In her 27-year career as the Huskers’ head softball coach, Revelle has posted a record of 989-568, a .635 winning percentage. Four times, most recently in 2014, she has been named conference coach of the year. In 2010 Revelle was inducted into the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

But while Nebraska made 20 appearances in the NCAA tournament in a 22-year span between 1995 and 2016, the program has fallen on hard times and has missed the past three NCAA tournaments.

Nebraska’s combined record the past three seasons is 76-83 (.478), including sub-.500 seasons in 2017 (24-29) and 2019 (21-31). Even the 2018 season, in which the Huskers finished 31-23, was a turbulent campaign as Nebraska lost nine of its final 10 games, virtually eliminating the team from postseason consideration.

The Huskers also have lost their past four Big Ten tournament games dating to a 2016 second-round setback to Penn State. The Nittany Lions also ended Nebraska’s season in the first round in 2017, as did Michigan State in 2018 and Illinois in 2019.

This year’s team was Revelle’s second to finish with more than 30 losses. The Huskers had a 9-14 record in Big Ten games.