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Darlington Pepperell

Tigers

Dragons

The Pepperell (Lindale, GA) varsity volleyball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament match against Darlington (Rome, GA) by a score of 2-0.

	S1	S2	Wins
Darlington	25	25	2
Pepperell	10	18	0

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Pepperell (25-26)

Darlington

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	19	9.5	32.8	58	6	.224
2	Bryn Merritt (Sr)	2	1	0.5	20.0	5	0	.200
3	Sara Shropshire (Jr)	2
4	Bella Rogers (Sr)	2
5	Cecilia Baggett (Jr)	2	3	1.5	37.5	8	1	.250
7	Sidney Rush (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
9	Molly Ledbetter (Jr)	2	2	1.0	20.0	10	2	.000
10	Ruthie Brinson (Sr)	2	8	4.0	72.7	11	0	.727
11	Nora Knaak (Jr)	2	1	0.5	25.0	4	0	.250
12	Clara York (Sr)	1
14	Ava Ann Woods (Sr)	2	3	1.5	20.0	15	3	.000
17	B. Middleton (Sr)	2
34	Sophie Piller (Sr)	2	1	0.5	25.0	4	0	.250

Pepperell

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	13	6.5	18.8	69	14	-.014
1	Vanesa Esqueda (Sr)	2	1	0.5	14.3	7	2	-.143
3	Hannah Smith (Sr)	2	4	2.0	21.1	19	3	.053
8	Kaitlyn House (Sr)	2	5	2.5	35.7	14	1	.286
11	Piper Hillis (So)	2	1	0.5	7.7	13	5	-.308
12	Brinkley Wheat (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	4	0	.000
13	Bricedee Stroud (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	4	1	-.250
14	Aleksah Stroud (So)	2	1	0.5	100.0	1	0	1.000
21	Haley Pomell (Sr)	2	1	0.5	14.3	7	2	-.143
22	Sydney Smith (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0

Darlington

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %
	Team Totals	2	7	3.5	14.3	49	3	93.9
2	Bryn Merritt (Sr)	2	1	0.5	10.0	10	0	100.0
3	Sara Shropshire (Jr)	2
4	Bella Rogers (Sr)	2	1	0.5	8.3	12	2	83.3
5	Cecilia Baggett (Jr)	2
7	Sidney Rush (Sr)	2	1	0.5	12.5	8	0	100.0
9	Molly Ledbetter (Jr)	2
10	Ruthie Brinson (Sr)	2	1	0.5	25.0	4	0	100.0
11	Nora Knaak (Jr)	2
12	Clara York (Sr)	1
14	Ava Ann Woods (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	6	0	100.0
17	B. Middleton (Sr)	2	3	1.5	33.3	9	1	88.9
34	Sophie Piller (Sr)	2

Pepperell

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	2	3	1.5	10.3	29	7	75.9	8
1	Vanesa Esqueda (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	5	1	80.0	1
3	Hannah Smith (Sr)	2	1	0.5	16.7	6	2	66.7	2
8	Kaitlyn House (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
11	Piper Hillis (So)	2	2	1.0	33.3	6	0	100.0	3
12	Brinkley Wheat (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	5	2	60.0	2
13	Bricedee Stroud (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
14	Aleksah Stroud (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	4	2	50.0	0
21	Haley Pomell (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	0	100.0	0
22	Sydney Smith (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	0	100.0	0

Darlington

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	2	2	4	4	2.0
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		1	1	0.5
10	Ruthie Brinson (Sr)	2	1	2	3	1.5
11	Nora Knaak (Jr)	2		1	1	0.5
12	Clara York (Sr)	1
14	Ava Ann Woods (Sr)	2	1		1	0.5
17	B. Middleton (Sr)	2
34	Sophie Piller (Sr)	2

