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Metro-East Lutheran Chicago Christian

Knights

The Chicago Christian (Palos Heights, IL) varsity volleyball team won Saturday's neutral tournament match against Metro-East Lutheran (Edwardsville, IL) by a score of 2-0.

	S1	S2	Wins
Metro-East Lutheran	6	14	0
Chicago Christian	25	25	2

Final score provided by M. Morales.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Metro-East Lutheran (24-25)

Metro-East Lutheran has not entered stats for this match.

Chicago Christian (24-25)

Chicago Christian

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	21	10.5	53.8	39	5	.410
0	D.j. Wilson (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	2	0	.000
1	Joey Huizenga (Sr)	1	2	2.0	100.0	2	0	1.000
2	Sam Jager (Jr)	2	3	1.5	42.9	7	2	.143
3	Evan Derks (Fr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
6	Seth Summers (Sr)	2	1	0.5	33.3	3	0	.333
7	Zion Valentine (Sr)	2	4	2.0	66.7	6	1	.500
8	R. Vanden Bosch (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
9	Malachi Krestel (Sr)	2	1	0.5	25.0	4	0	.250
10	Jack Sawyer (So)	2	2	1.0	40.0	5	1	.200
11	Luke Herrmann (Jr)	2	4	2.0	66.7	6	1	.500
13	Stephen Gordon (Jr)	2	4	2.0	100.0	4	0	1.000
88	Brayden Schultz (Fr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0

Chicago Christian

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %
	Team Totals	2	18	9.0	32.7	55	6	89.1
0	D.j. Wilson (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
1	Joey Huizenga (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	1	0	100.0
2	Sam Jager (Jr)	2	6	3.0	85.7	7	0	100.0
3	Evan Derks (Fr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
6	Seth Summers (Sr)	2	4	2.0	50.0	8	1	87.5
7	Zion Valentine (Sr)	2	1	0.5	12.5	8	2	75.0
8	R. Vanden Bosch (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	2	0	100.0
9	Malachi Krestel (Sr)	2	3	1.5	21.4	14	2	85.7
10	Jack Sawyer (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
11	Luke Herrmann (Jr)	2	3	1.5	33.3	9	0	100.0
13	Stephen Gordon (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	1	50.0
88	Brayden Schultz (Fr)	1	1	1.0	25.0	4	0	100.0

Chicago Christian

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	2	2	2	1.0
0	D.j. Wilson (Sr)	1
1	Joey Huizenga (Sr)	1
2	Sam Jager (Jr)	2
3	Evan Derks (Fr)	1
6	Seth Summers (Sr)	2
7	Zion Valentine (Sr)	2
8	R. Vanden Bosch (Jr)	1
9	Malachi Krestel (Sr)	2
10	Jack Sawyer (So)	2
11	Luke Herrmann (Jr)	2
13	Stephen Gordon (Jr)	2	2	2	1.0
88	Brayden Schultz (Fr)	1

Chicago Christian

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	2	24	12.0
0	D.j. Wilson (Sr)	1
1	Joey Huizenga (Sr)	1
2	Sam Jager (Jr)	2	4	2.0
3	Evan Derks (Fr)	1	4	4.0
6	Seth Summers (Sr)	2	4	2.0
7	Zion Valentine (Sr)	2
8	R. Vanden Bosch (Jr)	1	4	4.0
9	Malachi Krestel (Sr)	2	2	1.0
10	Jack Sawyer (So)	2
11	Luke Herrmann (Jr)	2	5	2.5
13	Stephen Gordon (Jr)	2	1	0.5
88	Brayden Schultz (Fr)	1

Chicago Christian

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	2	18	9.0	33
0	D.j. Wilson (Sr)	1
1	Joey Huizenga (Sr)	1
2	Sam Jager (Jr)	2	3	1.5	3
3	Evan Derks (Fr)	1
6	Seth Summers (Sr)	2
7	Zion Valentine (Sr)	2
8	R. Vanden Bosch (Jr)	1	1	1.0	1
9	Malachi Krestel (Sr)	2	8	4.0	18
10	Jack Sawyer (So)	2
11	Luke Herrmann (Jr)	2	6	3.0	11
13	Stephen Gordon (Jr)	2
88	Brayden Schultz (Fr)	1

