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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

Final score provided by M. Pullum.

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	Isabella 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
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	Isabella 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
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	Isabella 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
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	Isabella 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
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	Isabella 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
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	Isabella 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
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
69	7

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	SW	SL
35-8	9-1	8-2	9-2	18-4	.814	.900	76	26

Pepperell (25-26)

GA	Class
165	23

Overall	Region	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Region %	SW	SL
23-16	6-1	6-3	5-6	12-7	.590	.857	54	39

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	Wins
Darlington	24.0	24.2	18.3	21.5	1.8
Pepperell	21.2	22.5	17.6	21.3	1.4

Head-to-Head

Darlington won on 8/9/2025

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 on 8/12/2025

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
Darlington won on 9/16/2025

9/16 @ 7p S1 S2 Wins

Pepperell 13 21 0
Darlington 25 25 2

The Pepperell (Lindale, GA) varsity volleyball team lost Tuesday's away non-conference match against Darlington (Rome, GA) by a score of 2-0.
Box score

9/16 @ 7p	S1	S2	Wins
Pepperell	13	21	0
Darlington	25	25	2

Team Stat Comparison

Darlington		Pepperell
1056	Kills	733
91	Total Blocks	68
274	Serving Aces	368
1557	Digs	1146
930	Assists	658
1330	Receptions	1381

Team Leaders

Darlington		Pepperell	National Avg.
#10 Ruthie Brinson323	Kills	#8 Kaitlyn House193	53
#10 Ruthie Brinson46	Total Blocks	#21 Haley Pomell33	11
#17 Bradford Middleton57	Serving Aces	#3 Hannah Smith113	16
#4 Isabella Rogers394	Digs	#11 Piper Hillis244	84
#2 Bryn Merritt453	Assists	#3 Hannah Smith315	50
#4 Isabella Rogers472	Receptions	#11 Piper Hillis396	86

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Darlington	16-0		Pepperell	12-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/9/25	Darlington	Unity Christian	(W) 2-0	8/26/25	Unity Christian	Pepperell	(W) 3-0
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	(W) 2-0
				9/18/25	Cedartown	Pepperell	(W) 3-1
				9/20/25	Pepperell	Cedartown	(W) 2-0
8/9/25	Darlington	Model	(W) 2-0	8/9/25	Pepperell	Model	(L) 2-0
9/11/25	Darlington	Model	(W) 2-0	10/18/25	Pepperell	Model	(L) 3-1
10/7/25	Model	Darlington	(W) 3-0
8/12/25	Cass	Darlington	(W) 2-0	8/12/25	Cass	Pepperell	(W) 2-0
8/28/25	Darlington	Temple	(W) 2-0	9/16/25	Temple	Pepperell	(W) 2-0
9/16/25	Temple	Darlington	(W) 2-1	9/23/25	Pepperell	Temple	(W) 2-0
				10/4/25	Temple	Pepperell	(W) 3-1
8/28/25	Darlington	Villa Rica	(W) 2-1	8/19/25	Villa Rica	Pepperell	(L) 2-1
9/25/25	Villa Rica	Darlington	(W) 2-1
9/2/25	Armuchee	Darlington	(W) 2-1	9/30/25	Pepperell	Armuchee	(L) 2-0
9/9/25	Darlington	Armuchee	(W) 2-0
9/11/25	Darlington	Chattooga	(W) 2-0	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	(L) 2-1
9/18/25	Darlington	Trion	(W) 2-0	8/23/25	Pepperell	Trion	(W) 2-0
10/15/25	Whitefield Academy	Darlington	(W) 3-1	9/23/25	Whitefield Academy	Pepperell	(W) 2-0

Record Breakdown

Darlington (25-26)		Pepperell (25-26)
35-8	Overall	23-16
11-2	League	8-2
18-2	Non-League	11-8
3-0	Head to Head	0-3
16-0	Common Opponent	12-7
8-2	Home	6-3
9-2	Away	5-6
18-4	Neutral	12-7
1-1	Playoff	1-1
35-8	In-State	22-16
0-0	Out-of-State	1-0