Pepperell

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	2	2	1	0.5
1	Vanesa Esqueda (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
3	Hannah Smith (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
8	Kaitlyn House (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
11	Piper Hillis (So)	2	0	0	0.0
12	Brinkley Wheat (So)	2	0	0	0.0
13	Bricedee Stroud (Sr)	2	1	1	0.5
14	Aleksah Stroud (So)	2	0	0	0.0
21	Haley Pomell (Sr)	2	1	1	0.5
22	Sydney Smith (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0

Darlington

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	2	41	20.5
2	Bryn Merritt (Sr)	2	5	2.5
3	Sara Shropshire (Jr)	2	4	2.0
4	Bella Rogers (Sr)	2	7	3.5
5	Cecilia Baggett (Jr)	2	3	1.5
7	Sidney Rush (Sr)	2	6	3.0
9	Molly Ledbetter (Jr)	2	2	1.0
10	Ruthie Brinson (Sr)	2	2	1.0
11	Nora Knaak (Jr)	2	2	1.0
12	Clara York (Sr)	1
14	Ava Ann Woods (Sr)	2	4	2.0
17	B. Middleton (Sr)	2	5	2.5
34	Sophie Piller (Sr)	2	1	0.5

Pepperell

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	2	29	14.5
1	Vanesa Esqueda (Sr)	2	8	4.0
3	Hannah Smith (Sr)	2	1	0.5
8	Kaitlyn House (Sr)	2	1	0.5
11	Piper Hillis (So)	2	7	3.5
12	Brinkley Wheat (So)	2	1	0.5
13	Bricedee Stroud (Sr)	2	0	0.0
14	Aleksah Stroud (So)	2	8	4.0
21	Haley Pomell (Sr)	2	1	0.5
22	Sydney Smith (Sr)	2	2	1.0

Darlington

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	2	19	9.5	56
2	Bryn Merritt (Sr)	2	7	3.5	14
3	Sara Shropshire (Jr)	2	1	0.5	4
4	Bella Rogers (Sr)	2	2	1.0	14
5	Cecilia Baggett (Jr)	2
7	Sidney Rush (Sr)	2	9	4.5	23
9	Molly Ledbetter (Jr)	2
10	Ruthie Brinson (Sr)	2
11	Nora Knaak (Jr)	2
12	Clara York (Sr)	1			1
14	Ava Ann Woods (Sr)	2
17	B. Middleton (Sr)	2
34	Sophie Piller (Sr)	2

Pepperell

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	2	11	5.5	62
1	Vanesa Esqueda (Sr)	2	0	0.0	4
3	Hannah Smith (Sr)	2	5	2.5	29
8	Kaitlyn House (Sr)	2	0	0.0	1
11	Piper Hillis (So)	2	2	1.0	5
12	Brinkley Wheat (So)	2	4	2.0	19
13	Bricedee Stroud (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0
14	Aleksah Stroud (So)	2	0	0.0	2
21	Haley Pomell (Sr)	2	0	0.0	2
22	Sydney Smith (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0

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
12	Clara York (Sr)	1
14	Ava Ann Woods (Sr)	2
17	B. Middleton (Sr)	2
34	Sophie Piller (Sr)	2

Pepperell

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	2	39	4	19.5
1	Vanesa Esqueda (Sr)	2	9	1	4.5
3	Hannah Smith (Sr)	2	2	0	1.0
8	Kaitlyn House (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
11	Piper Hillis (So)	2	22	2	11.0
12	Brinkley Wheat (So)	2	0	0	0.0
13	Bricedee Stroud (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
14	Aleksah Stroud (So)	2	5	0	2.5
21	Haley Pomell (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
22	Sydney Smith (Sr)	2	1	1	0.5

Pepperell's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Match Story

Georgia High School Volleyball - Darlington over Pepperell

August 9, 2025: Rome, GA 30161

The Darlington Tigers volleyball team scored 2 points and restricted the visiting Pepperell Dragons to 0 in the Tigers non-league triumph on Saturday.

The Tigers now possess a 5-0 record. They play next when they travel to Model for a non-league outing on Saturday, August 9.

