Nebraska is one win away from successful defending its Big Ten Baseball Tournament title from a year ago. The 8-seed Nebraska beat the 9-seed Penn State in the semifinals at Charles Schwab Field Saturday,

Penn State got their first hit off Nebraska starter Tucker Timmerman in the third inning when Derek Cease shot a single up the middle. Three batters later, Jesse Jaconski smoked a double in the leftfield gap to score Cease. That made it 2-1 Cornhuskers.

Nebraska came out swinging and bested the UCLA Bruins 5-0 for their second consecutive Big Ten Tournament title.