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Mesquite Willow Canyon

Wildcats

The Willow Canyon (Surprise, AZ) varsity volleyball team lost Friday's neutral tournament match against Mesquite (Gilbert, AZ) by a score of 2-0.

	S1	S2	Wins
Mesquite	25	25	2
Willow Canyon	15	23	0

Final score provided by M. Overfelt.

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Match Stats

Willow Canyon (22-23)

Mesquite

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	17	8.5	34.7	49	5	.245
1	R. Mkpegue (Sr)	2	8	4.0	53.3	15	2	.400
7	Grant Fisher (Jr)	2	4	2.0	40.0	10	1	.300
11	Jesse Reyna (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
15	Bobby Yontez (So)	2	2	1.0	16.7	12	1	.083
26	P. Kaczmarek (Fr)	2	1	0.5	50.0	2	0	.500
28	Alex Soto (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	1	-.500
41	J. Minarcik (Sr)	2	2	1.0	25.0	8	0	.250

Willow Canyon

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	18	9.0	35.3	51	10	.157
1	N. Barahona Cruz (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
2	Ben Perkins (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
5	Adair Blue (Sr)	2	3	1.5	42.9	7	1	.286
6	Wesley Smith (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
7	L. Armstrong (Jr)	2	2	1.0	40.0	5	1	.200
8	Jean Russell (Sr)	2	7	3.5	33.3	21	4	.143
9	Paul Petersen (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	1	-1.000
10	Rylan Hayes (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	1	1	-1.000
12	K. Semendoff (Jr)	2	1	0.5	16.7	6	1	.000
15	Ethan Roth (Sr)	2	5	2.5	50.0	10	1	.400

Mesquite

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	2	9	4.5	18.4	49	11	77.6	38
1	R. Mkpegue (Sr)	2	2	1.0	20.0	10	2	80.0	7
7	Grant Fisher (Jr)	2	2	1.0	40.0	5	1	80.0	3
11	Jesse Reyna (Sr)	2	3	1.5	30.0	10	2	80.0	7
15	Bobby Yontez (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	7	3	57.1	6
26	P. Kaczmarek (Fr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
28	Alex Soto (Sr)	2	1	0.5	14.3	7	2	71.4	7
41	J. Minarcik (Sr)	2	1	0.5	10.0	10	1	90.0	8

Willow Canyon

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %
	Team Totals	2	3	1.5	8.1	37	7	81.1
1	N. Barahona Cruz (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	3	1	66.7
2	Ben Perkins (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
5	Adair Blue (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	10	0	100.0
6	Wesley Smith (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	2	0	100.0
7	L. Armstrong (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
8	Jean Russell (Sr)	2	1	0.5	14.3	7	2	71.4
9	Paul Petersen (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	4	2	50.0
10	Rylan Hayes (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
12	K. Semendoff (Jr)	2	1	0.5	16.7	6	0	100.0
15	Ethan Roth (Sr)	2	1	0.5	20.0	5	2	60.0

Mesquite

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	2	5	2	6	3.0	5
1	R. Mkpegue (Sr)	2	3	0	3	1.5	2
7	Grant Fisher (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	1
11	Jesse Reyna (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Bobby Yontez (So)	2	0	1	1	0.5	1
26	P. Kaczmarek (Fr)	2	1	0	1	0.5	1
28	Alex Soto (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
41	J. Minarcik (Sr)	2	1	1	2	1.0	0

Willow Canyon

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	2	2	1	0.5
1	N. Barahona Cruz (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0
2	Ben Perkins (So)	1	0	0	0.0
5	Adair Blue (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
6	Wesley Smith (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0
7	L. Armstrong (Jr)	2	1	1	0.5
8	Jean Russell (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
9	Paul Petersen (Sr)	2	1	1	0.5
10	Rylan Hayes (So)	1	0	0	0.0
12	K. Semendoff (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
15	Ethan Roth (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0

Mesquite

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	2	24	6	12.0
1	R. Mkpegue (Sr)	2	2	2	1.0
7	Grant Fisher (Jr)	2	2	0	1.0
11	Jesse Reyna (Sr)	2	10	1	5.0
15	Bobby Yontez (So)	2	3	1	1.5
26	P. Kaczmarek (Fr)	2	0	0	0.0
28	Alex Soto (Sr)	2	3	2	1.5
41	J. Minarcik (Sr)	2	4	0	2.0

Willow Canyon

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	2	25	4	12.5
1	N. Barahona Cruz (Sr)	1	1	1	1.0
2	Ben Perkins (So)	1	0	0	0.0
5	Adair Blue (Sr)	2	2	1	1.0
6	Wesley Smith (Sr)	1	1	1	1.0
7	L. Armstrong (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
8	Jean Russell (Sr)	2	7	0	3.5
9	Paul Petersen (Sr)	2	4	1	2.0
10	Rylan Hayes (So)	1	1	0	1.0
12	K. Semendoff (Jr)	2	7	0	3.5
15	Ethan Roth (Sr)	2	2	0	1.0

Mesquite

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	2	15	7.5	41
1	R. Mkpegue (Sr)	2	0	0.0	1
7	Grant Fisher (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0
11	Jesse Reyna (Sr)	2	1	0.5	4
15	Bobby Yontez (So)	2	0	0.0	1
26	P. Kaczmarek (Fr)	2	0	0.0	0
28	Alex Soto (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0
41	J. Minarcik (Sr)	2	14	7.0	35

