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Big Walnut Newark

Golden Eagles

Wildcats

The Newark (OH) varsity volleyball team won Saturday's neutral tournament match against Big Walnut (Sunbury, OH) by a score of 2-0.

	S1	S2	Wins
Big Walnut	17	13	0
Newark	25	25	2

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Newark (25-26)

Big Walnut

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	10	5.0	22.2	45	12	-.044
1	Peyton Gordon (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
4	Audrey Coulson (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	1	-.500
5	Sydney Hamilton (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
6	Sophie Hamilton (Jr)	2	2	1.0	14.3	14	4	-.143
21	Shelby Damron (So)	2	3	1.5	21.4	14	3	.000
22	Karson Joseph (So)	2	2	1.0	33.3	6	0	.333
25	Val McKim (Jr)	2	3	1.5	33.3	9	4	-.111
28	Abi Swisher (Jr)	2	3	1.5	27.3	11	1	.182

Newark

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	27	13.5	50.0	54	9	.333
1	Reese Riley (Sr)	2	1	0.5	33.3	3	0	.333
4	Mia Jackson (Jr)	2	6	3.0	85.7	7	1	.714
5	Brooke Spangler (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
6	Kate Misel (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	2	-1.000
7	Peyton Sherman (Sr)	2	1	0.5	50.0	2	0	.500
8	Emma Morgan (Sr)	2	9	4.5	42.9	21	1	.381
9	Anna McLaughlin (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
10	Melissa Chance (Jr)	2	2	1.0	28.6	7	1	.143
11	Makayla Meister (Sr)	2	8	4.0	66.7	12	4	.333

Big Walnut

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %
	Team Totals	2	2	1.0	6.3	32	2	93.8
1	Peyton Gordon (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	3	0	100.0
4	Audrey Coulson (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	5	1	80.0
5	Sydney Hamilton (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	6	0	100.0
6	Sophie Hamilton (Jr)	2	2	1.0	22.2	9	1	88.9
21	Shelby Damron (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	6	0	100.0
22	Karson Joseph (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	3	0	100.0
25	Val McKim (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
28	Abi Swisher (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0

Newark

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	2	4	2.0	8.3	48	7	85.4	29
1	Reese Riley (Sr)	2	1	0.5	25.0	4	2	50.0	1
4	Mia Jackson (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
5	Brooke Spangler (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	9	0	100.0	7
6	Kate Misel (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	6	0	100.0	2
7	Peyton Sherman (Sr)	2	1	0.5	12.5	8	1	87.5	4
8	Emma Morgan (Sr)	2	2	1.0	22.2	9	3	66.7	6
9	Anna McLaughlin (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
10	Melissa Chance (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
11	Makayla Meister (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	12	1	91.7	9

Big Walnut

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	2	1	1	0.5
1	Peyton Gordon (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
4	Audrey Coulson (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
5	Sydney Hamilton (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
6	Sophie Hamilton (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
21	Shelby Damron (So)	2	0	0	0.0
22	Karson Joseph (So)	2	0	0	0.0
25	Val McKim (Jr)	2	1	1	0.5
28	Abi Swisher (Jr)	2	2	2	1.0

Newark

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	2	8	4	2.0
1	Reese Riley (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
4	Mia Jackson (Jr)	2	4	4	2.0
5	Brooke Spangler (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
6	Kate Misel (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
7	Peyton Sherman (Sr)	2	1	1	0.5
8	Emma Morgan (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
9	Anna McLaughlin (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0
10	Melissa Chance (Jr)	2	1	1	0.5
11	Makayla Meister (Sr)	2	2	2	1.0

Big Walnut

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	2	18	9.0
1	Peyton Gordon (Jr)	2	4	2.0
4	Audrey Coulson (Jr)	2	4	2.0
5	Sydney Hamilton (Sr)	2	3	1.5
6	Sophie Hamilton (Jr)	2	3	1.5
21	Shelby Damron (So)	2	3	1.5
22	Karson Joseph (So)	2	1	0.5
25	Val McKim (Jr)	2	0	0.0
28	Abi Swisher (Jr)	2	0	0.0

Newark

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	2	25	12.5
1	Reese Riley (Sr)	2	10	5.0
4	Mia Jackson (Jr)	2	3	1.5
5	Brooke Spangler (Jr)	2	3	1.5
6	Kate Misel (Jr)	2	1	0.5
7	Peyton Sherman (Sr)	2	3	1.5
8	Emma Morgan (Sr)	2	1	0.5
9	Anna McLaughlin (Sr)	1	0	0.0
10	Melissa Chance (Jr)	2	1	0.5
11	Makayla Meister (Sr)	2	3	1.5

Big Walnut

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	2	10	5.0	52	2
1	Peyton Gordon (Jr)	2	0	0.0	3	0
4	Audrey Coulson (Jr)	2	10	5.0	47	2
5	Sydney Hamilton (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
6	Sophie Hamilton (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
21	Shelby Damron (So)	2	0	0.0	1	0
22	Karson Joseph (So)	2	0	0.0	0	0
25	Val McKim (Jr)	2	0	0.0	1	0
28	Abi Swisher (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0	0

