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The St. James Academy (Lenexa, KS) varsity volleyball team won Wednesday's home conference match against Blue Valley (Stilwell, KS) by a score of 2-0.

	S1	S2	Wins
Blue Valley	17	20	0
St. James Academy	25	25	2

Final score provided by D. Johnson.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

St. James Academy (22-23)

Blue Valley

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	24	12.0	34.3	70	8	.229
1	Avery Delong (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	8	2	-.250
2	B. Farris (Sr)	2	3	1.5	37.5	8	0	.375
3	Claire Jones (Jr)	2
4	Charley Thomas (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
5	Julia Kinney (Sr)	2	7	3.5	43.8	16	2	.312
7	Tori Gelles (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	1	-1.000
9	C. Kilgore (Sr)	2	10	5.0	45.5	22	2	.364
10	Ryan McAleer (Jr)	2
11	Tiana Simmons (Sr)	2	3	1.5	37.5	8	0	.375
15	Kate Peterson (Sr)	2	1	0.5	16.7	6	1	.000

St. James Academy

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	34	17.0	49.3	69	4	.435
2	Kate Mcknight (Sr)	2	7	3.5	46.7	15	1	.400
3	Ava Spachek (Jr)	2	6	3.0	42.9	14	1	.357
5	Ella Goodwin (Jr)	2	6	3.0	50.0	12	2	.333
6	Reese Messer (So)	2	4	2.0	100.0	4	0	1.000
7	Heidi Devers (Jr)	2
8	K. Blaesing (Jr)	2
9	Lauren Brown (Sr)	2
13	Mya Bolton (Jr)	2
13	Leah Robinson (Fr)	2	2	1.0	33.3	6	0	.333
	Julia Headley	2	9	4.5	50.0	18	0	.500

Blue Valley

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %
	Team Totals	2	0	0.0	.0	38	2	94.7
1	Avery Delong (Sr)	2
2	B. Farris (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	4	1	75.0
3	Claire Jones (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	7	0	100.0
4	Charley Thomas (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	0	100.0
5	Julia Kinney (Sr)	2
7	Tori Gelles (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	5	1	80.0
9	C. Kilgore (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	4	0	100.0
10	Ryan McAleer (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	4	0	100.0
11	Tiana Simmons (Sr)	2
15	Kate Peterson (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	12	0	100.0

St. James Academy

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	PTS
	Team Totals	2	7	3.5	7
2	Kate Mcknight (Sr)	2	2	1.0	2
3	Ava Spachek (Jr)	2
5	Ella Goodwin (Jr)	2
6	Reese Messer (So)	2
7	Heidi Devers (Jr)	2	1	0.5	1
8	K. Blaesing (Jr)	2	1	0.5	1
9	Lauren Brown (Sr)	2	2	1.0	2
13	Mya Bolton (Jr)	2	1	0.5	1
13	Leah Robinson (Fr)	2
	Julia Headley	2

Blue Valley

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	2	3	2	4	2.0	2
1	Avery Delong (Sr)	2
2	B. Farris (Sr)	2
3	Claire Jones (Jr)	2
4	Charley Thomas (Sr)	2
5	Julia Kinney (Sr)	2					1
7	Tori Gelles (Sr)	2
9	C. Kilgore (Sr)	2	1	1	2	1.0	1
10	Ryan McAleer (Jr)	2
11	Tiana Simmons (Sr)	2	2	0	2	1.0	0
15	Kate Peterson (Sr)	2		1	1	0.5

St. James Academy

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	2	9	9	4.5
2	Kate Mcknight (Sr)	2	2	2	1.0
3	Ava Spachek (Jr)	2
5	Ella Goodwin (Jr)	2	1	1	0.5
6	Reese Messer (So)	2	2	2	1.0
7	Heidi Devers (Jr)	2
8	K. Blaesing (Jr)	2
9	Lauren Brown (Sr)	2
13	Mya Bolton (Jr)	2
13	Leah Robinson (Fr)	2	2	2	1.0
	Julia Headley	2	2	2	1.0

Blue Valley

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	2	41	5	20.5
1	Avery Delong (Sr)	2	2	0	1.0
2	B. Farris (Sr)	2	2	0	1.0
3	Claire Jones (Jr)	2	6	1	3.0
4	Charley Thomas (Sr)	2	1	0	0.5
5	Julia Kinney (Sr)	2
7	Tori Gelles (Sr)	2	1	0	0.5
9	C. Kilgore (Sr)	2	5	2	2.5
10	Ryan McAleer (Jr)	2	14	1	7.0
11	Tiana Simmons (Sr)	2
15	Kate Peterson (Sr)	2	10	1	5.0

