Fresh off a road sweep at Western Illinois, Omaha steps away from Summit League play this week.

The Mavericks (19-18) will play four nonconference games against Big Ten competition as they face Nebraska in Lincoln on Wednesday before traveling to Penn State for a weekend series starting Friday.

Omaha has topped the Huskers (15-23) twice in their three previous meetings this spring, which each team winning on its home field. The Mavericks and Nebraska traded walk-off wins on consecutive days in mid-March, then Omaha edged the Huskers 6-5 at Tal Anderson Field in their third meeting on April 6.

The fourth and final contest, at Haymarket Park in Lincoln, is set for 6:32 p.m. and will be broadcast on Nebraska Public Media. It will be the seventh game against a Big Ten team for the Mavericks this season.

Omaha has gone 4-2 in those matchups so far. In addition to beating Nebraska twice, the Mavericks claimed a weekend series against Big Ten-leading Rutgers by taking two of three games in late March.

After facing Penn State (17-20) three times this weekend, Omaha has a road date with Minnesota scheduled for May 17, which would be its 11th matchup against the Big Ten, if all games are played.

So far this season, the Mavericks have posted nonconference wins against teams from the Pac-12 (UCLA), Big East (Creighton), Big Ten (Nebraska and Rutgers) and Big 12 (Kansas). They currently sit in second place – one game out of first – in the Summit League with nine more conference games to play.