Sioux City, Iowa — Two Dordt University Defenders and one Northwestern College Red Raider have earned Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Volleyball Player-of-the-Week honors as announced by the GPAC Tuesday, October 13th.
Haley Kuperus of Dordt University is this week’s GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Volleyball Attacker-of-the-Week. Kuperus, a junior, from Ireton, averaged 4.7 kills per set and had a .545 kill efficiency in two sweeps for the Defenders. She hit an impressive .737, racking up 15 kills in Dordt’s 3-0 win over Hastings on Friday.
Nyah Potthoff of Northwestern College is this week’s GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Volleyball Setter-of-the-Week. Potthoff, a sophomore from Gretna, Nebraska, recorded 42 assists, four kills, two service aces, 12 digs, and four total blocks in a 3-1 home win against No. 11 Midland on Friday.
She then contributed 38 assists, a service ace, and eight digs in Northwestern’s sweep of No. 3 Concordia, recording 89 total assists in two wins for the Tigers. She averaged 11.13 assists-per-set through eight sets during the week and surpassed the 4,000-career assist milestone during the contest against Mount Marty. She also contributed 17 digs and six kills.
Dordt defensive specialist Kylie Beckering is this week’s GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Volleyball Defender-of-the-Week. Beckering, a junior from Chaska, Minnesota, posted 35 digs in a pair of sweeps by Dordt last week. She averaged 5.83 digs-per-set on the week and contributed six assists and a kill for the week.
