CLEARWATER, FL – After shutting out LSU to open the day, No. 11 Nebraska softball had runners on first and second with two outs, down one, in the final inning Thursday evening, but fell to the No. 20 Georgia Bulldogs by a score of 6-5. 

Alexis Jensen took the loss in the circle after allowing three runs in 2.0 innings. Addisen Fisher grabbed the win for Georgia.

Jesse Farrell led the Huskers offensively with three hits, two RBIs, two doubles and a home run. Kacie Hoffmann added two hits while Jordy Frahm, Hannah Camenzind, Ava Kuszak, Carlie Muhlbach, Samantha Bland and Lauren Camenzind had one apiece. Frahm also registered a triple.

Georgia opened up the scoring with a solo home run in the first inning to make the score 1-0. The Bulldogs extended the lead to 3-0 on another home run in the second.

L. Camenzind singled in the top of the third and scored on a Farrell double. H. Camenzind scored on a Kuszak RBI to cut the UGA lead to 3-2. 

Georgia used three hits and an error to make the score 6-2 in the bottom of the fourth.

The Huskers continued to fight, as Bland singled and eventually scored on a Malia Thoms pinch hit sac fly to make the score 6-3.

Farrell trimmed the lead to 6-4 on a solo home run, her third of the season.

Frahm logged a triple in the top of the seventh and crossed the plate on a H. Camenzind single to make the deficit one at 6-5.

The Huskers will take on No. 3 Tennessee tomorrow, Feb. 13. The game is set to start at 11 a.m. (CT) and will be televised on ESPN2 and can be heard across the Huskers Radio Network.