SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – North Dakota State soccer's Abby Wilkinson has been named the TicketSmarter Summit League Women's Soccer Defensive Peak Performer of the Week for the second time this season, announced league officials on Monday.
 
Wilkinson picked up her fourth cleansheet of the season as she made eight stops in a 2-0 win over North Dakota on Sunday in the only game of the week for the Bison.
 
Leading 1-0, Wilkinson had a key diving save in the first half to keep the Bison in front. In the second half, she made back-to-back saves on North Dakota's best chances of the game and had another diving save a few minutes later that helped confirm victory for NDSU.
 
The honor is Wilkinson's second of the season and is the third overall for the Bison on the year. Wilkinson won the award earlier this season following a career high 10 saves in a cleansheet at Idaho.
 
Wilkinson and the rest of the Bison will be back in action on Friday and Sunday as the Bison wrap up Summit League regular season play against South Dakota and South Dakota State at Dacotah Field.