A More Equal Playing Field
Fifty years since its incorporation into the Athletics department, we celebrate softball’s role in advancing women’s sports at UNO and setting a precedent for future generations of female athletes.
Fifty years since its incorporation into the Athletics department, we celebrate softball’s role in advancing women’s sports at UNO and setting a precedent for future generations of female athletes.
On October 1, 1949, the university played its first football game on Caniglia Field. Since then, the field has hosted football, track and field, soccer, fundraising walks, marching bands, flaming batons, intramural sports, graduation ceremonies and more. Omaha University assistant coach Don Benning, head coach Al Caniglia and assistant coach
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