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The Walther Christian Academy (Melrose Park, IL) varsity volleyball team won Tuesday's home conference match against Northtown (Chicago, IL) by a score of 2-0.

	S1	S2	Wins
Northtown	20	20	0
WCA	25	25	2

Final score provided by M. Escobedo.

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Match Stats

Northtown (25-26)

Northtown has not entered stats for this match.

Walther Christian Academy (25-26)

Walther Christian Academy

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	14	7.0	29.2	48	8	.125
3	Nery Espinoza (Sr)	2	8	4.0	44.4	18	4	.222
5	Sarah Zaia (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
7	Michaela Eden (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
14	Isabella Rosado (Jr)	2	1	0.5	33.3	3	1	.000
21	Erin O'Connor (So)	2	2	1.0	33.3	6	0	.333
22	Mia Herrera (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
23	Kariyah Perez (Jr)	2	1	0.5	12.5	8	2	-.125
24	Jayln Amador (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
40	K. Giannotta (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	3	0	.000
44	Jill Bjorklund (Sr)	2	2	1.0	25.0	8	1	.125

Walther Christian Academy

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	2	14	7.0	28.6	49	10	79.6	29
3	Nery Espinoza (Sr)	2	4	2.0	36.4	11	3	72.7	7
5	Sarah Zaia (Sr)	2	2	1.0	33.3	6	1	83.3	4
7	Michaela Eden (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
14	Isabella Rosado (Jr)	2	3	1.5	60.0	5	1	80.0	3
21	Erin O'Connor (So)	2	1	0.5	10.0	10	2	80.0	6
22	Mia Herrera (Jr)	2	3	1.5	37.5	8	2	75.0	4
23	Kariyah Perez (Jr)	2	1	0.5	14.3	7	0	100.0	5
24	Jayln Amador (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	1	50.0	0
40	K. Giannotta (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
44	Jill Bjorklund (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Walther Christian Academy

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	2	1	1	0.5
3	Nery Espinoza (Sr)	2	1	1	0.5
5	Sarah Zaia (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
7	Michaela Eden (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
14	Isabella Rosado (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
21	Erin O'Connor (So)	2	0	0	0.0
22	Mia Herrera (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
23	Kariyah Perez (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
24	Jayln Amador (So)	2	0	0	0.0
40	K. Giannotta (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
44	Jill Bjorklund (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0

Walther Christian Academy

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	2	20	10.0
3	Nery Espinoza (Sr)	2	3	1.5
5	Sarah Zaia (Sr)	2	4	2.0
7	Michaela Eden (Sr)	2	0	0.0
14	Isabella Rosado (Jr)	2	0	0.0
21	Erin O'Connor (So)	2	4	2.0
22	Mia Herrera (Jr)	2	1	0.5
23	Kariyah Perez (Jr)	2	8	4.0
24	Jayln Amador (So)	2	0	0.0
40	K. Giannotta (Jr)	2	0	0.0
44	Jill Bjorklund (Sr)	2	0	0.0

Walther Christian Academy

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	2	13	6.5	45
3	Nery Espinoza (Sr)	2	0	0.0	1
5	Sarah Zaia (Sr)	2	1	0.5	3
7	Michaela Eden (Sr)	2	6	3.0	18
14	Isabella Rosado (Jr)	2	4	2.0	19
21	Erin O'Connor (So)	2	0	0.0	0
22	Mia Herrera (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0
23	Kariyah Perez (Jr)	2	2	1.0	4
24	Jayln Amador (So)	2	0	0.0	0
40	K. Giannotta (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0
44	Jill Bjorklund (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0

Walther Christian Academy

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	2	37	9	18.5
3	Nery Espinoza (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
5	Sarah Zaia (Sr)	2	12	3	6.0
7	Michaela Eden (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
14	Isabella Rosado (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
21	Erin O'Connor (So)	2	8	5	4.0
22	Mia Herrera (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
23	Kariyah Perez (Jr)	2	17	1	8.5
24	Jayln Amador (So)	2	0	0	0.0
40	K. Giannotta (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
44	Jill Bjorklund (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0

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Recap Video

Match Recap: CICS Northtown @ Walther Chr. Girls Varsity Volleyball 3:11

Match Story

Illinois High School Volleyball - Walther Christian Academy over Northtown

September 16, 2025: Melrose Park, IL 60160

The Walther Christian Academy Broncos (Melrose Park, IL) volleyball were victorious over the visiting Northtown Pumas (Chicago, IL), 2-0 in Tuesday's league bout.

