SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Omaha’s Sadie Limback and South Dakota State’s Tatum Pickar were named this week’s TicketSmarter Summit League Volleyball Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week. Limback nabbed the offensive award while Pickar garnered the defensive honor, league officials released Tuesday.
 
Limback guided the Mavericks to a 3-0 mark last week to remain undefeated in league play. She paced the Omaha offense with 41 total kills, 4.1 kills per set, a .383 hitting percentage, three assists and six service aces in three matches.
 
Limback recorded two double-doubles on the week the first in the 3-0 victory over Oral Roberts as she finished with 13 kills and 14 digs. In the 3-1 win over North Dakota State, she finished with 18 kills and 10 digs as well as tallied four service aces. Against North Dakota, she notched 10 kills on an impressive .474 hitting percentage.
 
Pickar led the Jackrabbits’ back row en route to a 2-0 week. She finished the week with 38 total digs, 5.43 digs per set, and six service aces. In South Dakota State’s 3-1 win over Western Illinois Pickar produced 24 digs and six service aces, two shy of the SDSU single-match record.
 
In the Jackrabbits’ 3-0 victory over St. Thomas, Pickar was the only player for either team with double-digit digs, notching 14.
 
Sadie Limback, Omaha
Sr | RS | Waverly, Mo.

• Collected the ninth weekly award of her career and third this season
• Recorded 41 kills, 4.1 kills per set, a .383 clip, 30 digs, six service aces. three assists and three blocks in three matches
• Record two double-doubles on the week

 
Also nominated: Tina Boe (Denver), Alli Schomers (Kansas City), Sakira LaCour (Oral Roberts), Crystal Burk (South Dakota State), Elizabeth Juhnke (South Dakota)
 
Tatum Pickar, South Dakota State
Sr | L | Cannon Falls, Minn.

• Claimed her third career defensive player of the week accolade
• Recorded 38 digs for an average of 5.43 digs per set in two matches
• Contributed six service aces against Western Illinois

 
Also nominated: Gianna Bartalo (Denver), Maddie Renn (Kansas City), Sarah Thiessen (Oral Roberts), Shayla McCormick (Omaha), Madison Harms (South Dakota)
 
2021 Volleyball Players of the Week
August 31
O: Lydia Bartalo, Denver
D: Sarah Thiessen, Oral Roberts
 
September 7
O: Sadie Limback, Omaha
D: Maddie Renn, Kansas City
 
September 14
O: Madison Harms, South Dakota
D: Michelle Glover, North Dakota State
 
September 21
O: Sadie Limback, Omaha
D: Claire Mountjoy, Omaha
 
September 28
O: Melanie Brecka, Kansas City
D: Rylee Marshall, Omaha
 
October 5
O: Madison Harms, South Dakota
D: Sakira LaCour, Oral Roberts
 
October 12
O: Sadie Limback, Omaha
D: Tatum Pickar, South Dakota State