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The Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA) varsity volleyball team won Thursday's home non-conference match against St. Francis (La Canada, CA) by a score of 3-1.

	S1	S2	S3	S4	Wins
St. Francis	25	24	23	28	1
Santa Margarita	22	26	25	30	3

Final score provided by C. Medina.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

St. Francis (24-25)

St. Francis

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	4	50	12.5	35.7	140	24	.186
2	Ryan Bender (Sr)	4	16	4.0	38.1	42	9	.167
5	Vincent Ferry (Sr)	4	1	0.3	33.3	3	0	.333
6	J. Chylinski (Sr)	4	5	1.3	50.0	10	3	.200
10	R. Del Castillo (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
11	B. Andrade (Jr)	4	16	4.0	32.0	50	6	.200
16	G. Marshall (Sr)	4	8	2.0	33.3	24	6	.083
18	C. Hanna (Sr)	1	1	1.0	100.0	1	0	1.000
25	G. Heim Benoit (Sr)	4	3	0.8	33.3	9	0	.333
62	M. Polenzani (Sr)	4	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000

St. Francis

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	4	6	1.5	5.9	101	11	89.1	2
2	Ryan Bender (Sr)	4	5	1.3	23.8	21	1	95.2	1
5	Vincent Ferry (Sr)	4	1	0.3	4.5	22	0	100.0	1
6	J. Chylinski (Sr)	4	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
10	R. Del Castillo (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	0	100.0	0
11	B. Andrade (Jr)	4	0	0.0	.0	12	6	50.0	0
16	G. Marshall (Sr)	4	0	0.0	.0	10	1	90.0	0
18	C. Hanna (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
25	G. Heim Benoit (Sr)	4	0	0.0	.0	21	2	90.5	0
62	M. Polenzani (Sr)	4	0	0.0	.0	13	1	92.3	0

St. Francis

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	4	2	12	8	2.0
2	Ryan Bender (Sr)	4	0	1	1	0.3
5	Vincent Ferry (Sr)	4	1	5	6	1.5
6	J. Chylinski (Sr)	4	1	1	2	0.5
10	R. Del Castillo (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0.0
11	B. Andrade (Jr)	4	0	0	0	0.0
16	G. Marshall (Sr)	4	0	3	3	0.8
18	C. Hanna (Sr)	1	0	0	0	0.0
25	G. Heim Benoit (Sr)	4	0	2	2	0.5
62	M. Polenzani (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0.0

St. Francis

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	4	43	10.8
2	Ryan Bender (Sr)	4	8	2.0
5	Vincent Ferry (Sr)	4	1	0.3
6	J. Chylinski (Sr)	4	1	0.3
10	R. Del Castillo (Sr)	2	2	1.0
11	B. Andrade (Jr)	4	4	1.0
16	G. Marshall (Sr)	4	9	2.3
18	C. Hanna (Sr)	1	0	0.0
25	G. Heim Benoit (Sr)	4	10	2.5
62	M. Polenzani (Sr)	4	8	2.0

St. Francis

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	4	49	12.3	136	1
2	Ryan Bender (Sr)	4	1	0.3	1	0
5	Vincent Ferry (Sr)	4	0	0.0	3	0
6	J. Chylinski (Sr)	4	2	0.5	2	0
10	R. Del Castillo (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
11	B. Andrade (Jr)	4	1	0.3	4	0
16	G. Marshall (Sr)	4	0	0.0	1	0
18	C. Hanna (Sr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
25	G. Heim Benoit (Sr)	4	41	10.3	112	1
62	M. Polenzani (Sr)	4	4	1.0	13	0

St. Francis

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	4	88	5	22.0
2	Ryan Bender (Sr)	4	24	1	6.0
5	Vincent Ferry (Sr)	4	0	0	0.0
6	J. Chylinski (Sr)	4	0	0	0.0
10	R. Del Castillo (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
11	B. Andrade (Jr)	4	41	2	10.3
16	G. Marshall (Sr)	4	0	0	0.0
18	C. Hanna (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0
25	G. Heim Benoit (Sr)	4	0	0	0.0
62	M. Polenzani (Sr)	4	23	2	5.8

Santa Margarita (24-25)

Santa Margarita has not entered stats for this match.

Match Story

California High School Volleyball - St. Francis Santa Margarita

February 20, 2025: Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688

The St. Francis Golden Knights volleyball squad (La Canada, CA), dropped 3-1 in Thursday's non-league battle with the host Santa Margarita Eagles (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA)

With the win, Santa Margarita improves its record to 2-1 on the season. The Eagles travel to Aliso Niguel (Aliso Viejo, CA) to encounter the Wolverines in a non-league battle on Friday, February 21. The Wolverines go into the battle with a record of 1-3. Aliso Niguel lost 3-0 in their recent non-league battle against Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA)

The Golden Knights now own a 0-2 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Salesian for a non-league battle on Friday, February 21.

St. Francis @ SMHS Volleyball Match Info

Thu., Feb. 20, 2025 @ 5:45p

The Santa Margarita (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA) varsity volleyball team won Thursday's home non-conference match against St. Francis (La Canada, CA) by a score of 3-1.

Rankings & Records

St. Francis (24-25)

National	CA	Section	Sec. Div.
115	37	24	16

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	SW	SL
21-8	5-1	7-0	8-4	6-4	.724	.833	63	33

Santa Margarita (24-25)

National	CA	Section	Sec. Div.
49	17	13	10

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	SW	SL
24-9	6-4	8-3	8-2	8-4	.727	.600	70	40

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
St. Francis	23.4	23.4	22.4	22.7	13.8	2.2
Santa Margarita	23.5	23.0	22.7	25.0	15.0	2.1

Team Stat Comparison

St. Francis		Santa Margarita
470	Kills	-
84	Total Blocks	-
45	Serving Aces	-
412	Digs	-
435	Assists	-
673	Receptions	-

Team Leaders

St. Francis		Santa Margarita	National Avg.
#11 Benjamin Andrade114	Kills	-	46
#6 Jackson Chylinski38	Total Blocks	-	12
#2 Ryan Bender17	Serving Aces	-	10
#62 Matthew Polenzani77	Digs	-	58
#25 Gabriel Heim Benoit277	Assists	-	44
#11 Benjamin Andrade156	Receptions	-	74

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
St. Francis	1-2		Santa Margarita	3-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/10/25	St. Francis	Loyola	(L) 3-1	3/12/25	Santa Margarita	Loyola	(W) 3-1
4/30/25	St. Francis	JSerra Catholic	(W) 3-2	3/28/25	JSerra Catholic	Santa Margarita	(W) 3-0
				4/14/25	Santa Margarita	JSerra Catholic	(W) 3-0
5/10/25	St. Francis	Mater Dei	(L) 3-0	3/19/25	Mater Dei	Santa Margarita	(L) 3-0
				4/4/25	Mater Dei	Santa Margarita	(L) 3-0

Record Breakdown

St. Francis (24-25)		Santa Margarita (24-25)
21-8	Overall	24-9
5-1	League	6-4
8-3	Non-League	9-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-2	Common Opponent	3-2
7-0	Home	8-3
8-4	Away	8-2
6-4	Neutral	8-4
2-1	Playoff	2-1
21-8	In-State	23-8
0-0	Out-of-State	1-1