The Broncos now possess a 11-5 record. They play next when they host Holy Trinity for a Chicago Prep bout on Friday, September 19. Walther Christian Academy will clash with a Tigers team coming off a 2-0 non-league loss to Mather (Chicago, IL). The Tigers record now stands at 1-7.

With the loss, Northtown drops to 2-3 on the campaign. The Pumas host Ogden International (Chicago, IL) to confront the in a non-league match on Monday, September 22. The enter the match with a record of 1-3. Ogden International won 2-1 in their recent league match against Clemente (Chicago, IL)

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Players of the Match

Northtown (25-26)

Northtown has not selected any Players of the Match.

Walther Christian Academy (25-26)

Congratulations to #3 Nery Espinoza for being selected the Walther Christian Academy Volleyball Player of the Match.

Northtown @ WCA Volleyball Match Info

Tue., Sep. 16, 2025 @ 6p

Walther Christian Academy

The Walther Christian Academy (Melrose Park, IL) varsity volleyball team won Tuesday's home conference match against Northtown (Chicago, IL) by a score of 2-0.

Rankings & Records

Northtown (25-26)

IL	Class
483	95

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
9-6	6-3	4-1	4-4	1-1	.600	.667	19	15

Walther Christian Academy (25-26)

IL	Class
364	80

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
24-8	8-1	8-1	7-1	9-6	.750	.889	49	23

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Northtown	20.5	21.3	25.0	1.3
Walther Christian Academy	22.0	22.2	20.0	1.5

Northtown Videos

Walther Christian Academy Videos

Team Stat Comparison

Northtown		Walther Christian Academy
26	Kills	423
0	Total Blocks	32
23	Serving Aces	382
3	Digs	452
18	Assists	356
67	Receptions	723

Team Leaders

Northtown		Walther Christian Academy	National Avg.
#7 Ky Tran8	Kills	#3 Nery Espinoza153	53
#1 Emily Mikina0	Total Blocks	#3 Nery Espinoza15	11
#10 Maria Escobar-Rojo8	Serving Aces	#5 Sarah Zaia123	16
#16 Leilani Mejia2	Digs	#5 Sarah Zaia139	83
#5 Sharokina Montano11	Assists	#14 Isabella Rosado152	50
#16 Leilani Mejia29	Receptions	#5 Sarah Zaia270	85

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Northtown	6-4		Walther Christian Academy	9-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/26/25	Northtown	North Shore Country Day	(L) 2-0	9/6/25	North Shore Country Day	Walther Christian Academy	(L) 2-0
9/10/25	Northtown	Rochelle Zell Jewish	(W) 2-0	8/27/25	Walther Christian Academy	Rochelle Zell Jewish	(W) 2-0
9/11/25	Northtown	Westmont	(L) 2-0	10/16/25	Walther Christian Academy	Westmont	(L) 2-1
				10/22/25	Walther Christian Academy	Westmont	(L) 2-0
9/23/25	Ellison	Northtown	(W) 2-0	10/15/25	Ellison	Walther Christian Academy	(W) 2-0
9/26/25	Cristo Rey Jesuit	Northtown	(L) 2-0	9/23/25	Walther Christian Academy	Cristo Rey Jesuit	(W) 2-1
10/21/25	Northtown	Cristo Rey Jesuit	(L) 2-1
10/3/25	Christ the King	Northtown	(W) 2-1	9/11/25	Walther Christian Academy	Christ the King	(W) 2-1
				10/21/25	Christ the King	Walther Christian Academy	(W) 2-0
10/7/25	Holy Trinity	Northtown	(W) 2-0	9/19/25	Holy Trinity	Walther Christian Academy	(W) 2-0
10/15/25	Northtown	Our Lady of Tepeyac	(W) 2-1	9/25/25	Walther Christian Academy	Our Lady of Tepeyac	(W) 2-0
				10/21/25	Our Lady of Tepeyac	Walther Christian Academy	(W) 2-0
10/16/25	Northtown	Providence-St. Mel	(W) 2-0	10/8/25	Providence-St. Mel	Walther Christian Academy	(W) 2-0

Record Breakdown

Northtown (25-26)		Walther Christian Academy (25-26)
9-6	Overall	24-8
6-4	League	10-2
2-1	Non-League	7-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
6-4	Common Opponent	9-3
4-1	Home	8-1
4-4	Away	7-1
1-1	Neutral	9-6
1-0	Playoff	2-1
9-6	In-State	24-8
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0