Softball

Softball Athletes of the Week | Apr. 6, 2026

Hitter of the Week
Name: Jessica Waters
School: California Lutheran
Year: Junior
Position/Number: Infield / #20
Hometown/High School: Spokane, Wash. / Mt. Spokane
 
Waters was pivotal in the series-clinching game against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges, smashing a two-run homer in the sixth inning to pull within one run, then drawing a hit-by-pitch RBI to set up a bases-loaded walk-off single. The junior reached base three times in the first game of the doubleheader which helped California Lutheran University to sweep the day.
 
Pitcher of the Week
Name: Nyla Springer
School: Pomona-Pitzer
Year: Junior
Position/Number: Pitcher / #23
Hometown/High School: Long Beach, Calif. / Long Beach Poly
 
Springer contributed in both wins as Pomona-Pitzer Colleges took the series from No. 15 Chapman University. The junior kicked off the weekend with a complete-game 2-0 shutout having allowed just four hits, a hit batter and two walks before shutting the door in a 4-2 win the next day with just one hit allowed.
 

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