They are saying farewell to an important part of their lives.
Five young women — three from El Paso, two from southern California — will end a journey they began as elementary schoolers, will kiss goodbye their first love. Softball has not only been what they do, it has been who they are.
El Pasoans Kaitlin Fifield, Taylor Grohmann and Erika Harrowood and Californians Kiki Pepi and Miranda Gutierrez will step onto Helen of Troy Field — their home away from home for the past few years — and play their final softball games when UTEP takes on Florida Atlantic in a Saturday doubleheader that begins at 3 p.