St. James Academy

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	2	44	22.0
2	Kate Mcknight (Sr)	2	2	1.0
3	Ava Spachek (Jr)	2
5	Ella Goodwin (Jr)	2	2	1.0
6	Reese Messer (So)	2	6	3.0
7	Heidi Devers (Jr)	2	6	3.0
8	K. Blaesing (Jr)	2	6	3.0
9	Lauren Brown (Sr)	2	6	3.0
13	Mya Bolton (Jr)	2	16	8.0
13	Leah Robinson (Fr)	2
	Julia Headley	2

Blue Valley

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	2	21	10.5	64	1
1	Avery Delong (Sr)	2	0	0.0	1	0
2	B. Farris (Sr)	2
3	Claire Jones (Jr)	2
4	Charley Thomas (Sr)	2
5	Julia Kinney (Sr)	2
7	Tori Gelles (Sr)	2
9	C. Kilgore (Sr)	2
10	Ryan McAleer (Jr)	2	2	1.0	14	0
11	Tiana Simmons (Sr)	2
15	Kate Peterson (Sr)	2	19	9.5	49	1

St. James Academy

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S
	Team Totals	2	34	17.0
2	Kate Mcknight (Sr)	2
3	Ava Spachek (Jr)	2
5	Ella Goodwin (Jr)	2
6	Reese Messer (So)	2	34	17.0
7	Heidi Devers (Jr)	2
8	K. Blaesing (Jr)	2
9	Lauren Brown (Sr)	2
13	Mya Bolton (Jr)	2
13	Leah Robinson (Fr)	2
	Julia Headley	2

Blue Valley

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	2	30	6	15.0
1	Avery Delong (Sr)	2	1	0	0.5
2	B. Farris (Sr)	2	0	1	0.0
3	Claire Jones (Jr)	2
4	Charley Thomas (Sr)	2	6	0	3.0
5	Julia Kinney (Sr)	2	0	2	0.0
7	Tori Gelles (Sr)	2	8	1	4.0
9	C. Kilgore (Sr)	2	5	2	2.5
10	Ryan McAleer (Jr)	2	10	0	5.0
11	Tiana Simmons (Sr)	2
15	Kate Peterson (Sr)	2

St. James Academy

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP
	Team Totals	2
2	Kate Mcknight (Sr)	2
3	Ava Spachek (Jr)	2
5	Ella Goodwin (Jr)	2
6	Reese Messer (So)	2
7	Heidi Devers (Jr)	2
8	K. Blaesing (Jr)	2
9	Lauren Brown (Sr)	2
13	Mya Bolton (Jr)	2
13	Leah Robinson (Fr)	2
	Julia Headley	2

Match Story

Kansas High School Volleyball - St. James Academy over Blue Valley

September 28, 2022: Lenexa, KS 66227

The St. James Academy Thunder (Lenexa, KS) volleyball overcame the visiting Blue Valley Tigers (Stilwell, KS), 2-0 in Wednesday's league outing.

With the win, St. James Academy betters its record to 17-1 on the year. The Thunder travel to Olathe North (Olathe, KS) to face the Eagles in a non-league outing on Saturday, October 1. The Eagles go into the outing with a record of 9-11. Olathe North won 2-0 in their recent non-league outing against Shawnee Mission South (Shawnee Mission, KS)

The Tigers now sport a 18-6 record. They play next when they travel to Blue Valley Southwest for a Eastern Kansas outing on Wednesday, September 28. Blue Valley will face a Timberwolves squad coming off a 2-0 non-league win over Tonganoxie (Tonganoxie, KS). The Timberwolves record now stands at 13-9.

Blue Valley @ SJA Volleyball Match Info

Wed., Sep. 28, 2022 @ 6p

The St. James Academy (Lenexa, KS) varsity volleyball team won Wednesday's home conference match against Blue Valley (Stilwell, KS) by a score of 2-0.

