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Orion Mercer County

Chargers

Golden Eagles

The Mercer County (Aledo, IL) varsity volleyball team lost Tuesday's home conference match against Orion (IL) by a score of 2-1.

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Orion	19	25	25	2
Mercer County	25	18	21	1

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Match Stats

Mercer County (25-26)

Orion

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	36	12.0	35.3	102	16	.196
2	Kendyl Filler (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
3	Avery Nichols (Sr)	1	1	1.0	20.0	5	1	.000
5	Khloe Nelson (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
6	Ellie Knupp (Jr)	3	13	4.3	41.9	31	4	.290
7	Claire Haars (Jr)	3	5	1.7	31.3	16	4	.062
9	B. Nightingale (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
16	Sadie Appel (Jr)	3	5	1.7	38.5	13	2	.231
22	Lyla Johnstone (Fr)	3	2	0.7	20.0	10	2	.000
23	D. Tapscott (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
24	Abbi Arnold (Jr)	2	3	1.5	42.9	7	0	.429
28	Elli Mielke (So)	3	7	2.3	36.8	19	3	.211

Mercer County

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	32	10.7	32.3	99	13	.192
1	Lilli Nylin (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
2	Sarah Hofmann (So)	3	2	0.7	15.4	13	1	.077
3	Jaiden LaDue (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
5	A. Gillespie (Sr)	3	3	1.0	37.5	8	1	.250
9	Tessa Morrison (Jr)	3	11	3.7	47.8	23	4	.304
15	Rylee Bigham (Sr)	3	5	1.7	29.4	17	3	.118
17	Alayna Mitchell (Jr)	3	5	1.7	35.7	14	1	.286
20	Addison Tharp (Fr)	3	0	0.0	.0	3	0	.000
22	Emily Hessman (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
36	Kinzee Marston (Sr)	3	6	2.0	28.6	21	3	.143

Orion

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	11	3.7	16.2	68	5	92.6	33
2	Kendyl Filler (So)	3	4	1.3	26.7	15	2	86.7	8
3	Avery Nichols (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
5	Khloe Nelson (So)	3	1	0.3	14.3	7	0	100.0	2
6	Ellie Knupp (Jr)	3	2	0.7	15.4	13	0	100.0	7
7	Claire Haars (Jr)	3	2	0.7	15.4	13	1	92.3	7
9	B. Nightingale (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	5	0	100.0	2
16	Sadie Appel (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
22	Lyla Johnstone (Fr)	3	0	0.0	.0	2	2	.0	0
23	D. Tapscott (Sr)	3	2	0.7	15.4	13	0	100.0	7
24	Abbi Arnold (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
28	Elli Mielke (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Mercer County

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	8	2.7	12.3	65	7	89.2	29
1	Lilli Nylin (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
2	Sarah Hofmann (So)	3	2	0.7	18.2	11	1	90.9	5
3	Jaiden LaDue (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
5	A. Gillespie (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	11	1	90.9	5
9	Tessa Morrison (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
15	Rylee Bigham (Sr)	3	3	1.0	25.0	12	3	75.0	6
17	Alayna Mitchell (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	12	1	91.7	6
20	Addison Tharp (Fr)	3	2	0.7	25.0	8	1	87.5	2
22	Emily Hessman (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
36	Kinzee Marston (Sr)	3	1	0.3	9.1	11	0	100.0	5

Orion

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	3	1	10	6	2.0
2	Kendyl Filler (So)	3	0	0	0	0.0
3	Avery Nichols (Sr)	1	0	1	1	1.0
5	Khloe Nelson (So)	3	0	0	0	0.0
6	Ellie Knupp (Jr)	3	0	1	1	0.3
7	Claire Haars (Jr)	3	0	2	2	0.7
9	B. Nightingale (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0
16	Sadie Appel (Jr)	3	0	3	3	1.0
22	Lyla Johnstone (Fr)	3	1	2	3	1.0
23	D. Tapscott (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
24	Abbi Arnold (Jr)	2	0	1	1	0.5
28	Elli Mielke (So)	3	0	0	0	0.0

Mercer County

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	3	1	6	4	1.3
1	Lilli Nylin (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
2	Sarah Hofmann (So)	3	0	1	1	0.3
3	Jaiden LaDue (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
5	A. Gillespie (Sr)	3	0	1	1	0.3
9	Tessa Morrison (Jr)	3	1	2	3	1.0
15	Rylee Bigham (Sr)	3	0	2	2	0.7
17	Alayna Mitchell (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
20	Addison Tharp (Fr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
22	Emily Hessman (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
36	Kinzee Marston (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0

