For Immediate Release
Monday, October 18, 2021
NSIC Media Relations
Media Packet

NSIC Offensive Player of the Week
#9 Maggie Streightiff (OH, 5-11, Sr., Hayfield, Minn. / Hayfield HS) - Upper Iowa
- Registered 33 kills in Upper Iowa’s home wins over Sioux Falls and #10 SMSU
- Averaged 4.13 kills per set and hit .463 in the two matches with just 8 attack errors in 54 swings
- Tallied 22 kills in a five set win over No. 10 Southwest Minnesota State

NSIC Defensive Player of the Week
#7 Tori Hanson (L, 5-8, Sr., Delano, Minn. / Delano HS) - Concordia-St. Paul
- Collected a massive 61 digs (6.78 per set) in two wins over the weekend
- Reached 2,000 career digs in Friday’s win over No. 5 WSC
- Matched her career high with 35 digs against WSC
- Added 26 digs in a four-set win over Augustana on Saturday
- Chipped in 11 assists and a pair of aces
- Ranks third in the NSIC with 4.73 digs per set and 15th with 0.33 aces per set
- Named NSIC Defensive Player of the Week for the third consecutive week

NSIC Setter of the Week
#20 Keri Walker (S, 6-0, Jr., Grafton, Wis. / Living Word Lutheran HS) - Northern State
- Paced Northern State to a .382 team attack percentage over the weekend
- Averaged 11.50 assists per set, as she tallied 69 total assists in the weekend sweeps
- Added eight digs, three blocks, one kill, and one ace
- Dished out double figure kills to four of the five starting hitters for the Wolves

Other Top Performances
OFFENSE
#1 Sophia Andersen (CSP) tallied a team-best 39 kills (4.33 per set) in the team’s two wins. She hit .242 on her 91 attempts. She set a career high with 22 kills in the win over #5 Wayne State on Friday. She chipped in nine digs and a pair of blocks.
#6 Cianna Selbitschka (UMD) led the Bulldogs to a 2-0 weekend as she had 25 total kills and averaged 4.17 kills per set. Selbitschka also hit an impressive .477 percentage on the weekend with just 4 errors on the weekend.
#14 Amanda Carlson (MSUM) had 41 kills in helping the Dragons to road wins at Minnesota Crookston and Bemidji State. She averaged 5.9 kills per set as she had 22 kills and hit a season-best .372 in sweep of UMC.  She also had 19 kills in four-set win over Bemidji State. 
#19 Sally Gaul (NSU) led Northern State with 21 kills and a .486 attack percentage in their 2-win weekend. She averaged 3.50 kills per set with just three hitting errors in six sets. She added six digs, three aces, and one block. She hit a season high .588 against Minnesota Crookston.
#9 Averey Yaksich (USF) had two straight double doubles and averaged 4.33 kills per set as USF Volleyball was 1-1 this weekend. Yaksich had 26 kills (4.33 kills/set) with 73 attacks and a .301 hitting mark to go with two aces and 28 digs (4.7/set), four bocks, and 30.5 points (5.08 per set). The league’s leader in kills with 303 and kills per set at 4.39, she had 15 kills and hit .333 with 13 digs with two blocks against Upper Iowa in a loss. Against No. 8 Winona State, she had 11 kills on 34 attacks with a .265 mark, 15 digs and two total blocks. She now has 811 career kills, which is sixth all-time in USF program history.
#4 Linsey Rachel (SCSU) led the Huskies to a NSIC sweep by averaging 4.33 kills and 4.17 digs per set against UMary and Minot State. She hit .467 as a six-rotation outside with 26 kills on 45 attempts. She tallied 18 kills and 18 digs in the 3-1 win over Mary, which counts as the 51st double-double of her career. She added eight kills and seven digs in two sets against Minot State. She currently holds the school record in career double-doubles (51). 
#21 Sidney Paulson (WSU) led her team in kills over the weekend, racking up 24 across eight sets played, including a 5-set win over #10 Southwest Minnesota State. She hit .203 for the weekend and recorded a service ace. She was second on the squad with 59 total attacks.

