Huskers Max Anderson and Will Walsh
(Undated) -- Two Nebraska Husker baseball players, Max Anderson and Will Walsh have made the Big 10's All Tournament team.
Anderson hit .444 at the plate with a tournament-high eight hits in four games. The junior had one double, an RBI, two runs scored and was walked twice. Anderson was 4-for-5 in an elimination game against Michigan State to become the first player in the country to reach the 100-hit mark this season.
Walsh went 2-0 in 10.2 innings of work in the tournament. Walsh posted a 0.00 ERA and eight strikeouts while allowing just five hits. The Leawood, Kan., native recorded his first win after dealing 1.2 shutout innings with one hit in Nebraska's 9-7 opening round win against Rutgers.
Walsh became the first player in program history to toss a complete-game shutout in the Big Ten Tournament in the Huskers' 4-0 victory over Michigan State in an elimination game. Walsh struck out seven, walked none and allowed just one Spartan baserunner to reach second base in the four-hit shutout.
Top seed Maryland won the tourney, defeating third seed Iowa, 4-0, in the championship game Sunday before 6,567 fans at Charles Schwab Field Omaha.
It's Maryland's first Big Ten Tournament title. The win comes with an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The NCAA Selection Show will air Monday on ESPN2.
Home runs from Kevin Keister and Nick Lorusso in the fifth inning provided all the offense Maryland would need as five Terrapin pitchers combined for a five-hitter. Lorusso was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.
Iowa (42-14) went 3-1 during the tournament and placed four players on the all-tournament team (see below).
All-Tournament Team
1B – Brock Vradenburg, Michigan State
2B – Max Anderson, Nebraska
SS – Michael Seegers, Iowa
3B – Nick Lorusso, Maryland
OF – Kyle Huckstorf, Iowa
OF – Sam Peterson, Iowa
OF – Tito Flores, Michigan
DH – Mitch Voit, Michigan
C – Luke Shliger, Maryland
P – Ty Langenberg, Iowa
P – Jason Savacool, Maryland
P – Will Walsh, Nebraska
Most Outstanding Player
Nick Lorusso, Maryland