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The Chicago Christian (Palos Heights, IL) varsity volleyball team won Saturday's neutral tournament match against Father McGivney Catholic (Glen Carbon, IL) by a score of 2-1.

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
FMGC	25	16	22	1
Chicago Christian	19	25	25	2

Final score provided by M. Morales.

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Matchup Info

Match Stats

Father McGivney Catholic (24-25)

Chicago Christian (24-25)

Father McGivney Catholic

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	13	4.3	28.9	45	12	.022
2	M. Halbrook (Jr)	3	1	0.3	50.0	2	0	.500
4	Aidan Deist (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	1	1	-1.000
5	Patrick Gierer (So)	3	4	1.3	26.7	15	4	.000
6	Samuel Venarsky (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
8	Kai Gaither (Sr)	3	1	0.3	7.7	13	5	-.308
9	T. Luehmann (Sr)	3	3	1.0	33.3	9	1	.222
16	Owen Kolesa (Jr)	3	1	0.3	50.0	2	1	.000
17	Jack Bukovac (So)	3	3	1.0	100.0	3	0	1.000
L1, 3	Anthony Harkins (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0

Chicago Christian

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	37	12.3	39.4	94	20	.181
1	Joey Huizenga (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
2	Sam Jager (Jr)	3	3	1.0	25.0	12	3	.000
6	Seth Summers (Sr)	3	6	2.0	42.9	14	1	.357
7	Zion Valentine (Sr)	3	10	3.3	52.6	19	5	.263
8	R. Vanden Bosch (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
9	Malachi Krestel (Sr)	3	5	1.7	21.7	23	6	-.043
11	Luke Herrmann (Jr)	3	7	2.3	38.9	18	5	.111
13	Stephen Gordon (Jr)	3	6	2.0	85.7	7	0	.857

Father McGivney Catholic

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	2	0.7	3.1	64	8	87.5	2
2	M. Halbrook (Jr)	3	1	0.3	8.3	12	3	75.0	1
4	Aidan Deist (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
5	Patrick Gierer (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	9	1	88.9	0
6	Samuel Venarsky (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
8	Kai Gaither (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	14	0	100.0	0
9	T. Luehmann (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	10	3	70.0	0
16	Owen Kolesa (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	3	1	66.7	0
17	Jack Bukovac (So)	3	1	0.3	6.3	16	0	100.0	1
L1, 3	Anthony Harkins (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Chicago Christian

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	8	2.7	11.8	68	16	76.5	0
1	Joey Huizenga (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	8	2	75.0
2	Sam Jager (Jr)	3	3	1.0	20.0	15	3	80.0
6	Seth Summers (Sr)	3	3	1.0	20.0	15	2	86.7
7	Zion Valentine (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
8	R. Vanden Bosch (Jr)	3	1	0.3	16.7	6	2	66.7
9	Malachi Krestel (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	9	3	66.7
11	Luke Herrmann (Jr)	3	1	0.3	6.7	15	4	73.3
13	Stephen Gordon (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0

Father McGivney Catholic

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	3	12	1	13	4.2	7
2	M. Halbrook (Jr)	3	2	0	2	0.7	1
4	Aidan Deist (Sr)	1	0	0	0	0.0	1
5	Patrick Gierer (So)	3	1	1	2	0.7	1
6	Samuel Venarsky (Jr)	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Kai Gaither (Sr)	3	1	0	1	0.3	1
9	T. Luehmann (Sr)	3	3	0	3	1.0	0
16	Owen Kolesa (Jr)	3	1	0	1	0.3	2
17	Jack Bukovac (So)	3	4	0	4	1.3	1
L1, 3	Anthony Harkins (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0

Chicago Christian

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	3	1	2	2	0.7	0
1	Joey Huizenga (Sr)	3
2	Sam Jager (Jr)	3
6	Seth Summers (Sr)	3
7	Zion Valentine (Sr)	3	1	1	2	0.7
8	R. Vanden Bosch (Jr)	3
9	Malachi Krestel (Sr)	3		1	1	0.3
11	Luke Herrmann (Jr)	3
13	Stephen Gordon (Jr)	3

Father McGivney Catholic

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	3	43	23	14.3
2	M. Halbrook (Jr)	3	6	2	2.0
4	Aidan Deist (Sr)	1	1	0	1.0
5	Patrick Gierer (So)	3	6	3	2.0
6	Samuel Venarsky (Jr)	1	1	0	1.0
8	Kai Gaither (Sr)	3	4	6	1.3
9	T. Luehmann (Sr)	3	1	1	0.3
16	Owen Kolesa (Jr)	3	2	5	0.7
17	Jack Bukovac (So)	3	12	1	4.0
L1, 3	Anthony Harkins (Jr)	3	10	5	3.3

Chicago Christian

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	3	40	0	13.3
1	Joey Huizenga (Sr)	3
2	Sam Jager (Jr)	3	8		2.7
6	Seth Summers (Sr)	3	5		1.7
7	Zion Valentine (Sr)	3	1		0.3
8	R. Vanden Bosch (Jr)	3	21		7.0
9	Malachi Krestel (Sr)	3	2		0.7
11	Luke Herrmann (Jr)	3	3		1.0
13	Stephen Gordon (Jr)	3

Father McGivney Catholic

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	13	4.3	67	1
2	M. Halbrook (Jr)	3	1	0.3	2	1
4	Aidan Deist (Sr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
5	Patrick Gierer (So)	3	1	0.3	12	0
6	Samuel Venarsky (Jr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
8	Kai Gaither (Sr)	3	0	0.0	1	0
9	T. Luehmann (Sr)	3	2	0.7	9	0
16	Owen Kolesa (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
17	Jack Bukovac (So)	3	8	2.7	41	0
L1, 3	Anthony Harkins (Jr)	3	1	0.3	2	0

