Alabama
Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (05/29/2026) — The Alabama Crimson Tide rode a three-run first inning and a complete-game gem from Jocelyn Briski to a 5-1 victory over the Nebraska Cornhuskers on Friday at OGE Energy Field at Devon Park, where a crowd of 12,679 looked on.
Alabama never trailed. The Crimson Tide controlled the game from the opening frame to the final out, holding Nebraska to a single hit while pacing the scoreboard the entire way. There were zero lead changes and zero ties — Alabama set the terms early and never let the Cornhuskers back into it.
How It Happened
The Crimson Tide struck immediately. In the bottom of the first, Marlie Giles homered to center field, scoring Jena Young and Brooke Wells ahead of her to stake Alabama to a 3-0 lead before Nebraska had settled in. The three-run blast set the tone and put the Cornhuskers in a hole they would chase the rest of the night.
Alabama tacked on in the third. Giles again delivered, lifting a sacrifice fly to left field that brought home Kinley Pate and moved A. Roman to third, extending the lead to 4-0.
Nebraska finally broke through in the fourth, when Hannah Camenzind homered to center to make it 4-1 and put the Cornhuskers on the board. But Alabama answered in the same inning. Jena Young singled to left, scoring K. White to push the margin back to four at 5-1, and the Crimson Tide carried that lead to the finish.
Turning Point
The game tilted on the very first swing that mattered. Giles' three-run homer in the bottom of the first immediately erased any chance of a slow, feeling-out start and forced Nebraska to play from behind against a pitcher who would give the Cornhuskers almost nothing. When Camenzind's fourth-inning homer trimmed the deficit, Alabama's quick response — Young's RBI single later in the frame — snuffed out any momentum and restored the four-run cushion. That sequence, a Nebraska run answered immediately, was the closest the Cornhuskers came to a rally and the moment the outcome effectively settled.
Star of the Game
Marlie Giles was the difference. She finished 1-for-2 with a run scored and four RBI, accounting for the bulk of Alabama's offense by herself. Her first-inning, three-run homer to center and her third-inning sacrifice fly drove in four of the Crimson Tide's five runs — the kind of single-game production that decides a result before it ever feels close.
Giles had plenty of support in the circle. Jocelyn Briski turned in a complete-game effort, throwing all 7.0 innings while allowing just one hit and one run with six strikeouts. The lone blemish was Camenzind's solo homer; otherwise, Briski kept Nebraska off balance from start to finish. Jena Young chipped in a 2-for-2 night with a run, an RBI and a walk, reaching base in all three plate appearances.
What It Means
For Alabama, this is a complete, controlling performance — a quick lead, a dominant pitching outing and timely answers when the opponent pushed back. Briski's one-hitter gives the Crimson Tide a confidence-building blueprint, and Giles' four-RBI showing demonstrates the kind of top-of-the-order pop that can carry a team in a single-elimination environment. Alabama did exactly what a team needs to do on a big stage: take the lead early and protect it without drama.
For Nebraska, it was a tough night at the plate. The Cornhuskers managed just one hit — Camenzind's solo home run to center — and never strung together the kind of sustained pressure needed to climb out of an early deficit. In the circle, Jordy Frahm went 2.0 innings, allowing three hits and three runs with three strikeouts, while Alexis Jensen settled things in relief with 4.0 innings of two-hit, two-run ball and six strikeouts. The bright spots were there individually, but Nebraska will look to generate more offense after being held to a lone run.
Giles and Briski set the standard for Alabama, and on this night the Crimson Tide had more than enough to send Nebraska home on the short end of a 5-1 final.
