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Highland Park Evanston

Giants

Wildkits

The Evanston (IL) varsity volleyball team lost Friday's home non-conference match against Highland Park (IL) by a score of 2-1.

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Highland Park	25	21	25	2
Evanston	15	25	14	1

Final score provided by J. Hotwagner.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Highland Park (24-25)

Highland Park

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	28	9.3	34.6	81	11	.210
2	Gabe Avila (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
5	Edgars Berzins (So)	2	2	1.0	16.7	12	3	-.083
6	S. Bonfranceschi (Jr)	1	1	1.0	33.3	3	1	.000
7	Blake Chiou (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
8	A. Nikolakakis (Jr)	3	10	3.3	32.3	31	4	.194
9	Nate Rubin (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	5	1	-.200
10	J. DeMarco (Jr)	3	3	1.0	75.0	4	0	.750
11	Hayden Kach (Sr)	3	8	2.7	57.1	14	1	.500
12	Austin Gerber (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	3	0	.000
15	Max Diamond (Sr)	3	4	1.3	50.0	8	1	.375

Highland Park

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	4	1.3	5.7	70	8	88.6	37
2	Gabe Avila (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	11	1	90.9	5
5	Edgars Berzins (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
6	S. Bonfranceschi (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
7	Blake Chiou (So)	3	2	0.7	9.1	22	1	95.5	16
8	A. Nikolakakis (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	9	4	55.6	3
9	Nate Rubin (Sr)	3	1	0.3	10.0	10	0	100.0	6
10	J. DeMarco (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
11	Hayden Kach (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
12	Austin Gerber (Sr)	3	1	0.3	10.0	10	1	90.0	5
15	Max Diamond (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	8	1	87.5	2

Highland Park

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	3	10	5	1.7
2	Gabe Avila (So)	3	0	0	0.0
5	Edgars Berzins (So)	2	0	0	0.0
6	S. Bonfranceschi (Jr)	1	1	1	1.0
7	Blake Chiou (So)	3	0	0	0.0
8	A. Nikolakakis (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
9	Nate Rubin (Sr)	3	3	3	1.0
10	J. DeMarco (Jr)	3	2	2	0.7
11	Hayden Kach (Sr)	3	1	1	0.3
12	Austin Gerber (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
15	Max Diamond (Sr)	3	3	3	1.0

Highland Park

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	3	40	13.3
2	Gabe Avila (So)	3	7	2.3
5	Edgars Berzins (So)	2	0	0.0
6	S. Bonfranceschi (Jr)	1	1	1.0
7	Blake Chiou (So)	3	3	1.0
8	A. Nikolakakis (Jr)	3	4	1.3
9	Nate Rubin (Sr)	3	6	2.0
10	J. DeMarco (Jr)	3	1	0.3
11	Hayden Kach (Sr)	3	1	0.3
12	Austin Gerber (Sr)	3	16	5.3
15	Max Diamond (Sr)	3	1	0.3

Highland Park

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	28	9.3	80	2
2	Gabe Avila (So)	3	0	0.0	5	0
5	Edgars Berzins (So)	2	0	0.0	0	0
6	S. Bonfranceschi (Jr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
7	Blake Chiou (So)	3	1	0.3	4	0
8	A. Nikolakakis (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
9	Nate Rubin (Sr)	3	23	7.7	63	1
10	J. DeMarco (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
11	Hayden Kach (Sr)	3	2	0.7	2	0
12	Austin Gerber (Sr)	3	2	0.7	5	0
15	Max Diamond (Sr)	3	0	0.0	1	1

Highland Park

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	37	3	12.3
2	Gabe Avila (So)	3	3	0	1.0
5	Edgars Berzins (So)	2	5	0	2.5
6	S. Bonfranceschi (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0
7	Blake Chiou (So)	3	7	0	2.3
8	A. Nikolakakis (Jr)	3	12	3	4.0
9	Nate Rubin (Sr)	3	1	0	0.3
10	J. DeMarco (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
11	Hayden Kach (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
12	Austin Gerber (Sr)	3	9	0	3.0
15	Max Diamond (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0

Highland Park's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Evanston (24-25)

Evanston has not entered stats for this match.

Match Story

Illinois High School Volleyball - Highland Park tips Evanston

April 4, 2025: Evanston, IL 60201

The Highland Park Giants volleyball team scored 2 points and restricted the host Evanston Wildkits to 1 in the Giants non-league triumph on Friday.

The Giants now possess a 1-0 record. They play next when they host Zion-Benton for a non-league outing on Saturday, April 5.

