BEMIDJI, Minn. – After helping the Bemidji State University Women's Hockey team to four points against University of St. Thomas this past weekend, junior Makenna Deering and freshman Eva Filippova have been named the Sterling Trophy Western Collegiate Hockey Association Defender and Rookie of the Week, respectively.
Deering earns her first weekly league accolade after scoring the game-tying, extra attacker goal Friday night against the Tommies to send the game into overtime and earn the Beavers a point in the WCHA standings while also contributing a team-high eight shots on goal over the weekend. The South St. Paul, Minn., tied for the team lead with a +4 rating and led the Beavers with four blocked shots.
Filippova continued her hot streak to end the month of January by stopping 57-of-61 shots she faced over the weekend for a save percentage of .934 and totaled a 1.94 goals against average. Holding the Tommies to just two goals in each game of their series, the Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia native went 1-0-1 over the weekend after stopping 29-of-31 shots in Friday's 2-2 tie and then earned her fourth victory of the season Saturday stopping 28-of-30 shots.
She has taken the reins of the starter's crease for the second half of the season and during the month of January, has posted a .937 save percentage and 2.22 goals against average. This is the second weekly award for Filippova after being named the Goaltender of the Week on Dec. 11.
She is joined by University of Wisconsin's Lacey Eden (Forward) and Jane Gervais (Goaltender) as weekly award winners.
Deering and Filippova will look to carry momentum from last weekend's series on the road this weekend as the Beavers travel to Columbus, Ohio to face top-ranked Ohio State University.
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Located on the shore of Lake Bemidji, Bemidji State University sponsors 15 varsity athletic programs with NCAA Division I men's and women's hockey membership in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and Western Collegiate Hockey Association, while its 13 NCAA Division II programs hold membership in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC).
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