Robert Morris University Athletics

RMU STUDENT-ATHLETE OF THE WEEK (Feb. 20,  2008)

Earning the Robert Morris Female Student-Athlete of the Week for Feb. 20, 2008, is junior goalie Brianne McLaughlin of the Colonial women's ice hockey squad. A native of Sheffield Village, Ohio, McLaughlin earned her third Defensive Player of the Week honor from College Hockey America (2/19/08) after helping RMU split a two-game series with nationally ranked Wayne State. In a 2-1 victory in game one of the series, McLaughlin stopped 26 shots, then followed that up with 21 saves a night later. She held the nation's second-ranked offense of Wayne State to just three goals in the series, and the win over WSU Friday night was the program's first against a ranked opponent in school history. So far this season McLaughlin owns a goals against average of 2.67 and a save percentage of .916. She is a nursing major.