SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – South Dakota State’s Crystal Burk was named the TicketSmarter Summit League Volleyball Offensive Peak Performer of the Week for the first time in her career, while South Dakota’s Lolo Weideman collected the Defensive Peak Performer of the Week, league officials announced on Tuesday.
Burk registered 55 total kills (5.5 kills per set) and 6.1 points per set in three wins last week. The fifth-year outside hitter started her week with a match-high 22 kills along with 14 digs, good enough for her 20
th double-double of the season, against North Dakota State. The Newman, Ga., native also posted two service aces and two blocks against the Bison.
Burk became the sixth Jackrabbit in program history to reach 1,500 career kills as she did so in a sweep of St. Thomas with a match-high 18 kills, tallying her second-best hitting percentage of her career at .571 overall. She ended her week with her 21
st double-double of the season with 15 kills and 11 digs and brought her single-season kill total to 458, which ranks eighth in the nation.
Weideman played in all 11 sets in the Coyotes’ three wins last week, averaging 4.55 digs per set and 0.82 service aces per set. The Center Point, Iowa native notched double-digit digs in all three matches, totaling 50 digs, 11 assists and nine service aces, with six of those nine service aces coming in a row in a sweep of St. Thomas.
The fifth-year libero started her week with a team-high 26 digs and followed up that performance with 14 digs against Western Illinois. Weideman continues to lead the league in digs per set (4.74) and ranks 38
th in the nation in digs per set.
OFFENSIVE PEAK PERFORMER OF THE WEEK
Crystal Burk, South Dakota State
Gr. | OH | Neman, Ga.
- Earned the first offensive peak performer award of her career
- Averaged 5.5 kills per set and 6.1 points per set in SDSU’s 3-0 week
- Became the sixth Jackrabbit in program history to reach 1,500 career kills in a sweep of St. Thomas
- Notched 22 kills at North Dakota State, 18 against the Tommies and 15 against Western Illinois
- Also posted 34 digs, four blocks and four service aces
Also nominated: McKenna Ruch (Omaha), Ali Hinze (North Dakota State), Carly Gillen (Kansas City), Jordan Lockwood (Denver), Elizabeth Juhnke (South Dakota), Sakira LaCour (Oral Roberts), Elizabeth Norris (North Dakota).
DEFENSIVE PEAK PERFORMER OF THE WEEK
Lolo Weideman, South Dakota
Gr. | L | Center Point, Iowa
- Collected the fifth career defensive peak performer accolade of her career
- Registered 50 digs over three matches (4.55 digs per set)
- Notched double-digit digs in all three matches, including 11 assists and nine services aces
- Six of those nine service aces came in a row in USD’s sweep of St. Thomas
Also nominated: Mariah Murdie (Omaha), Ally Barth (North Dakota State), Ella Thompson (South Dakota State), Kennedy Schritenthal (Kansas City), Gianna Bartalo (Denver), Natassia Baptiste (Oral Roberts), Kortney Carney (North Dakota).
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
November 1
O: Elizabeth Juhnke, South Dakota
D: Kortney Carney, North Dakota
November 8
O: Crystal Burk, South Dakota State
D: Lolo Weideman, South Dakota
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