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Sterling Rock Island

Golden Warriors

Rocks

The Rock Island (IL) varsity volleyball team won Tuesday's home conference match against Sterling (IL) by a score of 2-0.

	S1	S2	Wins
Sterling	16	15	0
Rock Island	25	25	2

Final score provided by D. Dykeman.

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Match Stats

Rock Island (25-26)

Sterling

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	3	1.5	9.4	32	10	-.219
1	Nia Harris (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	6	3	-.500
2	Grace Johnson (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	1	-1.000
3	Alivia Gibson (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
5	Mya Lira (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
9	Megan Stutkze (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	5	1	-.200
13	Sydney Giffin (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
14	Mckenna Wolfe (Fr)	2	1	0.5	10.0	10	2	-.100
16	Kasey Weeks (Jr)	2	2	1.0	22.2	9	3	-.111
22	M. Birdsley (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0

Rock Island

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	20	10.0	32.8	61	9	.180
4	Avery Stewart (Fr)	2	1	0.5	50.0	2	0	.500
5	Juliana King (Jr)	2	5	2.5	33.3	15	2	.200
6	Yaretzi Jimenez (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
8	Ava Carlson (Fr)	2	1	0.5	16.7	6	1	.000
11	AJ Stewart (Sr)	2	3	1.5	33.3	9	1	.222
12	Addy Lincoln (Jr)	2	3	1.5	27.3	11	2	.091
13	Kaelynn Gbenyo (Fr)	2	3	1.5	60.0	5	0	.600
15	Julia Tarnow (Fr)	2	4	2.0	30.8	13	3	.077

Sterling

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	2	.0	18	1	94.4	13
1	Nia Harris (Jr)	2	.0	6	0	100.0	6
2	Grace Johnson (Sr)	2	.0	0	0		0
3	Alivia Gibson (Sr)	2	.0	0	0		0
5	Mya Lira (Sr)	2	.0	3	1	66.7	2
9	Megan Stutkze (Jr)	2	.0	2	0	100.0	0
13	Sydney Giffin (Jr)	2	.0	3	0	100.0	3
14	Mckenna Wolfe (Fr)	2	.0	2	0	100.0	1
16	Kasey Weeks (Jr)	2	.0	0	0		0
22	M. Birdsley (So)	2	.0	2	0	100.0	1

Rock Island

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %
	Team Totals	2	14	7.0	29.2	48	7	85.4
4	Avery Stewart (Fr)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	2	.0
5	Juliana King (Jr)	2	4	2.0	33.3	12	2	83.3
6	Yaretzi Jimenez (Sr)	2	2	1.0	25.0	8	1	87.5
8	Ava Carlson (Fr)	2	7	3.5	50.0	14	1	92.9
11	AJ Stewart (Sr)	2	1	0.5	12.5	8	1	87.5
12	Addy Lincoln (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	4	0	100.0
13	Kaelynn Gbenyo (Fr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
15	Julia Tarnow (Fr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0

Sterling

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	2	2	2	1.0	2
1	Nia Harris (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0	0
2	Grace Johnson (Sr)	2	1	1	0.5	0
3	Alivia Gibson (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0	0
5	Mya Lira (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0	0
9	Megan Stutkze (Jr)	2	1	1	0.5	1
13	Sydney Giffin (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0	0
14	Mckenna Wolfe (Fr)	2	0	0	0.0	0
16	Kasey Weeks (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0	1
22	M. Birdsley (So)	2	0	0	0.0	0

Rock Island

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	2	5	4	7	3.5	2
4	Avery Stewart (Fr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Juliana King (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Yaretzi Jimenez (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Ava Carlson (Fr)	2	0	1	1	0.5	0
11	AJ Stewart (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Addy Lincoln (Jr)	2	1	1	2	1.0	1
13	Kaelynn Gbenyo (Fr)	2	4	1	5	2.5	1
15	Julia Tarnow (Fr)	2	0	1	1	0.5	0