Chicago Christian

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	2	12	0	6.0
0	D.j. Wilson (Sr)	1
1	Joey Huizenga (Sr)	1
2	Sam Jager (Jr)	2	4	0	2.0
3	Evan Derks (Fr)	1	2	0	2.0
6	Seth Summers (Sr)	2	4	0	2.0
7	Zion Valentine (Sr)	2
8	R. Vanden Bosch (Jr)	1	2	0	2.0
9	Malachi Krestel (Sr)	2
10	Jack Sawyer (So)	2
11	Luke Herrmann (Jr)	2
13	Stephen Gordon (Jr)	2
88	Brayden Schultz (Fr)	1

Match Story

Illinois High School Volleyball - Chicago Christian over Metro-East Lutheran

March 29, 2025: Edwardsville, IL 62025

Fans at Saturday's non-league contest between the Chicago Christian Knights (Palos Heights, IL) and the host Metro-East Lutheran Knights (Edwardsville, IL), observed Chicago Christian's volleyball team top Metro-East Lutheran by a count of 2-0.

The Knights (2-3) will now prepare for their contest against Maryville Christian (Maryville, IL). The Lions enter the non-league contest with a 1-0 record. In their last contest, Maryville Christian notched a victory over Father McGivney Catholic (Glen Carbon, IL), 2-1, in a league contest.

Next, the Knights meet the Granite City Warriors (Granite City, IL) in a non-league contest, on Monday, March 31. Metro-East Lutheran will attempt to move on its 1-3 season record. The Warriors enter the contest with a 2-1 record after their 2-0 non-league win over First Baptist Academy (O'Fallon, IL).

Players of the Match

Metro-East Lutheran (24-25)

Metro-East Lutheran has not selected any Players of the Match.

Chicago Christian (24-25)

Congratulations to #13 Stephen Gordon for being selected the Chicago Christian Boys Volleyball Player of the Match.

MELHS vs CCHS Volleyball Match Info

Sat., Mar. 29, 2025 @ 9a

Belleville East Invitational Tournament

The Chicago Christian (Palos Heights, IL) varsity volleyball team won Saturday's neutral tournament match against Metro-East Lutheran (Edwardsville, IL) by a score of 2-0.

Rankings & Records

Metro-East Lutheran (24-25)

National	IL
2,989	243

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
2-19	0-6	1-8	1-8	0-3	.095	.000	6	41

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
Metro-East Lutheran	14.7	15.2	20.6	.3
Chicago Christian	21.7	22.0	17.8	1.2

Team Stat Comparison

Metro-East Lutheran		Chicago Christian
-	Kills	1200
-	Total Blocks	92
-	Serving Aces	218
-	Digs	1327
-	Assists	1068
-	Receptions	1564

Team Leaders

Metro-East Lutheran		Chicago Christian	National Avg.
-	Kills	#7 Zion Valentine271	46
-	Total Blocks	#7 Zion Valentine37	12
-	Serving Aces	#2 Sam Jager40	10
-	Digs	#8 Ryan Vanden Bosch501	58
-	Assists	#11 Luke Herrmann588	44
-	Receptions	#8 Ryan Vanden Bosch507	74

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Metro-East Lutheran	0-7		Chicago Christian	2-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/28/25	Metro-East Lutheran	Belleville East	(L) 2-0	3/28/25	Chicago Christian	Belleville East	(L) 2-0
3/28/25	Metro-East Lutheran	Henry Clay	(L) 2-0	3/28/25	Henry Clay	Chicago Christian	(L) 2-0
4/1/25	Metro-East Lutheran	Father McGivney Catholic	(L) 2-0	3/29/25	Father McGivney Catholic	Chicago Christian	(W) 2-1
4/24/25	Father McGivney Catholic	Metro-East Lutheran	(L) 2-0
4/10/25	Maryville Christian	Metro-East Lutheran	(L) 2-0	3/29/25	Maryville Christian	Chicago Christian	(W) 2-0
4/29/25	Metro-East Lutheran	Maryville Christian	(L) 2-0
5/26/25	Metro-East Lutheran	Maryville Christian	(L) 2-0

Record Breakdown

Metro-East Lutheran (24-25)		Chicago Christian (24-25)
2-19	Overall	19-18
0-6	League	4-4
2-8	Non-League	6-6
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-7	Common Opponent	2-2
1-8	Home	6-4
1-8	Away	5-9
0-3	Neutral	8-5
0-1	Playoff	1-1
2-17	In-State	18-17
0-2	Out-of-State	1-1