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Stephanie Nygaard

Volleyball

Northern State University's Stephanie Nygaard (Milbank, S.D.) picked up her second Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Defensive Player of the Week award of the season on Monday after extending her NSIC lead in season digs in NSU's 3-match effort last week.
Nygaard recorded 62 digs (6.89 digs per set) on the week to extend her NSIC-leading dig count to 272. The senior also recorded four assists and a service ace in the effort as the Wolves went 1-2, including a decisive 3-0 win over Bemidji State on Saturday.

Catherine "Kit" Grace

Women's Soccer

After posting her third consecutive shutout and helping the Northern State University Wolves to a 4-game unbeaten streak through the pat two weeks, senior goalkeeper Catherine "Kit" Grace was named as the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Defensive Player of the Week on Tuesday.
Grace, who is 4-1-1 with 30 saves and three shutouts in her last six games since returning from an ankle injury, made 14 saves over the weekend to help the Wolves to a double-overtime 0-0 tie at Bemidji State on Saturday and a 1-0 victory at Minnesota-Duluth on Sunday.

Northern State senior OH Kelsey Aden

Aden Named Player of the Week

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9/2/2008 5:27:11 PM

St. Paul, Minn. – The office of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference has announced that Northern State University senior Kelsey Aden has been picked as the league’s Offensive Player of the Week.

Aden, an outside hitter from St. James, Minn., earns the honor after being named the Most Outstanding Player at the Las Vegas Blast Tournament this past weekend.

Aden led the team with 59 kills while helping her team to a perfect 4-0 record at the tournament. She also

added 41digs and 14 assisted-blocks during the two-day tournament.

She and the rest of the Wolves are next in action Thursday, September 11, as they travel to Dickinson, N.D. to take on Dickinson State.

Northern State University is an NCAA Division II member of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) and is located in Aberdeen, S.D.

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