With the loss, Evanston drops to 3-4 on the campaign. The Wildkits host South Elgin (South Elgin, IL) to play the Storm in a non-league outing on Tuesday, April 8. The Storm come into the outing with a record of 6-1. South Elgin won 2-0 in their recent non-league outing against Loyola Academy (Wilmette, IL)

Highland Park @ Evanston Volleyball Match Info

Fri., Apr. 4, 2025 @ 5p

ETHS

The Evanston (IL) varsity volleyball team lost Friday's home non-conference match against Highland Park (IL) by a score of 2-1.

Rankings & Records

Highland Park (24-25)

National	IL
540	58

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
22-15	3-7	3-4	12-7	7-4	.595	.300	50	37

Evanston (24-25)

National	IL
562	60

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
19-19	3-7	11-12	2-4	6-3	.500	.300	46	43

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Highland Park	23.7	22.7	19.7	-	-	1.4
Evanston	21.6	23.2	15.9	0	0	1.2

Head-to-Head

Highland Park won on 4/4/2025

4/4 @ 5p S1 S2 S3 Wins

Highland Park 25 21 25 2
Evanston 15 25 14 1

The Highland Park (IL) varsity volleyball team won Friday's away non-conference match against Evanston (IL) by a score of 2-1.
Box score
Highland Park won on 4/26/2025

4/26 @ 2p S1 S2 S3 Wins

Highland Park 25 18 15 2
Evanston 22 25 8 1

The Highland Park (IL) varsity volleyball team won Saturday's away tournament match against Evanston (IL) by a score of 2-1.
Box score

4/26 @ 2p	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Highland Park	25	18	15	2
Evanston	22	25	8	1

Team Stat Comparison

Highland Park		Evanston
263	Kills	-
47	Total Blocks	-
40	Serving Aces	-
290	Digs	-
247	Assists	-
368	Receptions	-

Team Leaders

Highland Park		Evanston	National Avg.
#8 Andrew Nikolakakis71	Kills	-	46
#15 Max Diamond19	Total Blocks	-	12
#8 Andrew Nikolakakis7	Serving Aces	-	10
#12 Austin Gerber97	Digs	-	58
#9 Nate Rubin206	Assists	-	44
#8 Andrew Nikolakakis93	Receptions	-	74

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Highland Park	9-8		Evanston	6-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/7/25	Highland Park	Lake Forest	(W) 2-0	4/10/25	Lake Forest	Evanston	(L) 2-0
4/11/25	Highland Park	Niles North	(L) 2-0	5/3/25	Niles North	Evanston	(L) 2-0
4/29/25	Highland Park	Niles North	(L) 2-0	5/27/25	Niles North	Evanston	(W) 2-0
5/21/25	Niles North	Highland Park	(L) 2-0
4/16/25	Highland Park	Niles West	(L) 2-1	4/2/25	Evanston	Niles West	(L) 2-1
5/7/25	Niles West	Highland Park	(L) 2-0
4/17/25	Highland Park	Elk Grove	(W) 2-0	4/26/25	Evanston	Elk Grove	(W) 2-0
4/19/25	Highland Park	St. Charles North	(L) 2-1	5/17/25	Evanston	St. Charles North	(L) 2-1
4/24/25	Maine East	Highland Park	(W) 2-0	4/12/25	Maine East	Evanston	(L) 2-1
5/19/25	Highland Park	Maine East	(L) 2-1
4/26/25	Highland Park	Grayslake North	(W) 2-0	5/16/25	Grayslake North	Evanston	(W) 2-0
5/26/25	Highland Park	Grayslake North	(W) 2-0
4/26/25	Highland Park	Rockford Auburn	(W) 2-0	4/26/25	Rockford Auburn	Evanston	(W) 2-0
5/9/25	Highland Park	Rockford Auburn	(W) 2-0
5/10/25	Highland Park	Rockford Auburn	(W) 2-0
4/26/25	Highland Park	St. Patrick	(W) 2-0	4/26/25	St. Patrick	Evanston	(W) 2-0
				5/26/25	St. Patrick	Evanston	(W) 2-1
5/2/25	Highland Park	New Trier	(L) 2-1	4/21/25	New Trier	Evanston	(L) 2-0
				5/8/25	Evanston	New Trier	(L) 2-0

Record Breakdown

Highland Park (24-25)		Evanston (24-25)
22-15	Overall	19-19
3-7	League	3-7
3-1	Non-League	1-7
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
9-8	Common Opponent	6-7
3-4	Home	11-12
12-7	Away	2-4
7-4	Neutral	6-3
0-1	Playoff	2-0
22-15	In-State	19-19
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0