STATESBORO - Georgia Southern junior center back Sade Heinrichs has been named the Sun Belt Conference Women's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week, announced today by league officials.
Heinrichs played all 180 minutes in Georgia Southern's pair of shutout wins this week, extending the Eagles' current win streak and shutout streak to five matches. The Monchengladbach, Germany, native was huge in defense in the Eagles' 1-0 win at ULM on Thursday and in a 1-0 win over James Madison, who entered Sunday's match unbeaten in Sun Belt play. Against the Dukes on Sunday, she won several one-on-one battles against the James Madison forwards and limited the team to just 10 shots in the victory.