The Huskers, who improved to 12-4 on the year, tied the game in the ninth on an RBI single by Joe Simokaitis before Sullivan�s game-winner off reliever Mike Gauthier (1-2) in the 10th capped the Husker comeback.

Trailing 2-1 heading into the bottom of the ninth, Chad Steele opened the inning with a double to left center and moved to third on Braden Keith�s bunt single. Simokaitis, who had three of the Huskers� eight hits, then knotted the score with a single through the drawn-in infield off of Boston College starter Chris Lambert, who baffled the Huskers through eight innings.

In the 10th, Alex Gordon drew a one-out walk from Gauthier and moved to third on a single by Curtis Ledbetter before Sullivan�s single to center gave Nebraska, which has won seven of its last eight games, its second extra-inning win of the year.

"That�s what you live for," Sullivan said. "It was just great to get that hit for the team."

The Husker rally thwarted an outstanding effort by Lambert, who allowed two runs on six hits through eight-plus innings. The junior right-hander struck out seven, but his nearly 150-pitch effort took a toll in the ninth, as he fell three outs short of his first win in five starts. Lambert also walked four and hit four more in the no-decision.

"I thought he was great," Anderson said. "We were very fortunate to win that game. When it got tough, he competed even more and shut us down."

While Lambert kept the Huskers at bay, Nebraska received an outstanding effort of its own from Tim Schoeninger, who tossed 6.2 innings of shutout relief. Schoeninger came in the fourth after BC took a 2-1lead on Eric Wright�s RBI single and had runners on second and third with one out, but got out of the inning by striking out Joe Martinez and getting Marco Albano to ground out to short.

It would be the Eagles�, who dropped to 3-12 with their sixth one-run loss of the year, last threat of the game, as only one Boston College runner advanced into scoring position against Schoeninger, who matched the longest effort of his career to improve to 2-0 on the year.

"Schoeninger was outstanding," Anderson said. "That is exactly what we asked him to do. I told him �this is your opportunity to go up there and put a bunch of zeroes up on the board.� We needed him to hold for a few innings so we could try and score some runs and it just ended up being longer and longer and he picked up the win."

The teams traded runs in the third, as Ryan Morgan, who went 2-for-3 with an RBI, gave the Eagles a 1-0 lead with an RBI double before the Huskers scratched a run across in the bottom of the frame on Gordon�s bases-loaded walk that scored Keith, who went 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored.

In the fourth, Wright�s one-out double chased NU starter Quinton Robertson, who allowed two runs on six hits in just 3.1 innings, his shortest start in over a year, to give the Eagles a 2-1 lead, one that would last until the ninth.

The two teams conclude the series Sunday afternoon at 1:05 p.m.

Source: University of Nebraska Athletic Dept.