CHICAGO – Senior outside hitter
Aalyssa Gunn (Orlando, Fla./Trinity Christian/Orlando Christian Prep) finished with a match-high and season-best 14 kills, while sophomore right side
Ella O'Neill (Orland Park, Ill./Edgewood/Andrew) added 12 kills in a four-set victory (25-23, 25-15, 22-25, 25-21) over Mount Mary University (Wis.) in Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) action Tuesday evening on Bob Hallberg Court at the Shannon Center in Chicago, Ill. Gunn added five digs, three service aces and an assist. O'Neill tied for the team-lead with three blocks (one solo), three digs and an assist. The Cougars posted a season-best 12 aces, and they collected 51 kills, the second most in match this season, and the third time that they have had 50 or more kills in a match in 2026.
- Senior setter Abbey Opilka (Dyer, Ind./Hanover Central) came away with 35 assists, her fourth-highest total this year, six digs, a career-best six kills and two service aces.
- Junior libero Taylor Vann (Oklahoma City, Okla./Bishop McGuinness Catholic) scooped up a match-high 14 digs, adding four aces and three assists.
- Junior outside hitter Lauren Ahlstedt (Roselle, Ill./Harper/Lake Park) logged nine kills, five digs, two service aces, an assist and a block.
- Freshman middle blocker Addison Hoeniges (Bloomington, Ill./Bloomington Central Catholic) tallied six kills, three blocks (one solo), three digs, two assists and an ace.
- Junior middle blocker Ellie Graf (Loves Park, Ill./Rockford Christian) established a new high for kills in a match with four, along with three digs and a block.
- Junior defensive specialist Yuvia Velasquez (Burbank, Ill./Reavis) booked five digs and a pair of assists.
- Senior outside hitter Kaylee Born (Oswego, Ill./Oswego East) chipped in four digs, while sophomore setter Vianne Villa (Chicago, Ill./St. Laurence) added an assist.
Saint Xavier (4-12/4-3 CCAC) is on the road to play No. 18 Viterbo University (Wis.) in a CCAC contest on Saturday, October 3. The match is set of a 12:00 pm first serve in La Crosse, Wis.
