Taylor McQuillin and Alyssa Palomino-Cardoza more or less began competitive softball together. And the plan all along was for them to finish alongside each other as well.
But along the way life happened, in the form of a season-ending knee injury to Palomino-Cardoza at the very start of her college career, which forced her to redshirt in 2016 and put the duo on different eligibility paths.
So instead of this weekend’s NCAA tournament serving as the last hurrah for both, only McQuillin is facing the prospect of this being her last games at Hillenbrand Stadium.