Orion

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	3	47	15.7
2	Kendyl Filler (So)	3	2	0.7
3	Avery Nichols (Sr)	1	1	1.0
5	Khloe Nelson (So)	3	1	0.3
6	Ellie Knupp (Jr)	3	7	2.3
7	Claire Haars (Jr)	3	10	3.3
9	B. Nightingale (Jr)	2	3	1.5
16	Sadie Appel (Jr)	3	1	0.3
22	Lyla Johnstone (Fr)	3	1	0.3
23	D. Tapscott (Sr)	3	16	5.3
24	Abbi Arnold (Jr)	2	1	0.5
28	Elli Mielke (So)	3	4	1.3

Mercer County

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	3	50	16.7
1	Lilli Nylin (Jr)	3	12	4.0
2	Sarah Hofmann (So)	3	12	4.0
3	Jaiden LaDue (Sr)	3	4	1.3
5	A. Gillespie (Sr)	3	2	0.7
9	Tessa Morrison (Jr)	3	1	0.3
15	Rylee Bigham (Sr)	3	0	0.0
17	Alayna Mitchell (Jr)	3	5	1.7
20	Addison Tharp (Fr)	3	7	2.3
22	Emily Hessman (Jr)	3	1	0.3
36	Kinzee Marston (Sr)	3	6	2.0

Orion

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	32	10.7	95	1
2	Kendyl Filler (So)	3	0	0.0	1	0
3	Avery Nichols (Sr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
5	Khloe Nelson (So)	3	12	4.0	36	1
6	Ellie Knupp (Jr)	3	1	0.3	5	0
7	Claire Haars (Jr)	3	14	4.7	45	0
9	B. Nightingale (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
16	Sadie Appel (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
22	Lyla Johnstone (Fr)	3	0	0.0	1	0
23	D. Tapscott (Sr)	3	5	1.7	7	0
24	Abbi Arnold (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
28	Elli Mielke (So)	3	0	0.0	0	0

Mercer County

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	29	9.7	96	1
1	Lilli Nylin (Jr)	3	3	1.0	11	1
2	Sarah Hofmann (So)	3	10	3.3	32	0
3	Jaiden LaDue (Sr)	3	2	0.7	5	0
5	A. Gillespie (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
9	Tessa Morrison (Jr)	3	2	0.7	6	0
15	Rylee Bigham (Sr)	3	0	0.0	2	0
17	Alayna Mitchell (Jr)	3	0	0.0	2	0
20	Addison Tharp (Fr)	3	11	3.7	34	0
22	Emily Hessman (Jr)	3	0	0.0	2	0
36	Kinzee Marston (Sr)	3	1	0.3	2	0

Orion

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	50	8	16.7
2	Kendyl Filler (So)	3	6	2	2.0
3	Avery Nichols (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0
5	Khloe Nelson (So)	3	0	1	0.0
6	Ellie Knupp (Jr)	3	15	2	5.0
7	Claire Haars (Jr)	3	9	2	3.0
9	B. Nightingale (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
16	Sadie Appel (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
22	Lyla Johnstone (Fr)	3	0	0	0.0
23	D. Tapscott (Sr)	3	13	0	4.3
24	Abbi Arnold (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
28	Elli Mielke (So)	3	7	1	2.3

Mercer County

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	53	8	17.7
1	Lilli Nylin (Jr)	3	23	3	7.7
2	Sarah Hofmann (So)	3	7	2	2.3
3	Jaiden LaDue (Sr)	3	8	0	2.7
5	A. Gillespie (Sr)	3	4	0	1.3
9	Tessa Morrison (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
15	Rylee Bigham (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
17	Alayna Mitchell (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
20	Addison Tharp (Fr)	3	0	0	0.0
22	Emily Hessman (Jr)	3	11	1	3.7
36	Kinzee Marston (Sr)	3	0	2	0.0

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Match Story

Illinois High School Volleyball - Orion tips Mercer County

September 30, 2025: Aledo, IL 61231

The crowd at Tuesday's league battle between the Orion Chargers (Orion, IL) and the host Mercer County Golden Eagles (Aledo, IL), saw Orion's volleyball squad nudge Mercer County by a score of 2-1.

With the win, Orion improves its record to 10-9 on the season. The Chargers host Alleman (Rock Island, IL) to encounter the Pioneers in a non-league battle on Saturday, October 4. The Pioneers go into the battle with a record of 9-8. Alleman won 2-1 in their recent league battle against East Moline United (East Moline, IL)

The Golden Eagles now own a 9-14 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Farmington for a non-league battle on Wednesday, October 1. Mercer County will battle a Farmers team coming off a 2-0 non-league loss to Cuba/Spoon River Valley (Cuba, IL). The Farmers record now stands at 4-13.

