SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – North Dakota State’s Ali Hinze and South Dakota’s Madison Harms take home this week’s Summit League Volleyball Player of the Week accolades following season-best performances to help their respective teams to victories over the weekend. Hinze was selected as the offensive player of the week while Harms claimed the award on the defensive side.
 
Hinze led the Bison with 43 kills, 4.30 kills per set, five service aces and a .252 average hitting percentage in a pair of wins over Oral Roberts. She notched a season-high 24 kills on a .321 hitting percentage in the series-opening five-set victory over the Golden Eagles. Hinze then hammered down 19 kills and tallied four service aces in the second meeting with Oral Roberts to secure another five-set thriller.
 
Harms led the defensive effort for the Coyotes in a series split with Omaha. In the first meeting with the Mavericks, Harms tallied two solo and eight assisted blocks to help limit Omaha to a .064 hitting percentage. Her career-high 10 total blocks set a new school record for total blocks in a three-set match. In a tough five-set loss to Omaha, Harms finished with five total blocks (one solo, four assisted) and notched a career-high five digs.
 
Ali Hinze, North Dakota State
Fr | OH | Maple Grove, Minn.

• Collected her first career offensive player of the week honor
• Totaled 43 kills on the weekend averaging 4.30 kills per set and a .252 clip against Oral Roberts
• Notched a season-high 24 kills on a .321 hitting percentage in the series-opening five-set win

Also nominated: Cassie Hunt (Western Illinois), Lorrin Poulter (Denver), Melanie Brecka (Kansas City), Kaia Dunford (Oral Roberts), Elizabeth Juhnke (South Dakota)
 
Madison Harms, South Dakota
So | MB | Sergeant Bluff, Iowa

• Earned her first career defensive player of the week accolade
• Totaled 15 blocks on the weekend averaging 1.86 blocks per set against Omaha
• Notched a career-high 10 total blocks to set a new school record for total blocks in a three-set match

Also nominated: Bella Lien (North Dakota State), Macy Carrabine (Denver), De’Janae Arnold (Kansas City), Jaxie Wakley (Oral Roberts), Claire Mountjoy (Omaha)
 
2020 Volleyball Players of the Week
January 26
O: Elizabeth Juhnke, South Dakota
D: Claire Mountjoy, Omaha
 
February 2
O: Lexi Ahrens, North Dakota
D: Maddie Renn, Kansas City
 
February 9
O: Aixa Vigil, Oral Roberts
D: Sarah Thiessen, Oral Roberts
 
February 16
O: Ali Hinze, North Dakota State
D: Madison Harms, South Dakota