Girls volleyball roundup: Week of 10/16

It’s the last week of the regular season which means volleyball roundups will be coming to a close. Keep an eye out for a regular season wrap-up and Regional/Sectional predictions this upcoming weekend.

10/17/17

Niles West (25-6, 8-2) def. New Trier (26-3, 9-1)
(21-25, 25-19, 25-22)

Recap: Niles West spoil New Trier’s perfect conference season

Maine South (17-18, 5-5) def. Niles North (9-25, 1-9)
(25-22, 25-14)

Evanston (17-18, 5-5) def. Glenbrook South (13-19, 2-8)
(25-21, 19-25, 25-15)

Highland Park (18-12, 8-1) def. Deerfield (8-21, 2-7)
(28-26, 25-18)

Highland Park took care of business against Deerfield, setting up their showdown against Maine West.

10/16/17

Maine West (21-13, 7-2) def. Glenbrook North (10-18, 2-7)
(27-25, 25-19)

The Warriors took care of business against GBN. Amanda Grzebien (5 kills, 2 aces, 12 digs), Ally block (19 assists, 2 kills) and Jessica Riedl (6 kills, 2 blocks) lead the way for Maine West, setting up a showdown with Highland Park for conference.

Loyola (23-12, 3-3) def. Providence
(21-25, 25-22, 25-14)

It was another great overall performance from Anne Martinson who finished the match with five kills, eight assists, and nine digs. Sammy Downey added five blocks to the Ramblers cause, and Julia Martinez had four kills and ten digs.

New Trier (26-2, 9-0) def. Evanston (16-18, 4-5)
(25-23, 21-25, 25-17)

With their win, and subsequent loss of Niles West, New Trier clinched the CSL South conference title outright. New Trier will look to complete the CSL sweep against Niles West on Wednesday.

Niles North (9-25, 1-8) def. Niles West  (24-6, 7-2)
(25-19, 31-29)

Yes, you read that correctly. In the biggest upset of the conference season, Niles North defeated Niles West for their first conference win of the season, while destroying any conference title hopes for Niles West.

Maine East (20-10, 7-2) def. Vernon Hills (8-20, 1-8)
(25-13, 25-9)

Maine East reached the 20 win plateau with one match to spare, and more importantly, remain in the CSL North title race.

The setting duo of Kim Sergey and Erika Christiansen had five aces each, Gleen Reyes and Maddie Sielski both surpassed 20 digs, and Morgan Fritze led the Blue Demons in kills with 5.

Maine South (16-18, 4-5) def. Glenbrook South (13-18, 2-7)
(25-23, 25-21)

Recap: Maine South sweeps season series against Glenbrook South