Editor’s note: Our thanks to Brian Smith through whose extensive research these numbers were updated and verified. He is currently working on a list of programs that have achieved 1,000 victories. According to Smith, one such program that joined that list this fall is Pleasant Plains, which began the 2023 season, its 50th, with 999 wins, 478 losses and one tie.
Most Consecutive Matches won
[1.] 135, (Chicago) Mother McAuley, November 18, 1979-September 16, 1983 (135-0).
[2. tie] 57, Cary-Grove, October 6, 2009-November 13, 2010, won the final 16 matches of 2009 culminating with a Class 4A championship, then won the first 41 matches of 20 10 season before losing in 4A championship match to (LaGrange) Lyons Township (41-1), 25-23, 19-25, 25-23.
[2. tie] 57, (Chicago) Marist, September 13, 2017-September 29. 2018, won the final 32 matches of the 2017 season culminating with a Class 4A championship, then won the first 25 matches of the 2018 season before losing to Assumption (Louisville, Kentucky), 25-21, 25-21, in the ASICS Challenge championship match.
[4.] 56, (Breese) Mater Dei, October 1993-September 1995, won its final 10 matches in 1993 and went 38-0 in 1994 to win back-to-back Class A championships, then won its first eight matches in 1995.
[5. tie] 43, Mt. Pulaski, 1989, went 43-0 and won the Class A championship, then lost to Williamsville-Sherman in the game of the 1990 season.
[5. tie] 43, Metamora, March 20, 2021-October 9, 2021, won its last 16 matches during the abbreviated Spring 2021 season and first 27 matches of the Fall 2021 season before losing to Pleasant Plains, 23-25, 26-24, 18-16, in semifinals of the Bloomington Central Catholic Saints Fall Classic.
[7.] 42, Cry stal Lake Central, August 30, 2007-September 2, 2008, went 42-0 and won Class 3A championship in 2007, then lost its opening match of 2008 season to Crystal Lake South.
[8. tie] 41. Mt Pulaski, 1988, won first 41 games of the season before losing to (Wheaton) St. Francis in the Class A championship game, 15-7, 14-16, 15-8.
[8. tie] 41, Naperville Central, September 5, 1998- November 14, 1998, won its first 41 matches of the 1998 season before losing in Class AA championship match to (Orland Park) Carl Sandburg, 15-10, 14-16, 15-12.
[8. tie] 41, (Albion) Edwards County, August 29, 2013-November 16, 2013, started 41-0 (82-3 in sets), then lost in Class 2A championship game to (Elmhurst) Immaculate Conception, 25-15, 25-19.
[11.] 40, Shelbyville, August 1991-November 1991, won its first 40 games of season, then lost to (Wheaton) St. Francis in the Class A championship game, 15-12, 15-4.
[12.] 39, Lake Forest, September 1, 1998-November 13, 1998, won its first 39 games, then lost in a Class AA quarterfinal match to (Orland Park) Carl Sandburg, 15-11, 15-7.
[13 tie.] 38, (Chicago) Mother McAuley, 1985-86.
[13 tie.] 38, Coal City, August 1991-November 1991, won its first 38 matches before losing to (Wheaton) St. Francis in a Class A semifinal, 15-12, 15-7.
[15.] 37, (Strasburg) Stewardson-Strasburg, August 1985-November 1985, won its first 37 matches of season before losing to Lisle (Sr.), 15-13, 15-13, in the Class A championship match.
[16. tie] 36, (Strasburg) Stewardson-Strasburg, 1986-87.
[16. tie] 36, (Glenview) Glenbrook South, September 3, 2002-November 15, 2002, won its first 36 matches, then lost to Normal Community, 12-15, 15-9, 15-13, in the Class AA quarterfinals.
[16. tie] 36, (Lisle) Benet Academy, won its final 20 matches of 2011 season, including a 25-14, 22-25, 25-16 victory over Cary-Grove in the Class 4A championship match, then won its first 16 matches of 2012 season.
[16. tie] 36, Lombard (Montini), August 31, 2021-August 23, 2022, won final 35 matches of 2021 season culminating in Class 2A championship, then won on opening day in 2022 before losing to (Elmhurst) York, 25-22, 24-26, 15-12, at the Wheaton North Blue & Gold Tournament.
[20] 35, Lisle (Benet Academy), November 10, 2018-October 22, 2019, defeated (Crystal Lake) Prairie Ridge, 25-20, 25-23, in Class 4A third-place game, then won its first 34 matches of the 2019 season before losing to (Chicago) Marist, 25-13, 25-21.
[21. tie] 34, Williamsville-Sherman, August 31, 1993-October 30, 1993, won its first 34 matches of the season beginning with a win over Mt. Pulaski, then lost in a Class A regional championship match to Mt. Pulaski.
[21. tie] 34, Milledgeville, September 1, 1998- November 13, 1998, won the first 34 matches of the season before losing to Quincy Notre Dame, 15-10, 15-17, 15-13, in the Class A quarterfinals.
[21. tie] 34, Maroa-Forsyth, August 27, 2007- November 9, 2007, won its first 34 matches of the season before losing to Breese Central, 16-25, 25-15, 25-18, in a Class 2A semifinal.