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The Ascend Leadership Academy (Sanford, NC) varsity volleyball team won Thursday's home non-conference match against Heritage Leadership Academy (Apex, NC) by a score of 3-2.

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
HLA	20	25	24	25	15	2
ALA	25	22	26	23	17	3

Final score provided by T. Bowers.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Heritage Leadership Academy (25-26)

Heritage Leadership Academy has not entered stats for this match.

Ascend Leadership Academy (25-26)

Ascend Leadership Academy

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	5	49	9.8	28.8	170	22	.159
1	Grace Mehall (Jr)	5	2	0.4	18.2	11	1	.091
3	Lola Walls (Jr)	5	15	3.0	27.3	55	8	.127
4	Kimari Cross (So)	5	10	2.0	35.7	28	2	.286
5	Jessica Brown (Sr)	5	1	0.2	50.0	2	0	.500
8	Ella Canoy (Jr)	5	2	0.4	13.3	15	2	.000
10	Anneke Anderson (Fr)	5	5	1.0	26.3	19	1	.211
11	B. Torralba (So)	5	1	0.2	11.1	9	1	.000
13	C. Anyagaligbo (Sr)	5	3	0.6	23.1	13	3	.000
15	M. Vargas (Fr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
16	Jenna Thompson (Sr)	5	10	2.0	55.6	18	4	.333

Ascend Leadership Academy

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	5	16	3.2	13.8	116	17	85.3	55
1	Grace Mehall (Jr)	5	3	0.6	12.0	25	4	84.0	15
3	Lola Walls (Jr)	5	2	0.4	10.5	19	4	78.9	11
4	Kimari Cross (So)	5	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
5	Jessica Brown (Sr)	5	3	0.6	17.6	17	4	76.5	6
8	Ella Canoy (Jr)	5	3	0.6	16.7	18	1	94.4	9
10	Anneke Anderson (Fr)	5	2	0.4	11.1	18	3	83.3	7
11	B. Torralba (So)	5	3	0.6	15.8	19	1	94.7	7
13	C. Anyagaligbo (Sr)	5	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
15	M. Vargas (Fr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
16	Jenna Thompson (Sr)	5	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Ascend Leadership Academy

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	5	10	2	11	2.2	1
1	Grace Mehall (Jr)	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Lola Walls (Jr)	5	2	0	2	0.4	0
4	Kimari Cross (So)	5	4	1	5	1.0	0
5	Jessica Brown (Sr)	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Ella Canoy (Jr)	5	1	0	1	0.2	0
10	Anneke Anderson (Fr)	5	1	0	1	0.2	0
11	B. Torralba (So)	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	C. Anyagaligbo (Sr)	5	0	1	1	0.2	1
15	M. Vargas (Fr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Jenna Thompson (Sr)	5	2	0	2	0.4	0

Ascend Leadership Academy

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	5	89	25	17.8
1	Grace Mehall (Jr)	5	34	5	6.8
3	Lola Walls (Jr)	5	22	8	4.4
4	Kimari Cross (So)	5	2	0	0.4
5	Jessica Brown (Sr)	5	2	5	0.4
8	Ella Canoy (Jr)	5	12	2	2.4
10	Anneke Anderson (Fr)	5	6	1	1.2
11	B. Torralba (So)	5	8	3	1.6
13	C. Anyagaligbo (Sr)	5	1	0	0.2
15	M. Vargas (Fr)	2	0	1	0.0
16	Jenna Thompson (Sr)	5	2	0	0.4

Ascend Leadership Academy

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	5	31	6.2	141	1
1	Grace Mehall (Jr)	5	2	0.4	13	1
3	Lola Walls (Jr)	5	1	0.2	1	0
4	Kimari Cross (So)	5	0	0.0	2	0
5	Jessica Brown (Sr)	5	0	0.0	0	0
8	Ella Canoy (Jr)	5	28	5.6	119	0
10	Anneke Anderson (Fr)	5	0	0.0	1	0
11	B. Torralba (So)	5	0	0.0	2	0
13	C. Anyagaligbo (Sr)	5	0	0.0	1	0
15	M. Vargas (Fr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
16	Jenna Thompson (Sr)	5	0	0.0	2	0

