA Coache Poll at leat once thi eaon, the Huker have come very cloe to poting an even more outtanding record. NU ha lot five one-run game and the Huker have dropped four contet when they led after the third inning, matching the entire 2006 total. Overall, Nebraka ha led in 30 of it 37 game thi eaon. Let Play Extra After going to extra inning jut five time in 56 game a year ago, Nebraka had already played five extra-inning contet through the firt 26 game of the 2007 eaon. The Huker were a perfect 5-0 in extra inning lat eaon and are 5-1 thi eaon after winning their ixth extra-inning contet of the eaon in game one of a March 27 doubleheader againt Drake. Nebraka had won eight conecutive extra-inning affair before falling to No. 20 Florida State on Feb. 23 and ha won three traight ince that etback. A big part of the reaon for Nebraka ucce in extra-inning - epecially thi eaon - ha been the work of the pitching taff. The Huker hurler have thrown a total of eight extra frame thi eaon, with each inning ubject to the international tie-breaker rule, where a runner i automatically placed on econd to tart the inning. In thoe eight inning, the NU taff ha allowed the runner placed on econd to core only once. Huker Game to be Televied Nebraka will have pair of game televied in the month of April. Nebraka April 15th game with Texa at Bowlin Stadium will be carried by ESPNU and the Huker April 25 home contet with Kana will be televied by NET Sport. Huker Look for 13th Conecutive NCAA Tournament Appearance in 2007 Nebraka oftball i in an elite cla when it come to poteaon play. The Huker are one of nine team to appear in the pat 12 NCAA Tournament and they look to make it 13 traight in NU alo ha a hitory of earning high eed in the tournament. In the eight eaon prior to the format witch in 2005, Nebraka earned a No. 2 eed or higher in the NCAA Regional every eaon. The only other team that accomplihed that feat were Arizona, Michigan, Oklahoma and Wahington. Overall, NU ha earned 17 NCAA Tournament bid, tying Texa A&M for the mot NCAA berth of any Big 12 chool. The Huker have advanced to the WCWS even time, the mot of any chool in the league. Nebraka alo ha a trong hitory of hoting regional at Bowlin Stadium. The Huker have been awarded an NCAA Regional in three of the lat four year. Team Game High Batting At bat: 38 v. No. 20 Florida State (2/23) Run: 7 twice, lat v. Wetern Illinoi (3/10) Hit: 11 twice, lat v. Texa Tech (4/1) RBI: 7 v. Miiippi State (2/24) Double: 2 10 time, lat v. Colorado State (3/28) Triple: 1 at Hawaii (2/11) Home Run: 2 v. Wetern Illinoi (3/10) Walk: 5 four time, lat North Dakota State (3/17) Strikeout (high): 13 v. No. 24 Auburn (2/11) Strikeout (low): 1 v. Wetern Illinoi (3/10) Stolen Bae: 6 v. Southern Utah (3/2) Hit by Pitch: 3 v. Tenneee Tech (3/23) Runner Left On Bae: 18 v. No. 20 Florida State (2/23) Pitching Inning Pitched: 9.0 v. Miiippi State (2/24) Run Allowed: 6 twice, lat v. Miiippi State (2/24) Earned Run: 5 at Hawaii (2/11) Walk: 6 v. Southern Utah (3/2) Strikeout: 17 v. No. 24 Auburn (2/11) Hit: 13 v. Miiippi State (2/24) Double: 3 at Hawaii (2/11) Triple: 1 three time, lat v. Drake (3/27) Home Run: 3 v. Arkana (3/18) Hit batter: 2 three time, lat v. Minneota (3/8) Fielding Putout: 27 v. Miiippi State (2/24) Ait: 15 v. Arkana (3/17) Error: 3 three time, lat v. Arkana (3/16) Individual Game High Batting At bat: 5 ix time, lat by Carwile (v. Miiippi St., 2/24) Run: 3 by Carwile (v. Miiippi State, 2/24) Hit: 4 by Mullin (v. Colorado State, 3/28) RBI: 4 by Carwile (v. Arkana, 3/17) Double: 1 31 time, lat by Carwile (v. Colorado St., 3/28) Triple: 1 by Carwile (at Hawaii, 2/11) Home Run: 1 eight time, lat by Pacale (v. Colorado St., 3/28) Walk: 3 by Pacale (v. Colorado State, 3/28) Strikeout (high): 3 five time, lat by Hupp (at Baylor, 3/24) Stolen Bae: 2 three time, lat by Mullin (v. WIU, 3/10) Hit by Pitch: 2 twice, lat by Borg (at Baylor, 3/25) Runner Left On Bae: 5 by Waldecker (v. Florida St., 2/23) Huker Earn Spot on Honor Roll The Nebraka oftball team wa well repreented on the Big 12 Commiioner Fall 2006 Honor Roll, with a total of 10 current and former player earning a pot on the lit. Sophomore pitcher Molly Hill and former Huker KoKo Tacha highlighted the lit by poting a perfect 4.0 grade-point average. To be eligible for the honor roll, tudent-athlete mut have maintained a GPA of 3.0 or higher. In all, 270 Nebraka tudent-athlete were honored, including 33 with a 4.0 GPA. Tacha made the lit for a ninth time, a he ha been named to the honor roll every emeter. Senior Jaime Borg earned a pot on the lit for the eventh time in even emeter, while Hill and fellow ophomore Meghan Mullin each made it a perfect 3-for-3. Other repeat election included enior Ahley DeBuhr (fourth