(Tuesday, October 13; Sioux Center, Iowa) The Great Plains Athletic Conference has announced its players-of-the-week for matches played October 5-11 and Dordt's Haley Kuperus (Junior; Ireton, Iowa) and Kylie Beckering (Junior; Chaska, Minnesota) have earned Attacker-of-the-Week and Defender-of-the-Week for their play in a pair of sweeps over Hastings and Doane.

Kuperus had a .545 kill efficiency and had a 4.7 kills per set average in the two matches and hit .737 against Hastings with 15 kills.  She is averaging a team high 3.05 kills per set and has a .292 kill efficiency.

Beckering had 35 digs in the two matches and averaged 5.83 digs and also had six assists as Dordt improved to 15-7 this season and has won four matches in a row. Beckering is averaging a team high 4.49 digs per set and has 21 ace serves.

Dordt is currently 6-4 in the GPAC and will host Briar Cliff on Wednesday night, October 14 and Morningside on Saturday, October 17 at the Vos Family Gym this week.