Chicago Christian

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	34	11.3	92	1
1	Joey Huizenga (Sr)	3
2	Sam Jager (Jr)	3
6	Seth Summers (Sr)	3	2	0.7	3
7	Zion Valentine (Sr)	3
8	R. Vanden Bosch (Jr)	3	0	0.0	7	1
9	Malachi Krestel (Sr)	3	13	4.3	32
11	Luke Herrmann (Jr)	3	19	6.3	50
13	Stephen Gordon (Jr)	3

Father McGivney Catholic

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	39	8	13.0
2	M. Halbrook (Jr)	3	10	5	3.3
4	Aidan Deist (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0
5	Patrick Gierer (So)	3	4	1	1.3
6	Samuel Venarsky (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0
8	Kai Gaither (Sr)	3	8	0	2.7
9	T. Luehmann (Sr)	3	3	0	1.0
16	Owen Kolesa (Jr)	3	2	0	0.7
17	Jack Bukovac (So)	3	1	1	0.3
L1, 3	Anthony Harkins (Jr)	3	11	1	3.7

Chicago Christian

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	57	0	19.0
1	Joey Huizenga (Sr)	3
2	Sam Jager (Jr)	3	17	0	5.7
6	Seth Summers (Sr)	3	17	0	5.7
7	Zion Valentine (Sr)	3
8	R. Vanden Bosch (Jr)	3	23	0	7.7
9	Malachi Krestel (Sr)	3
11	Luke Herrmann (Jr)	3
13	Stephen Gordon (Jr)	3

Match Story

Illinois High School Volleyball - Father McGivney Catholic can't hold off Chicago Christian

March 29, 2025: Glen Carbon, IL 62034

The Chicago Christian Knights tipped the host Father McGivney Catholic Griffins volleyball squad by a final score of 2-1 in Saturday's non-league game.

Next up, the Knights confront the Illiana Christian Vikings (Dyer, IN) in a non-league game, on Monday, April 7. Chicago Christian will attempt to advance on its 4-3 season record. The Vikings enter the game with a 2-1 record after their 3-0 non-league win over Portage (Portage, IN).

The Griffins (2-4) will now prepare for their game against Metro-East Lutheran (Edwardsville, IL). The Knights enter the Gateway Metro game with a 1-4 record. In their last game, Metro-East Lutheran was tipped by Granite City (Granite City, IL), 2-0, in a non-league game.

Players of the Match

Father McGivney Catholic (24-25)

Congratulations to #L1, 3 Anthony Harkins for being selected the Father McGivney Catholic Boys Volleyball Player of the Match.

Chicago Christian (24-25)

Congratulations to #8 Ryan Vanden Bosch for being selected the Chicago Christian Boys Volleyball Player of the Match.

FMGC vs CCHS Volleyball Match Info

Sat., Mar. 29, 2025 @ 2p

Belleville East Invitational Tournament

The Chicago Christian (Palos Heights, IL) varsity volleyball team won Saturday's neutral tournament match against Father McGivney Catholic (Glen Carbon, IL) by a score of 2-1.

Rankings & Records

Father McGivney Catholic (24-25)

National	IL
1,779	153

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
12-17	2-4	4-4	2-8	6-5	.414	.333	29	40

Chicago Christian (24-25)

National	IL
1,396	126

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
19-18	4-4	6-4	5-9	8-5	.514	.500	46	42

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Father McGivney Catholic	20.3	20.1	18.8	1.0
Chicago Christian	21.7	22.0	17.8	1.2

Team Stat Comparison

Father McGivney Catholic		Chicago Christian
339	Kills	1200
190	Total Blocks	92
97	Serving Aces	218
1039	Digs	1327
330	Assists	1068
1071	Receptions	1564

Team Leaders

Father McGivney Catholic		Chicago Christian	National Avg.
#17 Jack Bukovac78	Kills	#7 Zion Valentine271	46
#17 Jack Bukovac49	Total Blocks	#7 Zion Valentine37	12
#17 Jack Bukovac32	Serving Aces	#2 Sam Jager40	10
#17 Jack Bukovac208	Digs	#8 Ryan Vanden Bosch501	58
#7 Dax Lieberman176	Assists	#11 Luke Herrmann588	44
L1, 3 Anthony Harkins254	Receptions	#8 Ryan Vanden Bosch507	74

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Father McGivney Catholic	3-4		Chicago Christian	2-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/27/25	Maryville Christian	Father McGivney Catholic	(L) 2-1	3/29/25	Maryville Christian	Chicago Christian	(W) 2-0
4/12/25	Father McGivney Catholic	Maryville Christian	(W) 2-1
5/1/25	Father McGivney Catholic	Maryville Christian	(L) 2-0
3/28/25	Father McGivney Catholic	York	(L) 2-0	5/19/25	Chicago Christian	York	(L) 2-0
4/1/25	Metro-East Lutheran	Father McGivney Catholic	(W) 2-0	3/29/25	Metro-East Lutheran	Chicago Christian	(W) 2-0
4/24/25	Father McGivney Catholic	Metro-East Lutheran	(W) 2-0
4/7/25	Father McGivney Catholic	Belleville East	(L) 2-0	3/28/25	Chicago Christian	Belleville East	(L) 2-0

Record Breakdown

Father McGivney Catholic (24-25)		Chicago Christian (24-25)
12-17	Overall	19-18
2-4	League	4-4
4-7	Non-League	6-6
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
3-4	Common Opponent	2-2
4-4	Home	6-4
2-8	Away	5-9
6-5	Neutral	8-5
1-1	Playoff	1-1
10-14	In-State	18-17
2-3	Out-of-State	1-1