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From Jimmie Athletics

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (jimmiepride.com)– Ellie Holen (JR/LaMoure, N.D.) from the second-ranked University of Jamestown volleyball team has been named this week’s GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports VolleyballDefender of the Week.

Holen averaged 7.71 digs per set as No. 2 Jamestown won a pair of matches last week, including a sweep of 22nd-ranked Dordt in the GPAC quarterfinals. Her 26 digs against Dordt gives her 669 for the season, moving her into fifth place on the Jimmies’ single-season list.

UJ (29-2) hosts No. 9 Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) in the semifinals of the GPAC postseason tournament Wednesday at 7 p.m.