BRIDGEPORT, PA - Hartwick College goalie Jessica Dorman (Auckland, New Zealand/Diocesan), who made 38 saves over four games this weekend, earned the February 8 Collegiate Water Polo Association Women's Varsity Northern Division Player of the Week award.
Dorman led the No. 13-ranked Hawks to wins over the University of California-San Diego, No. 12 California State University-Northridge, No. 8 San Diego State University, and No. 10 Loyola Marymount University for 2nd place at the UCSD Triton Invitational. She recorded five saves against UC San Diego (10-7 W), eight versus CSU-Northridge (12-8 W) and 15 against San Diego State (12-11 W) to help the Hawks advance to the Triton Invitational title game versus Loyola Marymount.
Against the Lions, she made eight saves as Hartwick fell 12-7 to LMU for the highest finish by a CWPA team at the invitational in league history. Overall, she stopped three penalty shots over the course of the weekend and tacked on two assists with nine steals as she leads a Hartwick defense which is allowing 9.5 goals per game.
For her career, Dorman added to her school record saves total as she now has 845 stops over a three-year career. Further, she is on-pace to shatter her school single season saves total of 410 established during the 2008 season.
