For Immediate Release
Monday, November 18, 2019
NSIC Media Relations
Media Packet

NSIC Offensive Player of the Week
#12 Jenna Reiff (OH/MB, 6-2, Sr., Chester, S.D.    / Chester Area HS) - Northern State
- Led Northern State with 37 kills, averaging 5.29 per set in their two wins over AU and WSC
- Hit .329 in the two matches, including a weekend high .391 versus Wayne State
- Added 23 digs, averaging 3.29 per set; recorded five blocks, three assists, and one ace
- Notched a weekend high 25 kills in the win over Wayne State

NSIC Defensive Player of the Week
#14 Jaiden Langlie (L/DS, 5-6, Sr., Fargo, N.D. / Fargo Davies HS) - Northern State
- Led the Wolves defense with 46 digs in their wins over AU and WSC
- Averaged 6.57 digs per set in the two matches
- Added four assists and three aces
- Recorded a weekend high 23 digs against Wayne State
- Named NSIC Defensive Player of the Week for the second time this season

NSIC Setter of the Week
#8 Ashley Rozell (S, 5-11, R-Sr., Warner, S.D. / Warner HS) - Northern State
- Led Northern State to back-to-back NSIC Championships with wins at AUGIE and WSC
- Dished out 88 total assists, averaging 12.57 per set
- Added 23 digs, averaging 3.29 per set; recorded one ace versus Wayne State
- Notched the 5,000th assist of her career versus Augustana
- Named NSIC Setter of the Week for the fourth time this season

Other Top Performances
OFFENSE
#5 Izzy Sommers (AUGIE) - Hit a high clip of .300 against Northern State and .409 in a win over MSU Moorhead; averaged 1.85 kills per set (13 total); only committed one error over the weekend on 32 attack attempts; added three blocks on the weekend which gives her 67 on the season.
#8 Jasmine Mulvihill (CSP) - Led the team with 6.11 kills per set (55 total kills) in the team’s three matches; hit .316 while also chipping in 3.11 digs per set (28 total digs); finished as the NSIC leader in kills per set in league play with 4.68; has reached 20+ kills seven times, including four of the last six matches.
#10 Morgan Olson (MSU) - Recorded 27 kills in only six sets hitting .350 on the weekend, leading the Mavericks to back-to-back sweeps; added 16 digs, three blocks and two aces.
#4 Rachel Linsey (SCSU) - Led the Huskies to a 2-0 weekend with wins over #16 Winona State and #21 Upper Iowa; recorded a team-leading 37 kills in nine sets (4.11/set) and recorded a hitting percentage of .280 in two matches; added 39 digs (4.33/set), four blocks assists (.44/set) and one ace (.11/set); led the Huskies to a comeback win over Winona State with 15 kills and committed just three hitting errors for a .308 hitting percentage.
#20 Anna Winter (UIU) - Averaged 3.9 kills per set in UIU’s weekend split against No. 5 UMD and No. 9 SCSU; tallied 39 total kills to move into 2nd all-time with 1,309 career kills; hit .303 over the weekend with just six errors in 109 attempts; added nine digs, four blocks, and an assist.

Defense
#11 Mara Quam (MSU) - Recorded 40 digs and four aces in only six sets, leading the Mavericks in a pair of sweeps.
#9 Taylor Olstad (SCSU) - recorded a team-leading 44 digs in nine sets for a career-high 4.89 average; added one ace and committed just three receiving errors in the victories; opened the weekend with a 16 dig performance against #16 Winona State; committed just one receiving error in the same match; recorded a career-high and team-leading 28 digs in the comeback win over Upper Iowa.
#5 Haley Weepie (UIU) - Averaged 4.8 digs per set in UIU’s weekend split against No. 5 UMD and No. 9 SCSU; tallied 48 total digs to move into 3rd all-time with 1,375 career digs; reached 20 or more digs in both games to total nine this season; added eight assists, two aces and a kill.
#15 Madison Rizner (WSU) - Averaged 1.57 blocks/set over two matches; career-high nine blocks in a sweep over No. 5 UMD; totaled 15 kills, 11 blocks and five digs over two matches.

SETTER
#4 Dana Schindler (MSU) - Recorded 73 assists and 16 digs in only six sets, helping to lead the Mavericks to a pair of sweeps on the weekend.
#14 Maddy Torve (SCSU) - tallied 104 assists in nine sets for a 11.56 assists/set ratio; helped St. Cloud State hit .223 as a team in two matches, while adding two service aces (.22/set), 15 digs (1.67/set) and five block assists (.56/set); led St. Cloud State to a .219 hitting percentage against #16 Winona State; recorded 44 assists in the victory with one ace, three block assists and five digs; also added two kills in the victory; recorded a career-high 60 assists in the win over #21 Upper Iowa.
#8 Carlee Ketchum (UIU) - Paced the Peacocks to a .223 hitting efficiency in their weekend split against No. 5 UMD and No. 9 SCSU; tallied 104 assists (10.4/set) in two games including a career-high 60 on Saturday; added 14 digs, five kills, three blocks, and an ace.
#2 Bre Maloney (WSU) - Averaged 11.4 assists/set; set the offense to a .360 clip in a sweep of No. 5 UMD; recorded three kills, seven blocks and 14 digs over two matches.

 

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
10/21/19
O: #8 Megan Flom - Winona State (2)
D: #15 Clara Krenz - St. Cloud State (2)
S: #8 Ashley Rozell - Northern State (3)
10/28/19
O: #8 Jasmine Mulvihill - Concordia-St. Paul (2)
D: #12 Sara Macek - Concordia-St. Paul
S: #4 Emily (Torve) Balts - Minnesota Duluth (3)
11/4/19
O: #8 Jasmine Mulvihill - Concordia-St. Paul (3)
D: #15 Clara Krenz - St. Cloud State (3)
S: #5 Payton Nutter - Concordia-St. Paul (2)
11/11/19
O: #12 Abby Thor - Minnesota Duluth
D: #1 Erika Bute - Augustana
S: #4 Emily (Torve) Balts - Minnesota Duluth (4)
11/18/19
O: #12 Jenna Reiff - Northern State
D:  #14 Jaiden Langlie - Northern State (2)
S: #8 Ashley Rozell - Northern State (4)