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The Nebraska Cornhuskers softball team competes as part of NCAA Division I, representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten Conference. The team has played at Bowlin Stadium since 2002.

History
Early success Nebraska's softball program began in 1976 as a club sport and was officially sanctioned as a varsity sport in 1977 in the wake of Title IX. Don Isherwood led the program in its early years but was fired in 1980 as the university wanted a head coach with a college degree. NU hired Nancy Plantz, who led the Cornhuskers to the inaugural NCAA Division I Women's College World Series in 1982 (in its early years the tournament was held in Omaha, longtime host of the College World Series, meaning NU played the WCWS less than fifty miles from its Lincoln campus). Plantz's tenure ended in a disastrous 1983 season that was cut short by the university after player walkouts and a last-place conference finish. Nebraska was nearly unable to field a team in 1984 before hiring former NAIA Coach of the Year Wayne Daigle to lead the program. NU was ineligible for postseason play in 1986, which would be Daigle's last season at Nebraska. He resigned and returned to Texas, where he coached high school softball for the remainder of his career. Athletic director Bob Devaney named pitching coach Ron Wolforth Daigle's successor. Wolforth led Nebraska back to the WCWS in each of his first two seasons, its fourth and fifth appearances in the event's first seven years. Wolforth's teams were less successful in the later years of his tenure and he grew weary of the NCAA's increasingly stringent rules and guidelines. Nebraska won at least fifty games in each of the next three seasons, culminating in another WCWS appearance in 2002. NU's run of twelve consecutive top-twenty-five national finishes ended in 2007, and the following year the program missed the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1994. NU reached the WCWS in its second season in the Big Ten, the same year Revelle won her 768th game to pass former baseball coach John Sanders for the most victories by any coach at the university. Nebraska won the Big Ten for the first time in 2014. In 2019, Revelle was placed on paid administrative leave after allegations she harassed and emotionally abused players, but was reinstated after investigation without further punishment. Revelle won her 1,000th game at Nebraska in 2021. ==Conference affiliations==
Conference affiliations
Big Eight Conference (1977–1995) • Big 12 Conference (1996–2011) • Big Ten Conference (2012–present) ==Coaches==
Coaches
Coaching history Coaching staff ==Venues==
Venues
Nebraska played its first six seasons at Ballard Ballfield, a public park in Lincoln's Havelock District, before moving to the NU Softball Complex, which was located directly north of Mabel Lee Hall on the university campus. Bowlin Stadium has served as the program's home venue since it was built as part of the Haymarket Park complex in 2002. It has a listed capacity of 2,796, with nearly 1,000 chairback seats in addition to metal bleachers down the first base line and all-grass berms down both foul lines. Nebraska has ranked in the national top ten in attendance five times and hosted five NCAA Regionals since moving to Bowlin Stadium. On April 27, 2024, a stadium-record crowd of 2,691 saw Northwestern defeat Nebraska 8–1. Bowlin Stadium is adjacent to the larger Hawks Field, which hosts Nebraska's baseball team. ==Championships and awards==
Championships and awards
Women's College World Series • 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1998, 2002, 2013 Conference championships ;Regular season • Big Eight: 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 • Big 12: 1998, 2001, 2004 • Big Ten: 2014, 2026 ;Tournament • Big Eight: 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 • Big 12: 1998, 2000, 2004 • Big Ten: 2022, 2026 National awardsNFCA National Player of the Year: Jordy Bahl (2025) • NFCA Catcher of the Year: Taylor Edwards (2014) • Gold Glove Award: Courtney Wallace (2022) • Honda Sports Award: Denise Day (1985) Conference awards ;Player of the year • Big 12: Ali Viola (1995, 1998), Peaches James (2004) • Big Ten: Jordy Bahl (2025) ;Pitcher of the year • Big 12: Tatum Edwards (2013) • Big Ten: Jordy Bahl (2025, 2026) ;Freshman of the year • Big 12: Jennifer Lizama (1997) • Big Ten: Ava Bredwell (2022), Alexis Jensen (2026) ;Coach of the year • Big 12: Rhonda Revelle (1998, 2001) • Big Ten: Rhonda Revelle (2014, 2026) First-team All-Americans • Denise Day – 1985 • Lori Richins – 1986 • Ali Viola – 1996, 1998 • Jenny Voss – 1998 • Jennifer Lizama – 1999 • Taylor Edwards – 2014 • M. J. Knighten – 2016 • Jordy Bahl – 2025 ==NCAA Division I tournament results==
NCAA Division I tournament results
Nebraska has appeared in twenty-eight NCAA Division I tournaments with a record of 69–58, including eight trips to the Women's College World Series. ==Seasons==
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