Popko, a Junior from Macomb, helped the Crusaders to a 10-2 week during spring training as she was a top hitter for the Crusaders all week long. She led the team in most of the offensive categories throughout the week as she was the leader in hits, runs, extra-base hits, RBIs and average and added six multi-hit games. She had a 0.487 average, 19 hits, and 11 RBIs through the 12 games.