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NDSU’s Hinze, USD’s Harms garner TicketSmarter #SummitVB weekly accolades

Bison’s Hinze, Coyotes’ Harms receive peak performer awards

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – North Dakota State’s Ali Hinze was named the TicketSmarter Summit League Volleyball Offensive Peak Performer of the Week, while South Dakota’s Madison Harms collected the Defensive Peak Performer of the Week, league officials announced on Tuesday.
 
Hinze paced the Bison with 34 kills (5.67 kills per set), 16 digs (2.67 digs per set) and six blocks while hitting .400 overall in two sweeps last week. The Maple Grove, Minn., native began her week posting a match-high 18 kills to go along with a season-best six blocks in the win over Western Illinois.
 
Hinze registered a double-double with a match-high 16 kills and 11 digs with a .481 hitting percentage in the victory over St. Thomas. She has reached double digits in kills in each of her last 10 matches.

Harms played in all nine sets in South Dakota’s two wins last week as the junior totaled 19 blocks (2.11 blocks per set) and 16 kills (1.78 kills per set). The Sergeant Bluff, Iowa native began her week by posting a career-high 13 blocks in the USD’s 3-2 reverse sweep of Denver.
 
Against Omaha, Harms and the Coyotes snapped the Mavericks’ seven-match winning streak in four sets as the middle blocker had 10 kills and six blocks.
 
OFFENSIVE PEAK PERFORMER OF THE WEEK
Ali Hinze, North Dakota State
Jr. | OH | Maple Grove, Minn.
  • Collected the second offensive peak performer award of her career
  • Totaled a team-high 34 kills (5.67 per set) with a .400 hitting percentage in two wins
  • Posted a match-high 18 kills and a season-best six blocks in a sweep of Western Illinois
  • Tallied a double-double of 16 kills and 11 digs in a sweep over St. Thomas
Also nominated: Elizabeth Norris (North Dakota), Crystal Burk (South Dakota State), Shayla McCormick (Omaha), Kaia Dunford (Oral Roberts), Elizabeth Juhnke (South Dakota), Raina Smith (Kansas City).

DEFENSIVE PEAK PERFORMER OF THE WEEK
Madison Harms, South Dakota
Jr. | MB | Sergeant Bluff, Iowa
  • Earned the first career defensive peak performer honor and fifth overall peak performer accolade
  • Registered a career-high 13 blocks in USD’s five-set reverse sweep of Denver
  • Also posted 10 kills and six blocks to extend the Coyotes’ win streak to seven games
  • Totaled 19 blocks (2.11 blocks per set) and 16 kills (1.78 kills per set)
Also nominated: Maddy Hornyak (North Dakota), Jadyn Makovicka (South Dakota State), Mariah Murdie (Omaha), Logan O’Brien (North Dakota State), Sakira LaCour (Oral Roberts), Sydney Henry (Kansas City).
 
2022 Volleyball Peak Performers of the Week
August 30
O: Elizabeth Juhnke, South Dakota
D: McKenna Ruch, Omaha
 
September 6
O: Elizabeth Juhnke, South Dakota
D: Cadi Boyer, Denver
 
September 13
O: Madison Harms, South Dakota
D: Karli Wenzel, Western Illinois
 
September 20
O: Elizabeth Juhnke, South Dakota
D: Brianna Green, Denver
 
September 27
O: Elizabeth Juhnke, South Dakota
D: Lolo Weideman, South Dakota
 
October 4
Co-O: Elizabeth Juhnke, South Dakota
Co-O: Syra Tanchin, North Dakota State
D: Kortney Carney, North Dakota
 
October 11
O: Shayla McCormick, Omaha
D: McKenna Ruch, Omaha
 
October 18
O: Elizabeth Juhnke, South Dakota
D: Logan O’Brien, North Dakota State
 
October 25
O: Ali Hinze, North Dakota State
D: Madison Harms, South Dakota
 
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