Kopp hit .369 over four matches, all wins by sweeps, for the Pointers last week. She racked up a double-double in the conference opener with a match-best 20 kills and 12 digs in the 3-0 win over UWRF. On Friday, she posted her ninth double-double of the season with 19 kills and 12 more digs while hitting a season-high .548. Kopp finished the week as the only player in double digits with 16 kills against Aurora and 10 versus Simpson. She added a block in each match and served three aces on the week.
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Other nominees
Tessa Erlandson (Women's Volleyball)
Erlandson posted double-digit digs in all four matches as UWSP went 4-0 with four sweeps. She notched 10 in a three-set sweep of UWRF on Wednesday in the league opener. Â On Friday, she had 11 more digs, one shy of the match leader, in a sweep of North Central. Then on Saturday, Erlandson led all players with 17 digs in both matches, sweeps of Aurora and Simpson. She now has double-digit digs in eight-straight matches. She had at least one ace and one assist in each match of the week with five and nine, respectively, over the four wins.
Cass Klitzke (Women's Soccer)
Klitzke netted both UWSP goal last week and leads the team with three on the season. On Wednesday, she scored just before halftime at Carroll to pull the Pointers within one. Then on Saturday, she netted a late goal at Mary Hardin-Simmons.
Kate Downie (Women's Golf)
Downie finished the weekend at the front of the Pointers golfers at the Midwest Region Classic, as she finished tied for 28th after she shot a 79 (+7) in round two. She managed to shave three strokes from her round one total to move into the top 30.
Chloe Leithold (Women's Tennis)
Leithold went 2-1 at ITA Regionals as she made it to the semifinals of the Midwest Invite Singles D bracket, but fell in a super-breaker. She fell behind in the opening set, 6-2, and rallied in the second set for a 6-4 win. Leithold battled to the end in a 10-8 super-breaker defeat.
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