• OVC Volleyball Championship Central
This Week’s Schedule
2024 OVC Volleyball Championship (Cape Girardeau, Missouri)
Sunday, November 24
Match 1 - No. 2 Lindenwood vs. No. 7 SIUE, 10 a.m. (ESPN+)
Match 2 - No. 3 Tennessee Tech vs. No. 6 Little Rock, 1 p.m. (ESPN+)
Match 3 - No. 1 Southeast Missouri vs. No. 8 Tennessee State, 4 p.m. (ESPN+)
Match 4 - No. 4 Morehead State vs. No. 5 Western Illinois, 7 p.m. (ESPN+)
Monday, November 25
Match 5 - Winner Match 1 vs. Winner Match 2, 2 p.m. (ESPN+)
Match 6 - Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 4, 5 p.m. (ESPN+)
Tuesday, November 26
Match 7 – Semifinal Winners, 6 p.m. (ESPN+)
ALL TIMES CENTRAL
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Madolyn Isringhausen, OH • 5-11, Sr. • Edwardsville, Ill. • Tennessee Tech
Isringhausen closed out the regular season by winning the Offensive Player of the Week award for the third-straight week and eighth time overall on the season. The senior helped Tennessee Tech extend its winning streak to seven matches in averaging 5.17 kills, 1.00 blocks, 2.17 service aces and 7.92 points/set while hitting .403 in two sweeps of UT Martin. The senior opened the week with 13 kills on a .367 attack, four blocks, and 13 digs for her ninth double-double of the year. The highlight came from the service line, as she set a new TTU rally-scoring era program record with eight aces, including six alone in the first set. She followed it up with 18 kills and a .432 hitting percentage on Wednesday, adding five more aces, two blocks, and 15 digs for her 10th double-double on the year.
Others Nominated: Julia Stanev, Eastern Illinois; Rebecca Janke, Lindenwood; Lucy Arndt, Southeast Missouri; Sydney Hummert, SIUE; Kayla Bryant, UT Martin.
CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Sydney Wyman, MB • 5-10, R-Jr. • Auberry, Calif. • Morehead State
Wyman averaged 2.33 blocks and 1.0 digs/set as Morehead State swept a pair of matches at Southern Indiana to end the regular season. The junior had a career-high 10 blocks in Tuesday’s victory and added four more in Wednesday’s sweep.
CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Nina Schuberth, DL/L • 5-7, So. • Yorkville, Ill. • Southeast Missouri
Schuberth averaged 6.57 digs/set as Southeast Missouri captured its 11th OVC Regular Season Championship with two wins over SIUE. The sophomore had 26 digs in Tuesday’s 3-1 win before adding 20 in a sweep to cap the regular season.
Others Nominated: Julia Stanev, Eastern Illinois; Jessie Seidel, Lindenwood; Nicole Medlin, SIUE; Hadley Pride, Tennessee State; McKenna Young; Dylan Mott, UT Martin.
SETTER OF THE WEEK
Allie Otten, S • 5-9, Grad. • St. Peter’s, Mo. • Lindenwood
Otten helped Lindenwood hit .210 as a team as the Lions won a pair of matches at Little Rock. The graduate student averaged 12.0 assists/set, tallying 96 helpers over the eight sets, including 53 in match one of the week. In that match she also had five kills, three aces and six digs. She capped the regular season with 43 assists in a sweep, adding 13 digs, five kills and two aces. In Conference-only matches this season Otten leads the league in assists/set (11.36).
Others Nominated: Catalina Rochaix, Eastern Illinois; Alyse Drifka, SIUE; Jordan Karlen, Tennessee Tech.
FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK
Autumn Bax, RS • 6-2, Fr. • Jefferson City, Mo. • Lindenwood
Bax averaged 2.75 kills and 2.94 points/set while hitting .200 as Lindenwood went on the road and won a pair of matches at Little Rock to earn the No. 2 seed for the OVC Tournament. The right side set a new Lindenwood freshman record for kills in a season with her 291st during the regular season finale. Bax had 11 kills in each match of the week.
Others Nominated: Destiny Walker, Eastern Illinois; Megan Holder, Southeast Missouri; Taya Nordmann, SIUE; Alayna Pierce, Tennessee Tech; Kylie Surratt, UT Martin