After leading No. 7 Minnesota past No. 3 Wisconsin and Indiana in sweeps, senior setter Samantha Seliger-Swenson has been selected as the VolleyMob Player of the Week.
Seliger-Swenson averaged 12.5 assists and 3.5 digs per set, while leading the Gophers to a .371 clip. The senior notched 39 assists, eight digs and two aces, while leading the team to a .386 effort against the Badgers. The Minnetonka, Minnesota, native added 36 assists, 13 digs and led the team to a .356 efficiency against Indiana. The senior also surpassed the 1,000 dig milestone en route to Big Ten Setter of the Week honors.
Honorable Mention
Carlyle Nusbaum, Lipscomb – Sr., OH
Averaged 5.57 kills, 4.14 digs and 0.86 blocks per set, while hitting at a .478 clip and posting a pair of double-doubles against UNF and Stetson; totaled a season high 23 kills and a season high 17 digs on Friday against the Ospreys, while hitting .475 and adding a career best 6 blocks; posted 16 kills and 12 digs while hitting .481 Saturday in a sweep of the Hatters
Rachel McDonald, SIUE – So., OH
Averaged 5.38 kills and 4.63 digs per set, while hitting .320 on the week; notched 24 kills, 21 digs while hitting .310 in win over UT Martin, becoming the first player since 2011 with a 20-20 effort; added 19 kills, 16 digs while hitting .333 against Southeast Missouri to go with four aces; made good on 50 of 51 serve reception chances (98%); Ohio Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Week
Kallie Seimet, Bowling Green – Sr., L
Averaged 8.62 digs per set; posted season-high 37 digs against Miami; added 32 digs against Western Michigan, moving her career tally to 2,005 digs; MAC East Defensive Player of the Week
Yavianliz Rosado, Bradley – Sr., L
Averaged 7.43 digs per set, while helping limit Indiana State and Evansville to a combined .163 hitting percentage; notched a career-best 35 digs against Indiana State on Friday; added 17 digs and three assists against Evansville on Saturday; Missouri Valley Defensive Player of the Week
Emily DeWalt, Texas State – Fr., S
Averaged 14.00 assists per set (98) and 3.43 digs per set (24), while adding six kills, four aces and a block. She had 55 assists and 14 digs in a four-set win over the Little Rock and tallied 43 assists and 10 digs in a sweep over the Arkansas State. Both assist totals were the most this season by a Sun Belt player in a three- and four-set match, respectively. DeWalt also quarterbacked a Texas State offense that finished with a cumulative .305 attack percentage; Sun Belt Setter and Co-Freshman of the Week
Other Notables
Devon Rachel, College of Charleston – Sr., OH
Averaged 7.00 kills and 5.00 digs per set, while hitting .378 in a sweep of Delaware; posted a three-set rally scoring record with 21 kills to go with 15 digs and two aces; made good on 13 of 14 reception chances. CAA Offensive Player of the Week
Kendra Dahlke, Arizona – Sr., OH
Averaged 5.0 kills per set, 3.38 digs per set, while hitting .271 and notching double-doubles in Arizona’s first road sweep of No. 12 Oregon (3-2) and Oregon State (3-0) since 2010; posted 26 kills and 13 digs, while hitting .253 against Oregon; collected 14 kills and 14 digs, while hitting .302 against Oregon State; Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week
Anett Nemeth, Coastal Carolina – Fr., OH
Averaged 4.14 kills and 5.86 digs per set, while hitting .274 in wins over Louisiana and Louisiana-Monroe. Posted 17 kills and 26 digs while hitting at a .150 clip and adding two blocks and two aces against Louisiana; added 12 kills and 15 digs while hitting .500 and serving up two aces against ULM; Sun Belt Co-Freshman of the Week
Nicole Lennon, Rice – So., OH
Averaged 4.5 kills and 4.12 digs per set, while hitting .363; posted 15 kills, 18 digs and two blocks, while hitting .244 against UTSA; added 21 kills, 15 digs and five blocks while hitting .487 against Western Kentucky; Conference USA Player of the Week
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