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Verde Valley Thunderbird Adventist Academy

Coyotes

The Thunderbird Adventist Academy (Scottsdale, AZ) varsity volleyball team won Thursday's home non-conference match against Verde Valley (Sedona, AZ) by a score of 3-0.

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Verde Valley	17	20	10	0
TAA	25	25	25	3

Final score provided by A. Smith.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Verde Valley (25-26)

Verde Valley has not entered stats for this match.

Thunderbird Adventist Academy (25-26)

Thunderbird Adventist Academy

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	23	7.7		67	16
1	Paz Sierra (Jr)	3
5	P. Decano (Fr)	3	3	1.0	33.3	9	1	.222
7	Lara Merginio (Sr)	3	7	2.3	46.7	15	4	.200
8	Alyssa Ordas (Sr)	3	4	1.3	36.4	11	1	.273
10	Lissle Cordova (Fr)	3			.0	10	6
12	A. Wiedemeier (Jr)	3	5	1.7	35.7	14	1	.286
15	Jackie Zavala (Fr)	3	2	0.7	100.0	2	0	1.000
16	Sara Kerkhoff (Jr)	3	2	0.7	33.3	6	3	-.167

Thunderbird Adventist Academy

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	24	8.0		69	7	89.9	51
1	Paz Sierra (Jr)	3
5	P. Decano (Fr)	3	1	0.3	8.3	12	2	83.3	8
7	Lara Merginio (Sr)	3	6	2.0	54.5	11	2	81.8	7
8	Alyssa Ordas (Sr)	3	3	1.0	33.3	9	1	88.9	7
10	Lissle Cordova (Fr)	3			.0	4			1
12	A. Wiedemeier (Jr)	3	3	1.0	23.1	13	1	92.3	11
15	Jackie Zavala (Fr)	3	6	2.0	60.0	10			10
16	Sara Kerkhoff (Jr)	3	5	1.7	50.0	10	1	90.0	7

Thunderbird Adventist Academy

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	3	1	1	0.3
1	Paz Sierra (Jr)	3
5	P. Decano (Fr)	3
7	Lara Merginio (Sr)	3
8	Alyssa Ordas (Sr)	3
10	Lissle Cordova (Fr)	3
12	A. Wiedemeier (Jr)	3	1	1	0.3
15	Jackie Zavala (Fr)	3
16	Sara Kerkhoff (Jr)	3

Thunderbird Adventist Academy

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	3	4	4	1.3
1	Paz Sierra (Jr)	3	2	2	0.7
5	P. Decano (Fr)	3
7	Lara Merginio (Sr)	3
8	Alyssa Ordas (Sr)	3	1	1	0.3
10	Lissle Cordova (Fr)	3
12	A. Wiedemeier (Jr)	3
15	Jackie Zavala (Fr)	3
16	Sara Kerkhoff (Jr)	3	1	1	0.3

Thunderbird Adventist Academy

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP
	Team Totals	3
1	Paz Sierra (Jr)	3
5	P. Decano (Fr)	3
7	Lara Merginio (Sr)	3
8	Alyssa Ordas (Sr)	3
10	Lissle Cordova (Fr)	3
12	A. Wiedemeier (Jr)	3
15	Jackie Zavala (Fr)	3
16	Sara Kerkhoff (Jr)	3

Thunderbird Adventist Academy

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	36	4	12.0
1	Paz Sierra (Jr)	3	9		3.0
5	P. Decano (Fr)	3
7	Lara Merginio (Sr)	3	8	1	2.7
8	Alyssa Ordas (Sr)	3	9	2	3.0
10	Lissle Cordova (Fr)	3	7		2.3
12	A. Wiedemeier (Jr)	3
15	Jackie Zavala (Fr)	3
16	Sara Kerkhoff (Jr)	3	3	1	1.0

Match Story

Arizona High School Volleyball - Verde Valley overwhelmed by Thunderbird Adventist Academy

October 9, 2025: Scottsdale, AZ 85260

The Thunderbird Adventist Academy were victorious over the visiting Verde Valley Coyotes volleyball team by a margin of 3-0 in Thursday's non-league outing.

The now possess a 10-1 record. They play next when they travel to Paradise Valley Christian Prep for a CAA D1 Roadrunner outing on Wednesday, October 15.

With the loss, Verde Valley drops to 0-8 on the year. The Coyotes travel to Flagstaff Christian (Flagstaff, AZ) to confront the in a CAA D1 Mountain game on Friday, October 10. The enter the game with a record of 4-4. Flagstaff Christian lost 3-2 in their recent league game against BASIS - Prescott (Prescott, AZ)

Players of the Match

Verde Valley (25-26)

Verde Valley has not selected any Players of the Match.

Thunderbird Adventist Academy (25-26)

Congratulations to #7 Lara Merginio for being selected the Thunderbird Adventist Academy Volleyball Player of the Match.

Verde Valley @ TAA Volleyball Match Info

Thu., Oct. 9, 2025 @ 6:50p

The Thunderbird Adventist Academy (Scottsdale, AZ) varsity volleyball team won Thursday's home non-conference match against Verde Valley (Sedona, AZ) by a score of 3-0.

Rankings & Records

Verde Valley (25-26)

AZ	Div.
284	22

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	SW	SL
0-8	0-3	0-4	0-4	.000	.000	3	24

Thunderbird Adventist Academy (25-26)

AZ	Div.
97	8

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Win %	Region %	SW	SL
11-3	4-2	7-0	4-3	.786	.667	37	14

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Verde Valley	17.0	20.0	10.0	-	-	.4
Thunderbird Adventist Academy	24.7	23.1	23.5	24.0	11.8	2.6

Team Stat Comparison

Verde Valley		Thunderbird Adventist Academy
-	Kills	315
-	Total Blocks	66
-	Serving Aces	230
-	Digs	111
-	Receptions	696

Team Leaders

Verde Valley		Thunderbird Adventist Academy	National Avg.
-	Kills	#7 Lara Merginio102	53
-	Total Blocks	#12 Analei Wiedemeier33	11
-	Serving Aces	#7 Lara Merginio61	16
-	Digs	#7 Lara Merginio34	84
-	Receptions	#7 Lara Merginio206	86

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Verde Valley	0-1		Thunderbird Adventist Academy	1-1

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
9/5/25	Holy Family Academy	Verde Valley	(L) 3-0		9/9/25	Holy Family Academy	Thunderbird Adventist Academy	(W) 3-0
					10/16/25	Thunderbird Adventist Academy	Holy Family Academy	(L) 3-2

Record Breakdown

Verde Valley (25-26)		Thunderbird Adventist Academy (25-26)
0-8	Overall	11-3
0-3	League	4-2
0-5	Non-League	7-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-1	Common Opponent	1-1
0-4	Home	7-0
0-4	Away	4-3
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
0-8	In-State	11-3
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0