For Immediate Release
Monday, October 14, 2019
NSIC Media Relations
Media Packet

NSIC Offensive Player of the Week
#4 Tarrin Beller (MH, 6-0, Sr., Lindsay, Neb. / Humphrey HS) - Wayne State
- Led WSC to a pair of road wins over top 25 teams
- Hit .394 on the week with 30 kills and just four errors
- Had 15 kills with only one error in a 3-1 win at #19 Winona State
- Had 15 kills with only three errors in a 3-2 come-from-behind win at #18 Upper Iowa
- Added four service aces and nine blocks on the week

NSIC Defensive Player of the Week
#11 Emma Hallmann (DS, 5-4, Sr., Muskego, Wis. / Wisconsin Lutheran HS) - Bemidji State
- Led the Beavers defense with 52 digs
- Began the weekend with a career-high 31 digs versus Minot State
- Followed with 21 digs versus U-Mary
- Averaged 6.50 digs per set and totaled five aces on offense
- Moved into 6th on BSU’s career digs list with her 1,289th dig

NSIC Setter of the Week
#5 Payton Nutter (S, 5-7, So., Waterville, Minn. / Bethlehem Academy) - Concordia-St. Paul
- Contributed 108 assists (13.50 per set) in CSP’s two wins
- Led the offense to a .253 hitting percentage against a pair of ranked opponents
- Had 59 assists in a 3-1 win over No. 9 SMSU
- Added 15 digs (1.88 per set) along with two blocks and an ace
- Has collected 45 or more assists in each of the last four matches, including 59 in Friday’s win

Other Top Performances
OFFENSE
#12 Julie Touchett (BSU) - led the Beavers to two wins over the weekend by hitting at a team-high .393 and totaled a team-best 29 kills for a 3.62 kills per set average; totaled 29 kills in 56 attacks with just seven errors on the weekend; also contributed two aces on offense while adding 12 digs and 4 blocks (1s-3a) on defense.
#3 Kate Berg (UMD) - 4.25 kills per set on weekend (27 v No. 8 NSU); .271 clip on weekend; 2.5 digs per set on weekend; 2 blocks on weekend; 2 aces on weekend.
#17 Kaylyn Jenkins (MSUM) - had 13 kills in two road matches against ranked teams; hit .407 with only two errors in 27 attacks; also had three block assist.
#12 Jenna Reiff (NSU) - Led Northern State with 31 kills versus UMD and SCSU; averaged 3.1 kills per set with a .237 attack percentage; tallied 33 digs, averaging 3.30 per set; surpassed the 1,000 career kill mark versus St. Cloud State; added 1 ace and 1 block.
#20 Anna Winter (UIU) - Averaged 5.12 kills per set (41 total) in UIU’s weekend split against Augustana and No. 15 Wayne State; swung at a .284 clip over the weekend; hit .486 against Augustana with 18 kills and just one error in 35 attempts; registered her fourth game of the season with 20+ kills by powering down 23 against No. 15 Wayne State; tallied nine digs, three blocks and an ace.
#8 Megan Flom (WSU) - The reigning AVCA DII Player of the Week floored 43 kills over the weekend; matched her career high with 25 kills vs. Augie; added two aces, three digs and six blocks.

Defense
#7 Tori Hanson (CSP) - Led the team with 37 digs (4.62 per set) in the two wins; added three aces and five assists; helped the defense hold opponents to .191 hitting.
#3 Katie Lienemann (UMC) - averaged 5.89 digs per set in two matches last week. She notched 39 digs in Saturday’s win over Minot State, just coming three digs shy of the school record. Lienemann had 14 digs in the win over UMary. She helped the Golden Eagles to their first NSIC weekend sweep of the season.
#2 Keena Seiffert (UMD) had 5.63 digs per set on the weekend (25 v No. 8 NSU); 1 ace on weekend; 3 assists on weekend.
#16 Anissa Janzig (MSU) - Anchored a Maverick front line that recorded 19 total blocks in sweeps over #24 Sioux Falls and #9 Southwest Minnesota State; recorded 8.5 blocks, including the match ending block against SMSU, while adding 10 kills.
#14 Jaiden Langlie (NSU) - Led Northern State with 45 digs versus UMD and SCSU; tallied a season high 32 digs versus the Huskies, averaging 6.40 per set; recorded 1 assist and 3 aces; averaged 4.5 digs per set in the two matches.
#5 Haley Weepie (UIU) - Averaged 5.25 digs per set (42 total) in UIU’s weekend split against Augustana and No. 15 Wayne State; contributed eight assists (1.00/set) including a career-high seven against No. 15 WSC; registered her fifth game with 20+ digs of the season against No. 15 WSC (24 total).

Setter
#4 Emily Balts (UMD) - 14.25 assists per set on weekend (58 v No. 8 NSU); .5 kills per set on weekend; 2 blocks on weekend; 1.5 digs per set on weekend; team swung at .257 clip on weekend.
#4 Dana Schindler (MSU) - Initiated the Maverick offense in weekend sweeps over #24 Sioux Falls and #9 Southwest Minnesota State, recording 67 assists while adding 19 digs.
 

NSIC Volleyball Players of the Week
9/9/19
O: #10 Laura Snyder - Northern State
D: #15 Clara Krenz - St. Cloud State
S: #8 Ashley Rozell - Northern State
9/16/19
O: #8 Jasmine Mulvihill - Concordia-St. Paul
D: #4 Tarrin Beller - Wayne State
S: #4 Emily (Torve) Balts - Minnesota Duluth
9/23/19
O:  #4 Linsey Rachel - St. Cloud State
D:  #14 Jaiden Langlie - Northern State
S: #8 Ashley Rozell - Northern State (2)
9/30/19
O: #13 Meredith Sutton - Minnesota Duluth
D: #1 Erika Bute - Augustana
S: #4 Emily (Torve) Balts - Minnesota Duluth (2)
10/7/19
O: #8 Megan Flom - Winona State
D: #10 Erin Fallert - Concordia-St. Paul
S: #2 Bre Maloney  - Winona State
10/14/19
O: #4 Tarrin Beller - Wayne State
D: #11 Emma Hallmann - Bemidji State
S: #5 Payton Nutter - Concordia-St. Paul