(Photo: Kelly Presnell)
Alyssa Palomino-Cardoza was just a toddler when her aunt Toni Mascarenas and the Wildcats won the 2001 NCAA softball championship. With the strong UA connection, Palomino-Cardoza always had a dream: to make it to the Women’s College World Series in an Arizona uniform.
“I think kind of just being here and trying to get back to Oklahoma City and get a national championship and try to be at the level that (Mascarenas) was at — it means a lot to me and we’re going to do everything we can to get there,” Palomino-Cardoza said.