Girls volleyball: Wheeling stuns Hersey in three sets
Wheeling's girls volleyball team stunned 13-time defending Mid-Suburban East champion Hersey 20-25, 25-23, 25-16 on Tuesday night as senior Timber Terrell put down a match-high 19 kills for the Wildcats.
It was Wheeling's first win over Hersey since 2007 when Rita Runyard was the Wildcats' varsity coach and current coach Jason Kopkowski was in charge of the junior varsity.
Kopkowski, now in his ninth season as the varsity coach, said serving was the key for the host Wildcats (13-7, 2-0).
"We gave ourselves as chance by missing only 3 serves out of 70 attempts," Kopkowski said. "We made key adjustments on defense allowing us to get cleaner digs."
Setter Jessica Jankowski (21 assists) and Terrell with 14 digs apiece followed by Jazmyn Veloso (9), Hala Fakhoury (8), Kamila Staniszewski (8) and Shannon Kennedy (8)
Other top attackers were Staniszewski (3 kills), Amanda Prause (3) and Rochelle Laude (2).
"We stayed aggressive with out offense," Kopkowski added. "And we came up with big block kills when it counted."
Terrell had 4 blocks while Janowski and Claver had 2 apiece.
Hersey (6-4, 1-1) was led on attack by freshman Kati Kaburov (14 kills), Amy Morgan (13), Zoe Strozewski (5), Sammi Steger (5) and Mary Clare O'Shea (5).
Maggie Reisel collected 39 assists for the Huskies who received 32 digs from Liz Solans 32 and 10 from Alessia Olhava.
The Huskies were without libero Emma Frankiewicz, who broke a bone in her hand a week ago and is out indefinitely.
"Her absence has greatly affected our team," said Hersey coach Nancy Lill. "We couldn't pass and then couldn't put the ball in the court. Wheeling played inspired defense and had a total team effort. They deserved the win."
Conant d. Hoffman Estates: Junior Ania Baker (7 kills), junior Kristina Loznjakovic (4) and freshman Yuri Hara (4) were top attackers for Conant (8-8, 1-1) in the 25-21, 25-21 MSL West triumph over the visiting Hawks (0-9, 0-2).
Loznjakovic also served 3 aces while senior Michaela Vasalos had 12 digs.
Palatine d. Barrington: Host Palatine raised its record to 7-2 and 2-0 in the MSL West with a 25-21, 25-23 victory.
Haley Holz (7 kills) and Claire Chaplinsky (3 kills) helped pace the attack while Sydney Christiansen handed out 13 assists and served 2 aces. Alyssa Kronberg collected 7 digs while Chaplinsky and Brooke Bauer each had 2 digs.
The Fillies (3-7, 1-1) were led by Peyton Tilly (5 kills), Andi Capel (7 digs) and Chloe Layton (4 aces, 10 assists).
Prospect d. Elk Grove: Kaeli Myers (4 kills), Maggie Porwit (3), Mary Meredith (3) and Emma Cogan (2) led the attack for host Prospect (5-1, 2-0) which won its first set in a match this season with the 25-13, 25-21 MSL East win.
Valerie Thomas served 2 aces while Paige Gerber had one along with her 11 assists. Thomas also had 9 digs followed by Myers (8) and Gerber (5). Mazur had 2 blocks.
Holly Olson had 2 kills for EG (2-7, 0-2) while Lexi Chirbas (5 assists) and Mary Cronin (2) set the attack. Teammate Jenny Banak served an ace.
Rolling Meadows d. Buffalo Grove: Rolling Meadows improved to 11-5 and 1-1 in the MSL East with a 25-22, 25-20 victory.
The Mustangs attack was led by Natalie Anderson (7 kills), Kyra Amundson (5), Katie Zanocco (5) and Eleanor Errico (3). Maddie Sellergren, Madeline Rebsamen, Natalie Klancnik and Paige Connor each had 1.
Klancnik (12 assists) and Mallory King (7) set the attack.
Nicole Langer and Nadia Tarasova led BG (2-10, 0-2) with 4 kills each while Kanella Kalyviaris had 3 and Kim Barton 2. Teammate Hannah Schuler handed out 9 assists while Kiarra Akiyoshi had 12 digs.
Willowbrook d. Leyden: Willowbrook win 25-13, 25-20 as the visiting Eagles were led by senior middle blocker Jennifer Parker (6 kills).
Highland Park d Maine West: Highland Park won the Central Suburban North match 25-19, 25-22 over the visiting Warriors.
College women: NJCAA No. 1 ranked Harper College (16-0, 4-0) defeated Milwaukee Area Technical College 25-4, 25-12, 25-18 and kept alive a 47-set winning streak.