October 26, 2026

HELENA, Mont. – The Frontier Conference announced its eleventh installment of 2026 Erck Hotels/Frontier Conference Women's Volleyball Players of the Week Monday.  Recipients from MSU-Northern and Montana Tech were listed.

Attacker of the Week
Caleigh Case – MSU-Northern
Middle Hitter – Freshman – Billings, Mont.

Case delivered an outstanding offensive performance, helping Montana State-Northern earn back-to-back Frontier Conference home victories over Bismarck State (N.D.) and Dickinson State (N.D.).

She recorded 22 kills with just one attack error in 41 attempts, producing an impressive .512 hitting percentage over seven sets. She averaged 3.14 kills per set and finished with 26.5 points during the weekend.

Case opened the weekend with 10 kills and a .563 hitting percentage on 16 attempts in the Skylights' three-set sweep over Bismarck State Friday. She also contributed three total blocks and three digs in the victory.

She followed with 12 kills without committing an attack error in 25 attempts for a .480 hitting percentage in Saturday's four-set victory over Dickinson State. Case added four blocks and two digs in the win.

For the weekend, Case totaled seven blocks, including two solo blocks and five block assists, while averaging one block per set.

This is Case's first career Erck Hotels / Frontier Conference weekly honor.

Setter of the Week
Rhys Layton – Montana Tech
Setter – Senior – Eagle, Idaho

Layton guided Montana Tech to a pair of impressive Frontier Conference victories over Dakota State (S.D.) and No. 12 Bellevue (Neb.), totaling 72 assists during the weekend.

The senior setter averaged nine assists per set over eight sets while adding 15 digs, three service aces, three kills and three blocks.

Layton opened the weekend with 43 assists, eight digs, three service aces, two kills and two block assists in Friday's four-set victory over Dakota State. She averaged 10.75 assists per set in the win.

She followed with 29 assists, seven digs, one kill and one block in Saturday's four-set victory over nationally ranked Bellevue.

This is Layton's ninth career Erck Hotels / Frontier Conference weekly honor.

Defender of the Week
Kennedy Oman – Montana Tech
Middle Hitter – Senior – Slaterville, Utah

Oman anchored Montana Tech's defensive effort at the net, recording a team-high 14 blocks in the Orediggers' victories over Dakota State (S.D.) and No. 12 Bellevue (Neb.).

The senior middle hitter averaged 1.75 blocks per set over eight sets while contributing 11 kills, six digs and 19 points during the weekend.

Oman opened the weekend with seven kills, five blocks and two digs in Friday's four-set victory over Dakota State. 

She followed with an outstanding defensive performance in Saturday's four-set victory over Bellevue, recording nine blocks, the second-highest single-match total of her Montana Tech career. Oman also contributed four kills, four digs and one assist in the victory.

This is Oman's first career Erck Hotels / Frontier Conference weekly honor.
 

	Attacker	Setter	Defender
No. 11 - Oct. 26	Caleigh Case - MSU-Northern	Rhys Layton - Montana Tech	Kennedy Oman - Montana Tech
No. 10 - Oct. 19	Kennedy Lingenfelter - Montana Western	Aislyn Hogan - Bismarck State (N.D.)	Kate VanRooyan - Dakota State (S.D.)
No. 9 - Oct. 12	Lauren Heuiser - Caroll (Mont.)	Jayda Ward - Montana Western	Kyra Saiers - Providence (Mont.)
No. 8 - Oct. 5	Bentlee Kollbaum - Bellevue (Neb.)	Rylee Kogolshak - Dickinson State (N.D.)	Madisyn Frazier - Montana Western
No. 7 - Sept. 28	Cabry Badley - Providence (Mont.)	Aislyn Hogan - Bismarck State (N.D.)	Madisyn Frazier - Montana Western
No. 6 - Sept. 21	Reese Duchsherer - Bismarck State (N.D.)	Aislyn Hogan - Bismarck State (N.D.)	Brooklyn Hayes - Montana Tech
No. 5 - Sept. 14	Madison Biery - Montana Tech	Rhys Layton - Montana Tech	Kambria Maloy - MSU-Northern
No. 4 - Sept. 7	Halle Moomaw - Montana Tech	Rhys Layton - Montana Tech	Zoey Albert - Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
No. 3 - Aug. 31	Kadie Kocka - Valley City State (N.D.)	Rylee Kogolshak - Dickinson State (N.D.)	Zoie Roghair - Bellevue (Neb.)
No. 2 - Aug. 24	Madison Biery - Montana Tech	Aislyn Hogan - Bismarck State (N.D.)	Zoie Roghair - Bellevue (Neb.)
No. 1 - Aug. 17	Halle Moomaw - Montana Tech	Rhys Layton - Montana Tech	Cabry Badley - Providence (Mont.)