MISSOULA — Maddie Ditta, who had a hyper-efficient outing in Montana’s lone match last week, a 5-0 home shutout of Montana State Billings on Sunday, was named the Big Sky Conference offensive player of the week on Tuesday.

Ditta, a senior midfielder, took two shots and scored on both while playing just 36 minutes as the Grizzlies won their second straight match and posted their largest margin of victory since 2022.

It was the first career player of the week award for Ditta, who was second-team All-Big Sky as a sophomore and first-team last year as a junior.

Both of Ditta’s goals on Sunday, Montana’s second and third of the match as the Grizzlies built a 3-0 halftime lead, showed an experienced player at the absolute zenith of her collegiate career.

In other words, when the game becomes

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