Sterling

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	2	13	4	6.5
1	Nia Harris (Jr)	2	2	1	1.0
2	Grace Johnson (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
3	Alivia Gibson (Sr)	2	1	2	0.5
5	Mya Lira (Sr)	2	4	0	2.0
9	Megan Stutkze (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
13	Sydney Giffin (Jr)	2	3	1	1.5
14	Mckenna Wolfe (Fr)	2	0	0	0.0
16	Kasey Weeks (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
22	M. Birdsley (So)	2	3	0	1.5

Rock Island

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	2	33	8	16.5
4	Avery Stewart (Fr)	2	8	2	4.0
5	Juliana King (Jr)	2	4	2	2.0
6	Yaretzi Jimenez (Sr)	2	0	1	0.0
8	Ava Carlson (Fr)	2	9	1	4.5
11	AJ Stewart (Sr)	2	7	0	3.5
12	Addy Lincoln (Jr)	2	5	2	2.5
13	Kaelynn Gbenyo (Fr)	2	0	0	0.0
15	Julia Tarnow (Fr)	2	0	0	0.0

Sterling

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	2	2	1.0	30	1
1	Nia Harris (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
2	Grace Johnson (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
3	Alivia Gibson (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
5	Mya Lira (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
9	Megan Stutkze (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
13	Sydney Giffin (Jr)	2	1	0.5	15	1
14	Mckenna Wolfe (Fr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
16	Kasey Weeks (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
22	M. Birdsley (So)	2	1	0.5	15	0

Rock Island

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	2	20	10.0	61	1
4	Avery Stewart (Fr)	2	1	0.5	8	0
5	Juliana King (Jr)	2	2	1.0	2	0
6	Yaretzi Jimenez (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
8	Ava Carlson (Fr)	2	2	1.0	4	0
11	AJ Stewart (Sr)	2	15	7.5	45	1
12	Addy Lincoln (Jr)	2	0	0.0	1	0
13	Kaelynn Gbenyo (Fr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
15	Julia Tarnow (Fr)	2	0	0.0	1	0

Sterling

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	2	22	5	11.0
1	Nia Harris (Jr)	2	3	0	1.5
2	Grace Johnson (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
3	Alivia Gibson (Sr)	2	5	1	2.5
5	Mya Lira (Sr)	2	9	2	4.5
9	Megan Stutkze (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
13	Sydney Giffin (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
14	Mckenna Wolfe (Fr)	2	0	1	0.0
16	Kasey Weeks (Jr)	2	1	0	0.5
22	M. Birdsley (So)	2	4	1	2.0

Rock Island

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	2	28	2	14.0
4	Avery Stewart (Fr)	2	9	1	4.5
5	Juliana King (Jr)	2	6	0	3.0
6	Yaretzi Jimenez (Sr)	2	4	1	2.0
8	Ava Carlson (Fr)	2	9	0	4.5
11	AJ Stewart (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
12	Addy Lincoln (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
13	Kaelynn Gbenyo (Fr)	2	0	0	0.0
15	Julia Tarnow (Fr)	2	0	0	0.0

Match Story

Illinois High School Volleyball - Rock Island over Sterling

September 16, 2025: Rock Island, IL 61201

The Rock Island Rocks (Rock Island, IL) volleyball knocked off the visiting Sterling Golden Warriors (Sterling, IL), 2-0 in Tuesday's league bout.

The Rocks now possess a 3-8 record. They play next when they travel to Alleman for a Western Big 6 bout on Thursday, September 18. Rock Island will clash with a Pioneers team coming off a 2-0 league loss to Moline (Moline, IL). The Pioneers record now stands at 5-5.

The Golden Warriors (6-7) will now prepare for their match against East Moline United (East Moline, IL). The Panthers enter the Western Big 6 match with a 6-5 record. In their last match, East Moline United fell by Geneseo (Geneseo, IL), 2-0, in a league bout.

