Courtney Deifel is slowly coming to grips with the reality that the college softball season is over before it even reached the halfway point.
The University of Arkansas softball coach told her team Tuesday by conference call that the season was done after the SEC canceled the remainder of the season, including championship events due to the threat of the coronavirus facing the country.
"They are resilient. They handled it very well," Deifel said of her team, which ended the season ranked No. 20. "There is obviously a ton of emotion involved. We've just tried to help them and support them through that.