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The Gaston Day (Gastonia, NC) varsity volleyball team won Saturday's home playoff match against St. Thomas More Academy (Raleigh, NC) by a score of 3-2.

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
STMA	25	16	25	19	12	2
Gaston Day	22	25	19	25	15	3

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Match Stats

St. Thomas More Academy (25-26)

Gaston Day (25-26)

St. Thomas More Academy

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	5	59	11.8	30.7	192	28	.161
2	Cecilia Dornan (So)	5	0	0.0	.0	0	0
3	M. Watkins (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
4	Mary Sopp (Sr)	5	0	0.0	.0	0	0
5	Portia Hale (Jr)	5	0	0.0	.0	0	0
6	Claudia Lee (Sr)	5	29	5.8	38.2	76	7	.289
7	R. Sprague (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	3	1	-.333
8	Gianna Mack (Sr)	3	3	1.0	33.3	9	3	.000
10	Rebecca Davis (Jr)	5	7	1.4	30.4	23	3	.174
12	Adella Dehring (Sr)	5	15	3.0	25.9	58	12	.052
15	Paulina Meyring (Sr)	5	0	0.0	.0	13	0	.000
16	Ava Freeman (Fr)	5	5	1.0	50.0	10	2	.300

Gaston Day

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	5	52	10.4	25.7	202	29	.114
1	Ava Blanton (Sr)	5	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
2	M. Lovelace (Sr)	5	0	0.0	.0	12	1	-.083
3	Grace Hohman (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
4	Lauren Basanez (Fr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
8	Emery Carr (Fr)	5	0	0.0	.0	2	0	.000
11	Riley Fanis (Fr)	5	1	0.2	6.7	15	1	.000
12	Amelia Buie (Fr)	5	1	0.2	8.3	12	4	-.250
16	Kendyl Taylor (Jr)	5	43	8.6	34.1	126	15	.222
18	Clara Wallwork (Sr)	5	7	1.4	20.6	34	8	-.029

St. Thomas More Academy

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	5	6	1.2	6.1	99	11	88.9	50
2	Cecilia Dornan (So)	5	0	0.0	.0	18	2	88.9	10
3	M. Watkins (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	6	2	66.7	2
4	Mary Sopp (Sr)	5	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
5	Portia Hale (Jr)	5	1	0.2	4.8	21	3	85.7	11
6	Claudia Lee (Sr)	5	1	0.2	5.6	18	0	100.0	10
7	R. Sprague (Sr)	3	1	0.3	14.3	7	0	100.0	4
8	Gianna Mack (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
10	Rebecca Davis (Jr)	5	2	0.4	13.3	15	3	80.0	6
12	Adella Dehring (Sr)	5	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
15	Paulina Meyring (Sr)	5	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
16	Ava Freeman (Fr)	5	1	0.2	7.1	14	1	92.9	7

Gaston Day

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	5	13	2.6	12.3	106	7	93.4	59
1	Ava Blanton (Sr)	5	3	0.6	15.8	19	2	89.5	11
2	M. Lovelace (Sr)	5	1	0.2	6.7	15	1	93.3	8
3	Grace Hohman (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
4	Lauren Basanez (Fr)	3	0	0.0	.0	2	0	100.0	0
8	Emery Carr (Fr)	5	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
11	Riley Fanis (Fr)	5	2	0.4	11.8	17	0	100.0	9
12	Amelia Buie (Fr)	5	3	0.6	18.8	16	2	87.5	8
16	Kendyl Taylor (Jr)	5	2	0.4	12.5	16	1	93.8	9
18	Clara Wallwork (Sr)	5	2	0.4	9.5	21	1	95.2	14

St. Thomas More Academy

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	5	7	12	13	2.6	1
2	Cecilia Dornan (So)	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	M. Watkins (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Mary Sopp (Sr)	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Portia Hale (Jr)	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Claudia Lee (Sr)	5	1	2	3	0.6	0
7	R. Sprague (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Gianna Mack (Sr)	3	0	1	1	0.3	0
10	Rebecca Davis (Jr)	5	1	2	3	0.6	0
12	Adella Dehring (Sr)	5	0	1	1	0.2	0
15	Paulina Meyring (Sr)	5	5	3	8	1.6	1
16	Ava Freeman (Fr)	5	0	3	3	0.6	0