With the loss, Pepperell drops to 2-2 on the campaign. The Dragons host Darlington (Rome, GA) to play the Tigers in a non-league outing on Tuesday, August 12. The Tigers come into the outing with a record of 5-0. Darlington won 2-0 in their recent non-league outing against Model (Rome, GA)

Darlington vs Pepperell Volleyball Match Info

Sat., Aug. 9, 2025 @ 2p

Battle of the Counties

The Pepperell (Lindale, GA) varsity volleyball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament 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

Pepperell (25-26)

GA	Class
182	24

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	SW	SL
7-8	1-2	1-2	5-4	.467	15	18

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Darlington	25.4	24.9	20.0	2.1
Pepperell	20.1	22.0	13.0	1.0

Head-to-Head

Darlington won this month

8/9 @ 2p S1 S2 Wins

Darlington 25 25 2
Pepperell 10 18 0

The Darlington (Rome, GA) varsity volleyball team won Saturday's neutral tournament match against Pepperell (Lindale, GA) by a score of 2-0.
Box score
Darlington won this month

8/12 @ 5p S1 S2 Wins

Darlington 25 25 2
Pepperell 7 13 0

The Darlington (Rome, GA) varsity volleyball team won Tuesday's away non-conference match against Pepperell (Lindale, GA) by a score of 2-0.
Box score
Match starts in 21 day
The Pepperell (Lindale, GA) varsity volleyball team has an away non-conference match @ Darlington (Rome, GA) on Tuesday, September 16 @ 5p.
Preview match

Team Stat Comparison

Darlington		Pepperell
285	Kills	235
26	Total Blocks	40
83	Serving Aces	105
257	Digs	357
244	Assists	204
55	Receptions	493

Team Leaders

Darlington		Pepperell	National Avg.
#10 Ruthie Brinson86	Kills	#11 Piper Hillis62	11
#10 Ruthie Brinson15	Total Blocks	#8 Kaitlyn House19	2
#10 Ruthie Brinson20	Serving Aces	#3 Hannah Smith35	4
#2 Bryn Merritt52	Digs	#3 Hannah Smith90	16
#2 Bryn Merritt117	Assists	#12 Brinkley Wheat94	10
#4 Bella Rogers15	Receptions	#11 Piper Hillis183	17

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Darlington	5-0		Pepperell	4-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/9/25	Darlington	Unity Christian	(W) 2-0	8/26/25	Unity Christian	Pepperell
8/9/25	Unity Christian	Darlington	(W) 2-0
8/9/25	Cedartown	Darlington	(W) 2-0	8/9/25	Pepperell	Cedartown	(W) 2-1
				8/28/25	Pepperell	Cedartown
				9/18/25	Cedartown	Pepperell
				9/20/25	Pepperell	Cedartown
8/9/25	Darlington	Model	(W) 2-0	8/9/25	Pepperell	Model	(L) 2-0
9/11/25	Model	Darlington
8/12/25	Cass	Darlington	(W) 2-0	8/12/25	Cass	Pepperell	(W) 2-0
8/28/25	Villa Rica	Darlington		8/19/25	Villa Rica	Pepperell	(L) 2-1
9/25/25	Villa Rica	Darlington
9/2/25	Armuchee	Darlington		9/30/25	Pepperell	Armuchee
9/9/25	Darlington	Armuchee
9/11/25	Darlington	Chattooga		8/21/25	Pepperell	Chattooga	(W) 2-0
				8/23/25	Pepperell	Chattooga	(L) 2-0
				8/23/25	Pepperell	Chattooga	(L) 2-0
				9/9/25	Pepperell	Chattooga
9/18/25	Darlington	Trion		8/23/25	Pepperell	Trion	(W) 2-0

Record Breakdown

Darlington (25-26)		Pepperell (25-26)
14-0	Overall	7-8
0-0	League	0-0
10-0	Non-League	4-4
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
5-0	Common Opponent	4-4
0-0	Home	1-2
4-0	Away	1-2
10-0	Neutral	5-4
0-0	Playoff	0-0
14-0	In-State	7-8
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0