LANCASTER, Pa. -- Four repeat honorees lead this week's Centennial Conference Athletes of the Week as we approach mid April for Centennial Conference spring competition. Conference play is heating up in baseball, lacrosse, softball and tennis, while outdoor track & field and golf continue to prep for the CC championships in later April and early May. 

Paige Forry of Gettysburg softball and Lily Macatee of Gettysburg women's lacrosse collected their third weekly awards of 2023 to lead the way this week while Adria Retter of Swarthmore women's track & field and Matthew Cooper of Johns Hopkins baseball each secured awards for the second time this spring. Others who earned honors for superb performances last week included Dan Galef of Franklin & Marshall baseball, Giovanna Komst of Gettysburg softball, Matt Richards and Jacob Abraham of Haverford men's lacrosse, Sam Silverman of Haverford women's lacrosse, James Yu of Johns Hopkins men's tennis, Jenna Harrison of F&M women's tennis, Jamie Moreland of Haverford men's track & field, Ethan Hart of Dickinson men's track & field, and Lauren Phillips of Johns Hopkins women's track & field. 

Scroll below for more information on each of this week's honorees. 

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BASEBALL

Player of the Week
Matthew Cooper, Sr., OF, Johns Hopkins
Chalfont, Pa. | Delaware
Cooper put together a phenomenal week at the plate, finishing 8-for-16 with four homers and six RBIs in a 3-1 week for Johns Hopkins. Cooper homered in three out of four games, including two against Ursinus in game two of a doubleheader which was the fourth multi-homer game of his career. For the week, he posted a 1.438 slugging percentage, had two hits in every game, scored at least once in each game, had at least one extra-base hit in each game, and also drew three walks. Cooper leads the conference in batting average at .459 and is tied for third in the country in home runs with 11. With 23 long balls in his career, Cooper has moved into seventh all-time on the program's career home run list. 

SOFTBALL

Player of the Week
Giovanna Komst, Jr., OF, Gettysburg
Londonderry, N.H. | Londonderry
Komst led the Bullets to a 4-0 week with conference sweeps over McDaniel and Haverford, including three run-rule wins. She hit .600 on the week, going 6-for-10 at the plate with a double for a .700 slugging percentage. She also drew two walks for a .615 on-base percentage. She added a sacrifice hit and sacrifice fly while scoring six runs and driving in four. 

MEN'S LACROSSE

WOMEN'S LACROSSE

Offensive Player of the Week
Sam Silverman, Sr., A, Haverford 
Catonsville, Md. | The Bryn Mawr School
Silverman totaled nine goals and six assists in a 2-0 week for the Fords as they improved to 8-3 on the season and remained unbeaten in Centennial play (4-0). The senior attacker had a standout outing in Wednesday's win 18-10 at Washington College with seven goals and six assists for a program-record 13 points. She then added two more goals in Saturday's 21-9 triumph over McDaniel. Silverman connected on 81.8% of her shots and added four ground balls for the week. Her performance against Washington also pushed her above 100 career points.

MEN'S TENNIS

Athlete of the Week
James Yu, Jr., Johns Hopkins
Bellevue, Wash. | Bellevue
Yu helped Johns Hopkins to Centennial wins over Washington College and Haverford in a 2-0 week for the Blue Jays. He went 2-0 in doubles and 2-0 in singles. He and brother Thomas lost just one game in their two wins at first doubles, defeating Washington 8-0 and Haverford 8-1. James then did not lose a set in either of his singles wins at the No. 3 spot, securing a 6-2, 6-3 win vs. Washington and a 7-5, 6-0 triumph vs. Haverford. He clinched Hopkins' win over Haverford with his singles win. 

WOMEN'S TENNIS

WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD