Muhlenberg field hockey netminder Brenna Fitzpatrick has earned the Centennial Conference defensive player of the week nod after a couple of tremendous performances in goal last week. 

Fitzpatrick was a wall in net as the Mules split a couple of tough conference road games. In a 2-0 loss at nationally-ranked Franklin & Marshall, the sophomore made 21 saves - a career high, the most by a CC goalie since 2019, and the most by a Mule goalie since 2010 - to help Muhlenberg stay in the game despite deficits of 44-5 in shots and 18-4 in penalty corners. 

At Gettysburg, she stopped 12 shots and did not allow a goal until late in the fourth quarter of a 2-1 win in which the Mules were outshot 19-6. That win marked number 500 in the program's history and kept Muhlenberg in the playoff hunt. For the week, Fitzpatrick recorded a .917 save percentage and 1.50 goals-against average.

This is the first conference player of the week award for Fitzpatrick, and the first weekly honor for a Mule goalkeeper since Jordan Segrave in 2019.