Rhonda Revelle discusses plans for Bowlin Stadium to prepare for increased crowds after Jordy Bahl addition

Nebraska picked up the biggest offseason addition for any team in college softball this year, as Oklahoma star pitcher Jordy Bahl transferred to come home and play for the Cornhuskers. It’s created what head coach Rhonda Revelle called a “great problem” to have in terms of handling the wave of passion and interest.

As such, Revelle shared that she and Nebraska athletic Trev Alberts had already met since Bahl’s transfer to discuss ways to increase the capacity at Bowlin Stadium. With a current capacity of around 2500 people, Revelle and the Cornhuskers athletic administration suspect it’ll be full houses frequently in the upcoming seasons.

“Trev and I had a meeting yesterday about that very thing and been meeting with Keith Zimmer, our sport administrator and I know that there’s a plan in place. I think we’re working through the details,” Revelle said.

And with more than 2500 softball fans likely wanting to come and watch Bahl pitch, among other things, Revelle is hopeful some tweaks to expand the capacity at Bowlin will make their games that much more accessible.

She wants anyone trying to get a seat to have one for the taking, in an ideal world.

“But what a great problem to have, right? Just so exciting. I know that Bowlin right now is capacity at 2500. I know we’re going to have to obviously up that because we want anybody that wants to be in that stadium to be able to fit in that stadium. So we’re going to do our best to make sure we can accommodate that,” Revelle said.

Bahl is bringing championship-level experience with her to Nebraska

In two years at Oklahoma, Bahl assembled a career’s worth of accomplishments, winning a pair of national titles among other accolades. Under the tutelage of Sooners head coach Patty Gasso, Bahl learned a lot, too.

Now at Nebraska to finish out her college career after a surprise transfer, Bahl reflected on what she learned from Gasso. And it goes beyond succeeding at softball.

“Obviously coach Gasso is an amazing coach,” Bahl said. “And I learned a lot from her and just from playing with the girls on that team. Just about the game in general, and a lot about just confidence and just believing that you can. And so I think just being around them for two years and learning from them as people and as coaches and players was — it had a big effect on my maturity as a person and just in the game.”