Nebraska, Wisconsin, Michigan State and Ohio State Earn Big Ten Weekly Volleyball Honors
Cornhuskers’ Beason and Reilly, Badgers’ Booth, Spartans’ Holdem and Buckeyes’ Tuman earn recognition following Week 11
ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference has announced this week’s Volleyball Weekly Awards for the week of October 31 – November 5.
Player of the Week
Merritt Beason, Nebraska
Jr. – Opposite Hitter – Gardendale, Ala. – Gardendale – Major: Child, Youth, and Family Studies
Beason had a career weekend for the Huskers, averaging 6.00 kills per set on .447 hitting with 1.75 digs per set and 1.00 blocks per set
Beason totaled 48 kills with just six errors on 94 swings this weekend in wins at No. 16 Penn State and Rutgers
In a 3-2 reverse sweep of the Nittany Lions, Beason had a career-high 27 kills (including six in the decisive fifth set) on .426 hitting with five digs and three blocks and one ace
Beason followed up that career performance with 21 kills on a .475 hitting percentage with nine digs and five blocks.
Her 21 kills in Sunday's sweep tied Kelsey Robinson for the most by a Husker in a three-set match in the 25-point rally-scoring era (since 2008)
Last Nebraska Player of the Week: Merritt Beason (10/23/23)
Defensive Player of the Week
Carter Booth, Wisconsin
So. – Middle Blocker – Denver, Colo. – Cherry Creek – Major: Undeclared
Booth helped the Badgers to a 2-0 weekend with wins over No. 19 Purdue and Illinois
Led all blockers in both matches, tallying seven against No. 19 Purdue and 10 against the Fighting Illini, for a total of 17 blocks
The six-foot-seven MB averaged 2.43 blocks per set, and helped the Badgers set a program record for most blocks (17) in a 3-set match over the Illini
She also added 16 kills (2.29 kills/set), hitting .406 (16-3-32), with an assist and two digs.
Last Wisconsin Defensive Player of the Week: Caroline Crawford (10/9/23)
Setter of the Week
Bergen Reilly, Nebraska
Fr. – Setter – Sioux Falls, S.D. – O’Gorman – Major: Business Law
Ddddd Reilly led the Huskers to a 3-2 reverse sweep at No. 16 Penn State and a 3-0 sweep at Rutgers over the weekend by averaging 11.88 assists per set and 3.13 digs per set
Piled up 52 assists and 13 digs in the 3-2 comeback win at Penn State on Friday
Followed it up on Sunday with 43 assists and 12 digs at Rutgers
Last Nebraska Setter of the Week: Bergen Reilly (10/23/23)
Co-Freshmen of the Week
Taylah Holdem, Michigan State
Fr. – Outside Hitter – Christchurch, New Zealand – Burnside – Major: Kinesiology
Finished the weekend #8 in the B1G in kills/set at 4.33, hitting .281, in a pair of MSU wins
Led the Spartans in kills in each of their wins on the weekend
Posted over 3.00 digs/set as a six rotation outside hitter for the Spartans, notching her eighth double-double of the season on Friday night
Instrumental in Michigan State securing its best B1G record since 2017 with a pair of must-win matches over the weekend
Last Michigan State Freshman of the Week: Biamba Kabengele (10/28/22)
Mia Tuman, Ohio State
Fr. – Setter – Sewickley, Pa. – North Allegheny – Major: Exploration
Averaged 11.63 assists/set and 2.25 digs/set this past weekend
In Saturday’s win over Indiana, Tuman totaled a career-high 56 assists despite the match only taking four sets, moving up to 17th in program history with 767 career assists, and added 11 digs for her seventh double-double of the season
Totaled 37 assists and seven digs in the four-setter against Minnesota on Friday
Her 9.59 assists/set this season ranks fifth in the Big Ten and her 179 total digs is tied for third on the Buckeyes’ roster as she averages 2.24/set this season.
Last Ohio State Freshman of the Week: Kylie Murr (11/11/23)
2023 Big Ten Volleyball Players of the Week
Aug. 28
P: Emily Londot – Ohio State
D: Kylie Murr - Minnesota
S: Mia Tuman – Ohio State
F: Harper Murray – Nebraska
Sept. 5
P: Jess Mruzik – Penn State
D: Nalani Iosia – Michigan State
S: Sydney Dowler - Maryland
F: Chloe Chicoine - Purdue
Sept. 11
P: Chloe Chicoine - Purdue
D: Ellee Stinson – Northwestern
S: Taylor Anderson - Purdue
F: Chloe Chicoine - Purdue
Sept. 18
P: Merritt Beason - Nebraska
D: Amani McArthur – Michigan State
S: Camryn Haworth - Indiana
F: Harper Murray – Nebraska
Sept. 25
P: Jess Mruzik – Penn State
D: Raven Colvin – Purdue
S: Bergen Reilly - Nebraska
F: Bergen Reilly – Nebraska
Oct. 2
P: Meritt Beason – Nebraska
D: Carter Booth – Wisconsin
S: Mac Podraza – Penn State
S: Bergen Reilly – Nebraska
F: Harper Murray – Nebraska
Oct. 9
P: Lindsay Krause – Nebraska
D: Caroline Crawford – Wisconsin
S: Alyssa Nayar – Rutgers
F: Chloe Chicoine – Purdue
Oct. 16
P: Sarah Franklin - Wisconsin
D: Lexi Rodriguez - Nebraska
S: Camryn Haworth - Indiana
F: Ramsey Gary – Indiana
Oct. 23
P: Merritt Beason - Nebraska
D: Raven Colvin - Purdue
S: Bergen Reilly - Nebraska
F: Chloe Chicoine – Purdue
Oct. 30
P: Sarah Franklin - Wisconsin
D: Raven Colvin - Purdue
S: Camryn Haworth - Indiana
F: Bergen Reilly – Nebraska
Nov. 6
P: Merritt Beason - Nebraska
D: Carter Booth - Wisconsin
S: Bergen Reilly - Nebraska
Co-F: Taylah Holdem – Michigan State
Co-F: Mia Tuman – Michigan State