BURNSVILLE, Minn. – Southwest Minnesota State University women's volleyball player Ashlynn Schroeder was named NSIC Defensive Player of the Week, with an announcement coming from the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference office on Monday.

Schroeder led SMSU defensively with 48 digs in wins against Jamestown and Northern State last weekend, averaging an NSIC best 5.33 digs per set. Schroeder recorded 23 digs and four assists in a four-set win against UJ on Friday, before tying her career-high mark with 25 digs in a five-set win over NSU on Saturday.

This is Schroeder's first Defensive Player of the Week award, and the first individual weekly award the Mustangs have received this season.

SMSU, holding a 15-3 record and a 9-2 NSIC record, completes a four-match home stretch this weekend against Minnesota Crookston on Friday at 6 p.m., and Minnesota State Moorhead the following day at 2 p.m.