While getting ready for practice on Thursday, March 12, WMU softball senior outfielder Mackenzie Swinehart was worried.
Her brother told her about the cancellations happening across the sports world due to the COVID-19 pandemic right before practice. But in the back of Swinehart’s mind, she thought to herself ‘there is no way this is going to happen to us.’
Then, toward the end of practice, the softball team was given the bad news. The unthinkable had happened. The Mid-American Conference canceled the rest of its spring athletic competition for the rest of the 2019-20 academic year and the NCAA canceled all championship competition.