Nebraska pitchers struck out 16 batters. They issued no walks.
Freshman designated hitter Leighton Banjoff hit another home run and reached base two other times. He increased his team-leading batting average and on-base percentage.
A closer on this day, junior Paul Tillotson needed a mere 10 pitches for a 1-2-3 ninth inning and Nebraska's first save of the season.
A bright sun helped temperatures into the 50s on Friday, the sixth day of March, as 4,570 fans watched the Huskers defeat Columbia 5-3 in a tidy 2 hours, 26 minutes.
What else could you want in the first home baseball game of a new season, of a new coaching era?