PORTLAND, Ore. --- Western Oregon goalkeeper Sophia Pierce was named the GNAC Defensive Player of the Week on Monday in a week where she played a big part in keeping the Wolves' school-record scoreless streak going.

Pierce collected 16 saves during the week while posting shutouts against Seattle Pacific on Thursday and Montana State Billings on Saturday - both scoreless draws for the Wolves. Against SPU, Pierce came up big with a career-high 12 saves while facing 23 shots. Against MSUB, the junior had four saves and faced seven shots. 

Pierce has a WOU-record scoreless streak of 572 minutes, 33 seconds - 16th in GNAC history. As a team, the Wolves have a streak of 617 minutes, 33 seconds without allowing a goal and six consecutive shutouts - both a school records. Because Pierce split time in the win over Saint Martin's (played 45 minutes), she wasn't credited with a shutout in that contest so her shutout streak is at two.

Pierce's 14 career shutouts in less than two seasons has her third on the WOU all-time list, behind only Cyrstal Wells (17, 1997-2000) and Amanda Rose Johnson (15, 2013-14). Her career goals against average of 0.70 and 0.840 save percentage is second on WOU's all-time list - behind only Johnson in both categories (0.59 GAA, 0.875 save percentage).

This season, Pierce is third in the GNAC in GAA (0.714), second in save percentage (0.861 - 28th in D-II) and first in minutes played (1,260 - 25th in D-II) and shutouts (seven - 21st in D-II).

The Wolves return to action Thursday as they host Western Washington at 2:30 p.m.