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South Dakota Softball’s Historic NCAA Tournament Berth Creates Emotional Homecoming for Nebraska Natives
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South Dakota Softball’s Historic NCAA Tournament Berth Creates Emotional Homecoming for Nebraska Natives

Softball On SI·Maren Angus-Coombs·19 days ago
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Shannon Pivovar was sitting at South Dakota's Softball Selection Show watch party, anxiously waiting to see where the Coyotes would be playing in the program's first NCAA Regional. In one split second, the memories came flooding back because the Coyotes are heading to Lincoln for a first-round date with the No.4 overall seed, the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Buried in the details is the fact that Pivovar and seven student-athletes would be going home. Pivovar grew up around Nebraska athletics. As a kid, she would go to work with her dad in Lincoln. Steve Pivovar covered the Huskers and was a sports writer at the Omaha World-Herald for over 45 years. "I got to shadow my dad for a day, the football game against Mizzou that Matt Davison made the catch in the end zone," Pivovar recalled in a phone interview.…

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