NSIC Volleyball Weekly Release 9/26/22

            Taya Beller and Maggie Brahmer of Wayne State College collected Northern Sun Conference Volleyball Player of the Week honors announced Monday afternoon by the league office in Burnsville, Minnesota following their play over the weekend in NSIC road sweeps at #4 St. Cloud State and #9 Minnesota Duluth.
            Beller, a 6-2 sophomore middle hitter from Lindsay (Humphrey HS), was named NSIC Offensive Player of the Week after averaging 4.83 kills and 1.67 blocks per set with a stellar .463 hitting percentage in six sets.  Beller accounted for 16 kills and eight blocks in Friday's 3-0 sweep over the #4 Huskies and followed that with 13 kills and two blocks with a .500 hitting percentage in a 3-0 sweep at #9 Minnesota Duluth Saturday. 
            For the season, Beller leads WSC with 4.04 kills per set to rank fourth in the league while also ranking second in hitting percentage at .437.
Brahmer, a 6-0 sophomore middle hitter from Pierce (Pierce HS), was named NSIC Defensive Player of the Week after recording a league-best 2.17 blocks with 2.33 kills per set in victories over St. Cloud State and Minnesota Duluth.  Brahmer tied a career-high with 10 blocks (three solo) to go with seven kills in Saturday's 3-0 sweep over the Bulldogs and also had seven kills with three blocks in Friday's 3-0 victory at St. Cloud State.
It's the second time this season Brahmer has earned NSIC Player of the Week honors after she was named Offensive Player of the Week September 6th after being named Most Valuable Player of the Colorado Premier Challenge.
            This season, Brahmer is averaging 3.08 kills and a NSIC leading 1.34 blocks per set while also leading the league with a .453 hitting percentage. 
            Wayne State, ranked #1 in the AVCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll, is 16-0 on the season and 6-0 in the NSIC and will host Bemidji State Friday evening at 7 p.m. and Minnesota Crookston Saturday for a 1 p.m. contest in Rice Auditorium.