DEFENSE
#12 Grace Daak (UMD) led the Bulldogs on the defensive end to a 2-0 weekend which included two 3-0 sweeps. Daak had 14 total blocks on the weekend averaging 2.33 blocks per set. Daak also added 16 kills on the offensive end at 2.67 kills per set. Daak also hit an impressive .448 percentage on offense with just 3 errors.
#10 Sarah Petrbok (MSUM) had 39 digs and averaged 5.6 digs per set in helping Dragons to road wins over Minnesota Crookston and Bemidji State. She had 23 digs in four-set win over Bemidji State and added 16 digs in sweep of UMC.
#16 Abigail Groeneweg (SCSU) led the Huskies to a 2-0 weekend in NSIC play by averaging 4.29 digs/set. She tallied 30 total and led St. Cloud State in digs in matches against Mary and Minot State. She tied her career high with 21 digs in a 3-1 win over the Marauders for the second 20+ dig performance in the last two weekends. She added a team-leading nine digs in a three set win over Minot State the next day.
#8 Flom Megan (WSU) led her team in total blocks over the course of a 1-1 NSIC weekend which included a win over #10 Southwest Minnesota State. She had eight total blocks, five assists and led team with three solo blocks.  Also collected four digs.

SETTER
#11 Kelly Klees (MSUM) had 71 set assists, averaging 10.1 per set, in road wins over Minnesota Crookston and Bemidji State. She had a career-high 43 assists in a four-set win at Bemidji State. She had 28 assists in a sweep of UMC. She also had 14 digs on the weekend.
#5 Krista Goerger (USF) registered 72 assists in six sets (12.00 per set) with two aces, 16 digs, two block assists and four kills. In the upset over No.8 Winona State, she had her 25th double double with 33 assists and 11 dig will supplying an ace and a block assist. In a three-set loss to UIU (by seven total points), she had 39 assists (13.0 per set) with two aces, five digs and a block assist. She is USF’s career leader in assists with 3,110 and serve aces with 112.
#14 Maddy Torve (SCSU) led the Huskies to a 2-0 weekend in NSIC play by averaging 10.80 assists per match. She piloted St. Cloud State to a weekend hitting percentage of .316, including a .462 clip against Minot State. She tallied 34 assists in the 3-1 win over Mary and recorded a double-double with 10 digs. Recorded 20 assists, one ace, two blocks and three digs in the win over Minot State... added two kills as well.
#2 Bre Maloney (WSU) led her team to a 1-1 NSIC weekend, including a five-set win over #10 Southwest Minnesota State. She had 85 total assists over the course of two matches. She averaged 10.63 assists per set and registered six kills. She had a perfect 1.000 service percentage.
NSIC Volleyball Players of the Week
9/7/21
O: #8 Megan Flom  - Winona State
D: #10 Becca Pagel - Winona State
S: #14 Maddy Torve - St. Cloud State
9/13/21
O: #8 Megan Flom  - Winona State (2)
D: #7 Charisma Herr - Upper Iowa
S: #14 Rachel Walker - Wayne State
9/20/21
O: #8 Kenzie Foley - St. Cloud State
D: #12 Phebie Rossi - St. Cloud State
S: #5 Krista Goerger - Sioux Falls
9/27/21
O: #12 Phebie Rossi - St. Cloud State
D: #13 Taya Beller - Wayne State
S: #14 Maddy Torve - St. Cloud State (2)
10/4/21
O: #18 Maggie Brahmer - Wayne State
D: #7 Tori Hanson - Concordia-St. Paul
S: #5 Krista Goerger - Sioux Falls (2)
10/11/21
O: #3 Maddy Guetter - Augustana  
D: #7 Tori Hanson - Concordia-St. Paul (2)
S: #14 Rachel Walker - Wayne State (2)
10/18/21
O: #9 Maggie Streightiff ? - Upper Iowa
D: #7 Tori Hanson - Concordia-St. Paul (3)
S: #20 Keri Walker - Northern State


About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The NSIC is a model Division II conference that uses high-level athletics competition to develop champions in the classroom and community while empowering student-athletes to be impactful and positive leaders. Formed in 1992 by the merger of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (men’s league) and the Northern Sun Conference (women’s league), the NSIC has flourished over the past quarter century, maturing into a 16-team union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 24 team national championships and crowned 81 individual national champions. For additional information, visit NorthernSun.org.

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