Linfield's Tayah Kelley and Brynn Nelson swept the Northwest Conference softball Student-Athlete of the Week awards in a release from the conference announced on Monday. Kelley was named NWC Pitcher of the Week for the second time this season, while Nelson earned NWC Position Player of the Week. The 'Cats went 6-0 last week with wins against SUNY-Oneonta and Whitworth.
 
Kelley pitched 22 innings over Linfield's six games. Against SUNY-Oneonta, Kelly pitched a complete game, giving up one run and pilling up 12 strikeouts. On March 16 against Whitworth, Kelley pitched another complete game without surrendering a run while adding 10 strikeouts.
 
On March 17, Kelley pitched a no-hitter in a complete five innings of work and came in to pitch the final three innings to earn the win in the series finale and moved her win total to four on the week. The Myrtle Creek, Ore., native leads the Northwest Conference in ERA (0.21), complete games (5) and wins (7).
 
Nelson started all six games in Linfield's six victories last week. Nelson tallied at least one hit in every single game and finished last week with 12 total hits. The Bonney Lake, Wash., added seven runs, five RBIs and a stolen base. Nelson ranks among the Northwest Conference leaders in batting average (.429), home runs (2) and hits (12).
 
Next for the Wildcats is four games against Pacific Lutheran with action starting on Saturday at noon.