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Washburn Rural St. James Academy

Blues

Thunder

The St. James Academy (Lenexa, KS) varsity volleyball team won Saturday's home non-conference match against Washburn Rural (Topeka, KS) by a score of 2-1.

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Washburn Rural	30	11	14	1
St. James Academy	28	25	25	2

Final score provided by N. Dorsey.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Match Stats

Washburn Rural (23-24)

Washburn Rural has not entered stats for this match.

St. James Academy (23-24)

St. James Academy

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	50	16.7	45.0	111	16	.306
3	Ava Spachek (Sr)	3	9	3.0	42.9	21	5	.190
4	Emery Jackson (Sr)	3	1	0.3	16.7	6	3	-.333
5	Ella Goodwin (Sr)	3	12	4.0	57.1	21	3	.429
6	Reese Messer (Jr)	3	1	0.3	16.7	6	0	.167
7	Heidi Devers (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
8	K. Blaesing (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
11	Julia Headley (Sr)	3	12	4.0	50.0	24	2	.417
13	Mya Bolton (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	2	0	.000
13	Leah Robinson (So)	3	15	5.0	48.4	31	3	.387

St. James Academy

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	8	2.7	10.3	78	6	92.3	42
3	Ava Spachek (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
4	Emery Jackson (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
5	Ella Goodwin (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
6	Reese Messer (Jr)	3	1	0.3	9.1	11	1	90.9	5
7	Heidi Devers (Sr)	3	1	0.3	8.3	12	1	91.7	5
8	K. Blaesing (Sr)	3	1	0.3	7.7	13	0	100.0	7
11	Julia Headley (Sr)	3	3	1.0	23.1	13	1	92.3	6
13	Mya Bolton (Sr)	3	1	0.3	7.1	14	0	100.0	10
13	Leah Robinson (So)	3	1	0.3	6.7	15	3	80.0	9

St. James Academy

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	3	1	10	6	2.0
3	Ava Spachek (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
4	Emery Jackson (Sr)	3	0	1	1	0.3
5	Ella Goodwin (Sr)	3	0	3	3	1.0
6	Reese Messer (Jr)	3	1	1	2	0.7
7	Heidi Devers (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
8	K. Blaesing (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
11	Julia Headley (Sr)	3	0	4	4	1.3
13	Mya Bolton (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
13	Leah Robinson (So)	3	0	1	1	0.3

St. James Academy

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	3	59	19.7
3	Ava Spachek (Sr)	3	0	0.0
4	Emery Jackson (Sr)	3	0	0.0
5	Ella Goodwin (Sr)	3	2	0.7
6	Reese Messer (Jr)	3	11	3.7
7	Heidi Devers (Sr)	3	5	1.7
8	K. Blaesing (Sr)	3	5	1.7
11	Julia Headley (Sr)	3	1	0.3
13	Mya Bolton (Sr)	3	26	8.7
13	Leah Robinson (So)	3	9	3.0

St. James Academy

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	3	48	16.0	109
3	Ava Spachek (Sr)	3	0	0.0	1
4	Emery Jackson (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0
5	Ella Goodwin (Sr)	3	1	0.3	1
6	Reese Messer (Jr)	3	40	13.3	92
7	Heidi Devers (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0
8	K. Blaesing (Sr)	3	0	0.0	4
11	Julia Headley (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0
13	Mya Bolton (Sr)	3	5	1.7	9
13	Leah Robinson (So)	3	2	0.7	2

St. James Academy

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	47	2	15.7
3	Ava Spachek (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
4	Emery Jackson (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
5	Ella Goodwin (Sr)	3	2	0	0.7
6	Reese Messer (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
7	Heidi Devers (Sr)	3	10	2	3.3
8	K. Blaesing (Sr)	3	10	0	3.3
11	Julia Headley (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
13	Mya Bolton (Sr)	3	15	0	5.0
13	Leah Robinson (So)	3	10	0	3.3

St. James Academy's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Match Story

Kansas High School Volleyball - St. James Academy tips Washburn Rural

September 23, 2023: Lenexa, KS 66227

The crowd at Saturday's non-league bout between the St. James Academy Thunder (Lenexa, KS) and the visiting Washburn Rural Blues (Topeka, KS), saw St. James Academy's volleyball squad nip Washburn Rural by a tally of 2-1.

With the win, St. James Academy upgrades its record to 20-3 on the year. The Thunder travel to Lawrence Free State (Lawrence, KS) to play the Firebirds in a non-league bout on Saturday, September 23. The Firebirds go into the bout with a record of 3-12. Lawrence Free State won 2-0 in their recent non-league bout against Olathe North (Olathe, KS)

The Blues now own a 7-7 record. They play next when they host Manhattan for a non-league bout on Saturday, September 23. Washburn Rural will play a Indians squad coming off a 3-1 non-league loss to Mill Valley (Shawnee, KS). The Indians record now stands at 5-7.