Newark

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	2	27	13.5	50
1	Reese Riley (Sr)	2	2	1.0	3
4	Mia Jackson (Jr)	2	1	0.5	4
5	Brooke Spangler (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0
6	Kate Misel (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0
7	Peyton Sherman (Sr)	2	20	10.0	38
8	Emma Morgan (Sr)	2	2	1.0	1
9	Anna McLaughlin (Sr)	1	1	1.0	1
10	Melissa Chance (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0
11	Makayla Meister (Sr)	2	1	0.5	3

Big Walnut

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	2	40	6	20.0
1	Peyton Gordon (Jr)	2	11	1	5.5
4	Audrey Coulson (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
5	Sydney Hamilton (Sr)	2	8	3	4.0
6	Sophie Hamilton (Jr)	2	14	2	7.0
21	Shelby Damron (So)	2	7	0	3.5
22	Karson Joseph (So)	2	0	0	0.0
25	Val McKim (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
28	Abi Swisher (Jr)	2	1	0	0.5

Newark

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	2	28	1	14.0
1	Reese Riley (Sr)	2	12	0	6.0
4	Mia Jackson (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
5	Brooke Spangler (Jr)	2	6	0	3.0
6	Kate Misel (Jr)	2	0	1	0.0
7	Peyton Sherman (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
8	Emma Morgan (Sr)	2	5	0	2.5
9	Anna McLaughlin (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0
10	Melissa Chance (Jr)	2	1	0	0.5
11	Makayla Meister (Sr)	2	4	0	2.0

Big Walnut's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Newark's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Match Story

Ohio High School Volleyball - Big Walnut Newark

September 13, 2025: Sunbury, OH 43074

In Saturday's non-league match, the Newark Wildcats (Newark, OH) volleyball squad prevailed the host Big Walnut Golden Eagles (Sunbury, OH), by a count of 2-0.

Next up, the Wildcats battle the Pickerington North Panthers (Pickerington, OH) in a non-league match, on Saturday, September 13. Newark will attempt to move on its 9-4 season record. The Panthers come into the bout with a 5-5 record after their 3-0 league win over Central Crossing (Grove City, OH).

With the loss, Big Walnut drops to 8-3 on the campaign. The Golden eagles travel to Lancaster (Lancaster, OH) to clash with the Golden Gales in a non-league bout on Saturday, September 13. The Golden Gales come into the bout with a record of 6-5. Lancaster won 3-2 in their recent league bout against Canal Winchester (Canal Winchester, OH)

Big Walnut vs Newark Volleyball Match Info

Sat., Sep. 13, 2025 @ 10a

Pickerington North Tournament

The Newark (OH) varsity volleyball team won Saturday's neutral tournament match against Big Walnut (Sunbury, OH) by a score of 2-0.

Rankings & Records

Big Walnut (25-26)

OH	Div.
52	10

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
14-3	8-0	7-1	5-1	2-1	.824	1.000	41	14

Newark (25-26)

OH	Div.
85	21

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
13-4	10-0	5-1	5-1	3-2	.765	1.000	40	11

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Big Walnut	22.3	23.5	24.1	24.2	14.0	2.4
Newark	24.1	24.5	23.4	17.0	15.0	2.4

Team Stat Comparison

Big Walnut		Newark
602	Kills	619
107	Total Blocks	84
132	Serving Aces	145
733	Digs	725
557	Assists	583
818	Receptions	789

Team Leaders

Big Walnut		Newark	National Avg.
#6 Sophie Hamilton154	Kills	#11 Makayla Meister260	32
#28 Abi Swisher58	Total Blocks	#4 Mia Jackson43	7
#6 Sophie Hamilton31	Serving Aces	#7 Peyton Sherman33	10
#1 Peyton Gordon175	Digs	#1 Reese Riley157	49
#4 Audrey Coulson455	Assists	#7 Peyton Sherman484	30
#6 Sophie Hamilton248	Receptions	#11 Makayla Meister259	52

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Big Walnut	4-0		Newark	2-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/23/25	St. Francis DeSales	Big Walnut	(W) 2-1	8/20/25	St. Francis DeSales	Newark	(L) 3-1
8/28/25	Westerville South	Big Walnut	(W) 3-0	8/23/25	Westerville South	Newark	(W) 2-0
9/23/25	Big Walnut	Westerville South	(W) 3-2
9/13/25	Big Walnut	Lancaster	(W) 2-0	9/16/25	Newark	Lancaster	(W) 3-0
				10/9/25	Lancaster	Newark

Record Breakdown

Big Walnut (25-26)		Newark (25-26)
14-3	Overall	13-4
8-0	League	10-0
6-2	Non-League	0-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
4-0	Common Opponent	2-1
7-1	Home	5-1
5-1	Away	5-1
2-1	Neutral	3-2
0-0	Playoff	0-0
14-3	In-State	13-4
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0