Ascend Leadership Academy

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	5	75	16	15.0
1	Grace Mehall (Jr)	5	45	7	9.0
3	Lola Walls (Jr)	5	14	4	2.8
4	Kimari Cross (So)	5	0	0	0.0
5	Jessica Brown (Sr)	5	2	0	0.4
8	Ella Canoy (Jr)	5	1	2	0.2
10	Anneke Anderson (Fr)	5	0	0	0.0
11	B. Torralba (So)	5	10	3	2.0
13	C. Anyagaligbo (Sr)	5	0	0	0.0
15	M. Vargas (Fr)	2	1	0	0.5
16	Jenna Thompson (Sr)	5	2	0	0.4

Match Story

North Carolina High School Volleyball - Heritage Leadership Academy can't hold off Ascend Leadership

September 18, 2025: Sanford, NC 27332

In Thursday's non-league match, the Ascend Leadership Aviators (Sanford, NC) volleyball squad tipped the visiting Heritage Leadership Academy Fletchers (Apex, NC), by a count of 3-2.

Next up, the Aviators battle the Southern Wake Academy Lions (Holly Springs, NC) in a Central Tar Heel 1A match, on Tuesday, September 23. Ascend Leadership will attempt to move on its 5-6 season record. The Lions enter the match with a 3-9 record after their 3-0 league loss to Clover Garden School (Burlington, NC).

Players of the Match

Heritage Leadership Academy (25-26)

Heritage Leadership Academy has not selected any Players of the Match.

Ascend Leadership Academy (25-26)

Congratulations to #4 Kimari Cross for being selected the Ascend Leadership Academy Volleyball Player of the Match.

HLA @ ALA Volleyball Match Info

Thu., Sep. 18, 2025 @ 5p

The Ascend Leadership Academy (Sanford, NC) varsity volleyball team won Thursday's home non-conference match against Heritage Leadership Academy (Apex, NC) by a score of 3-2.

Rankings & Records

Heritage Leadership Academy (25-26)

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
3-2	2-0	2-0	1-2	.600	1.000	11	7

Ascend Leadership Academy (25-26)

NC	Class
325	15

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
10-10	5-8	7-3	3-7	.500	.385	35	38

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Heritage Leadership Academy	24.3	22.0	23.3	24.3	15.0	2.2
Ascend Leadership Academy	19.5	21.1	20.8	24.0	15.0	1.8

Team Stat Comparison

Heritage Leadership Academy		Ascend Leadership Academy
-	Kills	404
-	Total Blocks	73
-	Serving Aces	224
-	Digs	620
-	Assists	314
-	Receptions	787

Team Leaders

Heritage Leadership Academy		Ascend Leadership Academy	National Avg.
-	Kills	#2 Bella Browning139	53
-	Total Blocks	#4 Kimari Cross41	11
-	Serving Aces	#3 Lola Walls52	16
-	Digs	#1 Grace Mehall188	84
-	Assists	#8 Ella Canoy155	50
-	Receptions	#1 Grace Mehall311	86

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Heritage Leadership Academy	1-0		Ascend Leadership Academy	2-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
10/14/25	Riverside Christian Academy	Heritage Leadership Academy	(W) 3-0		9/2/25	Riverside Christian Academy	Ascend Leadership Academy	(W) 3-0
					9/30/25	Ascend Leadership Academy	Riverside Christian Academy	(W) 3-2

Record Breakdown

Heritage Leadership Academy (25-26)		Ascend Leadership Academy (25-26)
3-2	Overall	10-10
2-0	League	5-8
0-2	Non-League	3-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-0	Common Opponent	2-0
2-0	Home	7-3
1-2	Away	3-7
0-0	Neutral	0-0
1-0	Playoff	2-1
3-2	In-State	10-10
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0