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The St. James Academy (Lenexa, KS) varsity volleyball team lost Thursday's home non-conference match against Saint Thomas Aquinas (Overland Park, KS) by a score of 2-1.

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Saint Thomas Aquinas	25	18	25	2
St. James Academy	19	25	21	1

Final score provided by S. Cretors.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

St. James Academy (23-24)

Saint Thomas Aquinas

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	38	12.7	33.3	114	20	.158
2	Sophia Bond (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
2	Alayna Vaeth (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
5	Grace Martin (So)	3	8	2.7	25.8	31	4	.129
7	Maya Houseworth (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	0	.000
13	Alea Goolsby (Jr)	3	11	3.7	29.7	37	8	.081
16	Presley Kreter (Fr)	3	4	1.3	40.0	10	2	.200
25	Kelsey Schenck (Sr)	3	5	1.7	50.0	10	1	.400
28	Tatum Grimes (Sr)	3	10	3.3	41.7	24	5	.208

St. James Academy

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	34	11.3	28.6	119	18	.134
3	Ava Spachek (Sr)	3	10	3.3	50.0	20	2	.400
4	Emery Jackson (Sr)	3	1	0.3	16.7	6	1	.000
5	Ella Goodwin (Sr)	3	3	1.0	21.4	14	1	.143
6	Reese Messer (Jr)	3	5	1.7	38.5	13	0	.385
7	Heidi Devers (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
8	K. Blaesing (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
11	Julia Headley (Sr)	3	6	2.0	30.0	20	4	.100
13	Mya Bolton (Sr)	3	1	0.3	100.0	1	0	1.000
13	Leah Robinson (So)	3	8	2.7	17.8	45	10	-.044

Saint Thomas Aquinas

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	3	1.0	4.4	68	5	92.6	32
2	Sophia Bond (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	9	1	88.9	4
2	Alayna Vaeth (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	13	0	100.0	6
5	Grace Martin (So)	3	1	0.3	6.7	15	1	93.3	8
7	Maya Houseworth (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
13	Alea Goolsby (Jr)	3	1	0.3	9.1	11	3	72.7	6
16	Presley Kreter (Fr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
25	Kelsey Schenck (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	10	0	100.0	4
28	Tatum Grimes (Sr)	3	1	0.3	10.0	10	0	100.0	4

St. James Academy

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	2	0.7	3.1	65	4	93.8	29
3	Ava Spachek (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
4	Emery Jackson (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
5	Ella Goodwin (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
6	Reese Messer (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	11	0	100.0	5
7	Heidi Devers (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	13	1	92.3	6
8	K. Blaesing (Sr)	3	2	0.7	15.4	13	1	92.3	7
11	Julia Headley (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	11	0	100.0	4
13	Mya Bolton (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	11	1	90.9	6
13	Leah Robinson (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	6	1	83.3	1

Saint Thomas Aquinas

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	3	1	14	8	2.7
2	Sophia Bond (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
2	Alayna Vaeth (So)	3	0	0	0	0.0
5	Grace Martin (So)	3	0	3	3	1.0
7	Maya Houseworth (Sr)	2	0	1	1	0.5
13	Alea Goolsby (Jr)	3	0	1	1	0.3
16	Presley Kreter (Fr)	3	1	4	5	1.7
25	Kelsey Schenck (Sr)	3	0	2	2	0.7
28	Tatum Grimes (Sr)	3	0	3	3	1.0

St. James Academy

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	3	2	10	7	2.3
3	Ava Spachek (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
4	Emery Jackson (Sr)	3	0	2	2	0.7
5	Ella Goodwin (Sr)	3	1	2	3	1.0
6	Reese Messer (Jr)	3	1	2	3	1.0
7	Heidi Devers (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
8	K. Blaesing (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
11	Julia Headley (Sr)	3	0	3	3	1.0
13	Mya Bolton (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
13	Leah Robinson (So)	3	0	1	1	0.3

Saint Thomas Aquinas

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	3	60	20.0
2	Sophia Bond (Sr)	3	17	5.7
2	Alayna Vaeth (So)	3	8	2.7
5	Grace Martin (So)	3	8	2.7
7	Maya Houseworth (Sr)	2	0	0.0
13	Alea Goolsby (Jr)	3	17	5.7
16	Presley Kreter (Fr)	3	0	0.0
25	Kelsey Schenck (Sr)	3	8	2.7
28	Tatum Grimes (Sr)	3	2	0.7

St. James Academy

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	3	53	17.7
3	Ava Spachek (Sr)	3	2	0.7
4	Emery Jackson (Sr)	3	0	0.0
5	Ella Goodwin (Sr)	3	0	0.0
6	Reese Messer (Jr)	3	10	3.3
7	Heidi Devers (Sr)	3	10	3.3
8	K. Blaesing (Sr)	3	10	3.3
11	Julia Headley (Sr)	3	3	1.0
13	Mya Bolton (Sr)	3	11	3.7
13	Leah Robinson (So)	3	7	2.3

