The Nebraska baseball team (11-15) improved to 5-1 in Big Ten play with an 8-6 win on Sunday afternoon at Hawks Field, completing a three-game sweep of the Northwestern Wildcats (10-9, 2-4 Big Ten).

The Huskers pounded out 14 hits in the series finale, bringing their weekend total to 52 hits off of Wildcat pitching. Nebraska also took advantage of seven Wildcat errors on the day. The Wildcats committed 12 errors in the series.

The Huskers will next be in action on Tuesday night, when they head to Manhattan, Kan., for a 6:35 p.m. meeting with the Kansas State Wildcats.