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The Verona (MO) varsity volleyball team lost Tuesday's home conference match against New Heights Christian Academy (Joplin, MO) by a score of 3-0.

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
NHCA	25	25	25	3
Verona	13	18	15	0

Final score provided by C. Hipple.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

New Heights Christian Academy (25-26)

New Heights Christian Academy

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	35	11.7	33.7	104	22	.125
1	Alayna McKarus (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
2	Karly Dorris (Sr)	3	3	1.0	25.0	12	4	-.083
3	Allie Stout (Sr)	3	11	3.7	44.0	25	5	.240
7	Lydia Hipple (Jr)	3	14	4.7	43.8	32	6	.250
9	C. Meppelink (So)	3	1	0.3	8.3	12	1	.000
10	Eva Hines (Fr)	3	4	1.3	36.4	11	2	.182
24	Lilly Plassman (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	3	2	-.667
25	Natalie Grant (So)	3	2	0.7	22.2	9	2	.000

New Heights Christian Academy

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	11	3.7	15.1	73	11	84.9	48
1	Alayna McKarus (Sr)	3	1	0.3	5.9	17	3	82.4	11
2	Karly Dorris (Sr)	3	2	0.7	50.0	4	1	75.0	3
3	Allie Stout (Sr)	3	4	1.3	30.8	13	1	92.3	10
7	Lydia Hipple (Jr)	3	2	0.7	18.2	11	1	90.9	8
9	C. Meppelink (So)	3	2	0.7	13.3	15	3	80.0	9
10	Eva Hines (Fr)	3	0	0.0	.0	4	0	100.0	2
24	Lilly Plassman (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	9	2	77.8	5
25	Natalie Grant (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

New Heights Christian Academy

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	3	1	1	0.3
1	Alayna McKarus (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
2	Karly Dorris (Sr)	3	1	1	0.3
3	Allie Stout (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
7	Lydia Hipple (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
9	C. Meppelink (So)	3	0	0	0.0
10	Eva Hines (Fr)	3	0	0	0.0
24	Lilly Plassman (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
25	Natalie Grant (So)	3	0	0	0.0

New Heights Christian Academy

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	3	49	16.3
1	Alayna McKarus (Sr)	3	4	1.3
2	Karly Dorris (Sr)	3	0	0.0
3	Allie Stout (Sr)	3	8	2.7
7	Lydia Hipple (Jr)	3	5	1.7
9	C. Meppelink (So)	3	5	1.7
10	Eva Hines (Fr)	3	2	0.7
24	Lilly Plassman (Sr)	3	23	7.7
25	Natalie Grant (So)	3	2	0.7

New Heights Christian Academy

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	35	11.7	97	4
1	Alayna McKarus (Sr)	3	0	0.0	2	1
2	Karly Dorris (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
3	Allie Stout (Sr)	3	0	0.0	3	1
7	Lydia Hipple (Jr)	3	2	0.7	1	0
9	C. Meppelink (So)	3	28	9.3	78	0
10	Eva Hines (Fr)	3	1	0.3	1	0
24	Lilly Plassman (Sr)	3	3	1.0	12	1
25	Natalie Grant (So)	3	1	0.3	0	1

New Heights Christian Academy

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	39	1	13.0
1	Alayna McKarus (Sr)	3	5	0	1.7
2	Karly Dorris (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
3	Allie Stout (Sr)	3	10	0	3.3
7	Lydia Hipple (Jr)	3	6	0	2.0
9	C. Meppelink (So)	3	0	0	0.0
10	Eva Hines (Fr)	3	0	0	0.0
24	Lilly Plassman (Sr)	3	18	1	6.0
25	Natalie Grant (So)	3	0	0	0.0

New Heights Christian Academy's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Verona (25-26)

Verona has not entered stats for this match.

Match Story

Missouri High School Volleyball - Verona overwhelmed by New Heights Christian Academy

October 7, 2025: Verona, MO 65769

New Heights Christian Academy Cougars (Joplin, MO) boosters left the game satisfied Tuesday as they saw their volleyball squad achieve victory over the host Verona Wildcats (Verona, MO), 3-0 in a league test.

