Volleyball Recap: Gardner-South Wilmington Extends Winning Streak to Three + How To Watch

By Team Reports Sep 30, 2025, 8:48pm

Volleyball Recap: Gardner-South Wilmington Panthers vs. Donovan Wildcats

HOW TO WATCH: This match can be replayed on the NFHS Network, the official streaming partner of the IL High School Assn. (IHSA) & Gardner-South Wilmington High School. Watch Full Replay

Panthers

Previous 3 Games

09/25/25 vs Donovan2-1
09/23/25 @ St. Anne2-0
09/18/25 vs Momence2-1

It was a proper cat-fight when Gardner-South Wilmington duked it out with Donovan on Thursday. The Panthers narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Wildcats 2-1. The victory was nothing new for the Panthers as they're now sitting on three straight.

Gardner-South Wilmington had a slow start but a hot finish: after dropping the first set, they turned around to win the next two. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 23-25, 25-19, 25-17.

Grace Vitko paced Gardner-South Wilmington's offense, picking up seven kills. Vitko got some help from Olivia Siano and her 13 assists. Vitko also made an impact serving: she shared the team lead in aces with Maddie Simms, each putting up three.

Gardner-South Wilmington's win bumped their record up to 8-6. As for Donovan, they dropped their record down to 7-11 with the loss, which was their sixth straight on the road.

Gardner-South Wilmington has already played their next matchup, a 2-0 victory against Danville on the 27th. As for Donovan, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next match, a 2-0 win against Illinois Lutheran on the 30th.

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