Women’s Soccer’s Birtwistle Earns Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week Honors

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown University women’s soccer junior defender Brooke Birtwistle has earned Ivy League Co-Defensive Player of the Week honors after scoring both of the Bears’ goals – including the game-tying goal from the center circle – in a 2-2 road draw at Penn, the Ivy League conference office announced on Monday afternoon. Birtwistle scored the first brace of her career, netting a pair of goals in the 2-2 tie against the Quakers. Her goal from 55 yards out tied the score at 2-2 in the 87 th minute after she scored the game’s opening goal on a header…