By Anthony Gutierrez, September 23, 2025Cal Poly Pomona senior defender Liberty Ortiz helped her team to four wins, earning the first CCAA Women’s Soccer Defensive Player of the Week award of the 2025 season. Ortiz played a major role in the backfield as CPP allowed four shots on goal, while only giving up two. Me being named CCAA Defensive Player of the Week just displayed how well the group did.”Soccer has been much more than just a sport to Ortiz. “We as a team need to be bought in every single day,” Ortiz said. The Broncos hope to achieve another successful season built on the culture players like Ortiz have created, building towards their goal day by day with consistency and determination.