ORLANDO – To one member of the UCF softball team, the squad’s Thursday evening Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic matchup against the Oregon Ducks represents more than simply the program’s fourth contest against a power five opponent this spring.
For Knights freshman infielder Sierra ‘CC’ Humphreys, it’s a family affair.
When the Corona, California, native takes the field for UCF’s Thursday nightcap against the Ducks in Cathedral City, California, she’ll do so playing against her older sister, KK, for the first time in her softball playing career.
Senior infielder KK Humphreys, a transfer from Cal State Fullerton following her freshman year with the Titans, is in the midst of her third season with Oregon, having appeared in and started 10 of the Ducks’ 11 games this spring and 113 of her 115 games in Eugene.
The infielder is a career .309/.367/.529 hitter with 57 extra-base hits, 252 total bases and 91 RBI in three-plus seasons, and her 14 stolen bases a season ago were good for a share of fourth most in the Pac-12. She also swatted a pair of homers during last year’s Mary Nutter, against then-No. 3 Florida and then-No. 24 Missouri.