ST. LOUIS, Missouri — The Missouri Valley Conference announced Northern Iowa libero Sydney Petersen earned Defensive Player of the Week honors after posting her 100th career service ace and 38 digs in wins over Missouri State and Southern Illinois.
The graduate senior posted a perfect 1.000 reception percentage across both of the Panthers matches to help UNI improve to 4-0 in conference play.
The honor makes Petersen the first two-time DPOW in the conference this season and the first two-time winner for UNI since Abbi Staack in 2019.
Petersen’s career aces milestone was not the only career milestone set by a Panther last week as Emily Holterhaus became the 29th Panther to break 1,000 career kills and Inga Rotto became the all-time program leader in matches played.