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Utica Yale

Chieftains

Bulldogs

The Yale (MI) varsity volleyball team won Saturday's home tournament match against Utica (MI) by a score of 2-1.

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Utica	25	24	18	1
Yale	21	26	20	2

Final score provided by L. Clare.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Yale (25-26)

Utica

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	27	9.0	30.7	88	9	.205
1	Emily Adams (Sr)	3	1	0.3	100.0	1	0	1.000
2	Claire Ponzio (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	3	0	.000
4	Ava Brunning (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
5	Rachel Durecki (Sr)	3	1	0.3	8.3	12	2	-.083
6	Kylee Backus (Jr)	3	3	1.0	25.0	12	2	.083
7	Ella Tringali (Jr)	3	4	1.3	36.4	11	1	.273
8	L. Wennerstrom (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	0	.000
9	Avery Lewis (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
10	Rachel Rettell (Sr)	3	1	0.3	16.7	6	0	.167
11	Chloe Johnson (Sr)	3	8	2.7	72.7	11	0	.727
12	Kara Chambers (So)	3	1	0.3	100.0	1	0	1.000
13	Ella Harris (So)	3	7	2.3	28.0	25	3	.160
14	Jada Austin (Jr)	2	1	0.5	25.0	4	1	.000

Yale

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	29	9.7	29.9	97	13	.165
1	Olivia Runnals (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
2	Adison Utter (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
3	Cece Ford (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
4	Madeline Sepsey (Jr)	3	4	1.3	28.6	14	3	.071
5	S. Strenk (Sr)	3	7	2.3	43.8	16	2	.312
6	A. Crisenbery (Jr)	3	2	0.7	16.7	12	3	-.083
8	Hailie Johnson (Jr)	3	1	0.3	33.3	3	1	.000
9	Sadie Dykstra (Sr)	3	5	1.7	17.2	29	2	.103
10	Ava Lafferty (So)	3	4	1.3	44.4	9	0	.444
11	Giana Nash (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
13	Alissa Frazer (So)	3	6	2.0	50.0	12	2	.333

Utica

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	4	1.3	6.5	62	13	79.0	24
1	Emily Adams (Sr)	3	1	0.3	11.1	9	2	77.8	4
2	Claire Ponzio (Sr)	3	1	0.3	14.3	7	4	42.9	3
4	Ava Brunning (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	5	1	80.0	1
5	Rachel Durecki (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
6	Kylee Backus (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
7	Ella Tringali (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
8	L. Wennerstrom (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
9	Avery Lewis (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
10	Rachel Rettell (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	13	2	84.6	2
11	Chloe Johnson (Sr)	3	1	0.3	9.1	11	0	100.0	6
12	Kara Chambers (So)	3	1	0.3	7.1	14	2	85.7	7
13	Ella Harris (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	3	2	33.3	1
14	Jada Austin (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Yale

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	7	2.3	10.6	66	12	81.8	29
1	Olivia Runnals (So)	3	2	0.7	14.3	14	2	85.7	7
2	Adison Utter (Jr)	3	3	1.0	16.7	18	3	83.3	10
3	Cece Ford (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	1	0	100.0	0
4	Madeline Sepsey (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
5	S. Strenk (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
6	A. Crisenbery (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
8	Hailie Johnson (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	7	2	71.4	1
9	Sadie Dykstra (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	9	2	77.8	4
10	Ava Lafferty (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
11	Giana Nash (Sr)	3	1	0.3	11.1	9	0	100.0	4
13	Alissa Frazer (So)	3	1	0.3	12.5	8	3	62.5	3

Utica

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	3	7	7	2.3	4
1	Emily Adams (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0	0
2	Claire Ponzio (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0	0
4	Ava Brunning (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0	0
5	Rachel Durecki (Sr)	3	1	1	0.3	1
6	Kylee Backus (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0	1
7	Ella Tringali (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0	0
8	L. Wennerstrom (So)	2	0	0	0.0	0
9	Avery Lewis (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0	0
10	Rachel Rettell (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0	0
11	Chloe Johnson (Sr)	3	4	4	1.3	1
12	Kara Chambers (So)	3	0	0	0.0	0
13	Ella Harris (So)	3	0	0	0.0	1
14	Jada Austin (Jr)	2	2	2	1.0	0