Rankings & Records

Blue Valley (22-23)

KS	Class
4	2

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	SW	SL
31-11	6-3	9-1	9-3	13-7	.738	.667	67	30

St. James Academy (22-23)

KS	Class
2	2

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	SW	SL
37-4	4-1	16-1	16-2	5-1	.902	.800	79	16

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	Wins
Blue Valley	23.7	24.0	24.1	25.0	1.6
St. James Academy	24.5	24.3	24.6	25.0	1.9

Team Stat Comparison

Blue Valley		St. James Academy
1156	Kills	1218
256	Total Blocks	143
221	Serving Aces	229
1356	Digs	1543
1014	Assists	1113
1240	Receptions	1394

Team Leaders

Blue Valley		St. James Academy	National Avg.
#5 Julia Kinney262	Kills	#11 Julia Headley257	53
#11 Tiana Simmons66	Total Blocks	#11 Julia Headley62	12
#15 Kate Peterson39	Serving Aces	#9 Lauren Brown50	16
#10 Ryan McAleer410	Digs	#13 Mya Bolton436	84
#15 Kate Peterson565	Assists	#6 Reese Messer824	50
#10 Ryan McAleer408	Receptions	#13 Mya Bolton367	87

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Blue Valley	13-7		St. James Academy	17-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/30/22	Seaman	Blue Valley	(W) 2-0	10/6/22	Seaman	St. James Academy	(W) 2-0
				10/28/22	Seaman	St. James Academy	(W) 2-0
9/8/22	Spring Hill	Blue Valley	(W) 2-1	10/15/22	St. James Academy	Spring Hill	(W) 2-1
				10/22/22	Spring Hill	St. James Academy	(W) 2-0
9/13/22	Saint Thomas Aquinas	Blue Valley	(L) 2-0	9/20/22	St. James Academy	Saint Thomas Aquinas	(L) 2-0
				10/6/22	Saint Thomas Aquinas	St. James Academy	(L) 2-0
				10/29/22	St. James Academy	Saint Thomas Aquinas	(L) 2-1
9/13/22	Blue Valley	Blue Valley Northwest	(W) 2-1	9/10/22	St. James Academy	Blue Valley Northwest	(W) 2-1
10/15/22	Blue Valley Northwest	Blue Valley	(L) 2-1	10/1/22	Blue Valley Northwest	St. James Academy	(W) 2-0
				10/4/22	St. James Academy	Blue Valley Northwest	(W) 2-0
9/19/22	Blue Valley	De Soto	(W) 2-0	10/1/22	De Soto	St. James Academy	(W) 2-0
9/20/22	Blue Valley	Blue Valley West	(W) 3-1	10/4/22	Blue Valley West	St. James Academy	(W) 2-0
10/28/22	Blue Valley	Blue Valley West	(W) 2-1
9/24/22	Blue Valley	Manhattan	(W) 2-0	9/10/22	St. James Academy	Manhattan	(W) 2-0
9/24/22	Blue Valley	Washburn Rural	(L) 2-0	8/30/22	St. James Academy	Washburn Rural	(W) 2-1
10/28/22	Washburn Rural	Blue Valley	(L) 2-0
10/29/22	Washburn Rural	Blue Valley	(L) 2-0
9/28/22	Blue Valley	Blue Valley Southwest	(W) 2-1	9/28/22	St. James Academy	Blue Valley Southwest	(W) 2-1
10/1/22	Blue Valley	Olathe Northwest	(L) 2-0	10/15/22	St. James Academy	Olathe Northwest	(W) 2-0
10/1/22	Shawnee Mission North	Blue Valley	(W) 2-0	9/22/22	St. James Academy	Shawnee Mission North	(W) 2-0
10/6/22	Blue Valley	Bishop Miege	(W) 2-0	9/15/22	Bishop Miege	St. James Academy	(W) 3-0
10/15/22	Blue Valley	Bishop Miege	(W) 2-0
10/6/22	Blue Valley	Blue Valley North	(L) 2-1	9/10/22	St. James Academy	Blue Valley North	(W) 2-1
10/15/22	Blue Valley	Blue Valley North	(W) 2-1	9/20/22	St. James Academy	Blue Valley North	(W) 2-0
10/29/22	Blue Valley	Blue Valley North	(W) 2-0

Record Breakdown

Blue Valley (22-23)		St. James Academy (22-23)
31-11	Overall	37-4
6-3	League	4-1
11-2	Non-League	31-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
13-7	Common Opponent	17-3
9-1	Home	16-1
9-3	Away	16-2
13-7	Neutral	5-1
5-2	Playoff	2-1
27-9	In-State	33-3
4-2	Out-of-State	4-1