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Taft Niles West

Eagles

Wolves

The Niles West (Skokie, IL) varsity soccer team tied Monday's home non-conference match against Taft (Chicago, IL) by a score of 2-2.

	1	2	Final
Taft	1	1	2
Niles West	1	1	2

Final score provided by S. Villamil.

Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Taft (24-25)

Taft

Field Stats

#	Athlete Name	Min	Goals	Asst	Pts	Stls
	Team Totals	735	2	2	6	18
2	Ava Balmaseda (Sr)	60				2
4	Anela Tagal (So)	65
5	J. Popelka (So)	80	1	1	3	1
6	Adi Robinson (Sr)	80				1
10	Jaylene Mercado (Sr)	80				1
12	Isla Johnson (Fr)	50				2
14	Aria Lipa (Jr)	80				3
17	Daniella Gomez (So)	20
20	Lileah Polo (So)	60				2
22	Lejla Drndar (Jr)	80				1
23	Abigail Mercado (Fr)	80				4
25	Emilia Kieras (Fr)		1	1	3	1

Taft

#	Athlete Name	G	Shots	SOG	SOG %
	Team Totals	2	11	5	.5
5	J. Popelka (So)	1	3	2	.7
14	Aria Lipa (Jr)		2	1	.5
22	Lejla Drndar (Jr)		1		.0
23	Abigail Mercado (Fr)		2	1	.5
25	Emilia Kieras (Fr)	1	3	1	.3

Taft

Goaltending

#	Athlete Name	G. Min	OT Min	Opp SOG	GA	Saves	Save %	GAA
	Team Totals	80		6	2	4	.7	2.000
1	Riley Cholewa (Sr)	80		6	2	4	.7	2.000

Taft

#	Athlete Name	PK Saves	PKA	SO	Win	Loss	Tie
	Team Totals						1
1	Riley Cholewa (Sr)						1

Niles West (24-25)

Niles West has not entered stats for this match.

Players of the Match

Taft (24-25)

Congratulations to #25 Emilia Kieras for being selected the Taft Girls Soccer Player of the Match.

Niles West (24-25)

Niles West has not selected any Players of the Match.

Taft @ Niles West Soccer Match Info

Mon., Apr. 7, 2025 @ 4:30p

Niles West

The Niles West (Skokie, IL) varsity soccer team tied Monday's home non-conference match against Taft (Chicago, IL) by a score of 2-2.

Rankings & Records

Taft (24-25)

National	IL	Class
1,739	182	87

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	GF	GA
8-9-1	2-5	5-2	2-5-1	1-2	.472	.286	31	34

Niles West (24-25)

National	IL	Class
1,213	136	68

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	GF	GA
10-8-1	4-1	7-4-1	3-3	0-1	.553	.800	53	32

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	Final
Taft	.8	.9	1.7
Niles West	1.6	.9	2.8

Team Stat Comparison

Taft		Niles West
31	Goals	-
23	Assists	-
147	Shots	-
297	Steals	-
6.883	Goals Against Average	-

Team Leaders

Taft		Niles West	National Avg.
#5 Juliette Popelka10	Goals	-	5
#5 Juliette Popelka6	Assists	-	4
#5 Juliette Popelka39	Shots	-	13
#14 Aria Lipa48	Steals	-	28
#1 Riley Cholewa6.883	Goals Against Average	-	2.299

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Taft	2-3		Niles West	3-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/17/25	Taft	Maine South	(L) 2-0	4/14/25	Maine South	Niles West	(L) 5-2
4/5/25	Taft	Niles North	(W) 2-1	5/1/25	Niles North	Niles West	(W) 3-0
4/9/25	Taft	Lincoln Park	(L) 3-1	4/12/25	Niles West	Lincoln Park	(W) 2-1
4/11/25	Maine East	Taft	(W) 9-0	4/22/25	Maine East	Niles West	(W) 9-0
4/21/25	Taft	Whitney Young	(L) 4-0	5/19/25	Niles West	Whitney Young	(L) 1-0

Record Breakdown

Taft (24-25)		Niles West (24-25)
8-9-1	Overall	10-8-1
3-5	League	4-1
4-1-1	Non-League	3-5-1
0-0-1	Head to Head	0-0-1
2-3	Common Opponent	3-2
5-2	Home	7-4-1
2-5-1	Away	3-3
1-2	Neutral	0-1
0-2	Playoff	0-1
8-9-1	In-State	10-8-1
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0