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The University Christian (Hickory, NC) varsity volleyball team won Thursday's home non-conference match against Gaston Day (Gastonia, NC) by a score of 3-2.

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Gaston Day	25	22	25	21	8	2
University Christian	18	25	23	25	15	3

Final score provided by T. Gerken.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

University Christian (25-26)

Gaston Day

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	5	51	10.2	29.0	176	33	.102
1	Ava Blanton (Sr)	5	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
2	M. Lovelace (Sr)	5	0	0.0	.0	9	0	.000
3	Grace Hohman (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
4	Lauren Basanez (Fr)	1	0	0.0	.0	2	1	-.500
8	Emery Carr (Fr)	5	0	0.0	.0	0	0
11	Riley Fanis (Fr)	5	8	1.6	34.8	23	4	.174
12	Amelia Buie (Fr)	5	9	1.8	69.2	13	0	.692
16	Kendyl Taylor (Jr)	5	27	5.4	28.4	95	20	.074
18	Clara Wallwork (Sr)	5	7	1.4	21.2	33	8	-.030

University Christian

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	5	55	11.0	30.1	183	19	.197
1	Amelia Graham (Sr)	5	2	0.4	8.3	24	2	.000
2	Maverick Worley (Fr)	1	0	0.0	.0	2	1	-.500
3	Skylar Hintz (Jr)	5	10	2.0	27.0	37	2	.216
5	Layla Dameron (Sr)	5	20	4.0	34.5	58	8	.207
10	Fernanda Soto (Fr)	5	1	0.2	12.5	8	0	.125
11	Larkyn Gerken (Sr)	5	21	4.2	46.7	45	4	.378
13	K. Tompkins (So)	3	1	0.3	25.0	4	1	.000
15	Camila Soto (So)	5	0	0.0	.0	5	1	-.200

Gaston Day

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	5	8	1.6	7.8	103	4	96.1	55
1	Ava Blanton (Sr)	5	0	0.0	.0	12	0	100.0	4
2	M. Lovelace (Sr)	5	2	0.4	10.5	19	1	94.7	10
3	Grace Hohman (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	2	0	100.0	1
4	Lauren Basanez (Fr)	1	0	0.0	.0	1	0	100.0	0
8	Emery Carr (Fr)	5	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
11	Riley Fanis (Fr)	5	1	0.2	9.1	11	0	100.0	7
12	Amelia Buie (Fr)	5	1	0.2	5.0	20	0	100.0	11
16	Kendyl Taylor (Jr)	5	1	0.2	8.3	12	2	83.3	3
18	Clara Wallwork (Sr)	5	3	0.6	11.5	26	1	96.2	19

University Christian

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %
	Team Totals	5	15	3.0	14.3	105	15	85.7
1	Amelia Graham (Sr)	5	5	1.0	21.7	23	2	91.3
2	Maverick Worley (Fr)	1	2	2.0	50.0	4	2	50.0
3	Skylar Hintz (Jr)	5	2	0.4	10.0	20	2	90.0
5	Layla Dameron (Sr)	5	3	0.6	15.8	19	3	84.2
10	Fernanda Soto (Fr)	5	0	0.0	.0	15	2	86.7
11	Larkyn Gerken (Sr)	5	3	0.6	18.8	16	2	87.5
13	K. Tompkins (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	4	2	50.0
15	Camila Soto (So)	5	0	0.0	.0	4	0	100.0

Gaston Day

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	5	3	3	0.6
1	Ava Blanton (Sr)	5	0	0	0.0
2	M. Lovelace (Sr)	5	0	0	0.0
3	Grace Hohman (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0
4	Lauren Basanez (Fr)	1	0	0	0.0
8	Emery Carr (Fr)	5	0	0	0.0
11	Riley Fanis (Fr)	5	0	0	0.0
12	Amelia Buie (Fr)	5	1	1	0.2
16	Kendyl Taylor (Jr)	5	2	2	0.4
18	Clara Wallwork (Sr)	5	0	0	0.0

University Christian

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	5	8	6	11	2.2	0
1	Amelia Graham (Sr)	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Maverick Worley (Fr)	1	0	1	1	1.0	0
3	Skylar Hintz (Jr)	5	1	1	2	0.4	0
5	Layla Dameron (Sr)	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Fernanda Soto (Fr)	5	0	2	2	0.4	0
11	Larkyn Gerken (Sr)	5	7	2	9	1.8
13	K. Tompkins (So)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Camila Soto (So)	5	0	0	0	0.0	0

Gaston Day

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	5	109	20	21.8
1	Ava Blanton (Sr)	5	23	5	4.6
2	M. Lovelace (Sr)	5	10	3	2.0
3	Grace Hohman (Jr)	1	1	0	1.0
4	Lauren Basanez (Fr)	1	0	0	0.0
8	Emery Carr (Fr)	5	6	0	1.2
11	Riley Fanis (Fr)	5	14	6	2.8
12	Amelia Buie (Fr)	5	7	1	1.4
16	Kendyl Taylor (Jr)	5	32	3	6.4
18	Clara Wallwork (Sr)	5	16	2	3.2

University Christian

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	5	103	0	20.6
1	Amelia Graham (Sr)	5	17		3.4
2	Maverick Worley (Fr)	1	0	0	0.0
3	Skylar Hintz (Jr)	5	16	0	3.2
5	Layla Dameron (Sr)	5	18	0	3.6
10	Fernanda Soto (Fr)	5	20		4.0
11	Larkyn Gerken (Sr)	5	20		4.0
13	K. Tompkins (So)	3	1		0.3
15	Camila Soto (So)	5	11		2.2

