CANTON, Ga. – Trinity and Southwestern split week eight athlete of the week honors after picking up conference wins.
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Athletes of the Week:
Pitcher:
Megan Kriechbaum | Trinity | JR | Cedar Hills, UT – Kriechbaum led Trinity to a 2-1 weekend against Rhodes to open SAA action, notching a pair of complete-game victories to improve to 5-3 this season. She tossed a two-hit shutout in a 12-0 run-rule win that evened the series, striking out six batters in 5.0 innings without allowing a walk. Kriechbaum came back on Sunday and pitched the Tigers to the series clincher, allowing one earned run (two total) on just three hits in 7.0 innings, and recording five more strikeouts.
Athlete:
Daniella Clark | Southwestern | JR | San Antonio, TX – Junior Daniella Clark turned in a strong and consistent performance at the plate this weekend, playing a key role in Southwestern’s three-game sweep of Sewanee. Clark started all three contests and finished the weekend hitting .400 (4-for-10), while driving in five RBIs and scoring two runs. She delivered in clutch moments throughout the series, recording RBIs in each game, including a two-RBI performance in both the second and third matchups.
Notable Performances:
Pitcher
- JJ Sweat | Berry | FR – In her two wins against Millsaps this past weekend, the freshman was at it again with nine innings of work that yielded just 2 earned runs against her in her two starts combined. In her first game of the weekend, she threw five strikeouts in five innings of action to help the Vikings run rule the Majors. The standout circle operator's performances this weekend have her ERA sitting at 1.20, which is top 10 in Division III among pitchers who have thrown 60 innings or more.
- Sophia Ytuarte | Southwestern | JR | San Antonio, TX – Junior Sophia Ytuarte led Southwestern to a weekend sweep of Sewanee with a dominant two-way performance. In the circle, she went 2-0 with two complete games, including a one-hit shutout, totaling 12.0 innings with a 1.17 ERA. At the plate, Ytuarte hit .500 (3-for-6) with five RBIs and two doubles, delivering key hits in each game.
Athlete
- Elly Bennett | Berry | SR - Elly had another fantastic weekend over the three-game sweep of the Majors with 5 total hits (one extra base hit), 3 RBI, and 3 runs scored. The senior also walked twice. She saved her best game for last in game three, where she reached every time she went into the batter's box and drove in two runs in the bottom of the first and fourth, which proved to be game-breakers in a wire to wire 5-2 win.
- Ainsley Giffin | Sewanee | JR | Soddy Daisy, TN – Ansley Giffin was 10-for-14 with a .714 batting average and on-base percentage this week for the Tigers across five games against Covenant College and Southwestern University. Against Covenant, she was 2-for-4 in game one and 1-for-3 in game two with an RBI and home run. Against Southwestern, Giffin was 2-for-3 in game two of the series and 3-for-3 in the series finale
- Hannah Boudreaux | Trinity | JR | Pearland, TX – Boudreaux led the Trinity softball team to a 2-1 weekend in SAA play against Rhodes, batting .556 (5-for-9) with two doubles over the three-game series. She also scored four runs and drove in three more, as well as drawing three walks to boost her OBP to .692 for the weekend. Boudreaux batted 3-for-4 with two runs scored in the 12-0 win on Saturday, then went 1-for-2 with two walks and had one run and one RBI in Sunday's series finale.
2026 Softball Report Archive (AOW Pitcher/Athlete)
Week One - Feb. 9 (Mazlyn Heyer/Katie Bejian)
Week Two - Feb. 16 (JJ Sweat/Isabela Barber)
Week Three - Feb. 23 (JJ Sweat/Brinley Muller)
Week Four - March 2 (JJ Sweat/Ella Morgan Sears)
Week Five - March 9 (Ava Fouts/Sydney Tackett)
Week Six - March 16 (Hailey Maragne/Sydney Tackett)
Week Seven - March 23 (Josephine Koelewyn/Macey Gilman)
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