Saint Thomas Aquinas

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	38	12.7	111	1
2	Sophia Bond (Sr)	3	2	0.7	12	0
2	Alayna Vaeth (So)	3	1	0.3	1	0
5	Grace Martin (So)	3	1	0.3	2	0
7	Maya Houseworth (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
13	Alea Goolsby (Jr)	3	1	0.3	3	0
16	Presley Kreter (Fr)	3	1	0.3	1	0
25	Kelsey Schenck (Sr)	3	32	10.7	90	1
28	Tatum Grimes (Sr)	3	0	0.0	2	0

St. James Academy

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	33	11.0	115	3
3	Ava Spachek (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
4	Emery Jackson (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
5	Ella Goodwin (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
6	Reese Messer (Jr)	3	24	8.0	88	2
7	Heidi Devers (Sr)	3	2	0.7	6	0
8	K. Blaesing (Sr)	3	1	0.3	2	0
11	Julia Headley (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
13	Mya Bolton (Sr)	3	4	1.3	15	1
13	Leah Robinson (So)	3	2	0.7	4	0

Saint Thomas Aquinas

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	59	2	19.7
2	Sophia Bond (Sr)	3	11	0	3.7
2	Alayna Vaeth (So)	3	0	0	0.0
5	Grace Martin (So)	3	30	0	10.0
7	Maya Houseworth (Sr)	2	1	1	0.5
13	Alea Goolsby (Jr)	3	17	0	5.7
16	Presley Kreter (Fr)	3	0	1	0.0
25	Kelsey Schenck (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
28	Tatum Grimes (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0

St. James Academy

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	58	3	19.3
3	Ava Spachek (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
4	Emery Jackson (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
5	Ella Goodwin (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
6	Reese Messer (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
7	Heidi Devers (Sr)	3	20	1	6.7
8	K. Blaesing (Sr)	3	16	0	5.3
11	Julia Headley (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
13	Mya Bolton (Sr)	3	11	0	3.7
13	Leah Robinson (So)	3	11	2	3.7

Saint Thomas Aquinas' stats are presented by HudlHudl

St. James Academy's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Match Story

Kansas High School Volleyball - Saint Thomas Aquinas tips St. James Academy

October 12, 2023: Lenexa, KS 66227

The crowd at Thursday's non-league bout between the Saint Thomas Aquinas Saints (Overland Park, KS) and the host St. James Academy Thunder (Lenexa, KS), saw Saint Thomas Aquinas's volleyball squad nip St. James Academy by a tally of 2-1.

With the win, Saint Thomas Aquinas upgrades its record to 25-7 on the year. The Saints travel to Olathe Northwest (Olathe, KS) to play the Ravens in a non-league bout on Tuesday, October 17. The Ravens go into the bout with a record of 28-5. Olathe Northwest won 3-0 in their recent non-league bout against Shawnee Heights (Tecumseh, KS)

The Thunder now own a 29-4 record.

STAHS @ SJA Volleyball Match Info

Thu., Oct. 12, 2023 @ 7p

The St. James Academy (Lenexa, KS) varsity volleyball team lost Thursday's home non-conference match against Saint Thomas Aquinas (Overland Park, KS) by a score of 2-1.

Rankings & Records

Saint Thomas Aquinas (23-24)

KS	Class
3	2

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	SW	SL
31-9	3-0	13-3	9-3	9-3	.775	1.000	71	25

St. James Academy (23-24)

KS	Class
1	1

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	SW	SL
33-6	2-1	20-3	3-1	10-2	.846	.667	73	16

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	Wins
Saint Thomas Aquinas	24.3	23.8	23.8	23.3	1.8
St. James Academy	24.7	24.3	23.7	25.0	1.9

Head-to-Head

St. James Academy won on 9/19/2023

9/19 S1 S2 Wins

STAHS 19 20 0
SJA 25 25 2

The Saint Thomas Aquinas (Overland Park, KS) varsity volleyball team lost Tuesday's away non-conference match against St. James Academy (Lenexa, KS) by a score of 2-0.
Box score
Saint Thomas Aquinas won on 10/12/2023

10/12 @ 7p S1 S2 S3 Wins

STAHS 25 18 25 2
SJA 19 25 21 1

The Saint Thomas Aquinas (Overland Park, KS) varsity volleyball team won Thursday's away non-conference match against St. James Academy (Lenexa, KS) by a score of 2-1.
Box score
Saint Thomas Aquinas won on 10/27/2023

