A trio of Linfield student-athletes were selected as Northwest Conference Student-Athletes of the week in a release from the conference announced on Monday. Brynn Nelson and Tyler McNeley swept the softball honors while Jacob Slifka earned his second selection for the men's field award.
 
McNeley's efforts in the circle helped the Wildcats to a 6-0 road trip to California last week. McNeley threw 16.1 innings in three games, tallying two complete games and two shutouts while not surrendering an earned run. She was credited with three wins and finished the week with a 0.00 ERA. The Lakeview, Ore., native ranks among the NWC leaders in ERA (0.95), wins (7) and complete games (4).
 
Nelson paced the Linfield offense with at least two hits and every game and poured in two home runs, nine RBIs, two doubles and 13 hits. Nelson finished the trip with a .722 batting average. The Bonney Lake, Wash., native ranks second in the NWC in batting average (.534), OPS (1.479), slugging percentage (.879) and hits (31). Nelson also ranks among the leaders in home runs (5), RBIs (20) and runs (16).
 
Slifka earned his second straight event victory in the men's discus this past week at the Pacific Open. Slifka hurled a top mark of 157 feet, 4 inches which was nearly 10 feet better than the next closest competitor.
 
Linfield softball (20-0) is off to its best start in program history and returns to action on April 6 and 7 against Puget Sound. Wildcats track & field returns home for the Jenn Boyman Memorial starting on Saturday at 10 a.m.