Spending time with those you care about is what most people do on their birthdays. Izzy Pacho is no different. This year, Arizona softball’s starter at third base spent her birthday with 17 of her closest friends defeating the Missouri Tigers on the way to sweeping the Columbia Regional.
“It was great,” Pacho said. “I mean, no better birthday gifts than a win. It was good but my birthday always falls when I’m playing my whole life, so pretty used to it. No place I’d rather be.”
Whether she would get to spend that time on the field with her teammates this year was open to question.