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The Vance Charter (Henderson, NC) varsity volleyball team won Thursday's home playoff match against Ascend Leadership Academy (Sanford, NC) by a score of 3-0.

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
ALA	7	11	7	0
Vance Charter	25	25	25	3

Final score provided by L. Stallings.

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Matchup Info

Match Stats

Ascend Leadership Academy (25-26)

Ascend Leadership Academy has not entered stats for this match.

Vance Charter (25-26)

Vance Charter

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	36	12.0	45.6	79	10	.329
1	Leah Rice (Jr)	3	1	0.3	16.7	6	0	.167
2	Sarah Finch (Sr)	3	10	3.3	40.0	25	4	.240
3	Ella Barnes (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
8	Zaharah Mcnish (Jr)	3	2	0.7	20.0	10	1	.100
9	Carson Rowan (So)	3	14	4.7	60.9	23	3	.478
10	Layla Talley (Sr)	3	1	0.3	25.0	4	1	.000
11	A. Gillespie (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
15	Emily Reese (Sr)	3	8	2.7	72.7	11	1	.636

Vance Charter

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	5	1.7	6.8	74	6	91.9	56
1	Leah Rice (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	8	3	62.5	4
2	Sarah Finch (Sr)	3	4	1.3	26.7	15	2	86.7	12
3	Ella Barnes (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	16	0	100.0	14
8	Zaharah Mcnish (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
9	Carson Rowan (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	18	1	94.4	15
10	Layla Talley (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
11	A. Gillespie (Sr)	3	1	0.3	11.1	9	0	100.0	6
15	Emily Reese (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	8	0	100.0	5

Vance Charter

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	3	2	2	3	1.0
1	Leah Rice (Jr)	3	1	0	1	0.3
2	Sarah Finch (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
3	Ella Barnes (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
8	Zaharah Mcnish (Jr)	3	1	0	1	0.3
9	Carson Rowan (So)	3	0	0	0	0.0
10	Layla Talley (Sr)	3	0	1	1	0.3
11	A. Gillespie (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
15	Emily Reese (Sr)	3	0	1	1	0.3

Vance Charter

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	3	43	14.3
1	Leah Rice (Jr)	3	3	1.0
2	Sarah Finch (Sr)	3	11	3.7
3	Ella Barnes (Sr)	3	9	3.0
8	Zaharah Mcnish (Jr)	3	0	0.0
9	Carson Rowan (So)	3	11	3.7
10	Layla Talley (Sr)	3	1	0.3
11	A. Gillespie (Sr)	3	6	2.0
15	Emily Reese (Sr)	3	2	0.7

Vance Charter

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	3	36	12.0	78
1	Leah Rice (Jr)	3	34	11.3	67
2	Sarah Finch (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0
3	Ella Barnes (Sr)	3	1	0.3	5
8	Zaharah Mcnish (Jr)	3	0	0.0	1
9	Carson Rowan (So)	3	0	0.0	0
10	Layla Talley (Sr)	3	0	0.0	1
11	A. Gillespie (Sr)	3	0	0.0	2
15	Emily Reese (Sr)	3	1	0.3	2

Vance Charter

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	18	1	6.0
1	Leah Rice (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
2	Sarah Finch (Sr)	3	4	0	1.3
3	Ella Barnes (Sr)	3	5	0	1.7
8	Zaharah Mcnish (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
9	Carson Rowan (So)	3	4	0	1.3
10	Layla Talley (Sr)	3	1	1	0.3
11	A. Gillespie (Sr)	3	4	0	1.3
15	Emily Reese (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0

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Match Story

North Carolina High School Volleyball - Ascend Leadership crushed by Vance Charter

October 23, 2025: Henderson, NC 27536

The Vance Charter Knights prevailed the visiting Ascend Leadership Aviators volleyball squad by a final score of 3-0 in Thursday's non-league game.

Next up, the Knights confront the Falls Lake Firebirds (Creedmoor, NC) in a Triangle North 1A/2A game, on Saturday, October 25. Vance Charter will attempt to advance on its 19-3 season record. The Firebirds enter the game with a 24-4 record after their 3-0 non-league win over Cape Hatteras (Buxton, NC).

ALA @ Vance Charter Volleyball Match Info

Thu., Oct. 23, 2025 @ 6p

The Vance Charter (Henderson, NC) varsity volleyball team won Thursday's home playoff match against Ascend Leadership Academy (Sanford, NC) by a score of 3-0.

This match is a part of the "2025 NCHSAA Volleyball Championships - 2025 1A Volleyball Bracket" tournament.

Rankings & Records

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

Vance Charter (25-26)

NC	Class
100	3

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
19-4	10-2	9-1	10-3	.826	.833	59	16

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Ascend Leadership Academy	19.5	21.1	20.8	24.0	15.0	1.8
Vance Charter	23.4	24.1	24.0	24.5	14.0	2.6

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Team Stat Comparison

Ascend Leadership Academy		Vance Charter
404	Kills	752
73	Total Blocks	56
224	Serving Aces	273
620	Digs	898
314	Assists	669
787	Receptions	866

Team Leaders

Ascend Leadership Academy		Vance Charter	National Avg.
#2 Bella Browning139	Kills	#9 Carson Rowan302	53
#4 Kimari Cross41	Total Blocks	#15 Emily Reese33	11
#3 Lola Walls52	Serving Aces	#2 Sarah Finch75	16
#1 Grace Mehall188	Digs	#9 Carson Rowan210	84
#8 Ella Canoy155	Assists	#1 Leah Rice570	50
#1 Grace Mehall311	Receptions	#3 Ella Barnes239	86

Common Opponents

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

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
8/14/25	Ascend Leadership Academy	Excelsior Classical Academy	(L) 3-0		9/2/25	Excelsior Classical Academy	Vance Charter	(W) 3-0
					9/25/25	Vance Charter	Excelsior Classical Academy	(W) 3-2

Record Breakdown

Ascend Leadership Academy (25-26)		Vance Charter (25-26)
10-10	Overall	19-4
5-8	League	10-2
3-1	Non-League	7-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-1	Common Opponent	2-0
7-3	Home	9-1
3-7	Away	10-3
0-0	Neutral	0-0
2-1	Playoff	2-1
10-10	In-State	19-4
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0