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The Walther Christian Academy (Melrose Park, IL) varsity volleyball team won Thursday's neutral tournament match against Islamic Foundation (Villa Park, IL) by a score of 2-0.

	S1	S2	Wins
Islamic Foundation	15	13	0
WCA	25	25	2

Final score provided by M. Escobedo.

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Match Stats

Islamic Foundation (25-26)

Islamic Foundation 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	23	11.5	39.0	59	9	.237
3	Nery Espinoza (Sr)	2	6	3.0	31.6	19	3	.158
5	Sarah Zaia (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
7	Michaela Eden (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
14	Isabella Rosado (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
21	Erin O'Connor (So)	2	2	1.0	66.7	3	1	.333
22	Mia Herrera (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
23	Kariyah Perez (Jr)	2	2	1.0	15.4	13	2	.000
24	Jayln Amador (So)	2	2	1.0	28.6	7	2	.000
40	K. Giannotta (Jr)	2	2	1.0	66.7	3	1	.333
44	Jill Bjorklund (Sr)	2	9	4.5	64.3	14	0	.643

Walther Christian Academy

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	2	14	7.0	28.6	49	9	81.6	31
3	Nery Espinoza (Sr)	2	1	0.5	20.0	5	1	80.0	2
5	Sarah Zaia (Sr)	2	4	2.0	36.4	11	2	81.8	7
7	Michaela Eden (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
14	Isabella Rosado (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	5	2	60.0	2
21	Erin O'Connor (So)	2	4	2.0	30.8	13	1	92.3	10
22	Mia Herrera (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
23	Kariyah Perez (Jr)	2	2	1.0	33.3	6	2	66.7	4
24	Jayln Amador (So)	2	3	1.5	33.3	9	1	88.9	6
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	7	3.5
3	Nery Espinoza (Sr)	2	0	0.0
5	Sarah Zaia (Sr)	2	2	1.0
7	Michaela Eden (Sr)	2	0	0.0
14	Isabella Rosado (Jr)	2	0	0.0
21	Erin O'Connor (So)	2	0	0.0
22	Mia Herrera (Jr)	2	0	0.0
23	Kariyah Perez (Jr)	2	5	2.5
24	Jayln Amador (So)	2	0	0.0
40	K. Giannotta (Jr)	2	0	0.0
44	Jill Bjorklund (Sr)	2	0	0.0

Walther Christian Academy

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	2	23	11.5	63
3	Nery Espinoza (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0
5	Sarah Zaia (Sr)	2	2	1.0	6
7	Michaela Eden (Sr)	2	4	2.0	20
14	Isabella Rosado (Jr)	2	17	8.5	36
21	Erin O'Connor (So)	2	0	0.0	0
22	Mia Herrera (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0
23	Kariyah Perez (Jr)	2	0	0.0	1
24	Jayln Amador (So)	2	0	0.0	0
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	4	12.5
3	Nery Espinoza (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
5	Sarah Zaia (Sr)	2	11	1	5.5
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	9	2	4.5
24	Jayln Amador (So)	2	1	0	0.5
40	K. Giannotta (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
44	Jill Bjorklund (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0

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Recap Video

Match Recap: IFS @ Walther Chr. Girls Varsity Volleyball 3:10

Match Story

Illinois High School Volleyball - Walther Christian Academy over Islamic Foundation

October 30, 2025: Villa Park, IL 60181

Fans at Thursday's non-league contest between the Walther Christian Academy Broncos (Melrose Park, IL) and the host Islamic Foundation Chargers (Villa Park, IL), observed Walther Christian Academy's volleyball team top Islamic Foundation by a tally of 2-0.

The Broncos (24-7) will now prepare for their contest against Schaumburg Christian (Schaumburg, IL). The Conquerors enter the non-league test with a 24-4 record. In their last test, Schaumburg Christian achieved victory over Trinity Oaks Christian Academy (Cary, IL), 2-0, in a non-league test.

The Chargers now own a 21-6 record.

Highlight Videos

Players of the Match

Islamic Foundation (25-26)

Islamic Foundation has not selected any Players of the Match.

Walther Christian Academy (25-26)

Congratulations to #44 Jill Bjorklund for being selected the Walther Christian Academy Volleyball Player of the Match.

IFHS vs WCA Volleyball Match Info

Thu., Oct. 30, 2025 @ 6p

IHSA regional championship-final

The Walther Christian Academy (Melrose Park, IL) varsity volleyball team won Thursday's neutral tournament match against Islamic Foundation (Villa Park, IL) by a score of 2-0.

Rankings & Records

Islamic Foundation (25-26)

IL	Class
408	96

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
21-6	9-2	15-4	4-1	2-1	.778	.818	43	14

Walther Christian Academy (25-26)

IL	Class
365	81

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
Islamic Foundation	23.1	22.4	16.0	1.6
Walther Christian Academy	22.0	22.2	20.0	1.5

Islamic Foundation Videos

Walther Christian Academy Videos

Team Stat Comparison

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

Team Leaders

Islamic Foundation		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	82
-	Assists	#14 Isabella Rosado152	49
-	Receptions	#5 Sarah Zaia270	84

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Islamic Foundation	3-1		Walther Christian Academy	3-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
9/3/25	Woodlands Academy	Islamic Foundation	(W) 2-0	8/29/25	Woodlands Academy	Walther Christian Academy	(W) 2-1
9/30/25	Islamic Foundation	Chesterton Academy of the Holy Family	(L) 2-1	9/9/25	Walther Christian Academy	Chesterton Academy of the Holy Family	(W) 2-1
10/9/25	Chesterton Academy of the Holy Family	Islamic Foundation	(W) 2-1
10/29/25	Wolcott College Prep	Islamic Foundation	(W) 2-0	10/17/25	Wolcott College Prep	Walther Christian Academy	(W) 2-0

Record Breakdown

I Islamic Foundation (25-26)		Walther Christian Academy (25-26)
21-6	Overall	24-8
11-3	League	10-2
8-2	Non-League	7-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
3-1	Common Opponent	3-0
15-4	Home	8-1
4-1	Away	7-1
2-1	Neutral	9-6
0-0	Playoff	2-1
18-6	In-State	24-8
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0