The Big Ten Conference announced that Katherine Harms (Albertville, Minn.) has been named the league's Player of the Week following her performance against Texas. It's the first career honor for the senior and the second-straight award for a Gopher volleyball player as Tori Dixon was named the Big Ten's Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 3.

Harms, a 6-foot, two-inch right side hitter, established 36 kills and hit .333 in the series against No. 4 Texas last week. On Thursday, she set a season-best 24 kills in 47 attempts to pace the Golden Gophers to an upset win over the Longhorns. Minnesota defeated Texas for the first time on their home court since 2010 and broke a 33-straight home match record, the longest streak in the nation. Harms recorded a double double when she had 24 kills (24-9-47, .319) and 13 digs. On Friday, Harms, along with Dixon, led the team with 12 kills as she hit .357 against Texas. In the series, Harms averaged 4.50 kills per set and 2.50 digs per set. The 24 kills on Thursday was her career-second best after she had 29 kills against Washington (five sets) in the 2011 NCAA Second Round.

The Gophers take on North Dakota State tonight, at 7 p.m. at the Sports Pavilion. Minnesota will then travel to Tulsa Okla., to compete in the Golden Hurricane Classic. Minnesota will compete against No. 10 Dayton (10 a.m.) and No. 22 Kansas State (4:30 p.m.) on Friday, Sept. 14 and host Tulsa (2 p.m.) on Saturday, Sept. 15.

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