Sometime in the middle of the game, one of the logic-challenged Rutgers cheerleaders calling the game on B1G+ app mentioned the flight carrying the Huskers to New Jersey the previous night had been delayed several hours and did not arrive until well after midnight. And thank goodness it did, or else there would be no excuse for the mistake-riddled day which led to a 9-3 throttling of Nebraska by the B1G 6th-place Rutgers Scarlet Knights.
One of the upsides for Nebraska was holding B1G Player of the Year candidate, Morgan Smith, to a 1-3 performance at the plate lowering her season average to .