When the softball team got the news that its season had been canceled due to the rising concerns of COVID-19, the players felt all sorts of devastation, uncertainty and sadness.
After getting off to a promising 16-7 start and just a day away from heading to Norman, Oklahoma, for a tournament at OU, suddenly everything was just over.
“It was heartbreaking in a way just because of how we started,” head coach Kristin Vesely said on Thursday evening during a Coaches Caravan video call. “That was one of the best starts we’ve had … We were playing a lot of good competition, but when you start to get the confidence, that culture, that environment and then it stops.