Gaston Day

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	5	4	2	5	1.0
1	Ava Blanton (Sr)	5	0	0	0	0.0
2	M. Lovelace (Sr)	5	0	0	0	0.0
3	Grace Hohman (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0
4	Lauren Basanez (Fr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
8	Emery Carr (Fr)	5	1	0	1	0.2
11	Riley Fanis (Fr)	5	0	0	0	0.0
12	Amelia Buie (Fr)	5	0	1	1	0.2
16	Kendyl Taylor (Jr)	5	2	0	2	0.4
18	Clara Wallwork (Sr)	5	1	1	2	0.4

St. Thomas More Academy

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	5	176	49	35.2
2	Cecilia Dornan (So)	5	19	7	3.8
3	M. Watkins (Jr)	2	13	3	6.5
4	Mary Sopp (Sr)	5	8	4	1.6
5	Portia Hale (Jr)	5	52	13	10.4
6	Claudia Lee (Sr)	5	9	4	1.8
7	R. Sprague (Sr)	3	23	8	7.7
8	Gianna Mack (Sr)	3	2	0	0.7
10	Rebecca Davis (Jr)	5	35	8	7.0
12	Adella Dehring (Sr)	5	6	1	1.2
15	Paulina Meyring (Sr)	5	3	0	0.6
16	Ava Freeman (Fr)	5	6	1	1.2

Gaston Day

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	5	142	8	28.4
1	Ava Blanton (Sr)	5	35	1	7.0
2	M. Lovelace (Sr)	5	26	0	5.2
3	Grace Hohman (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
4	Lauren Basanez (Fr)	3	5	0	1.7
8	Emery Carr (Fr)	5	8	1	1.6
11	Riley Fanis (Fr)	5	12	2	2.4
12	Amelia Buie (Fr)	5	12	0	2.4
16	Kendyl Taylor (Jr)	5	28	1	5.6
18	Clara Wallwork (Sr)	5	16	3	3.2

St. Thomas More Academy

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	5	57	11.4	192	1
2	Cecilia Dornan (So)	5	0	0.0	0	0
3	M. Watkins (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
4	Mary Sopp (Sr)	5	0	0.0	0	0
5	Portia Hale (Jr)	5	3	0.6	17	0
6	Claudia Lee (Sr)	5	0	0.0	0	0
7	R. Sprague (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
8	Gianna Mack (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
10	Rebecca Davis (Jr)	5	52	10.4	173	1
12	Adella Dehring (Sr)	5	0	0.0	0	0
15	Paulina Meyring (Sr)	5	1	0.2	1	0
16	Ava Freeman (Fr)	5	1	0.2	1	0

Gaston Day

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	5	52	10.4	192	2
1	Ava Blanton (Sr)	5	1	0.2	1	0
2	M. Lovelace (Sr)	5	48	9.6	186	0
3	Grace Hohman (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
4	Lauren Basanez (Fr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
8	Emery Carr (Fr)	5	0	0.0	0	0
11	Riley Fanis (Fr)	5	0	0.0	1	1
12	Amelia Buie (Fr)	5	1	0.2	1	0
16	Kendyl Taylor (Jr)	5	0	0.0	1	1
18	Clara Wallwork (Sr)	5	2	0.4	2	0

St. Thomas More Academy

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	5	81	12	16.2
2	Cecilia Dornan (So)	5	24	3	4.8
3	M. Watkins (Jr)	2	2	2	1.0
4	Mary Sopp (Sr)	5	9	1	1.8
5	Portia Hale (Jr)	5	19	3	3.8
6	Claudia Lee (Sr)	5	9	1	1.8
7	R. Sprague (Sr)	3	12	1	4.0
8	Gianna Mack (Sr)	3	4	1	1.3
10	Rebecca Davis (Jr)	5	0	0	0.0
12	Adella Dehring (Sr)	5	2	0	0.4
15	Paulina Meyring (Sr)	5	0	0	0.0
16	Ava Freeman (Fr)	5	0	0	0.0