With the win, New Heights Christian Academy improves its record to 16-9 on the season. The Cougars host McAuley Catholic (Joplin, MO) to play the Warriors in a non-league challenge on Thursday, October 9. The Warriors come into the challenge with a record of 1-11.

Next, the Wildcats play the Jefferson Independent Day Cavaliers (Joplin, MO) in a challenge, on Thursday, October 9. Verona will attempt to upgrade on its 3-12 season record. The Cavaliers come into the challenge with a 15-7 record after their 3-1 non-league win over Jasper (Jasper, MO).

NHCA @ Verona Volleyball Match Info

Tue., Oct. 7, 2025 @ 5:30p

Verona R-7 High School

The Verona (MO) varsity volleyball team lost Tuesday's home conference match against New Heights Christian Academy (Joplin, MO) by a score of 3-0.

Rankings & Records

New Heights Christian Academy (25-26)

MO	Class
210	37

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	SW	SL
20-9-5	2-1	13-2-1	7-6-2	0-1-2	.662	.667	62	34

Verona (25-26)

MO	Class
421	73

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	SW	SL
6-16-2	0-2	0-4	0-6-1	6-6-1	.292	.000	20	45

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
New Heights Christian Academy	23.8	23.3	23.7	21.2	17.0	1.8
Verona	19.5	20.3	19.8	14.0	8.0	.8

Team Stat Comparison

New Heights Christian Academy		Verona
792	Kills	236
84	Total Blocks	2
383	Serving Aces	106
1483	Digs	604
709	Assists	222
1263	Receptions	580

Team Leaders

New Heights Christian Academy		Verona	National Avg.
#7 Lydia Hipple291	Kills	#10 Marley Foster92	48
#2 Karly Dorris34	Total Blocks	#12 Olivia Freiburger1	10
#9 Caitlin Meppelink78	Serving Aces	#12 Olivia Freiburger30	15
#24 Lilly Plassman494	Digs	#12 Olivia Freiburger133	75
#9 Caitlin Meppelink641	Assists	#12 Olivia Freiburger158	45
#24 Lilly Plassman552	Receptions	#2 Kaleah Cohen163	77

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
New Heights Christian Academy	9-0-1		Verona	5-3-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/30/25	New Heights Christian Academy	Marionville	(T) 1-1	9/16/25	Verona	Marionville	(L) 3-0
9/18/25	Marionville	New Heights Christian Academy	(W) 3-0
9/20/25	Greenfield	New Heights Christian Academy	(W) 2-0	10/13/25	Verona	Greenfield	(L) 3-1
9/20/25	McAuley Catholic	New Heights Christian Academy	(W) 2-0	9/6/25	McAuley Catholic	Verona	(W) 2-0
10/9/25	McAuley Catholic	New Heights Christian Academy	(W) 3-0
9/23/25	New Heights Christian Academy	Exeter	(W) 3-0	9/6/25	Exeter	Verona	(W) 2-1
9/29/25	New Heights Christian Academy	Golden City	(W) 3-0	9/4/25	Golden City	Verona	(W) 3-0
10/21/25	Golden City	New Heights Christian Academy	(W) 3-0	10/4/25	Verona	Golden City	(W) 2-0
10/2/25	Jefferson Independent Day	New Heights Christian Academy	(W) 3-0	9/6/25	Verona	Jefferson Independent Day	(W) 2-1
10/23/25	Jefferson Independent Day	New Heights Christian Academy	(W) 3-1	10/4/25	Verona	Jefferson Independent Day	(T) 1-1
				10/9/25	Verona	Jefferson Independent Day	(L) 3-0

Record Breakdown

New Heights Christian Academy (25-26)		Verona (25-26)
20-9-5	Overall	6-16-2
3-1	League	0-2
11-3	Non-League	0-8-1
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
9-0-1	Common Opponent	5-3-1
13-2-1	Home	0-4
7-6-2	Away	0-6-1
0-1-2	Neutral	6-6-1
0-0	Playoff	0-0
18-8-4	In-State	6-16-2
1-1	Out-of-State	0-0