JACKSON - For the first time this season, a pair of Northwest volleyball student-athletes have garnered MACCC Player of the Week honors.

Released late Tuesday morning, the Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference named Layla Dyer for its Offensive Player of the Week award, while Kaya Coleman was chosen for the Defensive Player of the Week honor. The awards are nominated and voted upon by the conference's sports information directors.

Dyer, a sophomore setter from Lafayette, La., was a fundamental piece of the Lady Rangers' offense in a clean sweep of Champion Christian College and Spurgeon College last Saturday. She tallied 62 assists in two matches, bringing her season total to 417 assists. Her career total now stands at 1,328, after she shattered the single-season and program record last season with 911 assists.

Coleman, a middle blocker from Cobden, Ill., tallied nine total blocks in the two matches, bringing her season total to a team-leading 47 blocks.

Now 8-6 on the season, Northwest is scheduled to face Freed-Hardeman JV on Thursday, September 19, before returning home for the first time in almost a month, hosting Coastal Alabama-South and Shawnee on Friday, Sept. 20. Both of Friday's matches will be carried on Ranger TV.