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The Walther Christian Academy (Melrose Park, IL) varsity volleyball team won Wednesday's neutral playoff match against Horizon Science Academy McKinley Park (Chicago, IL) by a score of 2-0.

	S1	S2	Wins
HSAMKP	18	14	0
WCA	25	25	2

Final score provided by M. Escobedo.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Match Stats

HSAMKP (25-26)

Horizon Science Academy McKinley Park has not entered stats for this match.

Walther Christian Academy (25-26)

Walther Christian Academy

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	17	8.5	29.3	58	11	.103
3	Nery Espinoza (Sr)	2	5	2.5	33.3	15	3	.133
5	Sarah Zaia (Sr)	2	2	1.0	33.3	6	1	.167
7	Michaela Eden (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	0	.000
14	Isabella Rosado (Jr)	2	2	1.0	66.7	3	1	.333
21	Erin O'Connor (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	5	1	-.200
22	Mia Herrera (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
23	Kariyah Perez (Jr)	2	6	3.0	46.2	13	2	.308
24	Jayln Amador (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	2	-1.000
40	K. Giannotta (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	4	1	-.250
44	Jill Bjorklund (Sr)	2	2	1.0	25.0	8	0	.250

Walther Christian Academy

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	2	12	6.0	24.5	49	9	81.6	28
3	Nery Espinoza (Sr)	2	2	1.0	33.3	6	3	50.0	2
5	Sarah Zaia (Sr)	2	2	1.0	16.7	12	1	91.7	8
7	Michaela Eden (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
14	Isabella Rosado (Jr)	2	1	0.5	11.1	9	1	88.9	6
21	Erin O'Connor (So)	2	3	1.5	37.5	8	1	87.5	4
22	Mia Herrera (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
23	Kariyah Perez (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	3	0	100.0	1
24	Jayln Amador (So)	2	4	2.0	36.4	11	3	72.7	7
40	K. Giannotta (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
44	Jill Bjorklund (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Walther Christian Academy

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP
	Team Totals	2
3	Nery Espinoza (Sr)	2
5	Sarah Zaia (Sr)	2
7	Michaela Eden (Sr)	2
14	Isabella Rosado (Jr)	2
21	Erin O'Connor (So)	2
22	Mia Herrera (Jr)	2
23	Kariyah Perez (Jr)	2
24	Jayln Amador (So)	2
40	K. Giannotta (Jr)	2
44	Jill Bjorklund (Sr)	2

Walther Christian Academy

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	2	17	8.5
3	Nery Espinoza (Sr)	2	1	0.5
5	Sarah Zaia (Sr)	2	3	1.5
7	Michaela Eden (Sr)	2	2	1.0
14	Isabella Rosado (Jr)	2	1	0.5
21	Erin O'Connor (So)	2	1	0.5
22	Mia Herrera (Jr)	2	2	1.0
23	Kariyah Perez (Jr)	2	4	2.0
24	Jayln Amador (So)	2	2	1.0
40	K. Giannotta (Jr)	2	1	0.5
44	Jill Bjorklund (Sr)	2	0	0.0

Walther Christian Academy

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	2	13	6.5	53
3	Nery Espinoza (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0
5	Sarah Zaia (Sr)	2	0	0.0	6
7	Michaela Eden (Sr)	2	5	2.5	20
14	Isabella Rosado (Jr)	2	6	3.0	22
21	Erin O'Connor (So)	2	0	0.0	0
22	Mia Herrera (Jr)	2	0	0.0	1
23	Kariyah Perez (Jr)	2	1	0.5	3
24	Jayln Amador (So)	2	1	0.5	1
40	K. Giannotta (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0
44	Jill Bjorklund (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0

Walther Christian Academy

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	2	25	6	12.5
3	Nery Espinoza (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
5	Sarah Zaia (Sr)	2	8	0	4.0
7	Michaela Eden (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
14	Isabella Rosado (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
21	Erin O'Connor (So)	2	0	0	0.0
22	Mia Herrera (Jr)	2	4	1	2.0
23	Kariyah Perez (Jr)	2	11	5	5.5
24	Jayln Amador (So)	2	2	0	1.0
40	K. Giannotta (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
44	Jill Bjorklund (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0

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Match Story

Illinois High School Volleyball - Horizon Science Academy McKinley Park Walther Christian Academy

October 29, 2025: Chicago, IL 60608

Walther Christian Academy Broncos (Melrose Park, IL) followers left the game satisfied Wednesday as they saw their volleyball squad achieve victory over the host Horizon Science Academy McKinley Park Hawks (Chicago, IL), 2-0 in a non-league test.