Gaston Day

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	5	51	10.2	168	4
1	Ava Blanton (Sr)	5	2	0.4	2	0
2	M. Lovelace (Sr)	5	49	9.8	165	3
3	Grace Hohman (Jr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
4	Lauren Basanez (Fr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
8	Emery Carr (Fr)	5	0	0.0	1	1
11	Riley Fanis (Fr)	5	0	0.0	0	0
12	Amelia Buie (Fr)	5	0	0.0	0	0
16	Kendyl Taylor (Jr)	5	0	0.0	0	0
18	Clara Wallwork (Sr)	5	0	0.0	0	0

University Christian

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	5	52	10.4	181	0
1	Amelia Graham (Sr)	5	2	0.4	16
2	Maverick Worley (Fr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
3	Skylar Hintz (Jr)	5			3
5	Layla Dameron (Sr)	5	0	0.0	9	0
10	Fernanda Soto (Fr)	5	47	9.4	132
11	Larkyn Gerken (Sr)	5	3	0.6	11
13	K. Tompkins (So)	3	0	0.0	0	0
15	Camila Soto (So)	5	0	0.0	10	0

Gaston Day

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	5	76	13	15.2
1	Ava Blanton (Sr)	5	42	3	8.4
2	M. Lovelace (Sr)	5	0	0	0.0
3	Grace Hohman (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0
4	Lauren Basanez (Fr)	1	0	0	0.0
8	Emery Carr (Fr)	5	0	0	0.0
11	Riley Fanis (Fr)	5	3	0	0.6
12	Amelia Buie (Fr)	5	0	0	0.0
16	Kendyl Taylor (Jr)	5	24	9	4.8
18	Clara Wallwork (Sr)	5	7	1	1.4

University Christian

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	5	98	8	19.6
1	Amelia Graham (Sr)	5	12	1	2.4
2	Maverick Worley (Fr)	1	0	0	0.0
3	Skylar Hintz (Jr)	5	21	2	4.2
5	Layla Dameron (Sr)	5	21	2	4.2
10	Fernanda Soto (Fr)	5	2	1	0.4
11	Larkyn Gerken (Sr)	5	20	1	4.0
13	K. Tompkins (So)	3	1		0.3
15	Camila Soto (So)	5	21	1	4.2

Match Story

North Carolina High School Volleyball - Gaston Day can't hold off University Christian

August 28, 2025: Hickory, NC 28601

In Thursday's non-league match, the University Christian Barracudas (Hickory, NC) volleyball squad tipped the visiting Gaston Day Spartans (Gastonia, NC), by a final score of 3-2.

Next up, the Barracudas clash with the Hickory Christian Academy Knights (Hickory, NC) in a NCISAA Foothills Athletic bout, on Friday, September 12. University Christian will attempt to better on its 4-2 season record.

With the loss, Gaston Day drops to 5-1 on the campaign. The Spartans travel to SouthLake Christian Academy (Huntersville, NC) to clash with the Eagles in a NCISAA Metrolina Athletic bout on Tuesday, September 2. The Eagles enter the match with a record of 1-2. SouthLake Christian Academy lost 3-0 in their recent league match against Concord Academy (Concord, NC)

Gaston Day @ UCHS Volleyball Match Info

Thu., Aug. 28, 2025 @ 6p

The University Christian (Hickory, NC) varsity volleyball team won Thursday's home non-conference match against Gaston Day (Gastonia, NC) by a score of 3-2.

Rankings & Records

Gaston Day (25-26)

NC	Class
41	1

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

University Christian (25-26)

NC	Class
151	7

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
13-5	6-2	9-4	4-1	.722	.750	42	19

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Gaston Day	23.0	23.0	22.7	24.3	13.6	2.5
University Christian	22.6	24.3	23.0	20.8	15.7	2.3

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Team Stat Comparison

Gaston Day		University Christian
949	Kills	649
72	Total Blocks	70
263	Serving Aces	298
1834	Digs	941
949	Assists	603
1246	Receptions	988

Team Leaders

Gaston Day		University Christian	National Avg.
#16 Kendyl Taylor579	Kills	#11 Larkyn Gerken249	52
#18 Clara Wallwork29	Total Blocks	#11 Larkyn Gerken56	11
#16 Kendyl Taylor71	Serving Aces	#10 Fernanda Soto69	16
#16 Kendyl Taylor453	Digs	#11 Larkyn Gerken226	82
#2 Mary Ellen Lovelace830	Assists	#10 Fernanda Soto557	49
#16 Kendyl Taylor540	Receptions	#15 Camila Soto231	84

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Gaston Day	3-0		University Christian	0-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/21/25	Gaston Day	Hickory Christian Academy	(W) 3-2	9/12/25	Hickory Christian Academy	University Christian	(L) 3-0
				9/30/25	University Christian	Hickory Christian Academy	(L) 3-0
9/9/25	Gaston Day	Westminster Catawba Christian	(W) 3-2	10/16/25	Westminster Catawba Christian	University Christian	(L) 3-0
10/7/25	Westminster Catawba Christian	Gaston Day	(W) 3-1

Record Breakdown

Gaston Day (25-26)		University Christian (25-26)
21-4	Overall	13-5
11-1	League	6-2
4-1	Non-League	6-2
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
3-0	Common Opponent	0-3
11-0	Home	9-4
7-3	Away	4-1
3-1	Neutral	0-0
3-0	Playoff	1-1
16-2	In-State	13-4
5-2	Out-of-State	0-1