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The Walther Christian Academy (Melrose Park, IL) varsity volleyball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament match against Taft (Chicago, IL) by a score of 2-0.

	S1	S2	Wins
Taft	25	25	2
WCA	16	20	0

Final score provided by M. Escobedo.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Taft (24-25)

Taft has not entered stats for this match.

Walther Christian Academy (24-25)

Walther Christian Academy

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	6	3.0	10.7	56	17	-.196
5	Sarah Zaia (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
6	Michaela Eden (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
12	Dani Bailon (Sr)	2	1	0.5	14.3	7	2	-.143
15	Sadie Martinez (Sr)	2	2	1.0	22.2	9	3	-.111
23	Kariyah Perez (So)	2	1	0.5	11.1	9	3	-.222
25	Mia Herrera (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
27	Bella Ziupsnys (Sr)	2	2	1.0	12.5	16	5	-.188
44	Jill Bjorklund (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	7	1	-.143

Walther Christian Academy

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	2	5	2.5	13.5	37	5	86.5	12
5	Sarah Zaia (Jr)	2	2	1.0	20.0	10	0	100.0	5
6	Michaela Eden (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	3	1	66.7	0
12	Dani Bailon (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
15	Sadie Martinez (Sr)	2	2	1.0	22.2	9	2	77.8	4
23	Kariyah Perez (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	4	1	75.0	1
25	Mia Herrera (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
27	Bella Ziupsnys (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	4	1	75.0	0
44	Jill Bjorklund (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Walther Christian Academy

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	2	1	1	0.5
5	Sarah Zaia (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
6	Michaela Eden (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
12	Dani Bailon (Sr)	2	1	1	0.5
15	Sadie Martinez (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
23	Kariyah Perez (So)	2	0	0	0.0
25	Mia Herrera (So)	2	0	0	0.0
27	Bella Ziupsnys (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
44	Jill Bjorklund (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0

Walther Christian Academy

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	2	27	13.5
5	Sarah Zaia (Jr)	2	9	4.5
6	Michaela Eden (Jr)	2	0	0.0
12	Dani Bailon (Sr)	2	0	0.0
15	Sadie Martinez (Sr)	2	9	4.5
23	Kariyah Perez (So)	2	1	0.5
25	Mia Herrera (So)	2	0	0.0
27	Bella Ziupsnys (Sr)	2	3	1.5
44	Jill Bjorklund (Jr)	2	1	0.5

Walther Christian Academy

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	2	5	2.5	53
5	Sarah Zaia (Jr)	2	2	1.0	13
6	Michaela Eden (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0
12	Dani Bailon (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0
15	Sadie Martinez (Sr)	2	3	1.5	32
23	Kariyah Perez (So)	2	0	0.0	1
25	Mia Herrera (So)	2	0	0.0	2
27	Bella Ziupsnys (Sr)	2	0	0.0	2
44	Jill Bjorklund (Jr)	2	0	0.0	1

Walther Christian Academy

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	2	40	7	20.0
5	Sarah Zaia (Jr)	2	21	4	10.5
6	Michaela Eden (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
12	Dani Bailon (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
15	Sadie Martinez (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
23	Kariyah Perez (So)	2	8	2	4.0
25	Mia Herrera (So)	2	7	1	3.5
27	Bella Ziupsnys (Sr)	2	4	0	2.0
44	Jill Bjorklund (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0

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Match Story

Illinois High School Volleyball - Taft over Walther Christian Academy

October 12, 2024: Chicago, IL 60631

The Taft Eagles volleyball team scored 2 points and restricted the visiting Walther Christian Academy Broncos to 0 in the Eagles non-league triumph on Saturday.

The Eagles now possess a 11-19 record.

With the loss, Walther Christian Academy drops to 11-12 on the campaign. The Broncos travel to Providence-St. Mel (Chicago, IL) to play the Knights in a Chicago Prep outing on Tuesday, October 15. The Knights come into the outing with a record of 3-7. Providence-St. Mel lost 2-0 in their recent league outing against Westmont (Westmont, IL)

Players of the Match

Taft (24-25)

Taft has not selected any Players of the Match.

Walther Christian Academy (24-25)

Congratulations to #5 Sarah Zaia for being selected the Walther Christian Academy Volleyball Player of the Match.

Taft vs WCA Volleyball Match Info

Sat., Oct. 12, 2024 @ 2p

Montini Catholic Invite

The Walther Christian Academy (Melrose Park, IL) varsity volleyball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament match against Taft (Chicago, IL) by a score of 2-0.

Rankings & Records

Taft (24-25)

IL	Class
321	96

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
14-21	5-5	4-3	6-11	4-7	.400	.500	32	47

Walther Christian Academy (24-25)

IL	Class
487	113

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
17-15	8-2	5-6	5-1	7-8	.531	.800	35	31

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Taft	20.6	20.8	16.1	.9
Walther Christian Academy	20.1	21.2	22.0	1.1

Team Stat Comparison

Taft		Walther Christian Academy
-	Kills	394
-	Total Blocks	58
-	Serving Aces	321
-	Digs	515
-	Assists	332
-	Receptions	965

Team Leaders

Taft		Walther Christian Academy	National Avg.
#4 Belle Gall0	Kills	#12 Dani Bailon76	52
-	Total Blocks	#12 Dani Bailon23	11
-	Serving Aces	#5 Sarah Zaia74	16
-	Digs	#5 Sarah Zaia152	84
-	Assists	#15 Sadie Martinez239	49
-	Receptions	#5 Sarah Zaia379	86

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Taft	2-1		Walther Christian Academy	0-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
9/20/24	Taft	Lisle	(L) 2-1	8/29/24	Lisle	Walther Christian Academy	(L) 2-0
9/21/24	Taft	Ridgewood	(W) 2-0	9/13/24	Ridgewood	Walther Christian Academy	(L) 2-0
10/3/24	Payton College Prep	Taft	(W) 2-0	10/11/24	Walther Christian Academy	Payton College Prep	(L) 2-0

Record Breakdown

Taft (24-25)		Walther Christian Academy (24-25)
14-21	Overall	17-15
5-5	League	10-3
2-3	Non-League	2-5
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-1	Common Opponent	0-3
4-3	Home	5-6
6-11	Away	5-1
4-7	Neutral	7-8
1-0	Playoff	3-1
14-21	In-State	17-15
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0