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Nebraska Soccer kicks off home portion of conference slate Thursday
LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Athletics Press Release) – The Nebraska soccer team (3-6-0, 0-3-0 Big Ten) is looking to bounce back after a four-match losing skid as the Huskers host a pair of conference foes in Illinois and #15 Penn State. Both matches will be played at Hibner Stadium, as NU faces the Fighting Illini on Thursday at 7:05 p.m. (CT) and the Nittany Lions on Sunday at 12 p.m. (CT). Thursday’s match will be streamed on Big Ten Plus, while Sunday’s game will be aired nationally on BTN.
Fans can purchase general admission and single match tickets to each game by calling 1-800-8 BIG RED or by visiting //Huskers.com/tickets.
Scouting Illinois
- Illinois finished the 2023 season with a 6-8-3 mark overall and 2-6-2 record in conference play. The Huskers topped Illinois 4-2 to close the season, and Illinois didn’t qualify for postseason play.
- The Fighting Illini are 4-4-2 on the season with quality wins over DePaul and Illinois State. After traveling to Nebraska on Thursday, Illinois will host Maryland on Sunday.
- Head Coach Janet Rayfield is in her 23rd season at the helm of the Illinois soccer program. The winningest coach in Illinois soccer history holds a 230-179-45 career record, while totalling 104 conference victories.
- Illinois leads the all-time series 8-6-0 between the two teams. NU has won the last three matchups.
Scouting #15 Penn State
- In the 2023 season, Penn State finished 16-3-4 overall and made it to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament but fell 2-1 to top-ranked Clemson.
- Penn State has opened the 2024 season with an 8-2-1 record and six shutouts. The Nittany Lions face #18 Iowa on Thursday night before its matchup against Nebraska on Sunday.
- Head Coach Erica Dambach is in her 18th season at Penn State and 31st season overall. With the Nittany Lions, Dambach holds a 282-94-30 record.
- Penn State leads the all-time series between the programs, 7-3-2, dating back to 2011. Most recently, PSU topped Nebraska in 2023, 1-0.
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After trailing for nearly the entire game, Michigan needed an improbable hero to rescue an imperfect performance in a top-five rendezvous with Nebraska. Hitting the game winner with 1:07 to go, freshman guard Trey McKenney had the biggest moment of his young career.
“The baseline was kind of open, because they were forcing us to the baseline,” McKenney said. “They wouldn’t give us middle drives. So I just had to take advantage of that and get one in for a layup.”
Graduate forward Yaxel Lendeborg drove in from the right wing and was quickly doubled, akin to how the Cornhuskers guarded dribble drives all game. McKenney’s defender rotated to junior center Aday Mara in the post. Lendeborg found McKenney, who, with a quick fake took to the left baseline bumping into guard Sam Hoiberg and laying it in through contact.
“I thought he got to a spot and played with power,” May said.
In the same breath, May knocked the Wolverines’ offensive rhythm. He lauded how Nebraska’s rotations limited them all game. But in the pivotal moment, McKenney took one of the few things the Cornhuskers were giving them and allowed Michigan to escape.
After May wrapped up his assessment of the Wolverines’ shortcomings on the offensive end, he brought it back to McKenney — but pointed to a moment arguably as big as the go-ahead layup.
“I thought his three free throws were probably the biggest points in the game,” May said. “Sandfort just missed a free throw. We were down (seven). We were in a funk, in a fog. Elliot made a nice pass to Trey (who) jumped up aggressively. Luckily, we were able to get the foul on that play and Hoiberg got under his feet a little bit. He knocks down those three free throws and you can almost see that sense of belief that now we’re getting stops. Our defense is on, now let’s find a way, because at that point you’re down two possessions versus three.”
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LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) – Medical experts at the Lincoln Regional Center have determined a doctor arrested for two different cases involving minors is now competent to stand trial.
Dr. Travis Tierney, 56, was taken into custody by a fugitive team at the airport last May. He is accused of sneaking into a West Omaha home to have sex with a boy between the ages of 12 and 15.
Investigators allege Tierney did this three weekends in a row in April 2024.
Last summer, Tierney, a former Nebraska City neurosurgeon, was wanted for allegedly swapping nude photos with a 16-year-old boy in Sarpy County. He was out on bond and not supposed to leave the county when investigators realized he was in Arizona.
State psychiatrists have now determined he is competent to stand trial in both cases.
Tierney is currently in custody at the Sarpy County Jail on a $5 million bond.
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