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Darlington Model

Tigers

Blue Devils

The Model (Rome, GA) varsity volleyball team lost Saturday's home non-conference match against Darlington (Rome, GA) by a score of 2-0.

	S1	S2	Wins
Darlington	30	25	2
Model	28	23	0

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Darlington (25-26)

Darlington

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	23	11.5	50.0	46	0	.500
2	Bryn Merritt (Sr)	2	1	0.5	33.3	3	0	.333
3	Sara Shropshire (Jr)	2
4	Bella Rogers (Sr)	2
5	Cecilia Baggett (Jr)	2	3	1.5	50.0	6	0	.500
7	Sidney Rush (Sr)	2
9	Molly Ledbetter (Jr)	2	2	1.0	40.0	5	0	.400
10	Ruthie Brinson (Sr)	2	8	4.0	66.7	12	0	.667
11	Nora Knaak (Jr)	2	2	1.0	33.3	6	0	.333
14	Ava Ann Woods (Sr)	2	2	1.0	50.0	4	0	.500
17	B. Middleton (Sr)	2
34	Sophie Piller (Sr)	2	5	2.5	50.0	10	0	.500

Darlington

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %
	Team Totals	2	4	2.0	7.7	52	0	100.0
2	Bryn Merritt (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	11	0	100.0
3	Sara Shropshire (Jr)	2
4	Bella Rogers (Sr)	2	1	0.5	12.5	8	0	100.0
5	Cecilia Baggett (Jr)	2
7	Sidney Rush (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	9	0	100.0
9	Molly Ledbetter (Jr)	2
10	Ruthie Brinson (Sr)	2	1	0.5	11.1	9	0	100.0
11	Nora Knaak (Jr)	2
14	Ava Ann Woods (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	7	0	100.0
17	B. Middleton (Sr)	2	2	1.0	25.0	8	0	100.0
34	Sophie Piller (Sr)	2

Darlington

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	2	1	1	0.5
2	Bryn Merritt (Sr)	2
3	Sara Shropshire (Jr)	2
4	Bella Rogers (Sr)	2
5	Cecilia Baggett (Jr)	2
7	Sidney Rush (Sr)	2
9	Molly Ledbetter (Jr)	2
10	Ruthie Brinson (Sr)	2
11	Nora Knaak (Jr)	2
14	Ava Ann Woods (Sr)	2
17	B. Middleton (Sr)	2
34	Sophie Piller (Sr)	2	1	1	0.5

Darlington

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	2	5	2.5
2	Bryn Merritt (Sr)	2
3	Sara Shropshire (Jr)	2
4	Bella Rogers (Sr)	2	4	2.0
5	Cecilia Baggett (Jr)	2
7	Sidney Rush (Sr)	2
9	Molly Ledbetter (Jr)	2
10	Ruthie Brinson (Sr)	2
11	Nora Knaak (Jr)	2
14	Ava Ann Woods (Sr)	2
17	B. Middleton (Sr)	2	1	0.5
34	Sophie Piller (Sr)	2

Darlington

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	2	18	9.0	39	0
2	Bryn Merritt (Sr)	2	9	4.5	19	0
3	Sara Shropshire (Jr)	2
4	Bella Rogers (Sr)	2
5	Cecilia Baggett (Jr)	2
7	Sidney Rush (Sr)	2	9	4.5	20	0
9	Molly Ledbetter (Jr)	2
10	Ruthie Brinson (Sr)	2
11	Nora Knaak (Jr)	2
14	Ava Ann Woods (Sr)	2
17	B. Middleton (Sr)	2
34	Sophie Piller (Sr)	2

Darlington

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP
	Team Totals	2
2	Bryn Merritt (Sr)	2
3	Sara Shropshire (Jr)	2
4	Bella Rogers (Sr)	2
5	Cecilia Baggett (Jr)	2
7	Sidney Rush (Sr)	2
9	Molly Ledbetter (Jr)	2
10	Ruthie Brinson (Sr)	2
11	Nora Knaak (Jr)	2
14	Ava Ann Woods (Sr)	2
17	B. Middleton (Sr)	2
34	Sophie Piller (Sr)	2

Model (25-26)

Model has not entered stats for this match.

Match Story

Georgia High School Volleyball - Darlington over Model

August 9, 2025: Rome, GA 30161

The Darlington Tigers (Rome, GA) volleyball knocked off the host Model Blue Devils (Rome, GA), 2-0 in Saturday's non-league bout.