10/27 @ 3:30p S1 S2 S3 Wins

STAHS 25 21 25 2
SJA 21 25 17 1

The Saint Thomas Aquinas (Overland Park, KS) varsity volleyball team won Friday's neutral conference match against St. James Academy (Lenexa, KS) by a score of 2-1.
Box score

9/19	S1	S2	Wins
STAHS	19	20	0
SJA	25	25	2

10/12 @ 7p	S1	S2	S3	Wins
STAHS	25	18	25	2
SJA	19	25	21	1

10/27 @ 3:30p	S1	S2	S3	Wins
STAHS	25	21	25	2
SJA	21	25	17	1

Team Stat Comparison

Saint Thomas Aquinas		St. James Academy
1243	Kills	1217
208	Total Blocks	139
222	Serving Aces	209
1247	Digs	1458
1153	Assists	1131
1530	Receptions	1275

Team Leaders

Saint Thomas Aquinas		St. James Academy	National Avg.
#13 Alea Goolsby395	Kills	#13 Leah Robinson277	53
#28 Tatum Grimes106	Total Blocks	#11 Julia Headley69	12
#13 Alea Goolsby38	Serving Aces	#11 Julia Headley40	16
#2 Sophia Bond287	Digs	#13 Mya Bolton442	85
#25 Kelsey Schenck677	Assists	#6 Reese Messer872	50
#5 Grace Martin489	Receptions	#13 Mya Bolton380	88

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Saint Thomas Aquinas	14-4		St. James Academy	14-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/28/23	Bonner Springs	Saint Thomas Aquinas	(W) 2-0	9/21/23	Bonner Springs	St. James Academy	(W) 2-0
9/7/23	Saint Thomas Aquinas	Lansing	(W) 3-0	10/27/23	Lansing	St. James Academy	(W) 2-0
10/27/23	Saint Thomas Aquinas	Lansing	(W) 2-0
9/12/23	Saint Thomas Aquinas	Blue Valley	(W) 2-0	9/23/23	Blue Valley	St. James Academy	(W) 2-0
				9/26/23	Blue Valley	St. James Academy	(W) 2-0
9/12/23	Blue Valley Northwest	Saint Thomas Aquinas	(W) 2-0	10/3/23	Blue Valley Northwest	St. James Academy	(W) 2-0
9/16/23	Saint Thomas Aquinas	Lafayette	(W) 2-1	9/9/23	St. James Academy	Lafayette	(L) 2-0
9/19/23	Saint Thomas Aquinas	Blue Valley North	(L) 2-1	9/19/23	Blue Valley North	St. James Academy	(L) 2-0
9/21/23	Maize South	Saint Thomas Aquinas	(L) 2-0	10/27/23	St. James Academy	Maize South	(L) 2-0
10/27/23	Saint Thomas Aquinas	Maize South	(W) 2-0
9/21/23	Washburn Rural	Saint Thomas Aquinas	(W) 2-0	8/29/23	Washburn Rural	St. James Academy	(W) 2-0
				9/23/23	Washburn Rural	St. James Academy	(W) 2-1
9/26/23	Saint Thomas Aquinas	Bishop Miege	(W) 2-0	9/7/23	Bishop Miege	St. James Academy	(W) 3-0
				9/14/23	Bishop Miege	St. James Academy	(W) 3-0
9/26/23	Saint Thomas Aquinas	Blue Valley West	(W) 2-1	10/3/23	St. James Academy	Blue Valley West	(W) 2-0
9/30/23	Liberty North	Saint Thomas Aquinas	(W) 2-0	8/26/23	Liberty North	St. James Academy	(W) 2-0
9/30/23	St. Dominic	Saint Thomas Aquinas	(W) 2-0	9/9/23	St. Dominic	St. James Academy	(W) 2-0
10/3/23	Blue Valley Southwest	Saint Thomas Aquinas	(L) 3-1	9/26/23	Blue Valley Southwest	St. James Academy	(W) 2-0
10/21/23	Blue Valley Southwest	Saint Thomas Aquinas	(W) 2-0
10/7/23	Saint Thomas Aquinas	Papillion-LaVista South	(L) 2-0	9/4/23	Papillion-LaVista South	St. James Academy	(L) 2-1
10/12/23	St. Teresa's Academy	Saint Thomas Aquinas	(W) 2-0	10/12/23	St. Teresa's Academy	St. James Academy	(W) 2-0

Record Breakdown

Saint Thomas Aquinas (23-24)		St. James Academy (23-24)
31-9	Overall	33-6
3-0	League	2-1
18-5	Non-League	22-3
2-1	Head to Head	1-2
14-4	Common Opponent	14-4
13-3	Home	20-3
9-3	Away	3-1
9-3	Neutral	10-2
3-1	Playoff	2-1
18-7	In-State	24-4
13-2	Out-of-State	9-2