BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — Goalie Heidi Ritner (So., Newport Beach, Calif./Corona del Mar) of No. 9-ranked the University of Michigan made seven saves in a 13-6 loss to No. 3 University of California on Friday, May 11, in the quarterfinals of the 2018 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Championship to claim recognition as the May 14 Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Division I Defensive Player of the Week.
Competing at the University of Southern California, she turned away seven shots and allowed 13 goals as the Wolverines concluded the year in a four-way tie for Fifth Place in the final NCAA Championship standings.
A 12-time weekly honor recipient from the CWPA league office after previously taking five Rookie of the Week (January 23, February 13, February 27, April 10, April 15) and four Defensive Player of the Week (January 23, February 27, April 10, May 15) nods as a freshman in 2017, the award marks her third of the 2018 season after notching status as the January 22 and March 12 Defensive Player of the Week.
