Neli Casares-Maher’s mom had cancer twice. Softball helped her through it.
Jordan Phelps | Staff Photographer
Neli Casares-Maher leads Syracuse in 10 offensive categories. She steps up to the plate in honor of her mother who beat cancer twice.
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At 5 years old, Neli Casares-Maher often begged her parents to let her play ball at her local park. They played catch, hit grounders and shagged each ball she crushed into the outfield. But Casares-Maher was disappointed that those same types of plays weren’t replicated in her coed tee-ball league.
“When do we get to play real baseball?” Casares-Maher would ask her mother, Sharon. She wanted to play for something more hitting off the tee wasn’t enough for someone with her skillset.
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