Sharlize Palacios will be Arizona’s starting catcher when Dejah Mulipola moves on from the program after the season. For now, the two are terrorizing opposing pitchers together and moving the Wildcats closer to the Women’s College World Series.
Both backstops homered—Mulipola twice—and drove in three runs as Arizona softball overpowered Arkansas 10-4 in the first game of the Fayetteville Super Regional on Friday. The Wildcats can punch their ticket to Oklahoma City with another win over the Razorbacks on Saturday at 2 p.m. PT.
Arizona’s road struggles have been well-documented this season but they picked up right where they left off in last weekend’s Tucson Regional final—by bashing the ball all over the ballpark.