Yale

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	3	2	1	0.3
1	Olivia Runnals (So)	3	0	0	0.0
2	Adison Utter (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
3	Cece Ford (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0
4	Madeline Sepsey (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
5	S. Strenk (Sr)	3	1	1	0.3
6	A. Crisenbery (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
8	Hailie Johnson (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
9	Sadie Dykstra (Sr)	3	1	1	0.3
10	Ava Lafferty (So)	3	0	0	0.0
11	Giana Nash (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
13	Alissa Frazer (So)	3	0	0	0.0

Utica

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	3	59	24	19.7
1	Emily Adams (Sr)	3	10	5	3.3
2	Claire Ponzio (Sr)	3	16	6	5.3
4	Ava Brunning (Sr)	2	6	4	3.0
5	Rachel Durecki (Sr)	3	3	2	1.0
6	Kylee Backus (Jr)	3	2	0	0.7
7	Ella Tringali (Jr)	3	1	0	0.3
8	L. Wennerstrom (So)	2	1	0	0.5
9	Avery Lewis (Sr)	2	2	0	1.0
10	Rachel Rettell (Sr)	3	6	3	2.0
11	Chloe Johnson (Sr)	3	3	2	1.0
12	Kara Chambers (So)	3	8	2	2.7
13	Ella Harris (So)	3	1	0	0.3
14	Jada Austin (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0

Yale

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	3	53	17.7
1	Olivia Runnals (So)	3	12	4.0
2	Adison Utter (Jr)	3	11	3.7
3	Cece Ford (Jr)	1	0	0.0
4	Madeline Sepsey (Jr)	3	2	0.7
5	S. Strenk (Sr)	3	1	0.3
6	A. Crisenbery (Jr)	3	1	0.3
8	Hailie Johnson (Jr)	3	5	1.7
9	Sadie Dykstra (Sr)	3	6	2.0
10	Ava Lafferty (So)	3	4	1.3
11	Giana Nash (Sr)	3	11	3.7
13	Alissa Frazer (So)	3	0	0.0

Utica

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	23	7.7	94	3
1	Emily Adams (Sr)	3	2	0.7	2	0
2	Claire Ponzio (Sr)	3	2	0.7	13	0
4	Ava Brunning (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
5	Rachel Durecki (Sr)	3	1	0.3	2	1
6	Kylee Backus (Jr)	3	0	0.0	2	0
7	Ella Tringali (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
8	L. Wennerstrom (So)	2	0	0.0	2	0
9	Avery Lewis (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
10	Rachel Rettell (Sr)	3	10	3.3	40	1
11	Chloe Johnson (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
12	Kara Chambers (So)	3	8	2.7	31	1
13	Ella Harris (So)	3	0	0.0	1	0
14	Jada Austin (Jr)	2	0	0.0	1	0

Yale

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	28	9.3	96	3
1	Olivia Runnals (So)	3	3	1.0	9	0
2	Adison Utter (Jr)	3	0	0.0	2	1
3	Cece Ford (Jr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
4	Madeline Sepsey (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	1
5	S. Strenk (Sr)	3	0	0.0	1	0
6	A. Crisenbery (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
8	Hailie Johnson (Jr)	3	15	5.0	42	0
9	Sadie Dykstra (Sr)	3	0	0.0	4	0
10	Ava Lafferty (So)	3	1	0.3	1	0
11	Giana Nash (Sr)	3	8	2.7	36	1
13	Alissa Frazer (So)	3	1	0.3	1	0

Utica

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	32	15	10.7
1	Emily Adams (Sr)	3	5	4	1.7
2	Claire Ponzio (Sr)	3	17	7	5.7
4	Ava Brunning (Sr)	2	2	1	1.0
5	Rachel Durecki (Sr)	3	1	0	0.3
6	Kylee Backus (Jr)	3	3	1	1.0
7	Ella Tringali (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
8	L. Wennerstrom (So)	2	0	0	0.0
9	Avery Lewis (Sr)	2	1	1	0.5
10	Rachel Rettell (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
11	Chloe Johnson (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
12	Kara Chambers (So)	3	1	0	0.3
13	Ella Harris (So)	3	2	1	0.7
14	Jada Austin (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0

Yale

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	53	4	17.7
1	Olivia Runnals (So)	3	34	1	11.3
2	Adison Utter (Jr)	3	5	1	1.7
3	Cece Ford (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0
4	Madeline Sepsey (Jr)	3	3	0	1.0
5	S. Strenk (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
6	A. Crisenbery (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
8	Hailie Johnson (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
9	Sadie Dykstra (Sr)	3	9	2	3.0
10	Ava Lafferty (So)	3	2	0	0.7
11	Giana Nash (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
13	Alissa Frazer (So)	3	0	0	0.0

Match Story

Michigan High School Volleyball - Utica can't hold off Yale

August 23, 2025: Yale, MI 48097

In Saturday's non-league bout, the Yale Bulldogs (Yale, MI) volleyball team held off the visiting Utica Chieftains (Utica, MI), by a margin of 2-1.

