SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – South Dakota’s Elizabeth Juhnke and Lolo Weideman garnered this week’s TicketSmarter Summit League Volleyball Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week awards. Juhnke took home the offensive honor while Weideman claimed the award on the defensive end, league officials announced Tuesday.
 
Juhnke and Weideman helped South Dakota to a pair of four-set victories over Kansas City and Oral Roberts over the week. Juhnke posted a pair of double-doubles in the wins. Her 10^th double-double of the season included 16 kills and 12 digs to go with three total blocks in the win over the Roos.
 
She notched a four-set season-high with 22 kills and posted a four-set season-high of .405 hitting percentage in the victory over the Golden Eagles. She also added 15 digs for her 11^th double-double of the season.
 
Defensively, Weideman posted her fourth match with 25 or more digs this season and seventh with 20 or more during the win over KC. Against the Roos, she had a four-set career-high of 29 digs to go with two assists and two aces.
 
Against ORU she added 16 digs, six assists and four aces. On the season she has reached double figures in digs in 18 of the team’s 21 matches.
 
Elizabeth Juhnke, South Dakota
Jr | OH | Lakeville, Minn.

• Collected her fifth career athlete of the week honor and first this season
• Recorded 38 kills, 4.75 kills per set, a .333 clip, 27 digs, 3.37 digs per set and seven blocks in two matches
• Posted two double-doubles and notched four-set season highs against Oral Roberts

 
Also nominated: Lauren Galvin (St. Thomas), McKenna Ruch (Omaha), Raegen Reilly (North Dakota State), Crystal Burk (South Dakota State), Lydia Bartalo (Denver), Jaxie Wakley (Oral Roberts), Lexi Ahrens (North Dakota)
 
Lolo Weideman, South Dakota
Sr | L | Center Point Iowa

• Earned her third career defensive player of the week honor and first this season
• Recorded 45 digs for an average of 5.62 digs per set in two matches
• Tallied a four-set career-high of 29 digs against Kansas City

 
Also nominated: Carrie Rutledge (St. Thomas), Rylee Marshall (Omaha), Ali Hinze (North Dakota State), Crystal Burk (South Dakota State), Gianna Bartalo (Denver), Sakira LaCour (Oral Roberts)
 
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
 
October 19
O: Brianna Green, Denver
D: Sakira LaCour, Oral Roberts
 
October 26
O: Aixa Vigil, Oral Roberts
D: Gianna Bartalo, Denver
 
November 1
O: Elizabeth Juhnke, South Dakota
D: Lolo Weideman, South Dakota