Sterling @ Rock Island Volleyball Match Info

Tue., Sep. 16, 2025 @ 7p

The Rock Island (IL) varsity volleyball team won Tuesday's home conference match against Sterling (IL) by a score of 2-0.

Rankings & Records

Sterling (25-26)

IL	Class
253	56

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
19-16	5-9	7-7	4-6	8-3	.543	.357	44	41

Rock Island (25-26)

IL	Class
316	101

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
9-19	6-8	4-6	4-9	1-4	.321	.429	23	41

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Sterling	21.7	21.5	20.6	1.3
Rock Island	20.7	20.7	20.1	.8

Head-to-Head

Rock Island won on 9/16/2025

9/16 @ 7p S1 S2 Wins

Sterling 16 15 0
Rock Island 25 25 2

The Sterling (IL) varsity volleyball team lost Tuesday's away conference match against Rock Island (IL) by a score of 2-0.
Box score
Sterling won last month

10/9 @ 6p S1 S2 Wins

Rock Island 20 24 0
Sterling 25 26 2

The Rock Island (IL) varsity volleyball team lost Thursday's away conference match against Sterling (IL) by a score of 2-0.
Box score

10/9 @ 6p	S1	S2	Wins
Rock Island	20	24	0
Sterling	25	26	2

Team Stat Comparison

Sterling		Rock Island
696	Kills	510
122	Total Blocks	91
159	Serving Aces	184
1053	Digs	758
597	Assists	407
1189	Receptions	722

Team Leaders

Sterling		Rock Island	National Avg.
#1 Nia Harris221	Kills	#5 Juliana King101	51
#16 Kasey Weeks58	Total Blocks	#13 Kaelynn Gbenyo57	11
#13 Sydney Giffin35	Serving Aces	#8 Ava Carlson54	16
#10 Grace Springman210	Digs	#4 Avery Stewart216	80
#13 Sydney Giffin449	Assists	#11 AJ Stewart397	48
#1 Nia Harris285	Receptions	#4 Avery Stewart237	83

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Sterling	4-8		Rock Island	5-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
9/4/25	Sterling	Geneseo	(L) 2-0	9/25/25	Rock Island	Geneseo	(L) 2-0
9/30/25	Geneseo	Sterling	(L) 2-1	10/21/25	Geneseo	Rock Island	(L) 2-1
9/9/25	Sterling	Moline	(L) 2-0	9/11/25	Moline	Rock Island	(L) 2-1
10/2/25	Moline	Sterling	(W) 2-1	10/7/25	Rock Island	Moline	(L) 2-0
9/11/25	Quincy	Sterling	(L) 2-0	9/4/25	Quincy	Rock Island	(L) 2-1
10/7/25	Sterling	Quincy	(L) 2-1	9/30/25	Rock Island	Quincy	(L) 2-0
9/18/25	East Moline United	Sterling	(W) 2-1	9/23/25	East Moline United	Rock Island	(L) 2-0
10/14/25	Sterling	East Moline United	(W) 2-1	10/16/25	Rock Island	East Moline United	(W) 2-0
9/23/25	Sterling	Galesburg	(L) 2-0	9/9/25	Rock Island	Galesburg	(W) 2-0
10/16/25	Galesburg	Sterling	(L) 2-0	10/2/25	Galesburg	Rock Island	(W) 2-0
9/25/25	Alleman	Sterling	(L) 2-1	9/18/25	Rock Island	Alleman	(W) 2-1
10/21/25	Sterling	Alleman	(W) 2-1	10/14/25	Alleman	Rock Island	(W) 2-1

Record Breakdown

Sterling (25-26)		Rock Island (25-26)
19-16	Overall	9-19
5-9	League	6-8
4-3	Non-League	1-4
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
4-8	Common Opponent	5-7
7-7	Home	4-6
4-6	Away	4-9
8-3	Neutral	1-4
1-1	Playoff	0-1
19-15	In-State	9-18
0-0	Out-of-State	0-1