Beheler, a 5-foot-10 senior middle hitter from Butler, Ohio, received the AMC and NAIA Region IX Player of the Week honor for the third straight week. She was also selected as the NAIA National Player of the Week for the second time in three weeks and the third time in her career as she becomes the first student-athlete in school history to be so honored in any sport. In addition, she was chosen as the National Christian College Athletic Association Player of the Week.

For the week, Beheler averaged 5.47 kills, 2.27 digs, and 1.27 blocks per game as the Lady Cougars went 5-0 for the week. The former Fredericktown High School star began the week with 24 kills and six blocks in a sweep of defending conference champion Walsh University to remain unbeaten in AMC South Division play. Then, she was named the Most Valuable Player of the Papa John’s Invitational as she helped MVNU to four straight wins that included 25 kills and 12 digs in a sweep of Taylor (Ind.) University and 17 kills and 13 digs in an upset of then 17th-ranked Campbellsville (Ky.) University.

On the season, Beheler leads the team in kills per game (4.58) and blocks per game (1.58) and ranks 15th and 16th among the NAIA national leaders in those categories respectively. She has also registered 266 digs, 30 aces, and a .942 serve reception percentage. For her career, she ranks second in school history in kills (2,487) and blocks (876), third in aces (191), seventh in serve attempts (2,566), ninth in serve reception attempts (2,127) and 14th in digs (1,367).

Austen, a 5-foot-7 sophomore setter from Shelby, Ohio, was selected as the AMC and NAIA Region IX Setter of the Week for the second time in three weeks. She averaged 13.31 assists per game and 1.56 digs per game during the Lady Cougars’ 5-0 week and she was selected to the Papa John’s Invitational All-Tournament Team.

In MVNU’s sweep of Walsh, Austen handed out 50 assists. The former Shelby High School standout piled up 53 assists in the sweep of Taylor, which is the highest three-game total in school history. She added 46 assists in the comeback win over Campbellsville, and she tallied 42 assists in a sweep of Trinity Christian (Ill.) College.

On the season, Austen has registered a career-high 1,038 assists and ranks 26th in the NAIA with an average of 11.53 assists per game. She has also compiled 27 aces, 42 kills, and 32 blocks. She leads the team with a .960 serving percentage and she had her school-record streak of 133 consecutive serves without an error come to an end on her final serve attempt versus Campbellsville.

Milburn, a 5-foot-6 senior libero from Centerburg, Ohio, was honored as the AMC and NAIA Region IX Libero of the Week for the first time this season after earning the honor twice last year. She averaged 3.81 digs for the week and committed just two errors on 106 serve reception attempts for a .981 serve reception percentage. She also served up 10 aces in 16 games and she was named to the Papa John’s Invitational All-Tournament Team.

Milburn had three matches with double-figure digs during the Lady Cougars’ 5-0 week. The former Centerburg High School product posted 20 digs in the sweep of Taylor and added 18 digs and four aces as MVNU rallied from two games down and a 14-11 deficit in the fifth game to defeat Campbellsville. She also contributed 12 digs and three aces in the win over Trinity Christian.

On the season, Milburn leads the Lady Cougars with 485 digs and a .948 serve reception percentage that consists of just 32 errors in 621 serve reception attempts. She has also served up 36 aces. For her career, she ranks first in school history in serve reception attempts (3,371), third in digs (2,241), eighth in aces (180), and ninth in serve attempts (2,326).

MVNU is currently 26-1 overall and in first place in the AMC South Division with an 8-0 conference mark. The Lady Cougars, who have won 14 straight matches, are ranked 17th in the latest NAIA poll - the highest ranking in the program’s successful history. The team will compete in the five-team Roberts Wesleyan (N.Y.) College Tournament this weekend with three of the matches also counting towards the NCCAA East Region title. On Friday, MVNU will take on Geneva (Pa.) College at 6:00 p.m. and Malone College at 8:00 p.m. Then, on Saturday, the Lady Cougars will face Roberts Wesleyan at 10:00 a.m. and Carlow (Pa.) University at noon.