Softball March 10, 2025
SAN DIEGO – Following a weekend split against quality competition at the Purple Classic in Phoenix, the San Diego softball team swept this week’s WCC Player and Pitcher of the Week awards. Junior utility player Taylor Johnson and junior left-handed pitcher Kelsey Tadlock both excelled this week as they helped their team pick up a pair of victories with their stellar play.
Johnson, hit .538 in four games last weekend in Phoenix as she hit a pair of home runs and drove in eight runs against top teams from the Mountain West and the WAC. Taylor currently leads the WCC with five home runs this season and is tied for the league lead with 17 RBI.
This is Johnson’s first career player of the week award, as the conference’s leading hitter a season ago is once again near the top of the leaderboard in numerous offensive categories. Serving as the San Diego first baseman in 22 of the team’s 26 games this season, Johnson stood out against the WAC leader GCU on their home diamond as she went 3-for-4 at the plate and hit a three-run homer over the left center wall on Saturday night.
Tadlock, pitched in three of the four games this weekend in Phoenix as she allowed just a pair of runs across 11 1/3 innings of work against UNLV, GCU and Utah State. Getting the start in the circle during Sunday’s win over the Aggies, Kelsey earned her fourth overall win of the season by tossing six innings and allowing just a pair of runs and recording two strikeouts in the outing.
This week’s award marks the second time in Tadlock’s USD career that she’s received the conference’s pitcher of the week award, as she also won on April 22, 2024 after tossing a perfect game on the road against Pacific. Among WCC pitchers this season, Tadlock is ranked sixth in the league with a 3.16 ERA and is allowing the fourth lowest opponent’s batting average at a .260 clip through her 62 innings in the circle this season.
The full list of 2025 WCC player and pitchers of the week recipients can be found below:
2025 WCC Softball Players of the Week
February 10: Cairah Curran, Santa Clara
February 17: Abigail Charpentier, Santa Clara
February 24: Mia Zabat, Saint Mary’s
March 3: Sam Buckley, Saint Mary’s
March 10: Taylor Johnson, San Diego
2025 WCC Softball Pitchers of the Week
February 10: Hazyl Gray, Santa Clara
February 17: Odhi Vasquez, Saint Mary’s
February 24: Odhi Vasquez, Saint Mary’s
March 3: Odhi Vasquez, Saint Mary’s
March 10: Kelsey Tadlock, San Diego
San Diego softball is back in action this weekend close to home when they take on Montana on Saturday, March 15 for a doubleheader beginning at noon from Del Norte High School. The Toreros will then wrap up the series on Sunday, March 16 at noon back at Del Norte. All three games this weekend are free and open to the public, with fans encouraged to bring their own lawn chairs with limited seating.
