Arizona women’s basketball fans were fairly welcoming to transfers who returned with their new teams this season. Arizona softball fans were decidedly not welcoming to former Wildcats Sharlize Palacios and Janelle Meoño when they returned to Tucson with UCLA on Friday night, but the Bruins got the 8-0 victory.
“They executed big on three pitches, I thought,” said Arizona head coach Caitlin Lowe. “And we put runners in scoring position again, and we just have to get the hit.”
A significant portion of the fans booed the pair of transfers during pregame introductions and the displeasure rained down again when Palacios stepped into the batter’s box in the top of the second inning.