Glenbard West girls volleyball

2013 season

Photo courtesy of Christine Mayer Thanks 2013 Hilltoppers For a Great Season! 34-4 record WSC Silver, Regional champs!

2013 Class 4A state finals At Redbird Arena, Normal Saturday, Nov. 16 State championship Benet Academy def. Mother McAuley 25-22, 25-19 Third place New Trier def. Crystal Lake South 22-25, 25-17-25-13 Friday, Nov. 15 State semifinals Benet Academy def. Crystal Lake South 25-22, 25-18 Mother McAuley def. New Trier 32-30, 22-25, 25-15 St. Charles East Super-Sectional Saturday, Nov. 9 New Trier def. Geneva 25-19, 25-21 Class 4A Geneva Sectional Tuesday, Nov. 5 (4) Geneva (28-9) def. (1) GLENBARD WEST (34-4) 25-20, 25-21 (2) St. Charles North (31-5) def. (3) St. Charles East (31-7) 25-19, 25-22 Thursday, Nov. 7 Sectional championship -- (4) Geneva (29-9) def. (2) St. Charles North (31-6) 21-25, 25-22, 25-22 Class 4A New Trier Sectional Tuesday, Nov. 5 (1) New Trier def. (5) Niles West 25-16, 25-19 (2) Loyola Academy def. (3) Maine South 21-25, 25-12, 25-14 Thursday, Nov. 7 Sectional championship -- (1) New Trier def. (2) Loyola Academy 25-18, 25-17 (Photos courtesy of Lilly Soukup, Julie DeMaar and Claudia Leland) REGIONAL CHAMPIONS! (Glenbard West def. Schaumburg 25-21, 25-13) Natalie Schilling 15 kills, 2 aces, 8 service points, 2 blocks Meg DeMaar 10 digs, 3 assists Alison Burelbach 6 kills, 4 digs, 2 aces, 4 service points Katie Ball 5 kills, ace, 4 service points Abby Winkler 18 assists, 4 digs, ace, 9 service points Kate Wagner 9 assists, 4 digs Caroline Leland 3 kills Caroline Jenkins 2 blocks, kill Daily Herald: Glenbard West knocks off Schaumburg Schaumburg match statistics Video interviews on regional title Kate Wagner, Alison Burelbach, Natalie Schilling Caroline Jenkins, Meg DeMaar, Katie Ball Class 4A West Chicago Regional Monday, Oct. 28 7 p.m.: (15) Glenbard North def. (17) Streamwood 25-12, 25-23 Tuesday, Oct. 29 (No. 1 seed in Geneva Sectional) GLENBARD WEST def. (15) Glenbard North 25-14, 25-14 (8) Schaumburg def. (9) West Chicago 25-16, 25-18 Thursday, Oct. 31 Regional final -- (1) GLENBARD WEST def. (8) Schaumburg 25-21, 25-13

Congratulations Hilltoppers! Daily Herald All-DuPage County Team DeMaar Schilling Meg DeMaar Natalie Schilling Daily Herald: DuPage County All-Area team (10/1)