honor) and former Huker Jeica Yoachim (eighth election), who i in her fifth year at Nebraka after earning an undergraduate degree in Communication Studie in May of Newcomer to the honor roll were frehmen Alex Hupp, ophomore Brittany Pacale and Darcy Rutherford and enior Jamie Waldecker. Pitching Inning Pitched: 9.0 by DeBuhr (v. Miiippi St., 2/24) Run Allowed: 6 by DeBuhr (v. Miiippi St., 2/24) Earned Run: 4 three time, lat by Hill (v. Creighton, 3/21) Walk: 6 by Hill (v. Southern Utah, 3/2) Strikeout: 17 by DeBuhr (v. No. 24 Auburn, 2/11) Hit: 13 by DeBuhr (v. Miiippi State, 2/24) Double: 3 by Hupp (at Hawaii, 2/11) Triple: 1 three time, lat by DeBuhr (v. Drake, 3/27) Home Run: 3 by DeBuhr (v. Arkana, 3/18) Hit batter: 2 three time, lat by DeBuhr (v. Minneota, 3/8) Fielding Putout: 16 by Waldecker (v. No. 24 Auburn, 2/11) Ait: 7 twice, lat by Kier (Arkana, 3/17) Error: 2 twice, lat by Porter (v. No. Dakota St., 3/17)

9 Weekly Note #10 April 3 Page 9 DeBuhr Taken in NPF College Draft Senior right-hander Ahley DeBuhr wa elected by the Philadelphia Force in the firt round of the 2007 National Pro Fatpitch College Draft, held on Feb. 14 in Denver, Colo. DeBuhr wa the eighth overall pick and the third pitcher elected. A native of Beatrice, Neb., DeBuhr wa one of eight Big 12 player drafted among the 27 total pick. Player elected in the NPF draft will be permitted to purue any available roter pot on their aigned team after completing their college eaon. To be eligible for the draft, each player had to be a enior however being doe not affect a player remaining collegiate eligibility. Tough Schedule Nebraka ha grown accutomed to playing one of the toughet chedule in the nation, and 2007 will be no exception. NU will play at leat 18 game againt team that earned 2006 NCAA Tournament bid. The Huker will alo play at leat four regulareaon contet againt team that advanced to Super Regional, including a pair againt Women' College World Serie participant Texa. Nebraka i alo cheduled to play at leat 13 regular-eaon game againt eight team ranked in the USA Today/NFCA preeaon top 25 poll. Through the firt 35 game thi eaon, Nebraka played a total of 12 contet againt team that made an appearance in the top 25 at ome point thi year. Revelle Near 600th Win Head Coach Rhonda Revelle boat a career record of , including a mark at Nebraka. Already the firt women coach of any port in chool hitory with 500 career win, Revelle rank third all-time among all coache in NU hitory with her 579 win at Nebraka. Revelle i approaching another miletone thi eaon, a he need jut 13 victorie to reach the 600-win miletone and 21 victorie to record her 600th win at Nebraka. Big 12 Dominance Head Coach Rhonda Revelle own at leat a.500 career record againt every coach in the Big 12 Conference (excluding firt-year head coache). Revelle own a winning record over each of her Big 12 peer, with the exception of Iowa State' Stacy Gemeinhardt-Celer, whoe Cyclone poted a 1-1 record againt Nebraka in 2006, Gemeinhardt- Celer firt year a a head coach. Career Record Watch - Pitching Victorie 1. Jenny Vo, Peache Jame, Leigh Ann Walker, Lori Sippel, Ahley DeBuhr, 2004-preent Donna Deardorff, Stephanie Skega, Sandy Wolterman, Mori Emmon, Angela Blackwood, Inning Pitched 1. Jenny Vo, , Peache Jame, Lori Sippel, Ahley DeBuhr, 2004-preent Leigh Ann Walker, Sandy Wolterman, Stephanie Skega, Donna Deardorff, Marie Bowie, Stacie Stafford, Strikeout 1. Peache Jame, Leigh Ann Walker, Lori Sippel, Ahley DeBuhr, 2004-preent Jenny Vo, Donna Deardorff, Stacie Stafford, Sandy Wolterman, Molly Hill, 2006-preent Stephanie Skega, Shutout 1. Peache Jame, Lori Sippel, Jenny Vo, Donna Deardorff, Leigh Ann Walker, Stephanie Skega, Ahley DeBuhr, 2004-preent Sandy Wolterman, Marie Bowie, Mori Emmon, Stacie Stafford, Angela Blackwood, Save 1. Lori Sippel, Mori Emmon, Sandy Wolterman, Jenny Vo, Peache Jame, Leigh Ann Walker, Rhonda Revelle, Stephanie Skega, Ahley DeBuhr, 2004-preent Linda McCrea, Marie Bowie, Stacie Stafford, Complete Game 1. Jenny Vo, Peache Jame, Lori Sippel, Ahley DeBuhr, 2004-preent Stephanie Skega, Sandy Wolterman, Donna Deardorff, Marie Bowie, Leigh Ann Walker, Stacie Stafford, Complete Game No Hitter Pitched 1. Lori Sippel, Ahley DeBuhr, 2004-preent...3 Jenny Vo, Peache Jame, Summer Tobia, Sandy Wolterman, Shelby Mertin, Stephanie Skega, Molly Hill, 2006-preent...1 Rhonda Revelle, Jeanne Wagner, Donna Deardorff, Marie Bowie, Stacie Stafford, Penny Cope, Seven-Inning Perfect Game Pitched 1. Ahley DeBuhr, 2004-preent...1 Lori Sippel, Peache Jame, Career Record Watch - Batting Hit By Pitch 1. Devin Porter, 2004-preent Jane Kremer, Triha Tannahill, Anne Steffan, Kritin Davidon, Cindy Roethemeyer, Amanda Buchholz, Karla Knicely, Amy Erlenbuch, Jenifer William,