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Goalkeeper Walker Earns MAC Defensive Player Of The Week

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Ohio Field Hockey goalkeeper Brittany Walker earned Mid-American Conference Defensive Player of the Week honors after her strong performance this weekend in Evanston, Ill.

Walker led the Bobcats to a 1-1 record over the weekend while recording a 0.64 goals against average and .889 save percentage.

Walker made three saves and posted her first shutout of the season as the ‘Cats defeated Cal 1-0 on Saturday.

The Elizabethtown, Pa., native then allowed just one goal while making five saves in Ohio’s 1-0 loss to No. 12 Northwestern on Sunday.

The Bobcats will take the field next on Saturday when they travel to Bloomington, In., to face the Indiana Hoosiers.