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Blast From the Past: Wallingford Acknowledged as BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week
Rookie goalie stopps 13 shots in 2-0 weekend for UConn lacrosse!
March 30, 2009
STORRS, Conn. - Freshman Anna Wallingford (Littleton, Colo.) led the University of Connecticut lacrosse to a conference sweep and earned BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week honors. This is the first conference accolade for Wallingford who finished the weekend with a .448 save-percentage.
She faced 27 Cardinal shots on Sunday and made eight saves helping the Huskies to an 8-7 victory over the Louisville. Leading a Connecticut defense in holding the Cardinals to below half their goals scoring average, Wallingford helped UConn secure a 2-0 weekend.
Wallingford stopped five shots in Connecticut's 11-9 win against Cincinnati on Friday. She also won a draw control against the Bearcats.
The starting goalie in each of the last five contests, Wallingford's season goals-against average dropped by two after this weekend as she now leads the Huskies with an 11.24 GAA. She has a team-best .457 overall save percentage, spending 405:46 minutes in the cage thus far in her rookie campaign.
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