As Benet defends its East Suburban Catholic Conference title, Naperville Central and Naperville North will try to challenge Metea Valley in the DuPage Valley Conference.

BENET

The defending East Suburban Catholic Conference champion Redwings (40-2) have finished second in the state in Class 4A in each of the past three seasons, and their expectations remain high with four senior starters back. Those include three Big Ten commits: outside hitter Brooklynne Brass (Maryland), middle hitter Lynney Tarnow (Wisconsin) and setter Ellie Stiernagle (Northwestern).

Senior middle hitter Molly Welge (Marquette), senior outside hitter Sophia Chinetti (Rhode Island), senior libero Abby Lee (Emory) and senior outside hitter Grace Jermak are primed for big seasons.

METEA VALLEY

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