Swenson Selected as Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week
10/20/2015 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
ROSEMONT, Ill. -- Sophomore goalkeeper Sam Swenson of the University of Michigan field hockey team was named Big Ten Conference Defensive Player of the Week in response to her play in the Wolverines' weekend sweep, the league office announced Tuesday (Oct. 20). The weekly nod is Swenson's third of the season.
Swenson backstopped the Wolverines to a pair of weekend wins, improving her season record to 13-3 with road decisions at Northwestern (Oct. 16) and Central Michigan (Oct. 18). Swenson posted a career-best 14 saves against the Wildcats, including eight saves through 14:26 of overtime play. She added two more saves against CMU and combined with senior/junior Chris Lueb for Michigan's seventh shutout win this season and fifth in the last seven games.
U-M has claimed five of the last six defensive nods. Senior back Lauren Thomas has also earned a pair of weekly honors this year.
Michigan returns to action on Sunday (Oct. 25), traveling to East Lansing, Michigan, to face in-state rival Michigan State at 1 p.m. at Ralph Young Field.
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