ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Indiana State linebacker Garret Ollendieck was named this week's Missouri Valley Football Defensive Player of the Week as announced by the conference office on Monday morning.
 
Ollendieck had another monster game on the defensive side of the ball for Indiana State as the Sycamore junior linebacker posted his first career 3.0-sack game. The Cresco, Iowa native finished the contest with 11 tackles including three sacks against Western Illinois. He also added two quarterback hurries as ISU consistently harried the Leathernecks' passing game on Saturday afternoon.
 
Ollendieck was disruptive early with his first sack of the game ending Western Illinois' second drive in the first quarter. He added four tackles on a drive in the second quarter that led to an ISU interception to end another WIU drive inside Sycamore territory.
 
The junior linebacker came up big in the fourth quarter with his sack setting up a 4th-and-14 inside Western territory. The next play, he went back through the middle for a quarterback hurry on a play that resulted in an incompletion and turnover on downs. Justin Dinka scored three plays later for the game-clinching touchdown.
 
Ollendieck leads the Missouri Valley Football Conference with 13.5 tackles-for-loss and is third overall with 7.5 sacks in the 2023 season. He also enters the final week of the regular season sitting tied for fourth in the Valley with 8.7 tackles per game.
 
Up Next
Indiana State hits the road for the final game of the 2023 season as the Sycamores travel to Carbondale, Ill. to take on the Southern Illinois Salukis on Saturday, November 18. Kickoff between ISU and SIU is set for 2 p.m. ET at Saluki Stadium with the game set to be streamed live on ESPN+ and 105.5 The Legend.
 
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