With the triumph, Walther Christian Academy upgrades its record to 23-7 on the campaign. The Broncos travel to Islamic Foundation (Villa Park, IL) to play the Chargers in a non-league challenge on Thursday, October 30. The Chargers come into the challenge with a record of 20-5. Islamic Foundation won 2-0 in their recent non-league challenge against Collins (Chicago, IL)

Players of the Match

HSAMKP (25-26)

Horizon Science Academy McKinley Park has not selected any Players of the Match.

Walther Christian Academy (25-26)

Congratulations to #23 Kariyah Perez for being selected the Walther Christian Academy Volleyball Player of the Match.

HSAMKP vs WCA Volleyball Match Info

Wed., Oct. 29, 2025 @ 6p

The Walther Christian Academy (Melrose Park, IL) varsity volleyball team won Wednesday's neutral playoff match against Horizon Science Academy McKinley Park (Chicago, IL) by a score of 2-0.

Rankings & Records

HSAMKP (25-26)

IL	Class
683	203

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
6-17	2-11	3-8	2-7	1-2	.261	.154	13	36

Walther Christian Academy (25-26)

IL	Class
328	67

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
24-8	8-1	8-1	7-1	9-6	.750	.889	49	23

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
HSAMKP	17.5	19.5	24.3	.6
Walther Christian Academy	22.0	22.2	20.0	1.5

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Team Stat Comparison

HSAMKP		Walther Christian Academy
-	Kills	423
-	Total Blocks	32
-	Serving Aces	362
-	Digs	452
-	Assists	356
-	Receptions	723

Team Leaders

HSAMKP		Walther Christian Academy	National Avg.
-	Kills	#3 Nery Espinoza153	52
-	Total Blocks	#3 Nery Espinoza15	11
-	Serving Aces	#5 Sarah Zaia103	16
-	Digs	#5 Sarah Zaia139	81
-	Assists	#14 Isabella Rosado152	49
-	Receptions	#5 Sarah Zaia270	84

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
HSAMKP	2-5		Walther Christian Academy	6-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/30/25	Wolcott College Prep	Horizon Science Academy McKinley Park	(L) 2-0	10/17/25	Wolcott College Prep	Walther Christian Academy	(W) 2-0
9/10/25	Wolcott College Prep	Horizon Science Academy McKinley Park	(L) 2-1
9/26/25	Horizon Science Academy McKinley Park	Wolcott College Prep	(L) 2-0
8/30/25	Christ the King	Horizon Science Academy McKinley Park	(L) 2-0	9/11/25	Walther Christian Academy	Christ the King	(W) 2-1
				10/21/25	Christ the King	Walther Christian Academy	(W) 2-0
9/17/25	Horizon Science Academy McKinley Park	Lycee Francais de Chicago	(L) 2-0	9/26/25	Walther Christian Academy	Lycee Francais de Chicago	(W) 2-0
9/29/25	Our Lady of Tepeyac	Horizon Science Academy McKinley Park	(W) 2-0	9/25/25	Walther Christian Academy	Our Lady of Tepeyac	(W) 2-0
10/3/25	Horizon Science Academy McKinley Park	Our Lady of Tepeyac	(W) 2-0	10/21/25	Our Lady of Tepeyac	Walther Christian Academy	(W) 2-0

Record Breakdown

HSAMKP (25-26)		Walther Christian Academy (25-26)
6-17	Overall	24-8
2-12	League	10-2
3-2	Non-League	7-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-5	Common Opponent	6-0
3-8	Home	8-1
2-7	Away	7-1
1-2	Neutral	9-6
1-1	Playoff	2-1
6-17	In-State	24-8
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0