The greatest moment of Gillian Grimes’ volleyball career is just a blur. Ditto for Ava Falduto. Grimes, a junior libero from Nazareth, was on the floor when Penn State won the national championship by beating Louisville. Falduto, from IC Catholic Prep, also played in the match.

Here is the 2024 Suburban Life All-Area girls volleyball team.

Benet senior libero and Purdue recruit Aniya Warren, who led the Redwings to a 40-2 record and second place in Class 4A for the third consecutive year, is the Suburban Life girls volleyball Player of the Year.

For three straight seasons, Benet has found itself just one set away from getting its hands on the Class 4A championship trophy. But for the third straight season, the quest ended just short. Marist rallied from down a set to beat Benet 19-25, 25-16, 25-19.

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Benet faced Marist girls volleyball in the Class 4A State Championship match on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024 at at CEFCU Arena in Normal.

Timothy Christian used a balanced attack around Abby VanderWal, Bella Potempa and Ella Rickert to secure a straight-set victory over El Paso to secure third place in Class 2A, tying for the program's best finish at state.

Benet put up 14 total blocks, with Wisconsin-bound Lynney Tarnow dropping four of them, to take down Huntley in straight sets to advance to its third consecutive Class 4A title match.

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Timothy Christian takes on El Paso-Gridley Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, for third place in the IHSA Class 2A volleyball finals at CEFCU Arena in Normal. Timothy Christian took third place 25-20 and 25-15.

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Benet Academy defeated Huntley 25-15, 25-19 during the Class 4A State semifinal game on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024 at CEFCU Arena in Normal. The Redwings will play in the Championship game tomorrow at 8:55p.m.