Cockhill, Lopez voted to Big Sky All-Tournament Team

Montana sophomores Anna Cockhill and Grace Lopez were voted to the Big Sky Conference All-Tournament Team following the four-day event's conclusion on Thursday in Pocatello, Idaho.

Cockhill and Lopez helped lead the Grizzlies to three wins in Pocatello, the first time since 2021 that Montana produced multiple postseason victories.

The 2021 postseason was also the last time Montana had multiple players earn Big Sky All-Tournament honors.

Cockhill went 8 for 16 over five games while drawing four walks. She drove in five and scored five runs.

She got Montana's postseason started with a record-setting performance in the Grizzlies' first game, an 8-3 victory over Weber State.

Cockhill hit a two-run home run in the first inning, then added solo home runs in the fifth and sixth innings as Montana won its first postseason game since 2022.

It was the first three-home-run game in program history and the first ever by a player at the Big Sky Conference Championship. It matched the all-time Big Sky record.

Cockhill, who had multiple hits in three of Montana's five games in Pocatello, set a program record with 12 total bases against Weber State.

Lopez went 7 for 17 (.412) and led Montana with five extra-base hits. She drove in a team-high seven runs and scored six times.

Lopez opened the tournament going 0 for 3 against Weber State before batting 7 for 14 over Montana's final four games.

She drove in four in Montana's 11-7 comeback win over Northern Colorado, a game the Grizzlies trailed 4-0 and 5-1, with a three-run home run as part of Montana's decisive five-run fifth inning.

She had three hits in Montana's 10-7 season-ending loss to Sacramento State. She doubled and scored in the first and second innings, and had a two-run single in the seventh.

(Special mention to freshman Jessica Cherms, who wasn't voted All-Tournament but went 9 for 15 in Pocatello with a double, a triple, a home run and a team-high eight runs scored.)

Cockhill finished her sophomore season batting .323. She hit 12 home runs, becoming only the fourth player in program history (Maygen McGrath, Delene Colburn, Sydney Stites) to reach a dozen.

Her 42 RBIs were the most for a Grizzly since McGrath batted in 44 in 2021.

Cockhill stole her 12th base of the season against Northern Colorado on Wednesday, giving her 39 for her career, which matched Gabby Martinez's program record.

After totaling nine hits as a freshman in 2025, Lopez had a team-high 60 as a sophomore, 25 going for extra bases. She finished the season batting .368 and with a team-high 17 multiple-hit games.

Lopez led the team with 18 doubles, finishing three shy of the program record, and was one of seven players with five or more home runs as Montana hit a program-record 51 on the season.

Lopez's 47 runs scored tied for the third-most in program history and were just five off Stites' program-record 52 set in 2016. She stole 11 bases and struck out only 12 times in 163 at-bats.

Cockhill was voted first-team All-Big Sky, Lopez second team as Montana finished the season with 22 wins, the most for the program since 2019.

After going 1-14 in league in 2024 and '25, the Grizzlies went 9-6 in 2026 to tie for second, one game behind regular-season champion Idaho State.

It was Montana's first winning record in league since 2019.

Behind MVP Ava Brown, Idaho State won the Big Sky tournament with three run-rule victories over Montana (10-1), Sacramento State (15-7) and the Hornets again (16-8).

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Cockhill, Lopez voted to Big Sky All-Tournament Team

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