SDSU's Fiegen and Birath and OU's Dunn Earn Volleyball Player of the Week Honors
ELMHURST, Ill. - South Dakota State's Kelli Fiegen and Shay Birath and Oakland's Brittany Dunn were named Summit League Offensive and Co-Defensive Volleyball Players of the Week for their performances Oct. 25-31.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Kelli Fiegen, South Dakota State
So., MB (Parkston, S.D./Parkston)
Fiegen garners her second career Offensive Player of the Week award of the season after leading the Jackrabbits to an undefeated weekend with wins over Southern Utah (3-2) and UMKC (3-0) to keep SDSU's Summit League Tournament hopes alive. To open the weekend, she tallied 20 kills, a .425 hitting percentage and added nine blocks to defeat the third-place Thunderbirds. Fiegen bettered her performance against UMKC with 11 kills and only two errors in 19 attempts for a .474 clip and chipped in four blocks. On the weekend, she tallied 31 kills, averaging 3.88 per set, good for a .441 hitting percentage and 13 blocks, averaging 1.62 per set. Fiegen is on a four-match streak of posting a .400-plus hitting percentage and has recorded over half (121) of the Jacks 201.5 blocks this season. She currently sits atop the leader boards in hitting percentage (.418) in league play and blocks in overall and league play (1.26/1.25).
Also nominated: Alli Hook, IPFW; Bethany Fogler, IUPUI, Elizabeth Beck, UMKC; Chrissy Knuth, North Dakota State, Jenna Lange, Oakland; Olivia Ophus, Oral Roberts; Jazmine Ma'afala, Southern Utah; Katie Hosteng, Western Illinois.
Previous Winners: Oct. 25 - Chrissy Knuth, North Dakota State; Oct. 18 - Maya Schlindwein, IPFW; Oct. 11 - Megan Lamberston, North Dakota State; Oct. 4 - Analaine Pelaez, Southern Utah; Sept. 27 - Jordan Kissman, North Dakota State; Sept. 20 - Analaine Pelaez, Southern Utah; Sept. 13 - Megan Steenhuysen, IPFW; Sept. 7 - Kelli Fiegen, South Dakota State; Aug. 30 - Ellyce Youngren, South Dakota State
CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Shay Birath, South Dakota State
So., L (Marshall, Minn./Marshall Senior)
Birath earns her first career Defensive Player of the Week award after leading the Jacks' to an undefeated weekend with wins over Southern Utah and UMKC. She led off the weekend against the third-place Thunderbirds with a career high 34 digs, averaging 6.8 digs per set, only three digs shy of the SDSU record for digs in a five-set match. For the weekend, Birath recorded 46 digs, averaging 5.75 per set.
Brittany Dunn, Oakland
Sr., DS (Bowling Green, Ohio/Bowling Green)
Dunn captures her sixth career Defensive Player of the Week award and fourth of the season after extending her double-digit dig streak to 23 matches. She helped the Golden Grizzlies upset then first-place IPFW, 3-1, leading the defensive efforts with 24 digs, averaging 6.00 digs per set. Dunn currently leads the league in digs in league matches averaging 5.15 digs per set and is second overall (5.00 digs per set).
Also nominated: Jen Milligan, IPFW; Shari Bernhardt, IUPUI; Kelsey Knoche, UMKC; Andrea Henning, North Dakota State; Bruna Silva, Oral Roberts; Caitlin Jensen, Southern Utah; Ellen Miller, Western Illinois
Previous Winners: Oct. 25 - Bruna Silva, Oral Roberts; Oct. 18 - Brittany Dunn, Oakland; Oct. 11 - Brittany Dunn, Oakland; Oct. 4 - Brittany Dunn, Oakland; Sept. 27 - Demetra Williams, UMKC; Sept. 20 - Tessa McGill, IPFW Sept. 13 - Nicole Kerkman, UMKC; Sept. 7 - Shari Bernhardt, IUPUI; Aug. 30 - Tessa McGill, IPFW
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