Ironically, the same strengths and characteristics that marked the 2013 Nebraska softball team and its trip to the Women's College World Series re-emerged to help some of those players and coaches enjoy a digital social reunion.
What with almost everyone staying home these days amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, Kiki Stokes, within roughly 24 hours, organized a group video conference in which 11 members of that 2013 team participated Monday night.
Made sense, Mattie Fowler figured, given Stokes, despite being a freshman on that team, had always been the most social, with an art for bringing people together.