Matera drilled a three-run shot over the right-center wall off Jake McSteen in the fifth inning to give the Scarlet Knights a lead they would not relinquish in an 8-4 baseball victory in Piscataway, New Jersey. Rutgers scored the game's final six runs.
Nebraska (17-21, 4-9 Big Ten) has played five conference series, and has yet to win one. The Huskers, who took Saturday's game 12-4, have not won consecutive baseball games since March 10.
Rutgers (21-15, 6-6) took two of three in a series pitting two teams trying to work their way into the top eight of the Big Ten standings.