CLEVELAND – The Mid-American Conference announced on Monday that the Western Michigan volleyball team swept the MAC West weekly awards.

Senior outside hitter Rachel Bontrager earned MAC West Offensive Player of the Week while fellow senior Kaley Smith was named MAC West Defensive Player of the Week.
Freshman Logan Case for the third time this season was named MAC West Setter of the Week. The trio helped guide WMU to a perfect 3-0 record last week against Buffalo and Ball State.

Bontrager led the Broncos with 58 kills, averaging a staggering 5.27 kills per set. Bontrager in three matches hit .326 and recorded 5.73 points per set while having 1.73 digs and 0.64 blocks per set. Including all three matches this weekend Bontrager has registered double digit kills in 10 straight matches.

On Thursday against Buffalo Bontrager had a career-high 30 kills to go along with 12 digs for her fourth double-double of the season. The senior outside hitter's 30 kills were the fifth most in a five-set match in school history and the first 30-kill performance since 2005.

In a three-set victory over Buffalo on Friday Bontrager had 13 kills and followed up that performance with a team-high 15 kills and a .275 hitting percentage on Sunday against Ball State.

For the third time this season senior libero/defensive specialist Kaley Smith posted 74 digs, averaging 6.73 digs per set. Smith also tallied one kill to go along with nine assists over the weekend. In Thursday's thrilling five-set win over Buffalo, Smith guided the Broncos with a career-high 36 digs, the fourth most in a five-set match in school history. 

With 36 digs on Thursday, Smith also became the 10^th player in school history to eclipse 1,000 digs for her career. Smith followed up her performance on Thursday with 23 digs and one assists in a three-set victory over Buffalo on Friday. Against Ball State on Sunday, Smith collected 15 digs to go along with four assists and one kill.

Freshman Logan Case posted 134 assists, averaging a staggering 12.18 assists per set in the Broncos three matches this past week.  Case had over 40 assists in two of the matches and recorded her second career double-double.

On Thursday against Buffalo Case registered 57 assists, marking the fourth match this season the freshman setter claimed over 50 assists. In Friday's sweep of Buffalo Case paced the Broncos once again with 37 assists to go along with three kills, four digs and one block.

In a three-set victory over Ball State on Sunday, Case had her second double-double of the season with 40 assists and a career-high 11 digs. Overall Case has recorded at least 40 assists in seven of the last eight matches.