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NVTO Sterling

Golden Warriors

The Sterling (IL) varsity volleyball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament match against Non Varsity Tournament Opponent by a score of 2-1.

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
NVTO	22	25	15	2
Sterling	25	18	13	1

Final score provided by D. Dykeman.

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Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

NVTO (25-26)

Non Varsity Tournament Opponent has not entered stats for this match.

Sterling (25-26)

Sterling

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	30	10.0	32.6	92	18	.130
1	Nia Harris (Jr)	3	11	3.7	39.3	28	6	.179
2	Grace Johnson (Sr)	3	2	0.7	33.3	6	0	.333
3	Alivia Gibson (Sr)	1
5	Mya Lira (Sr)	3
9	Megan Stutkze (Jr)	3	7	2.3	50.0	14	4	.214
10	Grace Springman (So)	3
12	Kaelee Vardewn (Jr)	1
13	Sydney Giffin (Jr)	3	1	0.3	16.7	6	1	.000
16	Kasey Weeks (Jr)	3	7	2.3	36.8	19	4	.158
18	Kendall Barajas (So)	3	2	0.7	10.5	19	3	-.053
22	M. Birdsley (So)	1
23	M. Engelkens (Jr)	2

Sterling

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	3	1.0		54	5	90.7	0
1	Nia Harris (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	9	0	100.0
2	Grace Johnson (Sr)	3
3	Alivia Gibson (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	1	1	.0
5	Mya Lira (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	10			0
9	Megan Stutkze (Jr)	3
10	Grace Springman (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	7	1	85.7
12	Kaelee Vardewn (Jr)	1
13	Sydney Giffin (Jr)	3	2	0.7	16.7	12	2	83.3
16	Kasey Weeks (Jr)	3
18	Kendall Barajas (So)	3	1	0.3	11.1	9	0	100.0
22	M. Birdsley (So)	1			.0	1
23	M. Engelkens (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	5	1	80.0

Sterling

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	3	2	9	7	2.2
1	Nia Harris (Jr)	3
2	Grace Johnson (Sr)	3
3	Alivia Gibson (Sr)	1
5	Mya Lira (Sr)	3
9	Megan Stutkze (Jr)	3	1	4	5	1.7
10	Grace Springman (So)	3
12	Kaelee Vardewn (Jr)	1
13	Sydney Giffin (Jr)	3
16	Kasey Weeks (Jr)	3	1	5	6	2.0
18	Kendall Barajas (So)	3
22	M. Birdsley (So)	1
23	M. Engelkens (Jr)	2

Sterling

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	3	49	16.3
1	Nia Harris (Jr)	3	11	3.7
2	Grace Johnson (Sr)	3	1	0.3
3	Alivia Gibson (Sr)	1
5	Mya Lira (Sr)	3	9	3.0
9	Megan Stutkze (Jr)	3
10	Grace Springman (So)	3	13	4.3
12	Kaelee Vardewn (Jr)	1
13	Sydney Giffin (Jr)	3	6	2.0
16	Kasey Weeks (Jr)	3	2	0.7
18	Kendall Barajas (So)	3	7	2.3
22	M. Birdsley (So)	1
23	M. Engelkens (Jr)	2

Sterling

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	3	29	9.7	89
1	Nia Harris (Jr)	3			3
2	Grace Johnson (Sr)	3	3	1.0
3	Alivia Gibson (Sr)	1
5	Mya Lira (Sr)	3	0	0.0	4
9	Megan Stutkze (Jr)	3
10	Grace Springman (So)	3	1	0.3	7
12	Kaelee Vardewn (Jr)	1
13	Sydney Giffin (Jr)	3	24	8.0	72
16	Kasey Weeks (Jr)	3			1
18	Kendall Barajas (So)	3	1	0.3	2
22	M. Birdsley (So)	1
23	M. Engelkens (Jr)	2

Sterling

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	57	5	19.0
1	Nia Harris (Jr)	3	24	2	8.0
2	Grace Johnson (Sr)	3
3	Alivia Gibson (Sr)	1
5	Mya Lira (Sr)	3
9	Megan Stutkze (Jr)	3
10	Grace Springman (So)	3	9	1	3.0
12	Kaelee Vardewn (Jr)	1
13	Sydney Giffin (Jr)	3
16	Kasey Weeks (Jr)	3
18	Kendall Barajas (So)	3	24	2	8.0
22	M. Birdsley (So)	1
23	M. Engelkens (Jr)	2

Match Story

High School Volleyball - Non Varsity Tournament Opponent tips Sterling

August 30, 2025: ,

The Non Varsity Tournament Opponent (, ) volleyball held off the visiting Sterling Golden Warriors (Sterling, IL), 2-1 in Saturday's non-league bout.

The now possess a 27-109 record. They take the field next when they travel to Stockton for a non-league match on Saturday, August 30. Non Varsity Tournament Opponent will battle a Blackhawks squad coming off a 2-0 non-league win over Pearl City (Pearl City, IL). The Blackhawks record now stands at 3-0.

Next, the Golden Warriors meet the Lutheran Crusaders (Rockford, IL) in a non-league contest, on Tuesday, September 2. Sterling will attempt to move on its 5-2 season record. The Crusaders enter the contest with a 0-2 record after their 2-0 non-league loss to Boylan Catholic (Rockford, IL).

NVTO vs Sterling Volleyball Match Info

Sat., Aug. 30, 2025 @ 12p

JHawk Invite

The Sterling (IL) varsity volleyball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament match against Non Varsity Tournament Opponent by a score of 2-1.

Rankings & Records

NVTO (25-26)

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Sterling (25-26)

IL	Class
245	54

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
19-16	5-9	7-7	4-6	8-3	.543	.357	44	41

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Sterling	21.7	21.5	20.6	1.3

Team Stat Comparison

NVTO		Sterling
-	Kills	696
-	Total Blocks	122
-	Serving Aces	159
-	Digs	1053
-	Assists	597
-	Receptions	1189

Team Leaders

NVTO		Sterling	National Avg.
-	Kills	#1 Nia Harris221	53
-	Total Blocks	#16 Kasey Weeks58	11
-	Serving Aces	#13 Sydney Giffin35	16
-	Digs	#10 Grace Springman210	84
-	Assists	#13 Sydney Giffin449	50
-	Receptions	#1 Nia Harris285	86

Record Breakdown

N NVTO (25-26)		Sterling (25-26)
0-0	Overall	19-16
0-0	League	5-9
0-0	Non-League	4-3
0-0	Head to Head	0-1
0-0	Common Opponent	0-0
0-0	Home	7-7
0-0	Away	4-6
0-0	Neutral	8-3
0-0	Playoff	1-1
0-0	In-State	19-15
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0