For the second-straight week, the University of Minnesota Duluth volleyball team claimed a pair of Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) weekly awards Monday, with senior Madeline Guetzkow earning Offensive Player of the Week honors and junior Ava Jones earning Setter of the Week honors after helping the Bulldogs to a 2-0 record last week.

Guetzkow earned her first career weekly honor after leading the NSIC with a .660 hitting percentage, 5.75 points per set and 5.50 kills per set in sweeps of Minnesota Crookston and Bemidji State. The right side hitter posted a match-high 16 kills while hitting .652 against the Beavers and led all players with 17 kills while hitting .667 against the Golden Eagles. Both hitting percentages rank among the NCAA's top single-match performances this season. Guetzkow added eight digs and three total blocks over the weekend. 

Guetzkow is UMD's first Offensive Player of the Week selection since Samantha Paulsen earned the honor on Nov. 4, 2024

Jones garnered her second-consecutive NSIC Setter of the Week accolade, and third of her career, after averaging 11.67 assists per set while leading UMD to an NSIC-best .344 hitting percentage. Not only did she rank second in the league in assists, but she also ranked second in the league with 0.67 aces per set and also averaged 3.17 digs per set. The Detroit Lakes, Minn., native recorded 34 assists and eight digs against Bemidji State, before posting a double-double with 36 assists and 11 digs against Minnesota Crookston. 

UMD is back in action Tuesday, Sept. 29 at MSU Moorhead. First serve is set for 6 p.m. from Nemzek Fieldhouse in Moorhead, Minn. The match will be broadcast live on Midco Sports Network.