BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — Lindsey Lucas (So., Orinda, Calif./Miramonte) of No. 9-ranked Princeton University stopped six shots in three quarters of work during an 18-7 dispatching of previously undefeated Villanova University at home in DeNunzio Pool on Thursday, February 8. For her performance, she is named the February 12 Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Division I Defensive Player of the Week.
The honor marks the 12th weekly recognition of Lucas’ intercollegiate career. Last season, she claimed the January 30, February 27 and May 15 CWPA Division I Defensive Player and Rookie of the Week awards along with notice as the February 13, March 20, April 3 and April 10 Rookie and May 1 Defensive Player of the Week.
Lucas is on pace to potentially shatter the conference record for most Defensive Player of the Week nods held by former Tigers’/current United States National Team goalkeeper Ashleigh Johnson who garnered 19 Defensive Player of the Week awards during her tenure. Johnson holds the record for most weekly honors at 25 as she was named the February 11 and April 15, 2013 Rookie of the Week along with Player of the Week nods in 2013 (February 11), 2014 (April 18) and 2015 (April 13, April 27).
