For Immediate Release
Monday, October 20, 2025
NSIC Media Relations
Media Packet

NSIC Offensive Player of the Week
#15 Channatee Robles (OH, 5-11, Jr., Norfolk, Neb. / Norfolk Catholic HS) - Wayne State
- Averaged an NSIC-high 6.00 kills and 6.21 points per set with a .351 hitting percentage
- Had a career-high 24 kills with 18 digs in a 3-1 victory over No. 15 SMSU
- Added 18 kills with a .516 hitting percentage in Thursday’s 3-0 sweep at Sioux Falls
- Also averaged 3.43 digs per set
- Notched eighth double-double of the season vs. SMSU

NSIC Defensive Player of the Week
#7 Cassie Sieling (Libero, 5-9, Sr., Bloomington, Minn. / Jefferson HS) - Concordia-St. Paul
- Led the Golden Bear defense with 5.50 digs per set in wins over two Top-25 teams
- Had 18 digs in a sweep of No. 11 SCSU
- Finished with 15 digs, four assists, and an ace in a sweep of No. 25 MSU
- Logged her 1,000th career dig on Saturday

NSIC Setter of the Week
#17 Molly Romano (S, 5-9, So., Council Bluffs, Iowa / Abraham Lincoln HS) - Wayne State
- Averaged 12.14 assists and 2.00 digs per set in WSC wins over USF and No. 15 SMSU
- Handed out 50 assists with six digs in Saturday’s 3-1 win over No. 15 SMSU
- Had 35 assists and seven kills on just eight attacks (.875) in Thursday’s 3-0 win at Sioux Falls
- Also had three service aces in two wins
- Led the Wildcats offense to a .312 hitting percentage on the week

Others Under Consideration
OFFENSE
Makenna Nold (Concordia-St. Paul)
- Led the Golden Bears with 5.00 kills per set in a 2-0 week
- Logged two double-doubles
- Hit .320 through both matches
- Tallied 14 kills, 10 digs, four blocks, and two aces in a sweep of No. 11 SCSU
- Finished with 16 kills, 12 digs, two blocks, and an ace on .351 hitting in a sweep of No. 25 MSU
- Leads the NSIC in both kills per set (4.29) and points per set (5.29) this season
Kyleigh Schopp (Jamestown)
- Hit .579 with 24 kills and only 2 errors in 38 attempts in a pair of wins for Jamestown
- Had a career-high 16 kills on 23 attempts (.696) in a win at UMary
- Added 11 block assists on defense
Kylie Broten (Minnesota Duluth)
- Hit .553 and averaged 3.50 kills per set to help UMD to a weekend sweep vs. Minnesota Crookston and MSU Moorhead last week. Broten had 28 kills in 47 attempts with just two errors. Her hitting percentage was the third highest in the league this week with the highest number of kills and on the most attempts. She hit .417 with 12 kills and four total blocks in the road win vs. the Golden Eagles, before posting a .696 hitting percentage with a match-high 16 kills and no attack errors and one block in the home victory vs. the Dragons. She currently leads the league in hitting percentage (.450).
Natalia Szybinska (Northern State)
- Led Northern State and the NSIC hitting .629 last week
- Tallied 23 kills, averaging 3.83 per set in the Wolves two wins
- Added three blocks and two digs
- Recorded ten kills on 15 swings 
- Scored 24 total points for NSU versus UMary and Minot

DEFENSE
Momoka Minamiya (Jamestown)
- Had 43 total digs (5.38 per set) in a pair of wins for Jamestown last week
- Posted a career-best 21 digs in a victory over Minot State
- Followed up with a new career high of 22 digs at UMary 
- Added four service aces
Ellie Kline (Minnesota State) 
- Tied for league lead with 6.00 digs per set over the week
- Totaled 36 digs, including 19 against Winona State and 17 versus No. 10 Concordia-St. Paul
- Added three assists in the match against CSP
- Finished the weekend with no reception errors
Abby Schauer (Northern State)
- Notched 30 digs in the Wolves wins over the Marauders and Beavers
- Averaged 5.00 digs per set in the two wins and a weekend high 5.67 against Minot State
- Added seven assists and three aces
- Ranks second in the NSIC currently, averaging 5.45 digs per set
Anna Borner (Wayne State)
- Averaged 5.29 digs per set in WSC victories at USF and vs. No. 15 SMSU
- Had career-high 31 digs with two aces in Saturday's 3-1 win over No. 15 SMSU

SETTER
Ava Jones (Minnesota Duluth)
- Averaged 11.63 assists and 2.50 digs per set 
- Helped the Bulldogs notch a .277 hitting percentage in two wins last week
- Her 93 assists led the league, while her assists-per-set average ranked fourth
- UMD's team hitting percentage was the third highest over the week
- Posted a double-double with 50 assists and 17 digs in Thursday's win at Minnesota Crookston 
- Added 43 assists and three digs in the home sweep vs. MSUM
- Led the Bulldogs to a .418 hitting percentage against the Dragons
Ava Nilsson (Northern State
- Tallied 73 total assists, averaging 12.17 per set against UMary and Minot State
- Paced Northern to a .312 attack percentage in the two wins
- Recorded 24 digs, averaging 4.00 per set
- Added two blocks and two service aces
- Sits atop the NSIC averaging 12.35 assists per set

 
NSIC Volleyball Players of the Week
9/8/25
O: #2 Madison Carsten – Minnesota Crookston
D: #6 Kailee Waasdorp  – Minnesota Crookston 
S: #9 Ava Jones – Minnesota Duluth 
9/15/25
O: #7 Abby Brooks – Northern State
D: #8 Maya Wente - Augustana
S: #4 Sydney Thein - SMSU
9/22/25
O: #4 Avery Rosenberg - Minnesota State
D: #3 Makenna Nold - Concordia-St. Paul
S: #10 Jadyn Lester - Minnesota State
9/29/25
O: #4 Chloe Hanel - Wayne State
D: #16 Emily Rohrer - SMSU
S: #14 Braya LaPlant - St. Cloud State
10/6/25
O: #3 Makenna Nold - Concordia-St. Paul
D: #11 Ellie Kline – Minnesota State
S: #9 Ava Nilsson – Northern State
10/13/25
O: #7 Abby Brooks – Northern State (2)
D: #4 Chloe Hanel - Wayne State
S: #9 Ava Nilsson – Northern State (2)
10/20/25
O: #15 Channatee Robles - Wayne State
D: #7 Cassie Sieling - Concordia-St. Paul
S: #17 Molly Romano  - Wayne State

About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in 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 union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 27 team national championships and crowned 122 individual national champions. For additional information, visit NorthernSun.org.

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