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The University Christian (Hickory, NC) varsity volleyball team lost Thursday's home non-conference match against Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) by a score of 3-1.

	S1	S2	S3	S4	Wins
Alexander Central	25	20	25	25	3
University Christian	17	25	17	22	1

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

University Christian (25-26)

Alexander Central

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	4	43	10.8	35.5	121	17	.215
2	H. Harrington (Sr)	4	12	3.0	57.1	21	2	.476
3	Reagan Pierce (So)	4	12	3.0	37.5	32	4	.250
4	Asia Jackson (Jr)	4	1	0.3	14.3	7	2	-.143
5	Abby Haas (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
8	Gemma Benton (So)	4	0	0.0	.0	3	0	.000
10	M. Williams (Sr)	4	1	0.3	16.7	6	0	.167
11	Sophie Gryder (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
12	Emma Eckard (So)	4	0	0.0	.0	5	2	-.400
13	Kymber Kelly (Fr)	4	15	3.8	46.9	32	4	.344
15	Lyla Mayberry (So)	4	2	0.5	13.3	15	3	-.067

University Christian

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	4	32	8.0	28.3	113	17	.133
1	Amelia Graham (Sr)	4	0	0.0	.0	19	2	-.105
2	Maverick Worley (Fr)	4	0	0.0	.0	4	0	.000
3	Skylar Hintz (Jr)	4	2	0.5	10.5	19	4	-.105
5	Layla Dameron (Sr)	4	15	3.8	39.5	38	8	.184
10	Fernanda Soto (Fr)	4	0	0.0	.0	0	0
11	Larkyn Gerken (Sr)	4	14	3.5	45.2	31	3	.355
15	Camila Soto (So)	4	1	0.3	50.0	2	0	.500

Alexander Central

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	4	9	2.3	9.6	94	10	89.4	53
2	H. Harrington (Sr)	4	1	0.3	7.7	13	2	84.6	6
3	Reagan Pierce (So)	4	2	0.5	16.7	12	1	91.7	7
4	Asia Jackson (Jr)	4	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
5	Abby Haas (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	8	0	100.0	5
8	Gemma Benton (So)	4	2	0.5	16.7	12	1	91.7	7
10	M. Williams (Sr)	4	1	0.3	4.8	21	4	81.0	12
11	Sophie Gryder (Jr)	2	2	1.0	22.2	9	0	100.0	6
12	Emma Eckard (So)	4	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
13	Kymber Kelly (Fr)	4	1	0.3	5.3	19	2	89.5	10
15	Lyla Mayberry (So)	4	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

University Christian

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %
	Team Totals	4	19	4.8	22.9	83	9	89.2
1	Amelia Graham (Sr)	4	0	0.0	.0	12	2	83.3
2	Maverick Worley (Fr)	4	1	0.3	12.5	8	0	100.0
3	Skylar Hintz (Jr)	4	0	0.0	.0	16	1	93.8
5	Layla Dameron (Sr)	4	6	1.5	42.9	14	1	92.9
10	Fernanda Soto (Fr)	4	6	1.5	33.3	18	1	94.4
11	Larkyn Gerken (Sr)	4	6	1.5	40.0	15	4	73.3
15	Camila Soto (So)	4	0	0.0	.0	0	0

Alexander Central

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	4	4	2	0.5
2	H. Harrington (Sr)	4	1	1	0.3
3	Reagan Pierce (So)	4	0	0	0.0
4	Asia Jackson (Jr)	4	1	1	0.3
5	Abby Haas (So)	3	0	0	0.0
8	Gemma Benton (So)	4	0	0	0.0
10	M. Williams (Sr)	4	0	0	0.0
11	Sophie Gryder (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
12	Emma Eckard (So)	4	1	1	0.3
13	Kymber Kelly (Fr)	4	0	0	0.0
15	Lyla Mayberry (So)	4	1	1	0.3

University Christian

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	4	3	3	0.8
1	Amelia Graham (Sr)	4	0	0	0.0
2	Maverick Worley (Fr)	4	0	0	0.0
3	Skylar Hintz (Jr)	4	0	0	0.0
5	Layla Dameron (Sr)	4	0	0	0.0
10	Fernanda Soto (Fr)	4	0	0	0.0
11	Larkyn Gerken (Sr)	4	3	3	0.8
15	Camila Soto (So)	4	0	0	0.0