Rankings & Records

Washburn Rural (23-24)

KS	Class
16	6

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	SW	SL
27-12-2	1-0	12-3	10-5-2	5-4	.683	1.000	61	30

St. James Academy (23-24)

KS	Class
1	1

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	SW	SL
33-6	2-1	20-3	3-1	10-2	.846	.667	73	16

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	Wins
Washburn Rural	23.0	23.5	22.3	25.0	1.5
St. James Academy	24.7	24.3	23.7	25.0	1.9

Head-to-Head

St. James Academy won on 8/29/2023

8/29 S1 S2 Wins

Washburn Rural 21 15 0
SJA 25 25 2

The Washburn Rural (Topeka, KS) varsity volleyball team lost Tuesday's away non-conference match against St. James Academy (Lenexa, KS) by a score of 2-0.
Box score
St. James Academy won on 9/23/2023

9/23 S1 S2 S3 Wins

Washburn Rural 30 11 14 1
SJA 28 25 25 2

The Washburn Rural (Topeka, KS) varsity volleyball team lost Saturday's away non-conference match against St. James Academy (Lenexa, KS) by a score of 2-1.
Box score

8/29	S1	S2	Wins
Washburn Rural	21	15	0
SJA	25	25	2

Team Stat Comparison

Washburn Rural		St. James Academy
520	Kills	1217
25	Total Blocks	139
41	Serving Aces	209
88	Digs	1458
437	Assists	1131
-	Receptions	1275

Team Leaders

Washburn Rural		St. James Academy	National Avg.
#6 Jada Ingram487	Kills	#13 Leah Robinson277	53
#6 Jada Ingram14	Total Blocks	#11 Julia Headley69	12
#6 Jada Ingram27	Serving Aces	#11 Julia Headley40	16
#6 Jada Ingram191	Digs	#13 Mya Bolton442	85
Zoe Canfield437	Assists	#6 Reese Messer872	50
-	Receptions	#13 Mya Bolton380	88

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Washburn Rural	10-7-1		St. James Academy	9-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/26/23	Washburn Rural	Blue Valley Northwest	(W) 2-1	10/3/23	Blue Valley Northwest	St. James Academy	(W) 2-0
9/7/23	Blue Valley Northwest	Washburn Rural	(L) 2-0
8/29/23	Washburn Rural	Shawnee Mission East	(L) 2-1	8/29/23	St. James Academy	Shawnee Mission East	(W) 2-0
9/7/23	Lawrence Free State	Washburn Rural	(W) 2-1	9/23/23	Lawrence Free State	St. James Academy	(W) 2-0
9/23/23	Washburn Rural	Lawrence Free State	(W) 2-0
9/12/23	Washburn Rural	Blue Valley West	(W) 2-1	10/3/23	St. James Academy	Blue Valley West	(W) 2-0
10/12/23	Washburn Rural	Blue Valley West	(L) 2-0
10/27/23	Washburn Rural	Blue Valley West	(L) 2-0
9/21/23	Washburn Rural	Maize South	(L) 2-0	10/27/23	St. James Academy	Maize South	(L) 2-0
10/14/23	Washburn Rural	Maize South	(W) 2-0
9/21/23	Washburn Rural	Saint Thomas Aquinas	(L) 2-0	9/19/23	Saint Thomas Aquinas	St. James Academy	(W) 2-0
				10/12/23	Saint Thomas Aquinas	St. James Academy	(L) 2-1
				10/27/23	Saint Thomas Aquinas	St. James Academy	(L) 2-1
9/23/23	Manhattan	Washburn Rural	(W) 2-0	9/23/23	St. James Academy	Manhattan	(W) 2-0
9/30/23	Washburn Rural	Manhattan	(W) 2-1
10/7/23	Washburn Rural	Manhattan	(W) 2-0
10/10/23	Washburn Rural	Manhattan	(W) 2-0
9/23/23	Washburn Rural	Blue Valley	(T) 0-0	9/23/23	Blue Valley	St. James Academy	(W) 2-0
				9/26/23	Blue Valley	St. James Academy	(W) 2-0
10/14/23	Bonner Springs	Washburn Rural	(W) 2-0	9/21/23	Bonner Springs	St. James Academy	(W) 2-0
10/27/23	Washburn Rural	Blue Valley North	(L) 2-0	9/19/23	Blue Valley North	St. James Academy	(L) 2-0

Record Breakdown

Washburn Rural (23-24)		St. James Academy (23-24)
27-12-2	Overall	33-6
1-0	League	2-1
19-10-2	Non-League	22-3
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
10-7-1	Common Opponent	9-4
12-3	Home	20-3
10-5-2	Away	3-1
5-4	Neutral	10-2
1-2	Playoff	2-1
27-12-2	In-State	24-4
0-0	Out-of-State	9-2