Nebraska head coach Rhonda Revelle watches the action vs. Penn State on April 5 at Bowlin Stadium. Watching the NCAA Softball Selection Show on May 12, longtime Nebraska softball coach Rhonda Revelle couldn’t help but feel disappointed.
Even though Nebraska had no bullpen due to multiple season-ending or other severe injuries to its pitching staff, Revelle’s a competitor. “I feel like we still could have made it, had we won this game or taken care of that game,” Revelle said on the eve of the Women’s College World Series. “I felt like we were maybe just even a game or two away from being selected.
As the competitor in me, I was probably more focused on that for the first week after the season, and I kept thinking, ‘I’ll look back on the season one day that we did a lot with a lot of different circumstances. But right now, as a coach and competitor, it’s like we missed some opportunities.” They did miss some opportunities.
There’s no avoiding that. But being on the NCAA Tournament bubble despite the six season-ending injuries and other shorter-term injuries that briefly sidelined even more members of the Red Team? They can take some solace in that. Heck, it felt like nearly everyone dealt with an injury of some sort this past season that limited them in some form.
Even Revelle. She’s recovering from a shoulder surgery that she had earlier this week stemming from over-use that flared up in November and never went back to normal. With that in mind, here a.
