CENTERVILLE, Mass. - Keene State College senior goalkeeper Samantha Hirsh (Holliston, Mass.) earned Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III New England Defensive Player of the Week honors this afternoon. Less than 24 hours earlier, she was tabbed the Little East Conference Goalkeeper of the Week.

Hirsh stopped all five shots she faced this past week to backstop the Owls (8-2) a pair of victories. The senior keeper from Holliston, Mass. did not allow the opposition to score in 109 minutes and 21 seconds of action. She came on in relief to play the final 32 minutes and seven seconds at Clark, while earning the start against Little East Conference rival Plymouth State University on Sept. 28. Hirsh made three saves in the 77 minutes and 14 seconds before giving way to her back up in a 4-0 victory over the Panthers.
  
In seven appearances on the campaign, she currently ranks among the Little East Conference leaders in goals against average (3rd, 0.95), while ninth in save percentage (.737). Hirsh has held her opposition scoreless over the past 141 minutes and six seconds, which spans three matches. She logged Keene State's lone individual shutouts this season at Western New England on Sept. 3.

Keene State College returns to action at 5 p.m., when the Owls host Worcester State College (5-2-1).