2013 Latest news/Video links From the Back Row blog: Hilltoppers improve from No. 74 to 69 in Prepvolleyball.com's Century Club National Rankings (11/3) Daily Herald: DuPage County All-Area team (11/1) -- DeMaar and Schilling honored Daily Herald: Glenbard West knocks off Schaumburg (11/1) Video interviews on regional title Kate Wagner, Alison Burelbach, Natalie Schilling Caroline Jenkins, Meg DeMaar, Katie Ball (1) Glenbard West beats (8) Schaumburg 25-21, 25-13, wins West Chicago Regional title (1) Glenbard West beats (15) Glenbard North 25-14, 25-14 and will play (8) Schaumburg at 6 p.m. Thursday (10/31) in West Chicago Regional final Chicago Sun-Times: Hilltoppers rise to No. 3 in Chicago-area rankings (10/29) Daily Herald: Hilltoppers remain No. 2 in Top 20 area rankings (10/28) Video: Seniors share their memories and highlights of Glenbard West volleyball Follow the Hilltoppers in the Class 4A playoffs on the State Tournament page! Chicago Sun-Times: Glenbard West completes perfect run through WSC Silver (10/22) Chicago Sun-Times: Hilltoppers move up to No. 5 in Chicago- area rankings (10/22) Daily Herald: Hilltoppers remain No. 2 in Top 20 area rankings (10/21) Glenbard West second at Autumnfest Classic Daily Herald: Glenbard West feels good about showing (10/19) Autumnfest team pools Autumnfest Friday-Saturday schedule Gold/Championship bracket schedule Chicago Sun-Times: Hilltoppers move up to No. 7 in Chicago- area rankings (10/15) Daily Herald: Hilltoppers move to No. 2 in Top 20 area rankings (10/14) Northwestern's Caleigh Ryan named Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Week (10/14) Regional/sectional pairings posted on State tournament menu page (10/11) Hilltoppers receive No. 1 seed for Class 4A Geneva Sectional -- pairings to be released Friday (10/10) Video interview on winning Silver title: Caroline Jenkins, Abby Winkler, Meg DeMaar and Caroline Leland Hilltoppers clinch outright WSC Silver title! Defeat Downers Grove North 14-25, 25-19, 25-19 Watch the Downers Grove North match on NFHS Network Chicago Sun-Times: Hilltoppers remain No. 8 in Chicago- area rankings (10/8) Daily Herald: Hilltoppers remain No. 3 in Top 20 area rankings (10/7) Senior Teacher Recognition Night page (10/3) Watch the Morton match on NFHS Network Meg DeMaar Suburban Life Athlete of the Week profile (10/3) Suburban Life Glen Ellyn: Hilltoppers headed in right direction (10/3) Chicago Sun-Times: Hilltoppers up to No. 8 in Chicago- area rankings (10/1) Daily Herald: Hilltoppers remain No. 3 in Top 20 area rankings (9/30) Hilltoppers def. Willowbrook 25-21, 25-10; now 21-2 overall (9/30) Chicago Sun-Times: Hilltoppers enter top 10 (No. 10) of Sun-Times Chicago-area rankings (9/24) Daily Herald: Hilltoppers up to No. 3 in this week's area rankings (9/24) Daily Herald: Glenbard West wins eighth staright (9/24) Video interviews after victory over Palatine Meg DeMaar, Natalie Schilling Caroline Jenkins, Katie Ball Hilltoppers defeat Palatine 25-13, 25-16 Northwestern's Caleigh Ryan named Big Ten Setter and Freshman of the Week (9/23) Video interviews after victory over LT Meg DeMaar, Natalie Schilling Caroline Jenkins, Katie Ball Chicago Sun-Times: Glenbard West continues to roll, downs Lyons (9/17) Freshman A team wins Glenbard East Invite (9/14) TEAM PHOTO on Home and Photo pages Daily Herald: St. Francis wins Crossroads Classic (9/15) Daily Herald: Burelbach enjoys her chance to shine (9/11) Video interview on OPRF match: Kate Wagner, Natalie Schilling Video interviews on Marist match: Alison Burelbach, Abby Winkler Caroline Jenkins, Meg DeMaar, Katie Ball Coaches Pete Mastandrea, Anne Mastandrea Daily Herald: Glenbard West stops Marist in two games (9/10) Glenbard West defeats Marist 25-22, 25-23 (9/9) Northwestern's Caleigh Ryan named to Wildcat Classic all-tournament team (9/8) Miami's Tori Clifford named to Miami Invitational all-tournament team (9/7) Glenbard West Invitational brackets released (9/9) Glenbard West sophomore team wins Glenbard South Tournament! (9/7) Daily Herald: Scouting DuPage County volleyball (9/6) Sept. 7 Glenbard South Sophomore Tournament Information (8/30) GWGirlsVB Video: Caroline Jenkins, Meg DeMaar and Katie Ball discuss the season-opening victory and 2013 team goals (8/27) Chicago Sun-Times: Schilling stones West Chicago in Glenbard West win (8/27) Chicago Sun-Times: Hilltoppers No. 9 in pre-season rankings (8/23) Chicago Sun-Times: Meg DeMaar listed among Sun-Times' Top 50 area players (8/23)