Willow Canyon

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	2	15	7.5	47	1
1	N. Barahona Cruz (Sr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
2	Ben Perkins (So)	1	0	0.0	2	1
5	Adair Blue (Sr)	2	0	0.0	2	0
6	Wesley Smith (Sr)	1	0	0.0	1	0
7	L. Armstrong (Jr)	2	0	0.0	1	0
8	Jean Russell (Sr)	2	0	0.0	2	0
9	Paul Petersen (Sr)	2	13	6.5	35	0
10	Rylan Hayes (So)	1	0	0.0	0	0
12	K. Semendoff (Jr)	2	1	0.5	2	0
15	Ethan Roth (Sr)	2	1	0.5	2	0

Mesquite

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	2	22	11	11.0
1	R. Mkpegue (Sr)	2	5	2	2.5
7	Grant Fisher (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
11	Jesse Reyna (Sr)	2	8	2	4.0
15	Bobby Yontez (So)	2	1	1	0.5
26	P. Kaczmarek (Fr)	2	0	0	0.0
28	Alex Soto (Sr)	2	8	6	4.0
41	J. Minarcik (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0

Willow Canyon

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	2	29	9	14.5
1	N. Barahona Cruz (Sr)	1	2	1	2.0
2	Ben Perkins (So)	1	0	0	0.0
5	Adair Blue (Sr)	2	0	1	0.0
6	Wesley Smith (Sr)	1	1	0	1.0
7	L. Armstrong (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
8	Jean Russell (Sr)	2	5	4	2.5
9	Paul Petersen (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
10	Rylan Hayes (So)	1	4	1	4.0
12	K. Semendoff (Jr)	2	11	0	5.5
15	Ethan Roth (Sr)	2	6	2	3.0

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Match Story

Arizona High School Volleyball - Mesquite over Willow Canyon

April 21, 2023: Gilbert, AZ 85233

In Friday's non-league contest, the Mesquite Wildcats (Gilbert, AZ) volleyball team prevailed the visiting Willow Canyon Wildcats (Surprise, AZ), by a score of 2-0.

The Wildcats now have a 13-3 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Arizona College Prep for a non-league game on Friday, April 21. Mesquite will meet a Knights team coming off a 3-0 league win over Eastmark (Mesa, AZ). The Knights record now stands at 20-2.

The Wildcats (15-15) will now prepare for their game against Shadow Ridge (Surprise, AZ). The Stallions enter the non-league game with a 19-4 record. In their last game, Shadow Ridge dropped by O'Connor (Phoenix, AZ), 3-0, in a non-league game.

Rankings & Records

Mesquite (22-23)

National	AZ	Div.
526	30	7

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	SW	SL
16-7	7-1	6-3	7-1	3-3	.696	.875	48	27

Willow Canyon (22-23)

National	AZ	Div.
611	34	13

Overall	Section	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Section %	SW	SL
19-17	2-8	3-6	4-6	12-5	.528	.200	56	54

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Mesquite	23.3	21.8	23.3	22.4	15.0	2.1
Willow Canyon	21.3	23.7	20.3	21.0	11.7	1.6

Team Stat Comparison

Mesquite		Willow Canyon
627	Kills	1035
149	Total Blocks	168
172	Serving Aces	217
878	Digs	1159
540	Assists	921
1004	Receptions	1663

Team Leaders

Mesquite		Willow Canyon	National Avg.
#1 Raphael Mkpegue 298	Kills	#8 Jean Russell266	45
#1 Raphael Mkpegue 60	Total Blocks	#5 Adair Blue68	13
#41 Jayden Minarcik 51	Serving Aces	#8 Jean Russell49	11
#11 Jesse Reyna265	Digs	#8 Jean Russell253	55
#41 Jayden Minarcik 472	Assists	#9 Paul Petersen776	43
#11 Jesse Reyna379	Receptions	#8 Jean Russell471	73

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Mesquite	3-4		Willow Canyon	5-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/6/23	Mesquite	Paradise Honors	(W) 3-2	3/31/23	Paradise Honors	Willow Canyon	(W) 2-0
3/7/23	Cactus	Mesquite	(W) 3-0	3/3/23	Cactus	Willow Canyon	(W) 2-0
				4/1/23	Cactus	Willow Canyon	(W) 2-1
3/27/23	Arizona College Prep	Mesquite	(L) 3-1	3/4/23	Willow Canyon	Arizona College Prep	(L) 2-0
4/21/23	Mesquite	Arizona College Prep	(L) 2-0
3/31/23	Mesquite	Ironwood	(L) 2-0	4/4/23	Ironwood	Willow Canyon	(L) 3-1
				4/25/23	Willow Canyon	Ironwood	(L) 3-1
4/21/23	Mesquite	Benjamin Franklin	(W) 2-1	4/21/23	Benjamin Franklin	Willow Canyon	(W) 2-1
4/21/23	Mesquite	Shadow Ridge	(L) 2-0	4/21/23	Shadow Ridge	Willow Canyon	(W) 2-1

Record Breakdown

Mesquite (22-23)		Willow Canyon (22-23)
16-7	Overall	19-17
7-1	League	2-8
6-2	Non-League	4-3
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
3-4	Common Opponent	5-3
6-3	Home	3-6
7-1	Away	4-6
3-3	Neutral	12-5
0-1	Playoff	1-1
16-7	In-State	19-17
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0