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The Ontario Christian (Ontario, CA) varsity volleyball team won Saturday's home tournament match against Murrieta Valley (Murrieta, CA) by a score of 2-0.

	S1	S2	Wins
Murrieta Valley	17	22	0
Ontario Christian	25	25	2

Final score provided by L. Vanden Berge.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Murrieta Valley (24-25)

Murrieta Valley has not entered stats for this match.

Ontario Christian (24-25)

Ontario Christian

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	24	12.0	48.0	50	13	.220
2	Jayden Merandi (So)	2
5	Caleb Cockrell (Jr)	2
7	Ryan Merandi (Sr)	2	2	1.0	100.0	2	0	1.000
11	M. Szemerei (Sr)	2	2	1.0	28.6	7	1	.143
13	Blake Bays (Sr)	2
14	Joshua Converse (Sr)	0	8		50.0	16	4	.250
25	B. Shepherd (Jr)	2	1	0.5	25.0	4	2	-.250
27	Caleb Zieman (So)	2	7	3.5	53.8	13	4	.231
30	Carson Laidlaw (Sr)	2	4	2.0	50.0	8	2	.250

Ontario Christian

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %
	Team Totals	2	3	1.5	6.3	48	6	87.5
2	Jayden Merandi (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	5	0	100.0
5	Caleb Cockrell (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	9	1	88.9
7	Ryan Merandi (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	10	1	90.0
11	M. Szemerei (Sr)	2
13	Blake Bays (Sr)	2
14	Joshua Converse (Sr)	0	1		12.5	8	0	100.0
25	B. Shepherd (Jr)	2
27	Caleb Zieman (So)	2	1	0.5	12.5	8	3	62.5
30	Carson Laidlaw (Sr)	2	1	0.5	12.5	8	1	87.5

Ontario Christian

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	2	6	3	1.5
2	Jayden Merandi (So)	2
5	Caleb Cockrell (Jr)	2
7	Ryan Merandi (Sr)	2	1	1	0.5
11	M. Szemerei (Sr)	2	2	2	1.0
13	Blake Bays (Sr)	2
25	B. Shepherd (Jr)	2	2	2	1.0
27	Caleb Zieman (So)	2
30	Carson Laidlaw (Sr)	2	1	1	0.5

Ontario Christian

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	2	24	12.0
2	Jayden Merandi (So)	2	3	1.5
5	Caleb Cockrell (Jr)	2	4	2.0
7	Ryan Merandi (Sr)	2	6	3.0
11	M. Szemerei (Sr)	2
13	Blake Bays (Sr)	2	1	0.5
14	Joshua Converse (Sr)	0	5
25	B. Shepherd (Jr)	2
27	Caleb Zieman (So)	2	3	1.5
30	Carson Laidlaw (Sr)	2	2	1.0

Ontario Christian

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	2	21	10.5	50	2
2	Jayden Merandi (So)	2
5	Caleb Cockrell (Jr)	2	3	1.5	4	1
7	Ryan Merandi (Sr)	2	17	8.5	41	0
11	M. Szemerei (Sr)	2
13	Blake Bays (Sr)	2
14	Joshua Converse (Sr)	0	1		1
25	B. Shepherd (Jr)	2	0	0.0	1	1
27	Caleb Zieman (So)	2	0	0.0	2	0
30	Carson Laidlaw (Sr)	2	0	0.0	1	0

Ontario Christian

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	2	31	2	15.5
2	Jayden Merandi (So)	2
5	Caleb Cockrell (Jr)	2	9	1	4.5
7	Ryan Merandi (Sr)	2	1	0	0.5
11	M. Szemerei (Sr)	2
13	Blake Bays (Sr)	2	2	0	1.0
14	Joshua Converse (Sr)	0	14	1
25	B. Shepherd (Jr)	2
27	Caleb Zieman (So)	2	5	0	2.5
30	Carson Laidlaw (Sr)	2

Match Story

California High School Volleyball - Ontario Christian over Murrieta Valley

March 22, 2025: Murrieta, CA 92562

Fans at Saturday's non-league contest between the Ontario Christian Knights (Ontario, CA) and the host Murrieta Valley Nighthawks (Murrieta, CA), observed Ontario Christian's volleyball team top Murrieta Valley by a count of 2-0.

