SCSU's Siiri Yrjölä named WCHA Defender of the Week

Yrjölä Named WCHA Defender of the Week - St. Cloud State University Athletics

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – St. Cloud State Women's Hockey sophomore defender Siiri Yrjölä (Vantaa, Finland) was named Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) Defender of the Week, as announced by the league office on Monday. Yrjölä contributed five points and skated to a +4 mark in the Huskies opening series sweep of Lindenwood (Mo.). It is her first WCHA weekly award of the season and of her career.

SCSU's Siiri Yrjölä named WCHA Defender of the Week

St. Thomas' Rylee Bartz and St. Cloud State's Siiri Yrjölä joined the Minnesota State duo of Hailey Hansen and Zoe Lopez in earning the first set of Western Collegiate Hockey Association weekly honors on Monday, Sept. 22. Yrjölä claimed her first WCHA Defender of the Week honor for her performance in St. Cloud State's series sweep of Lindenwood. Bartz earned the WCHA Forward of the Week nod after helping the Tommies to a series sweep of Post Uni…