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The Willows Academy (Des Plaines, IL) varsity volleyball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference match against Christian Heritage Academy (Northfield, IL) by a score of 2-0.

	S1	S2	Wins
CHA	25	25	2
Willows Academy	23	12	0

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Christian Heritage Academy (25-26)

Christian Heritage Academy has not entered stats for this match.

Willows Academy (25-26)

Willows Academy

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	13	6.5	54.2	24	8	.208
1	Sofia Castillo (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
2	I. Echavez (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
7	Maria Paschall (Sr)	2	3	1.5	75.0	4	1	.500
10	Clare Gannon (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
11	Elyse Varda (Jr)	2	3	1.5	60.0	5	2	.200
14	C. Stepansky (Jr)	2	5	2.5	62.5	8	3	.250
16	A. Donahue (Sr)	2	1	0.5	25.0	4	2	-.250
21	Ali Carter (Jr)	2	1	0.5	33.3	3	0	.333
38	J. Manning (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0

Willows Academy

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	2	8	4.0	18.2	44	4	90.9	18
1	Sofia Castillo (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	5	0	100.0	0
2	I. Echavez (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	4	1	75.0	2
7	Maria Paschall (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
10	Clare Gannon (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	7	1	85.7	3
11	Elyse Varda (Jr)	2	2	1.0	40.0	5	1	80.0	2
14	C. Stepansky (Jr)	2	3	1.5	42.9	7	1	85.7	3
16	A. Donahue (Sr)	2	2	1.0	25.0	8	0	100.0	5
21	Ali Carter (Jr)	2	1	0.5	12.5	8	0	100.0	3
38	J. Manning (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Willows Academy

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	2	3	3	1.5
1	Sofia Castillo (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
2	I. Echavez (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
7	Maria Paschall (Sr)	2	2	2	1.0
10	Clare Gannon (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
11	Elyse Varda (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
14	C. Stepansky (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
16	A. Donahue (Sr)	2	1	1	0.5
21	Ali Carter (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
38	J. Manning (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0

Willows Academy

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	2	34	5	17.0
1	Sofia Castillo (Jr)	2	2	0	1.0
2	I. Echavez (Sr)	2	4	0	2.0
7	Maria Paschall (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
10	Clare Gannon (Sr)	2	6	1	3.0
11	Elyse Varda (Jr)	2	4	1	2.0
14	C. Stepansky (Jr)	2	9	1	4.5
16	A. Donahue (Sr)	2	1	1	0.5
21	Ali Carter (Jr)	2	8	1	4.0
38	J. Manning (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0

Willows Academy

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	2	11	5.5	16	3
1	Sofia Castillo (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
2	I. Echavez (Sr)	2	0	0.0	1	0
7	Maria Paschall (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
10	Clare Gannon (Sr)	2	11	5.5	15	3
11	Elyse Varda (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
14	C. Stepansky (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
16	A. Donahue (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
21	Ali Carter (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
38	J. Manning (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0

Willows Academy

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	2	22	6	11.0
1	Sofia Castillo (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
2	I. Echavez (Sr)	2	3	1	1.5
7	Maria Paschall (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
10	Clare Gannon (Sr)	2	2	1	1.0
11	Elyse Varda (Jr)	2	4	1	2.0
14	C. Stepansky (Jr)	2	7	2	3.5
16	A. Donahue (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
21	Ali Carter (Jr)	2	6	1	3.0
38	J. Manning (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0

Match Story

Illinois High School Volleyball - Christian Heritage Academy over Willows Academy

August 26, 2025: Des Plaines, IL 60016

The Christian Heritage Academy Lions volleyball team scored 2 points and restricted the host Willows Academy Eagles to 0 in the Lions non-league triumph on Tuesday.

The Lions now sport a 1-0 record. They put it on the line next when they host Roycemore for a Lake Shore Athletic game on Wednesday, August 27.

The Eagles (0-1) will now prepare for their game against Harvest-Westminster (Elgin, IL). The Warrior-Lions go into the non-league game with a 0-0 record.

Players of the Match

Christian Heritage Academy (25-26)

Christian Heritage Academy has not selected any Players of the Match.

Willows Academy (25-26)

Congratulations to #14 Claire Stepansky for being selected the Willows Academy Volleyball Player of the Match.

CHA @ WA Volleyball Match Info

Tue., Aug. 26, 2025 @ 6p

The Willows Academy (Des Plaines, IL) varsity volleyball team lost Tuesday's home non-conference match against Christian Heritage Academy (Northfield, IL) by a score of 2-0.

Rankings & Records

Christian Heritage Academy (25-26)

IL	Class
304	61

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
20-3	10-0	9-0	4-0	7-3	.870	1.000	40	9

Willows Academy (25-26)

IL	Class
630	179

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
4-12	2-2	2-4	1-5	1-3	.250	.500	9	26

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Christian Heritage Academy	23.4	22.7	18.3	1.7
Willows Academy	17.8	15.8	16.7	.6

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Team Stat Comparison

Christian Heritage Academy		Willows Academy
-	Kills	119
-	Total Blocks	30
-	Serving Aces	54
-	Digs	245
-	Assists	85
-	Receptions	278

Team Leaders

Christian Heritage Academy		Willows Academy	National Avg.
-	Kills	#14 Claire Stepansky33	35
-	Total Blocks	#7 Maria Paschall10	7
-	Serving Aces	#21 Ali Carter11	11
-	Digs	#21 Ali Carter52	54
-	Assists	#10 Clare Gannon75	33
-	Receptions	#21 Ali Carter61	57

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Christian Heritage Academy	4-2		Willows Academy	2-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
9/6/25	Christian Heritage Academy	Woodlands Academy	(W) 2-0	9/23/25	Willows Academy	Woodlands Academy	(W) 2-0
9/29/25	Christian Heritage Academy	Woodlands Academy	(W) 2-0
9/6/25	Christian Heritage Academy	Schaumburg Christian	(L) 2-0	9/6/25	Willows Academy	Schaumburg Christian	(L) 2-0
				9/26/25	Willows Academy	Schaumburg Christian	(L) 2-0
9/13/25	Christian Heritage Academy	Francis W. Parker	(W) 2-1	9/16/25	Francis W. Parker	Willows Academy	(L) 2-0
9/13/25	Latin	Christian Heritage Academy	(L) 2-0	10/14/25	Latin	Willows Academy
10/1/25	Christian Heritage Academy	Beacon Academy	(W) 2-1	10/23/25	Beacon Academy	Willows Academy
10/14/25	Beacon Academy	Christian Heritage Academy
10/3/25	North Shore Country Day	Christian Heritage Academy		9/6/25	Willows Academy	North Shore Country Day	(L) 2-1
				9/9/25	North Shore Country Day	Willows Academy	(W) 2-1

Record Breakdown

Christian Heritage Academy (25-26)		Willows Academy (25-26)
20-3	Overall	4-12
10-0	League	2-2
3-0	Non-League	1-7
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
4-2	Common Opponent	2-4
9-0	Home	2-4
4-0	Away	1-5
7-3	Neutral	1-3
0-0	Playoff	0-0
20-3	In-State	4-12
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0