Women's Volleyball

Limback, Weideman claim second-consecutive #SummitVB weekly award

Omaha’s Limback, South Dakota’s Weideman earn second-straight player of the week accolades

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Omaha’s Sadie Limback and South Dakota’s Lolo Weideman secured their second-straight Summit League Volleyball Player of the Week honors after their performances helped their respective teams to claim road series sweeps.
 
In the first meeting with Western Illinois, Limback recorded a match-high 19 kills while hitting .567 in the match to help guide the Mavericks to a 3-1 victory over the Leathernecks. Limback carried the momentum in the second match against Western Illinois, swinging down a team-high 13 kills on a .667 clip in the 3-0 victory to give Omaha the series sweep. On the weekend she averaged 4.57 kills per set while hitting a blistering .604 in two matches.
 
Against in-state rival South Dakota State, Weideman led the defensive pack in the 3-1 series-opening win recording a career-high for a four-set match of 26 digs. In the series-claiming 3-0 win over the Jackrabbits, Weideman equaled her career-high in a three-set match totaling 17 digs. She completed the weekend with 43 total digs averaging 6.14 digs per set.
 
Sadie Limback, Omaha
Jr | RS | Waverly, Mo.
  • Collected her fourth career offensive player of the week honor and second-consecutive this season
  • Totaled 32 kills on the weekend averaging 4.57 kills per set and a .604 hitting percentage against WIU
  • Hammered down a team-high 13 kills on an impressive .667 clip in the second meeting with WIU
Also nominated: Sami Slaughter (South Dakota), Brianna Green (Denver), Aixa Vigil (Denver)
 
Lolo Weideman, South Dakota
Jr | L | Center Point, Iowa
  • Earned her second-straight defensive player of the week accolade
  • Totaled 43 digs on the weekend averaging 6.14 digs per set against South Dakota State
  • Recorded a career-high and equaled a career-high in a two-match sweep over the Jackrabbits
Also nominated: Brianna Green (Denver), Sarah Thiessen (Oral Roberts)
 
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
 
February 23
O: Sadie Limback, Omaha
D: Lolo Weideman, South Dakota
 
March 2
O: Sadie Limback, Omaha
D: Lolo Weideman, South Dakota
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