The Knights (13-8) will now prepare for their contest against Etiwanda (Etiwanda, CA). The Eagles enter the non-league contest with a 5-9 record. In their last contest, Etiwanda notched a victory over Rancho Cucamonga (Rancho Cucamonga, CA), 3-2, in a league contest.

Next, the Nighthawks battle the Santiago Sharks (Corona, CA) in a non-league contest, on Saturday, March 22. Murrieta Valley will attempt to move on its 8-16 season record. The Sharks enter the contest with a 10-5 record after their 3-0 league win over Norco (Norco, CA).

MVHS @ OCHS Volleyball Match Info

Sat., Mar. 22, 2025 @ 11a

Santiago Shark Classic

The Ontario Christian (Ontario, CA) varsity volleyball team won Saturday's home tournament match against Murrieta Valley (Murrieta, CA) by a score of 2-0.

Rankings & Records

Murrieta Valley (24-25)

National	CA	Section	Sec. Div.
1,681	508	211	52

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	SW	SL
9-23	0-6	2-6	4-15	3-2	.281	.000	28	63

Ontario Christian (24-25)

National	CA	Section	Sec. Div.
984	307	136	1

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	SW	SL
19-10	7-3	9-2	5-4	5-4	.655	.700	57	34

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Murrieta Valley	20.0	19.8	18.8	23.7	10.0	.9
Ontario Christian	22.4	23.5	22.3	21.8	12.5	2.0

Team Stat Comparison

Murrieta Valley		Ontario Christian
495	Kills	949
28	Total Blocks	173
116	Serving Aces	194
186	Digs	1076
434	Assists	837
589	Receptions	1432

Team Leaders

Murrieta Valley		Ontario Christian	National Avg.
#4 Korbin Wilson217	Kills	#14 Joshua Converse341	46
#2 Jedi Malaambo9	Total Blocks	#25 Brendan Shepherd72	12
#4 Korbin Wilson36	Serving Aces	#7 Ryan Merandi41	10
#5 Kemar Chambers45	Digs	#5 Caleb Cockrell227	58
#2 Jedi Malaambo313	Assists	#7 Ryan Merandi706	44
#5 Kemar Chambers249	Receptions	#14 Joshua Converse475	74

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Murrieta Valley	1-6		Ontario Christian	4-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
2/20/25	Santiago	Murrieta Valley	(L) 3-0	3/22/25	Ontario Christian	Santiago	(W) 2-1
3/22/25	Murrieta Valley	Santiago	(L) 2-0
3/1/25	Murrieta Valley	Colony	(L) 2-1	2/26/25	Ontario Christian	Colony	(W) 3-0
3/1/25	Murrieta Valley	Rancho Cucamonga	(L) 2-1	2/20/25	Ontario Christian	Rancho Cucamonga	(L) 3-1
3/1/25	Murrieta Valley	Aquinas	(W) 1-0	3/13/25	Aquinas	Ontario Christian	(W) 3-1
				4/8/25	Ontario Christian	Aquinas	(W) 3-2
3/5/25	Murrieta Valley	Poly	(L) 3-2	3/22/25	Ontario Christian	Poly	(L) 2-0
3/22/25	Murrieta Valley	Claremont	(L) 2-0	3/21/25	Ontario Christian	Claremont	(L) 2-0

Record Breakdown

Murrieta Valley (24-25)		Ontario Christian (24-25)
9-23	Overall	19-10
0-6	League	7-3
3-7	Non-League	6-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-6	Common Opponent	4-3
2-6	Home	9-2
4-15	Away	5-4
3-2	Neutral	5-4
0-1	Playoff	0-1
8-22	In-State	19-10
1-1	Out-of-State	0-0