ORU’s Milos, SDSU’s Benson, USD’s Brown Named #SummitVB Players of the Week

9/19/2016 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – Oral Roberts outside hitter Laura Milos was named Summit League Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week and South Dakota State defensive specialist Ellie Benson and South Dakota middle blocker Lindsey Brown garnered the league's Defensive Player of the Week awards for their performances, Sept. 12-18.

LAURA MILOS, ORAL ROBERTS
Jr. // OH // Porec, Croatia

Collected her eighth career Offensive Player of the Week award and second this season
Recorded a trio of 20-plus kill matches at the Tulsa Tournament last week
Had a double-double (27 kills, 10 digs) in a five-set win over Northwestern State
Added 21 kills in matches against Tulsa and Louisiana Tech with seven digs in each
For the week, averaged 5.31 kills per set with a .222 hitting percentage with five service aces

Also nominated: Ruth Okoye, Denver; Natalie Seiler, Fort Wayne; Emily Minnick, North Dakota State; Kayla Torson, Omaha; Elizabeth Loschen, South Dakota; Nazya Thies, South Dakota State; Shalyn Greenhaw, Western Illinois

Previous honorees: Aug. 29 – Brittany Jessen, South Dakota; Sept. 6 – Laura Milos, ORU; Sept. 12 – Brittany Jessen, USD

ELLIE BENSON, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
Jr. // DS // Sioux Falls, S.D.

Received her first career Defensive Player of the Week award
Recorded 32 digs in the four-set match against North Dakota, which tied a school record
Her 32 digs rank first in the league and 10^th in the NCAA in a four-set match

LINDSEY BROWN, SOUTH DAKOTA
Sr. // MB // Mapleton, Iowa

Collected her first career Defensive Player of the Week honor
Registered a career-high eight block assists in a sweep of Lamar
Averaged 1.44 blocks per set while adding five digs in the three matches

Also nominated: Emma Willis, Denver; Nicole Rightnowar, Fort Wayne; Mikaela Purnell, North Dakota State; Amanda Conlin, Omaha; Tori Roe, Oral Roberts; Kaili Simmons, Western Illinois

Previous honorees: Aug. 29 – Olivia Hahn, Fort Wayne; Sept. 6 – Ruth Okoye, DU; Sept. 12 – Olivia Hahn, FW/Jessica Helms, IUPUI

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Celebrating its 35^th season of Division I athletics, The Summit League offers 19 championship sports and has a combined enrollment of over 120,000 at nine institutions, including four located in top 60 U.S. metro populations and two land-grant universities. Member institutions include: Denver (University of Denver), Fort Wayne (Indiana University-Purdue University-Fort Wayne), IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis), North Dakota State University, Omaha (University of Nebraska Omaha), Oral Roberts University, the University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University and Western Illinois University. Previously known as the Mid-Continent Conference, The Summit League rebranded in 2007 and has since produced eight NCAA Champions along with over 80 Academic All-Americans, 75 All-America selections and numerous former student-athletes competing at the highest professional level. For more information about the league, visit www.thesummitleague.org website, follow The Summit League on Twitter @thesummitleague and watch the weekly "Inside The Summit League" show at www.thesummitleague.org/itsl.

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