Softball | 4/6/2026 4:00:00 PM
Week 6 PAC Honors (for games played March 30-April 5)
The weekly award winners have been recognized for their performances during Week 6 of the 2026 season.
PAC Offensive Player of the Week
Brooke Markland • Bethany • Senior shortstop • Elizabeth, Pa./Elizabeth Forward
Markland went 11-for-14 (.786) with three doubles, one home run, 11 RBIs and seven runs scored during Bethany’s 3-1 week... She recorded a career-high five RBIs while going 3-for-4 with two doubles in game one of the Thiel doubleheader, then followed with a 3-for-3 effort that included two RBIs and a run scored in game two ... In Thursday’s split doubleheader against Westminster, the senior doubled in the second inning of game one before launching her first career home run and driving in four RBIs in the game two victory, finishing 4-for-5 at the plate.
PAC Hitter Honor Roll
Chatham sophomore catcher/third base Kyla Milne (Anchorage, Ala./Family Partnership Charter School); Geneva junior outfielder Molly Shelley (Baltimore, Md./Sparrows Point); Grove City junior outfielder Evelyn Montone (Allentown, Pa./Parkland); Thiel sophomore outfielder Kayley Risser (Reynoldsville, Pa./Dubois Central Catholic); W&J senior infielder Hannah Allen (Harrison City, Pa./Penn-Trafford); Waynesburg senior infielder Braylee Corbin (Petersburg, W.Va./Petersburg); Westminster junior shortstop Ava Karpa (Coraopolis, Pa./Moon)
PAC Pitcher of the Week
Sophia Tvaroch • Geneva • Senior • Newton Falls, Ohio/Newton Falls
Tvaroch went 2-0 in the circle for Geneva last week, earning wins over Thiel and Waynesburg ... She opened the week by allowing just three hits and two unearned runs over 5.0 innings against Thiel while striking out three ... On Tuesday against Waynesburg, Tvaroch tossed a seven-inning complete-game shutout after surrendering just four hits with eight strikeouts ... For the week, Tvaroch allowed only seven hits and no earned runs while striking out 11 in 12 innings of work.
PAC Pitcher Honor Roll
Allegheny junior Madison Hulse (San Diego, Calif./Rancho Bernardo); Bethany sophomore Trinity Edge (Franklin, Pa./Franklin); Chatham senior Victoria Murren (New Oxford, Pa./Bermudian Springs); Grove City sophomore Alivia Lantzy (Pittsburgh, Pa./Avonworth); Thiel graduate student Mackenzie Herman (Greenville, Pa./Reynolds); W&J sophomore Macayle Thornhill (Warren, Ohio/Jackson-Milton); Waynesburg freshman Emily Pratt (Bedford, Pa./Bedford); Westminster sophomore Cheyenne Piper (Latrobe, Pa./Ligonier Valley)
PAC Newcomer of the Week
Jenna Nolan • Bethany• Freshman first base • McDonald, Pa./West Allegheny
Nolan hit .467 (7-for-15) with eight RBIs, two runs scored and her first career home run during Bethany’s 3-1 week ... She opened the week with an RBI single in the fourth inning of game one against Thiel before adding two more hits and two RBIs in game two of the sweep ... The freshman delivered in game two of the Westminster doubleheader, going 4-for-5 with five RBIs, highlighted by her first career home run and the game-winning two-run single in the seventh inning.
PAC Newcomer Honor Roll
Allegheny freshman outfielder Jayla Jones (Pittsburgh, Pa./Avonworth); Chatham freshman third base/pitcher Madi Gorney (Natrona Heights, Pa./Highlands); Grove City freshman third base Emma Vok (Wintersville, Ohio/Indian Creek); Thiel freshman catcher Madison Hufford (Cortland, Ohio/Mathews); W&J freshman pitcher/first base Braelyn Altman (Pittsburgh, Pa./Taylor Allderdice); Waynesburg freshman outfielder Lorryn Sepe (Pittsburgh, Pa./Penn-Trafford); Westminster freshman infielder/designated hitter Kylie Anthony (Harrison City, Pa./Penn-Trafford)
PAC Records & Milestones
Molly Shelley had a big week at the plate for Geneva in leading the Golden Tornadoes to PAC sweeps over Thiel and Waynesburg, as she batted 8-of-16 (.500) with three doubles, seven runs scored and three RBIs while going 5-of-6 in stolen bases ... Westminster's Ava Karpa launched her first home run of the season, a three-run shot in the top of the first, in game two against Bethany. Teammate Kylie Anthony hit the first triple of her collegiate career in the 8-3 win over Saint Vincent on Tuesday.