For Immediate Release
Monday, September 16, 2019
NSIC Media Relations
Media Packet

NSIC Offensive Player of the Week
#8 Jasmine Mulvihill (OH/RS, 5-11, Fr., Lakeville, Minn. / Lakeville South HS) - Concordia-St. Paul
- Colorado Premier Challenge All-Tournament Team
- Ranked third among all players in the tournament with 3.67 kills per set
- Hit .347 (55K-13E-121TA), good for seventh-best in the tournament
- Helped CSP claim its seventh tournament crown

NSIC Defensive Player of the Week
#4 Tarrin Beller (MH, 6-0, Sr., Lindsay, Neb. / Humphrey HS) - Wayne State
- Named MVP of Shark Invitational in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Averaged 1.75 blocks per set
- Added 3.08 kills with .532 attack percentage in four matches
- Recorded at least five blocks in all four matches
- Added 13 kills and five blocks in 3-0 sweep over Southern New Hampshire
- Had 11 kills with six blocks in 3-0 sweep over Grand Valley State

NSIC Setter of the Week
#4 Emily (Torve) Balts (S, 5-8, Sr., Loretto, Minn. / Heritage Christian Academy) - Minnesota Duluth
- Named to St. Cloud State Invite All-Tournament Team
- Had 150 assists (12.5/set) including 51 assist effort against #14 Wheeling Jesuit
- Helped UMD hit at a .288 clip in St. Cloud State Invite
- Added 10 kills and 24 digs on the weekend

Other Top Performances
OFFENSE
#3 Kate Berg (UMD) - Hammered 52 kills (4.33/set) including a 20 kill effort in 3 set sweep of #14 Wheeling Jesuit; dug 34 balls (2.83/set) over weekend.
#5 Alivia Garbe (MSU) - recorded a team leading 64 kills (4.0k/s) in four wins for the Mavericks while adding 36 digs.
#10 Laura Snyder (NSU) - Led the Northern State offense with 61 kills at the Drury Invitational; added 14 digs, 12 assists, 10 blocks, and three aces; recorded a career high 25 kills versus Missouri Western; hit a weekend high .525 versus the Griffons; has recorded double figure kills in 5-straight matches.
#17 Abby Feyeresien (USF) - Co-MVP of Pioneer Invitational; had a combined hitting percentage of .474 in four matches at the Pioneer Invitational; sixth in NSIC in hitting percentage (.391).
#18 Angela Young (SMSU) - received Tournament MVP at the Colorado Premier Challenge; had 24 kills in the championship match and 75 overall.
#20 Anna Winter (UIU) - Knocked down 54 kills (4.5/set) to lead UIU to a 4-0 tournament record; hit .353 while adding 19 digs, 10 blocks and five aces; became the fifth Peacock in UIU’s Division II era to surpass 1,000 career kills; selected to the All-Tournament Team at the Hampton Inn Invitational hosted by UW-Parkside.
#11 Kate Masberg (WSU) - floored 42 kills over four weekend matches; totaled a .393 attacking percentage (hit over .550 twice); added four service aces, seven blocks and 17 digs; named to UW-Parkside Hampton Inn All-Tournament Team.

DEFENSE
#12 Abby Thor (UMD) - Named to All-Tournament team; helped Bulldogs sweep the weekend with 20 blocks (1.6/set) in St. Cloud State Invite; hammered 39 kills (3.25/set) in St. Cloud State Invite; clipped at a .375 rate in 4 games.
#7 Tori Hanson (CSP) - Colorado Premier Challenge All-Tournament Team; led all players in the tournament with 5.93 digs per set and 0.53 aces per set; helped the team claim their seventh Colorado Premier Challenge title; ranks fourth in the NSIC with 4.87 digs per set on the season.
#15 Clara Krenz (SCSU) - Named to the BW Kelly Inn Huskies Volleyball Classic All-Tournament Team; tallied 80 digs in four matches over the weekend, averaging 20 digs per match and 6.15 digs/set; did not commit a single reception error on serve receive; led a defense that held opponents to a .116 hitting percentage over the weekend; leads the NSIC in digs/set average (6.73) and entered the weekend ranked No. 3 in the nation in the same category; tied her season-high with 27 digs in a 3-1 win over Michigan Tech; moved to within 200 of breaking the program record for career digs; St. Cloud State’s 8-0 start is the best for the program since 1985.

SETTER
#14 Maddy Torve (SCSU) - Named to the BW Kelly Inn Huskies Volleyball Classic All-Tournament Team; piloted the Huskies to a 4-0 weekend with 162 total assists, averaging 40.5 assists per match and 12.5 assists per set; helped the team to a .231 hitting percentage over the weekend with 198 total kills; recorded a season-high 54 assists in a 3-1 win over No. 21 Michigan Tech; set a career-high with five blocks against the No. 21 ranked Huskies; moved to No. 8 all-time in career assists with 1854; currently leads the NSIC in assists per set (12.96) and total assists (337) and led the nation in assists per set entering the weekend.
 

NSIC Volleyball Players of the Week
9/9/19
O: #10 Laura Snyder - Northern State
D: #15 Clara Krenz - St. Cloud State
S: #8 Ashley Rozell - Northern State
9/16/19
O: #8 Jasmine Mulvihill - Concordia-St. Paul
D: #4 Tarrin Beller - Wayne State
S: #4 Emily (Torve) Balts - Minnesota Duluth