The Tigers now possess a 2-0 record. They play next when they travel to Pepperell for a non-league bout on Tuesday, August 12. Darlington will clash with a Dragons team coming off a 2-1 non-league win over Cedartown (Cedartown, GA). The Dragons record now stands at 2-1.

With the loss, Model drops to 4-1 on the campaign. The Blue devils host Coosa (Rome, GA) to clash with the Eagles in a non-league bout on Saturday, August 9. The Eagles come into the bout with a record of 1-1. Coosa won 2-0 in their recent non-league bout against Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe (Fort Oglethorpe, GA)

Darlington @ Model Volleyball Match Info

Sat., Aug. 9, 2025 @ 3:30p

Battle of the Counties

The Model (Rome, GA) varsity volleyball team lost Saturday's home non-conference match against Darlington (Rome, GA) by a score of 2-0.

Rankings & Records

Darlington (25-26)

GA	Class
32	2

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	SW	SL
14-0	0-0	4-0	10-0	1.000	29	1

Model (25-26)

GA	Class
53	6

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	SW	SL
15-3	9-1	2-0	4-2	.833	32	7

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Darlington	25.4	24.9	20.0	2.1
Model	25.2	24.3	14.3	1.8

Head-to-Head

Darlington won this month

8/9 @ 3:30p S1 S2 Wins

Darlington 30 25 2
Model 28 23 0

The Darlington (Rome, GA) varsity volleyball team won Saturday's away non-conference match against Model (Rome, GA) by a score of 2-0.
Box score
Match starts in 17 day
The Model (Rome, GA) varsity volleyball team has an away non-conference match @ Darlington (Rome, GA) on Thursday, September 11 @ 7p.
Preview match

Team Stat Comparison

Darlington		Model
285	Kills	180
26	Total Blocks	21
83	Serving Aces	67
257	Digs	202
244	Assists	172
55	Receptions	217

Team Leaders

Darlington		Model	National Avg.
#10 Ruthie Brinson86	Kills	#14 Catherine Betz49	11
#10 Ruthie Brinson15	Total Blocks	#5 Maddie Rec13	2
#10 Ruthie Brinson20	Serving Aces	#7 Landry Johnson24	4
#2 Bryn Merritt52	Digs	#11 Maralea Davis55	16
#2 Bryn Merritt117	Assists	#7 Landry Johnson125	10
#4 Bella Rogers15	Receptions	#11 Maralea Davis96	17

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Darlington	6-0		Model	5-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/9/25	Darlington	Unity Christian	(W) 2-0	8/21/25	Unity Christian	Model	(W) 2-0
8/9/25	Unity Christian	Darlington	(W) 2-0	9/9/25	Model	Unity Christian
8/9/25	Cedartown	Darlington	(W) 2-0	9/25/25	Cedartown	Model
8/9/25	Darlington	Pepperell	(W) 2-0	8/9/25	Pepperell	Model	(W) 2-0
8/12/25	Darlington	Pepperell	(W) 2-0
9/16/25	Pepperell	Darlington
8/14/25	Dalton Academy	Darlington	(W) 2-0	8/26/25	Dalton Academy	Model
9/9/25	Dalton Academy	Darlington
9/2/25	Armuchee	Darlington		8/9/25	Armuchee	Model	(W) 2-0
9/9/25	Darlington	Armuchee		9/23/25	Model	Armuchee
9/4/25	Fannin County	Darlington		9/23/25	Model	Fannin County
9/4/25	Gordon Central	Darlington		9/25/25	Gordon Central	Model
9/11/25	Darlington	Chattooga		9/11/25	Chattooga	Model
9/18/25	Darlington	Trion		8/21/25	Trion	Model	(W) 2-0
				9/4/25	Model	Trion
9/18/25	Christian Heritage	Darlington		9/16/25	Model	Christian Heritage
9/23/25	Darlington	Dade County		8/19/25	Model	Dade County	(W) 2-0
				9/16/25	Model	Dade County
9/25/25	Gordon Lee	Darlington		9/4/25	Model	Gordon Lee

Record Breakdown

Darlington (25-26)		Model (25-26)
14-0	Overall	15-3
0-0	League	0-0
10-0	Non-League	12-1
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
6-0	Common Opponent	5-0
0-0	Home	9-1
4-0	Away	2-0
10-0	Neutral	4-2
0-0	Playoff	0-0
14-0	In-State	14-3
0-0	Out-of-State	1-0