Photo courtesy of Christine Mayer Katie Ball, Abby Winkler, Caroline Leland, Caroline Jenkins, Meg DeMaar Senior Night October 24 Glenbard West def. Downers South  25-13, 26-24 Finish season undefeated (13-0) at home for second year in a row! Video: Seniors share their memories and highlights of Glenbard West volleyball Click here to read the senior profiles! Downers Grove South match statistics

Photo courtesy of Christine Mayer Congratulations Hilltoppers! SECOND PLACE Autumnfest Classic DeMaar Schilling All-Tournament selections Meg DeMaar Natalie Schilling INVITATIONAL RESULTS Mother McAuley def. Glenbard West 25-10, 25-13 (championship) Glenbard West def. Crystal Lake South 20-25, 25-20, 25-20 (semifinals) Glenbard West def. Benet 25-17, 25-16 (quarterfinals) Glenbard West def. Huntley 25-23, 25-13 (pool play) Glenbard West def. West Aurora 25-15, 25-11 (pool play) Daily Herald: Glenbard West feels good about showing (10/18)

Homecoming Parade 2013 (Photos courtesy of Claudia Leland)

Northwestern's Caleigh Ryan named Big Ten Freshman of the Week Click here for Northwestern media services release (10/14)

Freshmen perfect nails with coach Mastandrea (Photo courtesy of Samantha Skirvin)

Congratulations Hilltoppers! 2013 outright WSC Silver champs!! Video interview on winning Silver title: Caroline Jenkins, Abby Winkler, Meg DeMaar and Caroline Leland Watch the Downers Grove North match on NFHS Network

Seniors' Teacher Recognition Night Thursday, Oct. 3 vs. Morton Click here to meet the honored teachers, read the seniors' reflections and see videos of their speeches

Photo courtesy of Jim Ryan Congratulations Hilltoppers! CHAMPIONS Glenbard West Invitational! DeMaar Burelbach Schilling All-Tournament selections Meg DeMaar (MVP) Alison Burelbach Natalie Schilling INVITATIONAL RESULTS Glenbard West def. Geneva 25-20, 24-26, 32-30 (championship) Glenbard West def. Glenbard South 25-14, 25-11 (semifinals) Glenbard West def. Crete-Monee 25-12, 25-11 (quarterfinals) Glenbard West def. Morton 25-10, 25-8 (pool play) Glenbard West def. Streamwood 25-10, 25-9 (pool play) INVITATIONAL STATISTICS Meg DeMaar: 76 digs, 7 aces Alison Burelbach: 22 kills, 26 digs Natalie Schilling: 45 kills, 25 digs Kate Wagner: 66 assists Abby Winkler: 62 assists Katie Ball: 15 kills Caroline Jenkins: 12 kills, 7 blocks Geneva match statistics Complete Glenbard West invitational stats (5 matches) Photo courtesy of Claudia Leland

Autumnfest team pools

Autumnfest Friday-Saturday schedule

Watch the Downers Grove North match on NFHS Network

Morton match statistics

Watch the Morton match on NFHS Network

Willowbrook match statistics

2013 Individual match statistics 10/31: Schaumburg (W 25-21, 25-13 - regional final) 10/24: Downers Grove South (W 25-13, 26-24) 10/3: Morton (W 25-13, 25-6) 9/30: At Willowbrook (W 25-21, 25-10) 9/23: Palatine (W 25-16, 25-13) 9/17: Lyons Township (W 25-17, 25-15) 9/10: Oak Park-River Forest (W 25-18, 23-25, 25-17) 9/9: Marist (W 25-22, 25-23) 8/31: Montini (L 25-17, 25-18) 8/31: Wheaton North (W 25-22, 25-16) 8/31: Kaneland (W 19-25, 25-14, 25-15) 8/28: Oak Forest (W 25-4, 25-11) 8/28: St. Viator (W 25-9, 25-10) 8/27: West Chicago (W 25-21, 25-16)

