Concordia and Biola battled all year long for PacWest softball bragging rights, and both squads made numerous new entries into the PacWest record book.
Concordia and Biola battled all year long for PacWest softball bragging rights, and both squads made numerous new entries into the PacWest record book.

Softball

Golden Eagles, Eagles Write In Record Book Entries

Concordia and Biola had championship softball seasons and also rewrote portions of the PacWest softball record book.

Concordia won the PacWest regular season and tournament titles, while Biola advanced the furthest of any conference team into the postseason. In that process, both programs added their name to a number of spots in the updated Pacific West Conference record book. 

You can check out the updated records here. 

Here are just a few of the highlites....

*Concordia won their sixth PacWest regular season title, the most of any program in conference history. The Golden Eagles also won the PacWest tournament title, giving them all four tournament trophies in league history.

*After the Golden Eagles won the conference title by a half-game and edged Biola in the tournament final, the Eagles then went on a tear to win the NCAA Sub-Regional title and were one win away from going to the NCAA College World Series. 

*BU's Jackie Ibarra had 91 hits on the season, tying the conference record for most base knocks in a year.

*Hawaii Hilo's Lexie Tilton was named the PacWest Defender of the Year for the second time, the only player to win the award twice.

*Jessup's Maddy Ybarra, who had 49 stolen bases in 2025, had 42 this season to give her 92 bags in Jessup's two years thus far in the PacWest. That's the most of any PacWest player during a two-year period. As a team, the Warriors had 122 stolen bases this year, the second most all-time. Jessup also had 25 triples this year, tied for the conference record.

*Concordia broke the conference record for most home runs in a season with 71.

*In addition to her 21 wins in the pitching circle, Biola's DJ Symons also had seven saves, second most in conference history.

*Concordia's Morgan Kneubuhler was selected as the PacWest Newcomer of the Year, giving the Golden Eagles six straight winners of that award. Kneubuhler had 17 home runs on the year, third most in conference history and her teammate Audrey Robles had 13 round trippers, sixth on the list.

*Biola's Lizzie Byer was tabbed as the Freshman of the Year, giving the Eagles three of the last four winners in that category.

*Concordia leader Crystal Rosenthal was selected as the PacWest Coach of the Year, her fourth such honor in the last five years, and fifth in the last seven.