Arizona State scored an 11-8 victory over Nebraska on Sunday at Haymarket Park, ending the Cornhuskers' run in the NCAA Lincoln Regional. The loss was an elimination setback for Nebraska, handing Arizona State the right to return to the regional final later that evening for a rematch with Ole Miss. The outcome closed the chapter on Nebraska's stay at Haymarket Park and set up the night’s decisive matchup between the Sun Devils and the Rebels.
The game produced notable moments that were captured and shared on team social feeds as the evening unfolded. In the third inning, a solo home run by Beek leveled the contest at 1-1, a play highlighted in a post that read, “BEEK ANSWERED THE CALL. Solo HR ties the game,” with the update timestamped at 7:38 PM on May 31, 2026. That long ball temporarily evened the score and stood out among the offensive swings during a back-and-forth affair at the plate.
As the game progressed toward its conclusion, the late innings saw decisive run-scoring that ultimately separated the two teams. In the ninth inning, a sacrifice fly brought Worthley home, a play noted in a Nebraska post that also indicated Fikes was due to bat next and showed the scoreboard situation in the top of the ninth as Nebraska 8, Arizona State 11. Those details, shared publicly through the program’s social channel, captured the final sequence of plays that led to the Sun Devils sealing the win and Nebraska’s elimination.
The finality of the result was confirmed in a post from Nebraska’s account that simply read “Final,” with the timestamp showing 10:13 PM on May 31, 2026. Moments after the game, images of the Huskers in the immediate aftermath circulated; one photograph showed Nebraska players embracing near the dugout following the loss, a stark visual of the toll an elimination defeat takes on a college program and its players. That image, captured inside Haymarket Park shortly after the final out, shows teammates together in the dugout area as the tournament evening concluded for the home squad.
Arizona State's victory carried immediate tournament implications. With the win, the Sun Devils advanced to Sunday night’s regional final to meet Ole Miss. The two programs were already linked through dramatic prior action in the regional: Ole Miss had walked off Arizona State, 7-6, in the 14th inning on Friday night. That marathon game set up a rematch for the right to move on, and the regional final would again stretch beyond nine innings as both teams battled into extra frames.
The regional final indeed required extra baseball, and Ole Miss ultimately prevailed there as well. In the rematch that followed Nebraska’s elimination, the Rebels defeated Arizona State 5-4 on a walkoff in the 10th inning, advancing Ole Miss to the super regional. That result concluded the Lincoln Regional bracket: Nebraska’s run ended with Sunday’s loss to Arizona State, the Sun Devils were stopped by Ole Miss in extra innings that same night, and Ole Miss earned the trip to the next round of the NCAA tournament.
For Nebraska, the 11-8 defeat at Haymarket Park brought an end to the university’s participation in the Lincoln Regional. The game produced memorable plays and moments posted in real time by the program’s social feed, but in the end it was Arizona State that advanced to contest the regional championship game, and Ole Miss that moved on to the super regional after the night’s extra-inning finish. The final scoreboard and the images from the dugout provided the closing images of the tournament weekend at Haymarket Park.
Nebraska players embrace near the dugout after being eliminated by Arizona State, following the 11-8 loss at Haymarket Park in the Lincoln Regional.