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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

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Gaston Day (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

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

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

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

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

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 (25-26)

University Christian has not entered stats for this match.

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)

Rankings & Records

Gaston Day (25-26)

NC	Class
81	4

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
10-1	6-0	5-0	5-1	.909	1.000	32	9

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