For the second week in a row, the Bulldogs have earned a special teams player of the week honor. This week, Eli Nourse was voted the ERCK Hotels Frontier Conference Special Teams Player of the Week after a standout performance in punt returns.
Nourse returned four punts for an average of 24.3 yards per return. That includes taking one 60 yards for a touchdown. Nourse also had 11 receptions for 142 yards and a touchdown as Western defeated MSU-Northern 44-0.
This is the first weekly honor of Nourse’s career.
After a standout week in the back row, Montana Western libero Kelsey Goddard was voted the ERCK Hotels Frontier Conference Defender of the Week.
Goddard anchored the Western defense with an average of 7.00 digs per set as the team split its two matches. She snagged 26 digs in Western’s four-set win over Carroll and followed with 30 digs in a four-set loss to Rocky Mountain. Goddard has 20-plus digs in five of the team’s past six contests.
This is the first weekly honor of Goddard’s career.