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Ontario Christian Taft

Knights

Toreadors

The Taft (Woodland Hills, CA) varsity volleyball team won Wednesday's neutral tournament match against Ontario Christian (Ontario, CA) by a score of 2-1.

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Ontario Christian	18	27	10	1
Taft	25	25	15	2

Final score provided by R. Lopez.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Ontario Christian (24-25)

Ontario Christian

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	29	9.7	38.7	75	16	.173
2	Jayden Merandi (So)	3
7	Ryan Merandi (Sr)	3	1	0.3	20.0	5	0	.200
13	Blake Bays (Sr)	1
14	Joshua Converse (Sr)	3	11	3.7	32.4	34	8	.088
25	B. Shepherd (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
27	Caleb Zieman (So)	3	6	2.0	46.2	13	4	.154
30	Carson Laidlaw (Sr)	3	6	2.0	75.0	8	1	.625
32	Micah Mackenzie (Sr)	3	5	1.7	35.7	14	3	.143

Ontario Christian

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %
	Team Totals	3	4	1.3	7.0	57	9	84.2
2	Jayden Merandi (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	8	2	75.0
7	Ryan Merandi (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	10	1	90.0
13	Blake Bays (Sr)	1
14	Joshua Converse (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	8	0	100.0
25	B. Shepherd (Jr)	3
27	Caleb Zieman (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	5	2	60.0
30	Carson Laidlaw (Sr)	3	1	0.3	12.5	8	3	62.5
32	Micah Mackenzie (Sr)	3	3	1.0	16.7	18	1	94.4

Ontario Christian

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	3	0	6	3	1.0
2	Jayden Merandi (So)	3
7	Ryan Merandi (Sr)	3
13	Blake Bays (Sr)	1
14	Joshua Converse (Sr)	3	0	2	2	0.7
25	B. Shepherd (Jr)	3	0	1	1	0.3
27	Caleb Zieman (So)	3	0		0	0.0
30	Carson Laidlaw (Sr)	3	0	2	2	0.7
32	Micah Mackenzie (Sr)	3		1	1	0.3

Ontario Christian

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	3	33	15	11.0
2	Jayden Merandi (So)	3	8	4	2.7
7	Ryan Merandi (Sr)	3	6	4	2.0
13	Blake Bays (Sr)	1
14	Joshua Converse (Sr)	3	7	2	2.3
25	B. Shepherd (Jr)	3
27	Caleb Zieman (So)	3	5	1	1.7
30	Carson Laidlaw (Sr)	3	1	1	0.3
32	Micah Mackenzie (Sr)	3	6	3	2.0

Ontario Christian

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	26	8.7	75	1
2	Jayden Merandi (So)	3	0	0.0	3
7	Ryan Merandi (Sr)	3	24	8.0	59	1
13	Blake Bays (Sr)	1
14	Joshua Converse (Sr)	3	0	0.0	2
25	B. Shepherd (Jr)	3	0	0.0	1
27	Caleb Zieman (So)	3	0	0.0	2
30	Carson Laidlaw (Sr)	3	1	0.3	2
32	Micah Mackenzie (Sr)	3	1	0.3	6

Ontario Christian

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	60	9	20.0
2	Jayden Merandi (So)	3	20	6	6.7
7	Ryan Merandi (Sr)	3
13	Blake Bays (Sr)	1	2	0	2.0
14	Joshua Converse (Sr)	3	16	1	5.3
25	B. Shepherd (Jr)	3
27	Caleb Zieman (So)	3	9	2	3.0
30	Carson Laidlaw (Sr)	3
32	Micah Mackenzie (Sr)	3	13	0	4.3

Taft (24-25)

Taft has not entered stats for this match.

Match Story

California High School Volleyball - Taft tips Ontario Christian

March 5, 2025: Woodland Hills, CA 91364

Fans at Wednesday's non-league contest between the Taft Toreadors (Woodland Hills, CA) and the visiting Ontario Christian Knights (Ontario, CA), observed Taft's volleyball team hold off Ontario Christian by a count of 2-1.

The Toreadors (7-3) will now prepare for their contest against St. Genevieve (Panorama City, CA). The Valiants enter the non-league contest with a 0-0 record.

Next, the Knights battle the Providence Pioneers (Burbank, CA) in a non-league contest, on Wednesday, March 5. Ontario Christian will attempt to move on its 4-3 season record. The Pioneers enter the contest with a 2-3 record after their 3-0 non-league loss to St. Monica (Santa Monica, CA).

OCHS vs Taft Volleyball Match Info

Wed., Mar. 5, 2025 @ 4:30p

Providence Tournament

The Taft (Woodland Hills, CA) varsity volleyball team won Wednesday's neutral tournament match against Ontario Christian (Ontario, CA) by a score of 2-1.

Rankings & Records

Ontario Christian (24-25)

National	CA	Section	Sec. Div.
984	307	136	1

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	SW	SL
19-10	7-3	9-2	5-4	5-4	.655	.700	57	34

Taft (24-25)

National	CA	Section	Sec. Div.
412	133	5	4

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	SW	SL
27-18-2	5-5	4-6	5-6	18-6-2	.596	.500	72	55

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Ontario Christian	22.4	23.5	22.3	21.8	12.5	2.0
Taft	22.9	22.6	21.2	22.7	12.7	1.5

Team Stat Comparison

Ontario Christian		Taft
949	Kills	-
173	Total Blocks	-
194	Serving Aces	-
1076	Digs	-
837	Assists	-
1432	Receptions	-

Team Leaders

Ontario Christian		Taft	National Avg.
#14 Joshua Converse341	Kills	-	46
#25 Brendan Shepherd72	Total Blocks	-	12
#7 Ryan Merandi41	Serving Aces	-	10
#5 Caleb Cockrell227	Digs	-	58
#7 Ryan Merandi706	Assists	-	44
#14 Joshua Converse475	Receptions	-	74

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Ontario Christian	2-1		Taft	3-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/5/25	Ontario Christian	St. Genevieve	(W) 2-0	3/5/25	St. Genevieve	Taft	(W) 2-0
3/5/25	Ontario Christian	Providence	(W) 2-0	3/5/25	Taft	Providence	(W) 2-0
4/29/25	Ontario Christian	Kennedy	(L) 3-0	5/20/25	Kennedy	Taft	(W) 3-1

Record Breakdown

Ontario Christian (24-25)		Taft (24-25)
19-10	Overall	27-18-2
7-3	League	5-5
6-2	Non-League	1-5
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-1	Common Opponent	3-0
9-2	Home	4-6
5-4	Away	5-6
5-4	Neutral	18-6-2
0-1	Playoff	4-1
19-10	In-State	27-18-2
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0