Kayla Hokanson led the Royals to a 3-1 week at the NFCA Division III Classic hitting 0.500 with a 0.786 slugging percentage and 0.500 on-base percentage. Hokanson drove in the game-winning run in the Royals' season-opening 2-1 win over Piedmont on 3/2 before going 2-for-4 with two RBI and a home run in a 9-4 loss to Wartburg later in the day. On 3/3, she helped Bethel to a 4-3 win over nationally-ranked Moravian by putting BU on the board in the fifth with an RBI single. Hokanson then went 2-for-3 one game later in a 3-2 win over nationally-ranked Central.