Orion @ Mercer County Volleyball Match Info

Tue., Sep. 30, 2025 @ 7p

The Mercer County (Aledo, IL) varsity volleyball team lost Tuesday's home conference match against Orion (IL) by a score of 2-1.

Rankings & Records

Orion (25-26)

IL	Class
186	30

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
23-16	8-2	8-4	6-3	9-9	.590	.800	52	41

Mercer County (25-26)

IL	Class
390	93

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
16-19	3-8	5-6	4-9	7-4	.457	.273	44	44

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Orion	21.6	22.7	19.4	1.3
Mercer County	21.4	20.7	17.2	1.3

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Head-to-Head

Orion won on 9/2/2025

9/2 @ 7p S1 S2 Wins

Mercer County 19 19 0
Orion 25 25 2

The Mercer County (Aledo, IL) varsity volleyball team lost Tuesday's away conference match against Orion (IL) by a score of 2-0.
Box score
Orion won on 9/30/2025

9/30 @ 7p S1 S2 S3 Wins

Orion 19 25 25 2
Mercer County 25 18 21 1

The Orion (IL) varsity volleyball team won Tuesday's away conference match against Mercer County (Aledo, IL) by a score of 2-1.
Box score

9/2 @ 7p	S1	S2	Wins
Mercer County	19	19	0
Orion	25	25	2

Team Stat Comparison

Orion		Mercer County
913	Kills	740
103	Total Blocks	109
241	Serving Aces	231
1343	Digs	1142
854	Assists	685
784	Receptions	1350

Team Leaders

Orion		Mercer County	National Avg.
#6 Ellie Knupp302	Kills	#9 Tessa Morrison156	52
#16 Sadie Appel46	Total Blocks	#9 Tessa Morrison50	11
#7 Claire Haars55	Serving Aces	#2 Sarah Hofmann58	16
#23 Delaney Tapscott305	Digs	#1 Lilli Nylin225	82
#5 Khloe Nelson524	Assists	#20 Addison Tharp275	49
#6 Ellie Knupp188	Receptions	#1 Lilli Nylin395	84

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Orion	12-5		Mercer County	7-9

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/28/25	Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge]	Orion	(W) 2-0	9/15/25	Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge]	Mercer County	(W) 2-0
8/30/25	Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge]	Orion	(W) 2-0
10/28/25	Ridgewood [AlWood/Cambridge]	Orion	(W) 2-0
8/30/25	Peoria Notre Dame	Orion	(L) 2-0	10/28/25	Mercer County	Peoria Notre Dame	(L) 2-1
9/4/25	Orion	Sherrard	(L) 2-1	9/23/25	Sherrard	Mercer County	(L) 2-1
10/7/25	Sherrard	Orion	(W) 2-1	10/21/25	Mercer County	Sherrard	(L) 2-1
9/9/25	Monmouth-Roseville	Orion	(W) 2-1	8/30/25	Monmouth-Roseville	Mercer County	(W) 2-0
10/14/25	Orion	Monmouth-Roseville	(W) 2-0	9/4/25	Mercer County	Monmouth-Roseville	(W) 2-1
				9/20/25	Mercer County	Monmouth-Roseville	(W) 2-0
				10/7/25	Monmouth-Roseville	Mercer County	(W) 2-0
9/13/25	Monmouth United	Orion	(L) 2-1	9/22/25	Mercer County	Monmouth United	(L) 2-1
10/11/25	Orion	Monmouth United	(W) 2-0
9/16/25	Orion	Rockridge	(W) 2-0	9/9/25	Rockridge	Mercer County	(L) 2-0
10/16/25	Orion	Rockridge	(W) 2-1	10/14/25	Mercer County	Rockridge	(W) 2-0
9/23/25	Riverdale	Orion	(W) 2-0	9/16/25	Mercer County	Riverdale	(L) 2-1
10/21/25	Orion	Riverdale	(L) 2-0	10/16/25	Riverdale	Mercer County	(L) 2-0
10/4/25	Princeton	Orion	(W) 2-1	10/11/25	Mercer County	Princeton	(L) 2-1
10/11/25	Orion	Henry-Senachwine	(L) 2-0	9/20/25	Mercer County	Henry-Senachwine	(L) 2-1
10/29/25	St. Bede	Orion	(W) 2-1	9/10/25	Mercer County	St. Bede	(W) 2-1

Record Breakdown

Orion (25-26)		Mercer County (25-26)
23-16	Overall	16-19
8-2	League	3-8
3-3	Non-League	6-5
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
12-5	Common Opponent	7-9
8-4	Home	5-6
6-3	Away	4-9
9-9	Neutral	7-4
3-1	Playoff	0-1
23-16	In-State	16-19
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0