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Three days after Ohio State run-ruled Nebraska in the two squad’s Big Ten Tournament opener, the Huskers got a shot to return the favor. While Will Bolt’s squad came up a run short of an early ending to Friday afternoon’s elimination tilt, it didn’t take any of the heat out of a 12-5 victory. Nebraska (36-20), for a second year in a row, has punched a ticket to the semifinals of the conference tournament. Gabe Swansen and Mason McConnaughey are two of the colossal reasons why. The former went 4-for-5 at the dish with a three-run bomb, two-RBI single and drove in another with a double. Swansen’…