The Bulldogs now possess a 5-0 record. They play next when they travel to Cousino for a non-league bout on Saturday, August 23. Yale will clash with a Patriots team coming off a 3-0 non-league win over Clawson (Clawson, MI). The Patriots record now stands at 1-0.

The Chieftains (1-6) will now prepare for their match against Sterling Heights Stevenson (Sterling Heights, MI). The Titans enter the non-league match with a 0-5 record. In their last match, Sterling Heights Stevenson was tipped by Saline (Saline, MI), 2-0, in a non-league match.

Utica @ Yale Volleyball Match Info

Sat., Aug. 23, 2025 @ 12:30p

GPN Trnmt

The Yale (MI) varsity volleyball team won Saturday's home tournament match against Utica (MI) by a score of 2-1.

Rankings & Records

Utica (25-26)

MI	Class
206	87

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	SW	SL
17-21-1	6-5	6-8	8-11	3-2-1	.449	.545	50	56

Yale (25-26)

MI	Class
180	56

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	SW	SL
29-25-1	8-3	13-8	6-5	10-12-1	.536	.727	68	57

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Utica	21.6	22.2	23.1	22.9	15.3	1.3
Yale	15.1	15.3	14.9	25.0	7.0	1.2

Team Stat Comparison

Utica		Yale
848	Kills	1139
209	Total Blocks	125
260	Serving Aces	355
2064	Digs	1875
711	Assists	1071
1502	Receptions	1985

Team Leaders

Utica		Yale	National Avg.
#13 Ella Harris195	Kills	#9 Sadie Dykstra366	53
#14 Jada Austin71	Total Blocks	#5 Stephanie Strenk63	11
#11 Chloe Johnson53	Serving Aces	#1 Olivia Runnals83	16
#2 Claire Ponzio604	Digs	#1 Olivia Runnals537	84
#10 Rachel Rettell402	Assists	#8 Hailie Johnson490	50
#2 Claire Ponzio671	Receptions	#1 Olivia Runnals732	86

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Utica	4-6		Yale	11-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/21/25	Utica	Anchor Bay	(W) 2-1	8/29/25	Anchor Bay	Yale	(L) 2-0
				8/29/25	Anchor Bay	Yale	(W) 2-1
8/23/25	Utica	Armada	(W) 2-0	9/6/25	Armada	Yale	(W) 2-0
				9/6/25	Armada	Yale	(W) 1-0
				9/16/25	Yale	Armada	(W) 3-0
8/23/25	Utica	Brown City	(W) 2-0	9/6/25	Brown City	Yale	(W) 2-0
				9/6/25	Brown City	Yale	(W) 2-0
8/23/25	Utica	Grosse Pointe North	(L) 2-0	8/23/25	Grosse Pointe North	Yale	(W) 2-1
9/30/25	Utica	Grosse Pointe North	(L) 3-1	8/23/25	Yale	Grosse Pointe North	(W) 1-0
10/23/25	Grosse Pointe North	Utica	(L) 3-2
8/27/25	Utica	Novi	(L) 2-0	9/13/25	Yale	Novi	(L) 2-0
9/25/25	Croswell-Lexington	Utica	(L) 2-0	10/7/25	Yale	Croswell-Lexington	(W) 3-0
				10/25/25	Yale	Croswell-Lexington	(W) 3-0
10/29/25	Utica	Richmond	(W) 2-0	10/21/25	Richmond	Yale	(W) 3-0
11/6/25	Utica	Chippewa Valley	(L) 3-1	9/6/25	Chippewa Valley	Yale	(L) 2-1

Record Breakdown

Utica (25-26)		Yale (25-26)
17-21-1	Overall	29-25-1
6-5	League	8-4
8-8	Non-League	15-18-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
4-6	Common Opponent	11-3
6-8	Home	13-8
8-11	Away	6-5
3-2-1	Neutral	10-12-1
2-1	Playoff	0-1
17-21-1	In-State	29-25-1
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0