The Big Ten Volleyball Championships witnessed enthralling ups and downs this week. The tournament was quite favorable for team Nebraska as it emerged victorious, clinching the championship title for this season and an NCAA tournament berth. Meanwhile, it was time for another team to light up in the championship this week.

Although the Big Ten Volleyball Championships already declared the winners, a few matches still remain. Recently, Big Ten Weekly awards were distributed to honor the outstanding players at the tournament. Team Penn State basked into the glory as their sensation clinched a third award, ending up a few inches from the set record for this season. 

Penn State’s setter sets it right

On 21st November, there is a series of accolades delivered in various segments for the remarkable performance of the players throughout the week. A recent tweet by the Big Ten Volleyball team was captioned as, “B1GVolleyball WEEKLY AWARDS Player: PurdueVB’s Eva Hudson Defensive: HuskerVB’s Lexi Rodriguez Setter: PennStateVBALL’s Mac Podraza Freshman: PurdueVB’s Taylor Anderson.” 

At this Weekly awards distribution, a series of players accomplished massive achievements. While Penn State’s Podraza clinched the setter of the week award, she also recorded a career-high 5000 assists for this season. In addition to this, Podraza recorded her third setter of the week award.

Podraza recorded these assists in the winning matches held this week against Michigan State and Northwestern University opponents. Eventually, Podraza’s team emerged victorious in the recent matches and recorded an undefeated streak of 4 consecutive wins. But, this is of no use as the title is already taken away by team Nebraska. 

Furthermore, as the event will soon conclude after a couple of remaining matches, players are performing exceptionally well to at least make it to the weekly awards. Apart from Penn State’s players, other teams have also made it to the spotlight by clinching Big Ten Awards this week. 

Other Standout Volleyball Players

Eva Hudson from team Purdue has become the third boilermaker to make it to the Big Ten Player of the Week award. Not leaving behind, Chicoine and Colvin also joined Hudson to earn this honor. Interestingly, team Purdue dominated the Big Ten Weekly awards for the second consecutive week with Hudson’s Player of the Week and Taylor Anderson’s Freshman honor. 

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On the other hand, Nebraska’s Lexi Rodriguez achieved the Defensive Player of the Week award. Overall, the Big Ten Championship season was a big hit. Although the tournament is about to end, the thrill remains as Nebraska will again face off against Wisconsin’s volleyball team this Friday.

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