HELENA -- For the third time this season, Montana Tech volleyball's Rhys Layton earned the Erck Hotels/Frontier Conference setter of the week award, the league office announced Monday. 

Layton, a senior from Eagle, Idaho, racked up 72 assists in the Orediggers' pair of wins last weekend. 

She began with 43 assists, eight digs, two blocks, and two kills as Montana Tech bested Dakota State in four sets on Friday evening. 

Saturday, Layton totaled 29 assists, seven digs, one kill, and a block as the Orediggers topped No. 12-ranked Bellevue in four sets. 

Montana Tech's Kennedy Oman joined Layton on the weekly awards honor roll as the defensive player of the week. MSU-Northern's Caleigh Case won the offensive award. 

The Orediggers, who sit second in the Frontier Conference standings at 14-4 in league play, have another big weekend of home volleyball coming up. Tech will celebrate Senior Night Friday at 6 p.m. against Rocky Mountain before playing host to archrival Carroll Saturday at 5 p.m., both inside Valley Bank Arena. 

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