Apparently Bulldog goaltender
Maddie Rooney doesn't like to share awards.
The University of Minnesota Duluth women's hockey sophomore garnered her second-consecutive Western Collegiate Hockey Association Defensive Player of the Week honor Tuesday, the direct result of her NCAA-high 88 saves on 93 shots over the weekend in the Bulldogs split with the No. 1 University of Wisconsin. Â The sophomore from Andover, Minn. made 45 stopsÂ
Friday night, including allowing UMD to successfully weather a 20-to-3 shots-on-goal onslaught in the first period. The result was a 4-1 win for the Bulldogs, their first over a No. 1 team since 2012.
Rooney then made 43 saves in UMD's lossÂ
Saturday, but finished the series with a WCHA-high .946 save percentage. This marks Rooney's second-straight WCHA weekly honor, after earning her first career award last week.
The Bulldogs, along with Rooney, will step out of WCHA play this weekend when they head to Cambridge, Mass. to play Harvard this Friday and Saturday.