SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Following this past weekend's performances, USF Athletics is pleased to announce Maggie Veenendall and Jordan Kuper as Co-Female Athletes of the Week and Camden Dean as Male Athlete of the Week.

Veenendall posted a career best two round score of 143 and career best round of 69 at the USF Invitational last week. After one round of play she was tied for 7^th but her tournament leading second round 3-under 69 propelled her to the individual title. She was the only golfer in the Women's tournament to finish under par with her victory coming by 2 strokes.

Her incredible second round kept USF in 3^rd place despite fierce competition behind them. Veenendall sank 27 pars and 5 birdies at the event. Maggie also won NSIC Golfer of the Week last week for her performance.

Kuper had a standout weekend leading USF to their first weekend sweep of the season with wins over Minnesota State (3-0) and Augustana (3-1). Jordan was second in the conference averaging 4.57 kills per set and 5.57 points per set during the weekend. Kuper sits tied in the NSIC with 1.29 blocks per set following a nine block weekend. Throughout seven sets, the senior middle blocker landed 32 kills on 56 attacks while averaging a .464 attacking percentage. Kuper had a career high night against crosstown rival Augustana with 20 kills and 23.5 points on the night. Coo Volleyball is on the road to take on Southwest Minnesota State tonight in Marshall, MN starting at 6:00PM.

Dean broke multiple school records in his performance on Saturday. His 41 completions and 63 attempts were both records that were held by Luke Papilion. He also passed Papilion in passing yards (463) in a single game. Another record that was broken was a 27 year old record held by Kurtiss Riggs. Dean totaled 583 yards of total offense which breaks Riggs' record of 457 yards set in 1996. Camden also had 6 touchdowns on the day to go with all of the records being broken, and he rushed for 120 yards on 22 attempts.

THIS WEEK'S MEMORABLE MOMENTS

·         Mason Weeks of the USF Men's Golf team shot a tournament best 66 in the first round of the USF Invitational Tournament last week. This score helped propel the Men's team to the Team Title at the USF Invite

·         Carter Slykhuis led USF in receiving last weekend with 18 catches and 206 yards. His 18 catches are a new school record and his 206 yards are a record in Division 2 for the Coo.

·         Mark Leonard also helped USF put up points in their game vs. Moorhead. He had 9 catches for 130 yards and 3 touchdowns which were all career highs. His 3 touchdowns on Saturday equaled his touchdown total for his career up to that point.

·         Sadie Voss was 2^nd on the team in kills in both weekend matches for Coo Volleyball behind Kuper both times. She totaled 21 kills and 21 digs over the weekend. Sadie also surpassed 500 career kills as only a sophomore.

·         Elise Gillen also had a big weekend for USF Volleyball. Against Minnesota State on Thursday she had 40 assists, 7 digs, and 2 aces. On Saturday vs. cross-town rival Augustana Gillen had 46 assists and led the team in digs with 14 and tied for the lead in aces with 2.

·         Kyleigh Tangen also had a solid weekend for Coo Volleyball. She had 11 kills vs. Minnesota State. Tangen tallied a career high 13 kills against Augustana and added an ace and 8 digs.

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