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Unity Christian Meridian

Lions

Hawks

The Meridian (Macon, IL) JV volleyball team won Thursday's home non-conference match against Unity Christian (Decatur, IL) by a score of 2-1.

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Unity Christian	25	14	14	1
Meridian	16	25	16	2

Final score provided by J. Hendricks.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Unity Christian (25-26)

Unity Christian has not entered stats for this match.

Meridian (25-26)

Meridian

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	12	4.0	13.0	92	24	-.130
5	Alex Kraft (Fr)	2	1	0.5	33.3	3	0	.333
9	O. Pistorius (So)	2	5	2.5	22.7	22	7	-.091
12	Ella Parks (Fr)	2	1	0.5	7.1	14	6	-.357
13	Olivia Ventress (Fr)	2	1	0.5	50.0	2	0	.500
14	Elin Markham (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	6	0	.000
15	Brena Descaro (Fr)	2	0	0.0	.0	10	3	-.300
20	N. Reynolds (Jr)	2	2	1.0	12.5	16	4	-.125
26	Peyton Stevens (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	8	2	-.250
27	Taylor Kraft (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
35	Aubrey Bickel (Jr)	2	2	1.0	20.0	10	2	.000

Meridian

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	3	1.0	5.5	55	8	85.5	28
5	Alex Kraft (Fr)	2	1	0.5	14.3	7	1	85.7	3
9	O. Pistorius (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	4	1	75.0	0
12	Ella Parks (Fr)	2	0	0.0	.0	8	3	62.5	4
13	Olivia Ventress (Fr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
14	Elin Markham (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
15	Brena Descaro (Fr)	2	1	0.5	8.3	12	2	83.3	8
20	N. Reynolds (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
26	Peyton Stevens (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	10	1	90.0	4
27	Taylor Kraft (Jr)	2	1	0.5	7.1	14	0	100.0	9
35	Aubrey Bickel (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Meridian

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BE
	Team Totals	3	2
5	Alex Kraft (Fr)	2	0
9	O. Pistorius (So)	2	1
12	Ella Parks (Fr)	2	0
13	Olivia Ventress (Fr)	2	0
14	Elin Markham (So)	1	0
15	Brena Descaro (Fr)	2	0
20	N. Reynolds (Jr)	2	1
26	Peyton Stevens (Jr)	2	0
27	Taylor Kraft (Jr)	2	0
35	Aubrey Bickel (Jr)	2	0

Meridian

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	3	49	11	16.3
5	Alex Kraft (Fr)	2	21	4	10.5
9	O. Pistorius (So)	2	6	3	3.0
12	Ella Parks (Fr)	2	2	0	1.0
13	Olivia Ventress (Fr)	2	0	0	0.0
14	Elin Markham (So)	1	1	0	1.0
15	Brena Descaro (Fr)	2	6	2	3.0
20	N. Reynolds (Jr)	2	3	1	1.5
26	Peyton Stevens (Jr)	2	6	0	3.0
27	Taylor Kraft (Jr)	2	3	1	1.5
35	Aubrey Bickel (Jr)	2	1	0	0.5

Meridian

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	3	8	2.7	72
5	Alex Kraft (Fr)	2	0	0.0	0
9	O. Pistorius (So)	2	0	0.0	0
12	Ella Parks (Fr)	2	0	0.0	1
13	Olivia Ventress (Fr)	2	0	0.0	0
14	Elin Markham (So)	1	0	0.0	2
15	Brena Descaro (Fr)	2	1	0.5	29
20	N. Reynolds (Jr)	2	0	0.0	2
26	Peyton Stevens (Jr)	2	7	3.5	38
27	Taylor Kraft (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0
35	Aubrey Bickel (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0

Meridian

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	45	6	15.0
5	Alex Kraft (Fr)	2	16	0	8.0
9	O. Pistorius (So)	2	10	1	5.0
12	Ella Parks (Fr)	2	6	0	3.0
13	Olivia Ventress (Fr)	2	3	0	1.5
14	Elin Markham (So)	1	0	0	0.0
15	Brena Descaro (Fr)	2	0	0	0.0
20	N. Reynolds (Jr)	2	3	3	1.5
26	Peyton Stevens (Jr)	2	2	0	1.0
27	Taylor Kraft (Jr)	2	2	1	1.0
35	Aubrey Bickel (Jr)	2	3	1	1.5

Match Story

Illinois High School Volleyball - Meridian tips Unity Christian

August 28, 2025: Macon, IL 62544

Fans at Thursday's non-league contest between the Meridian Hawks (Macon, IL) and the visiting Unity Christian Lions (Decatur, IL), saw Meridian's volleyball squad nudge Unity Christian by a score of 2-1.

With the win, Meridian improves its record to 1-1 on the season. The Hawks host Monticello (Monticello, IL) to encounter the Sages in a non-league battle on Tuesday, September 2. The Sages go into the battle with a record of 1-0. Monticello won 2-0 in their recent non-league contest against Argenta-Oreana (Argenta, IL)

Next, the Lions battle the St. Teresa Bulldogs (Decatur, IL) in a non-league contest, on Tuesday, September 9. Unity Christian will attempt to move on its 0-1 season record.

UCHS @ Meridian Volleyball Match Info

Thu., Aug. 28, 2025 @ 6p

The Meridian (Macon, IL) JV volleyball team won Thursday's home non-conference match against Unity Christian (Decatur, IL) by a score of 2-1.

Rankings & Records

Unity Christian (25-26)

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
0-2	0-1	0-0	0-2	.000	.000	1	4

Meridian (25-26)

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
15-10	3-2	8-3	5-3	2-4	.600	.600	37	26

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Unity Christian	24.5	18.5	14.0	.5
Meridian	22.5	23.0	15.0	1.5

Team Stat Comparison

Unity Christian		Meridian
-	Kills	292
-	Total Blocks	9
-	Serving Aces	164
-	Digs	920
-	Assists	202
-	Receptions	543

Team Leaders

Unity Christian		Meridian	National Avg.
-	Kills	#29 Amelia Flack65	16
-	Total Blocks	#22 McKynlee Kapchinske8	3
-	Serving Aces	#5 Alex Kraft33	10
-	Digs	#5 Alex Kraft274	30
-	Assists	#26 Peyton Stevens106	15
-	Receptions	#5 Alex Kraft210	32

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Unity Christian	0-0		Meridian	1-2

Date	Away	Home	Date	Away	Home	Result
9/9/25	St. Teresa	Unity Christian	9/6/25	St. Teresa	Meridian	(L) 2-1
			10/18/25	St. Teresa	Meridian	(L) 2-1
10/14/25	Unity Christian	Heritage	10/15/25	Heritage	Meridian	(W) 2-1

Record Breakdown

Unity Christian (25-26)		Meridian (25-26)
0-2	Overall	15-10
0-1	League	3-2
0-1	Non-League	10-4
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-0	Common Opponent	1-2
0-0	Home	8-3
0-2	Away	5-3
0-0	Neutral	2-4
0-0	Playoff	0-0
0-2	In-State	15-10
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0