Williams Named GPAC Attacker of the Week

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) has announced the volleyball players of the week for contests played September 11-17, 2023. Midland University's Lauren Williams was named the GPAC Attacker of the Week while Bree Burtwistle of Concordia and Ellie Holen of Jamestown garnered the other two weekly honors.

Williams, a sophomore from Council Bluffs, Iowa, was a key cog for the Warriors' offense as they picked up a pair of conference wins last week. In Midland's four-set win over Hastings, she hit a blistering .536 on the attack with a career-high 17 kills. For the week, she had 27 kills through seven sets while hitting .420. Defensively, she added six block assists and a pair of digs.

Midland will be in action at home twice this week starting with a match against No. 9 College of Saint Mary on Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. No. 3 Northwestern comes to Fremont on Saturday for a 3:00 p.m. contest.