Gaston Day

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	5	79	6	15.8
1	Ava Blanton (Sr)	5	30	1	6.0
2	M. Lovelace (Sr)	5	0	0	0.0
3	Grace Hohman (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
4	Lauren Basanez (Fr)	3	1	0	0.3
8	Emery Carr (Fr)	5	0	0	0.0
11	Riley Fanis (Fr)	5	4	1	0.8
12	Amelia Buie (Fr)	5	3	0	0.6
16	Kendyl Taylor (Jr)	5	28	1	5.6
18	Clara Wallwork (Sr)	5	13	3	2.6

Match Story

North Carolina High School Volleyball - St. Thomas More Academy edged by Gaston Day

October 25, 2025: Gastonia, NC 28056

The St. Thomas More Academy Chancellors volleyball squad (Raleigh, NC), was edged 3-2 in Saturday's non-league battle with the host Gaston Day Spartans (Gastonia, NC)

With the win, Gaston Day improves its record to 21-4 on the season.

The Chancellors now own a 23-2 record.

Players of the Match

St. Thomas More Academy (25-26)

Congratulations to #10 Rebecca Davis for being selected the St. Thomas More Academy Volleyball Player of the Match.

Gaston Day (25-26)

Gaston Day has not selected any Players of the Match.

STMA @ Gaston Day Volleyball Match Info

Sat., Oct. 25, 2025 @ 4p

NCISAA 2A State Championship

The Gaston Day (Gastonia, NC) varsity volleyball team won Saturday's home playoff match against St. Thomas More Academy (Raleigh, NC) by a score of 3-2.

Rankings & Records

St. Thomas More Academy (25-26)

NC	Class
99	3

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
23-2	8-0	8-1	13-1	2-0	.920	1.000	71	13

Gaston Day (25-26)

NC	Class
26	1

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
21-4	11-1	11-0	7-3	3-1	.840	.917	62	26

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
St. Thomas More Academy	23.7	23.4	23.8	24.0	14.0	2.8
Gaston Day	23.0	23.0	22.7	24.3	13.6	2.5

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Team Stat Comparison

St. Thomas More Academy		Gaston Day
841	Kills	949
96	Total Blocks	72
314	Serving Aces	263
1650	Digs	1834
724	Assists	949
984	Receptions	1246

Team Leaders

St. Thomas More Academy		Gaston Day	National Avg.
#6 Claudia Lee350	Kills	#16 Kendyl Taylor579	53
#15 Paulina Meyring39	Total Blocks	#18 Clara Wallwork29	11
#10 Rebecca Davis81	Serving Aces	#16 Kendyl Taylor71	16
#5 Portia Hale497	Digs	#16 Kendyl Taylor453	84
#10 Rebecca Davis712	Assists	#2 Mary Ellen Lovelace830	50
#5 Portia Hale279	Receptions	#16 Kendyl Taylor540	86

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
St. Thomas More Academy	3-0		Gaston Day	4-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/19/25	St. Thomas More Academy	Rocky Mount Academy	(W) 3-1	10/21/25	Rocky Mount Academy	Gaston Day	(W) 3-0
10/18/25	Westminster Catawba Christian	St. Thomas More Academy	(W) 3-1	9/9/25	Gaston Day	Westminster Catawba Christian	(W) 3-2
				10/7/25	Westminster Catawba Christian	Gaston Day	(W) 3-1
10/21/25	St. Thomas More Academy	Hickory Christian Academy	(W) 3-2	8/21/25	Gaston Day	Hickory Christian Academy	(W) 3-2

Record Breakdown

St. Thomas More Academy (25-26)		Gaston Day (25-26)
23-2	Overall	21-4
10-0	League	11-1
11-1	Non-League	4-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
3-0	Common Opponent	4-0
8-1	Home	11-0
13-1	Away	7-3
2-0	Neutral	3-1
2-1	Playoff	3-0
22-2	In-State	16-2
1-0	Out-of-State	5-2