Tue. 8/27	WEST CHICAGO	W	25-21	25-16	.
Wed. 8/28	At Wheaton North Blue and Gold Tournament	.	.	.	.
.	vs. St. Viator (Pool B play)	W	25-9	25-10	.
.	vs. Oak Forest (Pool B play)	W	25-4	25-11	.
Sat. 8/31	At Wheaton North Blue and Gold Tournament Updated bracket after pool play	.	.	.	.
.	vs. Kaneland (quarterfinals)	W	19-25	25-14	25-15
.	vs. Wheaton North (semifinals)	W	25-22	25-16	.
.	vs. Montini (championship)	L	17-25	18-25	.
Thur. 9/5	At Trinity	W	25-11	25-12	.
Mon. 9/9	MARIST	W	25-22	25-23	.
Tues. 9/10	OAK-PARK RIVER FOREST*	W	25-18	23-25	25-17
Fri.    9/13	At Crossroads Classic At Stewardson-Strasburg Complete brackets	.	.	.	.
.	vs. Owensboro Catholic (Pool C play)	W	25-16	25-22	.
.	vs. Normal University (Pool C play)	W	25-21	25-23	.
Sat. 9/14	At Crossroads Classic At Stewardson-Strasburg Crossroads Classic results website!	.	.	.	.
.	Champaign Centennial	W	28-26	23-25	25-23
.	Chatard (Indianapolis, Ind.)	L	23-25	21-25	.
.	Henry Clay (Lexington, Ky.)	W	21-25	25-8	25-20
Tues. 9/17	LYONS TOWNSHIP*	W	25-17	25-15	.
Fri.    9/20	GLENBARD WEST INVITATIONAL Complete brackets	.	.	.	.
.	Streamwood (Pool A play)	W	25-10	25-9	.
.	Morton (Pool A play)	W	25-10	25-8	.
Sat. 9/21	GLENBARD WEST INVITATIONAL	.	.	.	.
.	Crete-Monee (quarterfinals)	W	25-12	25-11	.
.	Glenbard South (semifinals)	W	25-14	25-11	.
.	Geneva (championship)	W	25-20	24-26	32-30
Mon. 9/23	PALATINE	W	25-13	25-16	.
Tues. 9/24	At Proviso West*	W	25-5	25-10	.
Mon. 9/30	At Willowbrook	W	25-21	25-10	.
Tues. 10/1	At York*	W	25-14	25-21	.
Thur. 10/3	MORTON	W	25-13	25-6	.
Tues. 10/8	DOWNERS GROVE NORTH*	W	14-25	25-19	25-19
Thur. 10/10	At Larkin	W	25-14	25-16	.
Thur. 10/17	At Addison Trail	W	25-10	25-13	.
Fri. 10/18	At Autumnfest Volleyball Classic No. 6 seed Autumnfest team pools Autumnfest Friday-Saturday schedule	.	.	.	.
.	(24) West Aurora Pool 7 (at Glenbard West)	W	25-15	25-11	.
.	(10) Huntley Pool 7 (at Glenbard West)	W	25-23	25-13	.
Sat. 10/19	At Autumnfest Volleyball Classic Gold/Championship bracket schedule	.	.	.	.
.	vs. (2) Benet quarterfinals (at Glenbard East)	W	25-17	25-16	.
.	vs. (3) Crystal Lake South semifinals (at Glenbard East)	W	20-25	25-20	25=20
.	vs. (1) Mother McAuley championship (at Glenbard East)	L	10-25	13-25	.
Tue. 10/22	At Hinsdale Central*	W	25-16	25-15	.
Thur. 10/24	DOWNERS GROVE SOUTH	W	25-13	26-24	.
.	Class 4A West Chicago Regional (No. 1 Geneva Sectional seed)	.	.	.	.
Tues. 10/29	vs. (15) Glenbard North	W	25-14	25-14	.
Thur. 10/31	vs. (8) Schaumburg Regional final	W	25-21	25-13	.
.	Class 4A Geneva Sectional	.	.	.	.
Tues. 11/5	at (4) Geneva Sectional semifinal	L	20-25	21-25	.