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The Walther Christian Academy (Melrose Park, IL) varsity volleyball team lost Friday's home non-conference match against Willows Academy (Des Plaines, IL) by a score of 2-1.

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Willows Academy	26	19	25	2
WCA	24	25	19	1

Final score provided by M. Escobedo.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Willows Academy (24-25)

Willows Academy 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	3	32	10.7	29.4	109	20	.110
5	Sarah Zaia (Jr)	2	1	0.5	20.0	5	2	-.200
12	Dani Bailon (Sr)	2	6	3.0	33.3	18	4	.111
15	Sadie Martinez (Sr)	2	2	1.0	15.4	13	0	.154
21	Erin O'Connor (Fr)	2	9	4.5	40.9	22	3	.273
23	Kariyah Perez (So)	2	6	3.0	28.6	21	6	.000
27	Bella Ziupsnys (Sr)	2	4	2.0	26.7	15	3	.067
44	Jill Bjorklund (Jr)	2	4	2.0	36.4	11	0	.364

Walther Christian Academy

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	10	3.3	16.4	61	17	72.1	29
5	Sarah Zaia (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	6	1	83.3	1
12	Dani Bailon (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	3	1	66.7	1
15	Sadie Martinez (Sr)	2	1	0.5	9.1	11	4	63.6	3
21	Erin O'Connor (Fr)	2	1	0.5	8.3	12	3	75.0	6
23	Kariyah Perez (So)	2	8	4.0	36.4	22	4	81.8	16
27	Bella Ziupsnys (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	7	4	42.9	2
44	Jill Bjorklund (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Walther Christian Academy

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	3	3	2	4	1.3
5	Sarah Zaia (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0
12	Dani Bailon (Sr)	2	2	1	3	1.5
15	Sadie Martinez (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0.0
21	Erin O'Connor (Fr)	2	0	0	0	0.0
23	Kariyah Perez (So)	2	0	0	0	0.0
27	Bella Ziupsnys (Sr)	2	1	1	2	1.0
44	Jill Bjorklund (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0

Walther Christian Academy

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	3	62	20.7
5	Sarah Zaia (Jr)	2	20	10.0
12	Dani Bailon (Sr)	2	2	1.0
15	Sadie Martinez (Sr)	2	9	4.5
21	Erin O'Connor (Fr)	2	6	3.0
23	Kariyah Perez (So)	2	4	2.0
27	Bella Ziupsnys (Sr)	2	20	10.0
44	Jill Bjorklund (Jr)	2	0	0.0

Walther Christian Academy

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	3	27	9.0	102
5	Sarah Zaia (Jr)	2	4	2.0	16
12	Dani Bailon (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0
15	Sadie Martinez (Sr)	2	21	10.5	73
21	Erin O'Connor (Fr)	2	0	0.0	0
23	Kariyah Perez (So)	2	1	0.5	4
27	Bella Ziupsnys (Sr)	2	1	0.5	9
44	Jill Bjorklund (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0

Walther Christian Academy

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	64	10	21.3
5	Sarah Zaia (Jr)	2	23	4	11.5
12	Dani Bailon (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
15	Sadie Martinez (Sr)	2	1	0	0.5
21	Erin O'Connor (Fr)	2	1	1	0.5
23	Kariyah Perez (So)	2	10	1	5.0
27	Bella Ziupsnys (Sr)	2	14	1	7.0
44	Jill Bjorklund (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0

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Match Story

Illinois High School Volleyball - Walther Christian Academy can't hold off Willows Academy

October 4, 2024: Melrose Park, IL 60160

In Friday's non-league match, the Willows Academy Eagles (Des Plaines, IL) volleyball squad tipped the host Walther Christian Academy Broncos (Melrose Park, IL), by a final score of 2-1.

Next up, the Eagles confront the Chicago University Maroons (Chicago, IL) in a Independent match, on Tuesday, October 8. Willows Academy will attempt to advance on its 8-13 season record. The Maroons enter the match with a 8-14 record after their 2-0 league win over North Shore Country Day (Winnetka, IL).

The Broncos (8-7) will now prepare for their match against Josephinum (Chicago, IL). The Cougars enter the Chicago Prep match with a 5-5 record. In their last match, Josephinum was tipped by Westmont (Westmont, IL), 2-0, in a league match.

Players of the Match

Willows Academy (24-25)

Willows Academy has not selected any Players of the Match.

Walther Christian Academy (24-25)

Congratulations to #21 Erin O'Connor for being selected the Walther Christian Academy Volleyball Player of the Match.

WA @ WCA Volleyball Match Info

Fri., Oct. 4, 2024 @ 6:30p

Pink Night Walther Christian Academy

The Walther Christian Academy (Melrose Park, IL) varsity volleyball team lost Friday's home non-conference match against Willows Academy (Des Plaines, IL) by a score of 2-1.

Rankings & Records

Willows Academy (24-25)

IL	Class
556	140

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
10-18	2-4	4-7	4-5	2-6	.357	.333	26	39

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
Willows Academy	20.2	19.9	19.1	.9
Walther Christian Academy	20.1	21.2	22.0	1.1

Team Stat Comparison

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

Team Leaders

Willows Academy		Walther Christian Academy	National Avg.
-	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.
Willows Academy	2-3		Walther Christian Academy	2-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/27/24	Willows Academy	Lisle	(L) 2-0	8/29/24	Lisle	Walther Christian Academy	(L) 2-0
9/3/24	Westmont	Willows Academy	(L) 2-0	9/17/24	Westmont	Walther Christian Academy	(L) 2-0
				10/23/24	Westmont	Walther Christian Academy	(L) 2-0
9/4/24	Willows Academy	Chesterton Academy of the Holy Family	(L) 2-0	9/12/24	Chesterton Academy of the Holy Family	Walther Christian Academy	(L) 2-0
9/5/24	Willows Academy	Rochelle Zell Jewish	(W) 2-0	10/10/24	Rochelle Zell Jewish	Walther Christian Academy	(W) 2-0
9/19/24	MCC	Willows Academy	(W) 2-1	10/31/24	MCC	Walther Christian Academy	(W) 2-0

Record Breakdown

Willows Academy (24-25)		Walther Christian Academy (24-25)
10-18	Overall	17-15
2-4	League	10-3
5-6	Non-League	2-5
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-3	Common Opponent	2-4
4-7	Home	5-6
4-5	Away	5-1
2-6	Neutral	7-8
2-1	Playoff	3-1
10-18	In-State	17-15
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0