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The Willows Academy (Des Plaines, IL) varsity volleyball team lost Thursday's home non-conference match against Beacon Academy (Evanston, IL) by a score of 2-0.

	S1	S2	Wins
Beacon Academy	25	25	2
Willows Academy	22	22	0

Final score provided by R. Panitch.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Beacon Academy (25-26)

Beacon Academy has not entered stats for this match.

Willows Academy (25-26)

Willows Academy

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	29	14.5	55.8	52	12	.327
1	Sofia Castillo (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
2	I. Echavez (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
10	Clare Gannon (Sr)	2	1	0.5	33.3	3	1	.000
11	Elyse Varda (Jr)	2	2	1.0	28.6	7	5	-.429
14	C. Stepansky (Jr)	2	11	5.5	64.7	17	4	.412
16	A. Donahue (Sr)	1	2	2.0	50.0	4	0	.500
20	Francesca White (Sr)	2	2	1.0	50.0	4	0	.500
21	Ali Carter (Jr)	2	9	4.5	64.3	14	2	.500
38	J. Manning (Sr)	2	2	1.0	66.7	3	0	.667

Willows Academy

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	2	6	3.0	12.2	49	6	87.8	17
1	Sofia Castillo (Jr)	2	2	1.0	28.6	7	1	85.7	2
2	I. Echavez (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	3	1	66.7	1
10	Clare Gannon (Sr)	2	2	1.0	13.3	15	3	80.0	5
11	Elyse Varda (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	6	0	100.0	2
14	C. Stepansky (Jr)	2	1	0.5	11.1	9	1	88.9	3
16	A. Donahue (Sr)	1	1	1.0	50.0	2	0	100.0	1
20	Francesca White (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
21	Ali Carter (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	7	0	100.0	3
38	J. Manning (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Willows Academy

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	2	6	3	8	3.8	2
1	Sofia Castillo (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	I. Echavez (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Clare Gannon (Sr)	2	1	1	2	1.0	1
11	Elyse Varda (Jr)	2	0	1	1	0.5	0
14	C. Stepansky (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	A. Donahue (Sr)	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Francesca White (Sr)	2	4	1	5	2.5	1
21	Ali Carter (Jr)	2	1	0	1	0.5	0
38	J. Manning (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0

Willows Academy

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	2	39	13	19.5
1	Sofia Castillo (Jr)	2	10	4	5.0
2	I. Echavez (Sr)	2	2	0	1.0
10	Clare Gannon (Sr)	2	4	3	2.0
11	Elyse Varda (Jr)	2	4	1	2.0
14	C. Stepansky (Jr)	2	9	4	4.5
16	A. Donahue (Sr)	1	2	0	2.0
20	Francesca White (Sr)	2	2	0	1.0
21	Ali Carter (Jr)	2	6	1	3.0
38	J. Manning (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0

Willows Academy

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	2	27	13.5	41	12
1	Sofia Castillo (Jr)	2	1	0.5	2	1
2	I. Echavez (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
10	Clare Gannon (Sr)	2	26	13.0	39	11
11	Elyse Varda (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
14	C. Stepansky (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
16	A. Donahue (Sr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
20	Francesca White (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
21	Ali Carter (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
38	J. Manning (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0

Willows Academy

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	2	44	17	22.0
1	Sofia Castillo (Jr)	2	12	7	6.0
2	I. Echavez (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
10	Clare Gannon (Sr)	2	4	2	2.0
11	Elyse Varda (Jr)	2	4	2	2.0
14	C. Stepansky (Jr)	2	14	4	7.0
16	A. Donahue (Sr)	1	2	0	2.0
20	Francesca White (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
21	Ali Carter (Jr)	2	8	2	4.0
38	J. Manning (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0

Match Story

Illinois High School Volleyball - Beacon Academy over Willows Academy

October 23, 2025: Des Plaines, IL 60016

The Beacon Academy Trailblazers volleyball team scored 2 points and restricted the host Willows Academy Eagles to 0 in the Trailblazers non-league triumph on Thursday.

The Trailblazers now have a 13-8 record. They put it on the line next when they host Woodlands Academy for a non-league game on Tuesday, October 28. Beacon Academy will face a Wildcats squad coming off a 2-0 non-league win over Christ the King (Chicago, IL). The Wildcats record now stands at 5-19.

The Eagles (5-21) will now prepare for their game against Marian Central Catholic (Woodstock, IL). The Hurricanes go into the non-league game with a 7-27 record. In their last game, Marian Central Catholic went down by Grant Community (Fox Lake, IL), 2-1, in a non-league game.

Players of the Match

Beacon Academy (25-26)

Beacon Academy has not selected any Players of the Match.

Willows Academy (25-26)

Congratulations to #14 Claire Stepansky for being selected the Willows Academy Volleyball Player of the Match.

BA @ WA Volleyball Match Info

Thu., Oct. 23, 2025 @ 5:30p

The Willows Academy (Des Plaines, IL) varsity volleyball team lost Thursday's home non-conference match against Beacon Academy (Evanston, IL) by a score of 2-0.

Rankings & Records

Beacon Academy (25-26)

IL	Class
460	118

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
14-9	8-5	7-4	6-4	1-1	.609	.615	31	21

Willows Academy (25-26)

IL	Class
658	191

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
5-22	2-5	2-8	2-7	1-7	.185	.286	12	46

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Beacon Academy	21.4	21.0	21.7	1.3
Willows Academy	17.6	15.6	18.3	.4

Beacon Academy Videos

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Team Stat Comparison

Beacon Academy		Willows Academy
-	Kills	352
-	Total Blocks	108
-	Serving Aces	156
-	Digs	775
-	Assists	263
-	Receptions	836

Team Leaders

Beacon Academy		Willows Academy	National Avg.
-	Kills	#14 Claire Stepansky117	51
-	Total Blocks	#7 Maria Paschall43	11
-	Serving Aces	#10 Clare Gannon31	16
-	Digs	#14 Claire Stepansky181	80
-	Assists	#10 Clare Gannon288	48
-	Receptions	#14 Claire Stepansky205	82

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Beacon Academy	3-5		Willows Academy	2-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
9/18/25	Beacon Academy	Woodlands Academy	(W) 2-1	9/23/25	Willows Academy	Woodlands Academy	(W) 2-0
10/28/25	Woodlands Academy	Beacon Academy	(W) 2-1
9/26/25	Beacon Academy	Latin	(L) 2-0	10/14/25	Latin	Willows Academy	(L) 2-0
10/1/25	Christian Heritage Academy	Beacon Academy	(L) 2-1	8/26/25	Christian Heritage Academy	Willows Academy	(L) 2-0
10/14/25	Beacon Academy	Christian Heritage Academy	(L) 2-1
10/22/25	Beacon Academy	Christian Heritage Academy	(L) 2-0
10/29/25	Beacon Academy	Christian Heritage Academy	(L) 2-0
10/17/25	Beacon Academy	North Shore Country Day	(W) 2-0	9/6/25	Willows Academy	North Shore Country Day	(L) 2-1
				9/9/25	North Shore Country Day	Willows Academy	(W) 2-1

Record Breakdown

B Beacon Academy (25-26)		Willows Academy (25-26)
14-9	Overall	5-22
9-6	League	2-5
4-2	Non-League	1-10
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
3-5	Common Opponent	2-3
7-4	Home	2-8
6-4	Away	2-7
1-1	Neutral	1-7
1-1	Playoff	0-1
14-9	In-State	5-22
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0