Lincoln-Way West and Providence move up, while Chicago Christian enters the rankings.
Top 10
With records through Monday and previous rankings in parentheses.
1. Mother McAuley 25-3 (1): Coastal Carolina recruit Peyton Heatherly and the Mighty Macs draw the top seed at the Class 4A Argo Sectional after beating Marist twice in four days.
2. Marist 23-4 (2): No need to fret about a second seed at Argo as coach Jordan Vidovic and the RedHawks were seeded third in 2024 and second in 2025 and won state championships.
3. Lockport 21-4 (3): Thursday’s match against Homewood-Flossmoor is last hurdle of perfect season in SouthWest Suburban Conference for Virginia-bound Kyla Mitchell and the Porters.
4. Lincoln-Way East 19-7 (4): Claire Connolly and Griffins would love seeds to follow form and get another shot at Lockport in Saturday’s Lincoln-Way Central Autumn Knights tourney final.
5. St. Laurence 20-6 (5): Freshman setter Julia O’Keefe
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and the Vikings find out their first-round regional match will be a battle of Burbank on Oct. 27 against Reavis.6. Lemont 17-8 (6): Marta Pranskunas and her teammates take a 12-day break but it’s back to work with Oak Forest, Bremen and the Autumnfest Tournament at Glenbard East on tap.
7. Lincoln-Way West 13-10 (8): Emma Novotny and the Warriors are 9-2 since Sept. 19 but have Marist in a nonconference match and Lockport in tournament play on tough docket this week.
8. Providence 24-4 (9): Lilly Lipke tallies nine kills against Lincoln Park to cap off weekend in which the Celtics did not drop a game while going 5-0 to win the De La Salle Tournament.
9. Stagg 21-8 (7): Hannah Svoboda and the Chargers are enjoying their first 20-win season since going 20-12 in 2017.
10. Chicago Christian 22-8 (NR): Grace Gordon and Ella Agema are back from injury as the Knights close the regular season with five matches.
Player of the Week
Senior outside hitter Ella Throndson racks up 25 kills and 13 aces for Evergreen Park in South Suburban Conference victories over Oak Lawn, Oak Forest and Eisenhower.
Jeff Vorva is a freelance reporter for the Daily Southtown.