The Penn State Nittany Lions will play Nebraska for their first Big Ten baseball title.
Following another breathless victory at the Big Ten Baseball Tournament, Penn State is one win from its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 24 years. The Nittany Lions on Saturday won their sixth straight game, and third in the postseason, defeating Michigan 7-6 in 10 innings in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals.
Penn State improved to a surprising 3-0 at the Big Ten Tournament and will play one game for an NCAA berth. The Nittany Lions are making just their second appearance in the Big Ten title game; they fell to Illinois 5-3 in that 2000 final. This year, Penn State has put together a phenomenal and unexpected postseason run.
"I wish everybody in the world could feel that feeling at some point in their life," Cecere, who transferred to Penn State from Wake Forest, said in the post-game press conference.Penn State became just the second No. 8 seed to reach the Big Ten championship game. The Nittany Lions have won eight of their last nine conference games, including a three-game sweep of Maryland to close the regular season.
"There are a lot of people out there that might say that they're surprised, but that group's not, and that's what's been the most fun to be around," Gambino told Big Ten Network. "All the focus for really the last five or six weeks has been, 'We're in Game 7, this is where we are, head down and play baseball, head down and play baseball, head down and play baseball.' And they kept doing it and doing, and it's fun to be around right now.
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