FELEX-CARDONA NAMED NATIONAL KEEPER OF THE WEEK

Hutchinson CC Sports Information

Hutchinson Community College freshman goalkeeper Olivia Felix-Cardona's Blue Dragon debut earned her a national honor on Wednesday.

The NJCAA named Felix-Cardona its National Goalkeeper of the Week on Wednesday. The NJCAA combines Weeks 1 and 2 before naming its first national weekly honorees each season.

Felix-Cardona shut out Western Wyoming in a 1-0 season-opening win for the Blue Dragons on August 20 in Rock Springs, Wyoming. The freshman from Wichita posted six saves in that victory.

Felix-Cardona is the first Blue Dragon goalkeeper to earn national weekly honors since Kambrian Colborn last season. This is the third-straight season a Blue Dragon goalkeeper has been honored by the NJCAA.

Felix-Cardona posted six saves in her first collegiate game. Those six saves tied for the second most in a Blue Dragon goalkeeper's debut in program history.

Felix-Cardona made three huge 1-on-1 saves against the Mustangs in the second half to either keep the game tied or maintain the Dragons' one-goal lead in the second half. Her final save came with 12:25 left when she sprawled out to make a diving save on a shot ticketed for the lower left corner, deflecting it just wide to preserve the one-goal lead.