Alexander Central

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	4	58	14.5
2	H. Harrington (Sr)	4	14	3.5
3	Reagan Pierce (So)	4	14	3.5
4	Asia Jackson (Jr)	4	0	0.0
5	Abby Haas (So)	3	2	0.7
8	Gemma Benton (So)	4	4	1.0
10	M. Williams (Sr)	4	7	1.8
11	Sophie Gryder (Jr)	2	5	2.5
12	Emma Eckard (So)	4	1	0.3
13	Kymber Kelly (Fr)	4	11	2.8
15	Lyla Mayberry (So)	4	0	0.0

University Christian

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	4	63	15.8
1	Amelia Graham (Sr)	4	9	2.3
2	Maverick Worley (Fr)	4	3	0.8
3	Skylar Hintz (Jr)	4	10	2.5
5	Layla Dameron (Sr)	4	11	2.8
10	Fernanda Soto (Fr)	4	10	2.5
11	Larkyn Gerken (Sr)	4	11	2.8
15	Camila Soto (So)	4	9	2.3

Alexander Central

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	4	40	10.0	117
2	H. Harrington (Sr)	4	0	0.0	0
3	Reagan Pierce (So)	4	1	0.3	5
4	Asia Jackson (Jr)	4	0	0.0	2
5	Abby Haas (So)	3	0	0.0	4
8	Gemma Benton (So)	4	8	2.0	25
10	M. Williams (Sr)	4	28	7.0	70
11	Sophie Gryder (Jr)	2	1	0.5	2
12	Emma Eckard (So)	4	0	0.0	0
13	Kymber Kelly (Fr)	4	2	0.5	9
15	Lyla Mayberry (So)	4	0	0.0	0

University Christian

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	4	31	7.8	108
1	Amelia Graham (Sr)	4	0	0.0	0
2	Maverick Worley (Fr)	4	0	0.0	0
3	Skylar Hintz (Jr)	4	0	0.0	3
5	Layla Dameron (Sr)	4	0	0.0	0
10	Fernanda Soto (Fr)	4	30	7.5	98
11	Larkyn Gerken (Sr)	4	1	0.3	3
15	Camila Soto (So)	4	0	0.0	4

Alexander Central

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	4	66	11	16.5
2	H. Harrington (Sr)	4	17	2	4.3
3	Reagan Pierce (So)	4	7	1	1.8
4	Asia Jackson (Jr)	4	0	0	0.0
5	Abby Haas (So)	3	9	2	3.0
8	Gemma Benton (So)	4	1	0	0.3
10	M. Williams (Sr)	4	0	0	0.0
11	Sophie Gryder (Jr)	2	8	0	4.0
12	Emma Eckard (So)	4	0	0	0.0
13	Kymber Kelly (Fr)	4	22	6	5.5
15	Lyla Mayberry (So)	4	2	0	0.5

University Christian

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	4	79	5	19.8
1	Amelia Graham (Sr)	4	9	1	2.3
2	Maverick Worley (Fr)	4	1	0	0.3
3	Skylar Hintz (Jr)	4	24	2	6.0
5	Layla Dameron (Sr)	4	10	0	2.5
10	Fernanda Soto (Fr)	4	2	0	0.5
11	Larkyn Gerken (Sr)	4	9	0	2.3
15	Camila Soto (So)	4	24	2	6.0

Match Story

North Carolina High School Volleyball - Alexander Central over University Christian

August 21, 2025: Hickory, NC 28601

The crowd at Thursday's non-league test between the Alexander Central Cougars (Taylorsville, NC) and the host University Christian Barracudas (Hickory, NC), saw Alexander Central's volleyball squad achieve victory over University Christian by a score of 3-1.

With the win, Alexander Central improves its record to 5-0 on the season. The Cougars host South Iredell (Statesville, NC) to face the Vikings in a non-league test on Tuesday, August 26. The Vikings go into the test with a record of 4-4.

The Barracudas now own a 2-2 record. They put it on the line next when they host Winston Salem Christian for a non-league test on Tuesday, August 26. University Christian will face a Lions team coming off a 3-2 non-league loss to Greater Cabarrus Athletic Association (Concord, NC). The Lions record now stands at 0-4.

Rankings & Records

Alexander Central (25-26)

NC	Class
46	9

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
10-3	3-1	4-1	6-2	.769	.750	32	16

University Christian (25-26)

NC	Class
175	7

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
6-3	1-1	5-3	1-0	.667	.500	21	11