Coming off of a terrible ending for the UConn softball team in 2019 after its NCAA dreams and the AAC Tournament washed away in a Houston rainstorm, the program turned over a new leaf in 2020. It brought in a new coaching staff and a leadership group energized to carry the program forward.
The one thing it wasn’t not afforded, was time. The Huskies were given just 21 games to show their stuff, and they took every opportunity to do so with a 16-5 record before Coronavirus ended it all. For the second year in a row, their season ended abruptly.