For the third time this season, Wayne State's Taya Beller was announced Monday afternoon as the Northern Sun Conference Volleyball Offensive Player of the Week by the league office in Burnsville, Minnesota following her play in Wildcat home sweeps over the weekend vs. Minot State and UMary.
            A 6-2 middle hitter from Lindsay (Humphrey HS), Beller averaged a league-high 5.00 kills per set and 5.50 points per set while posting a .600 hitting percentage in two matches.  She had 16 kills and a .652 hitting percentage in Friday's 3-0 sweep over Minot State and added 14 kills and four blocks with a .545 hitting percentage in a 3-0 sweep over UMary Saturday.
            For the season, Beller ranks second in the NSIC in points per set (4.48), third in hitting percentage (.388) and blocks per set (1.10) and sixth in kills per set at 3.62.
            Wayne State has won 16 straight matches and is 23-1 overall and a perfect 14-0 in the NSIC.  The Wildcats, ranked #1 in the AVCA/TARAFLEX Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll for six straight weeks, hosts #6 Southwest Minnesota State (21-3, 12-2 NSIC) Tuesday evening at 6 p.m. in the annual Blackout Night Match at Rice Auditorium.  In the first meeting this season at Marshall, Minnesota September 23^rd WSC rallied from a 2-1 set deficit to win 3-2 (25-20, 22-25, 23-25, 25-16, 15-4).