Bemidji State University goaltender Brittni Mowat has been named the WCHA Women’s Defensive Player of the Week after leading the Beavers to a five-point weekend at No. 1 University Minnesota Oct. 31-Nov. 1.

The sophomore from Glenboro, Manitoba, led Bemidji State to its first-ever series win over Minnesota at Ridder Arena. She stopped an incredible 83-of-85 shots as the Beavers posted a shootout victory and regulation win to take five of six points from the top-ranked Gophers. After recording 47 saves through overtime on Friday, Mowat stopped three of four shootout attempts in BSU’s 2-1 triumph. She followed that effort with a 36-save shutout in Saturday’s 1-0 victory, handing Minnesota its first blanking since 2011.

Saturday’s 1-0 win was Mowat’s second shutout of the season and her fifth career shutout. Mowat also backstopped BSU’s penalty killing unit that held Minnesota’s power-play unit to 1-for-6 in the series. Mowat posted a .976 save percentage and 0.96 goals against average against the Golden Gophers. She is 3-2-1 this season with an 1.81 goals against average and .943 save percentage.

Mowat is the second BSU player to earn a WCHA weekly honor since Ivana Bilic also won the league’s Defensive Player of the Week Oct. 1, 2014. This is the second time Mowat has earned the league’s defensive player of the week with the first coming Nov. 13, 2013.

Bemidji State (5-4-1 overall, 1-4-1 WCHA) is idle this weekend before returning to action Nov. 14-15 against University of North Dakota. The puck drops at 2:07 p.m. both days from the Sanford Center.