Oct. 8, 2024

Five Ferris State athletes earn GLIAC, CCHA player of the week honors, including volleyball player Olivia Henneman-Dallape’s fifth consecutive win

Five Ferris State University students earned athlete of the week honors from the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and Central Collegiate Hockey Association – with volleyball player Olivia Henneman-Dallape recognized for the fifth week in a row.

Henneman-Dallape was joined by football players Trinidad Chambliss and kicker Mitchell Middleton and cross country runner Hanna Brock in earning GLIAC honors, and Trevor Taulien of the hockey team was selected by the CCHA.

Henneman-Dallape, an outside hitter from Oregon, has dominated the GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week awards. She had another impressive week for the nation's Bulldogs, ranked No. 5 in the nation, as Ferris State improved to 14-0 overall and stayed unbeaten atop the GLIAC standings with a perfect 6-0 mark.

Overall, she compiled a squad-best 38 kills in three matches, including 27 on the weekend in 3-0 home sweeps over Parkside and Purdue Northwest to go with 11 she had in a non-league encounter at Northwood early last week. The standout hitter hit .511 for the weekend and averaged 5 points per set overall for the Bulldogs. She added 13 digs and five total blocks for the week.

Henneman-Dallape notched an impressive .640 hitting figure in Friday's home-opening win over Parkside and her efforts helped the Bulldogs compile a .479 team attack figure overall, which represents the best team performance in a single match in school history.

The volleyball team will visit Davenport on Tuesday, Oct. 8 for a 6 p.m. match in Caledonia before returning home to host Saginaw Valley State on Friday, Oct. 11, in Big Rapids along with Lake Superior State on Saturday, Oct. 12.

The football team notched its fourth straight win on Saturday, topping Roosevelt University.

Junior quarterback Chambliss of Grand Rapids earned the GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week award for the second time this year while junior kicker Mitchell Middleton of Middleville claimed the GLIAC Special Teams Player of the Week honor for the second time this season.

Chambliss on Saturday accounted for four touchdowns in the Bulldog victory. He threw for 224 yards and three scores on 18-of-30 passing while adding 43 rushing yards on two carries for a 21.5 average and a touchdown. 

The signal caller tossed a 65-yard scoring throw for the game's opening score in the first period and came back with a 43-yard touchdown early in the second frame, giving the Bulldogs a 14-0 lead they would not relinquish. He added two more touchdown throws as Ferris State pulled in front 35-10 early in the third quarter.

Meanwhile, Middleton handled virtually all of Ferris State’s kicking chores and accounted for seven extra points. Middleton also added eight kickoffs for 444 yards, averaging 55.3 yards per kick, with three touchbacks on a windy day. Additionally, he punted once for 38 yards in the victory. His performance came on the heels of a record-breaking 12-of-12 extra-point showing in last week's win over American International College.

Ferris State, which is now 4-1 overall, will travel to Detroit this Saturday, Oct. 12, to face Wayne State University in GLIAC play. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. in the Motor City.

On the ice, Ferris State sophomore Taulien, from Wisconsin, was named CCHA Defenseman of the Week following the team’s season-opening action.

Taulien turned the first two-goal game and second multi-point game of his collegiate career on Saturday, helping Ferris State to the second of two come-from-behind ties against Miami University from Ohio.

Overall, Taulien led all CCHA defenseman in goals with two, plus-minus with plus-three, and blocked shots with eight while registering four shots on goal.

The Bulldogs won a pair of shootouts against the RedHawks at home while beginning the 50th season of college hockey at Ferris State.

This week, the Bulldogs will square off against nationally ranked Western Michigan University in a home-and-home series with the opening game set for Friday, Oct. 11, in Kalamazoo at Lawson Ice Arena starting at 7:07 p.m. 

The Bulldogs will then host the Broncos on Saturday, Oct. 12, night in Big Rapids for a Blackout game beginning inside the Ewigleben Ice Arena at 7:07 p.m. Fans are encouraged to wear black for the contest with the Bulldogs donning new black uniforms for the first time.

Brock, a senior standout on the cross country team, was named GLIAC Women's Cross Country Athlete of the Week.

Brock led the Bulldogs to a third-place team finish on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Live In The Lou Classic held in Louisville, Kentucky.

The Bulldog veteran registered one of the university’s top 10 all-time performances in the 5K event, placing fourth overall with a time of 18:18.4 in the race. Her performance helped Ferris State finish third in the Blue Division with 135 points.

The event is annually one of the nation's largest and most prestigious cross country events. Ferris State finished behind a pair of NCAA Division I members in the University of Charlotte and Illinois-Chicago in the field of 24 teams.

Ferris State will take part in the Lewis Conference Crossover on Saturday, Oct. 12, in Romeoville, Illinois.