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Watauga Alexander Central

Pioneers

Cougars

The Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) varsity volleyball team lost Tuesday's home conference match against Watauga (Boone, NC) by a score of 3-0.

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Watauga	25	25	25	3
Alexander Central	19	15	12	0

Final score provided by C. Gragg.

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Match Stats

Alexander Central (25-26)

Watauga

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	40	13.3	49.4	81	10	.370
4	Lilli Combs (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
6	Kora Knight (Sr)	3	5	1.7	50.0	10	1	.400
10	Julia Rowan (Jr)	3	7	2.3	53.8	13	1	.462
11	Graycie Collins (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
12	Lainey Gragg (Jr)	3	3	1.0	100.0	3	0	1.000
13	Addie Stough (So)	2	1	0.5	16.7	6	2	-.167
18	Emma Pastusic (Sr)	3	18	6.0	56.3	32	3	.469
21	Alaina Portaro (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
23	C. Childers (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
24	Ashlyn Smith (Jr)	3	6	2.0	37.5	16	3	.188

Alexander Central

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	23	7.7	27.4	84	9	.167
2	H. Harrington (Sr)	3	8	2.7	32.0	25	3	.200
3	Reagan Pierce (So)	3	9	3.0	32.1	28	0	.321
4	Asia Jackson (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
5	Abby Haas (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
6	Kay'ona Connor (Fr)	3	2	0.7	22.2	9	2	.000
8	Gemma Benton (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
10	M. Williams (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	4	1	-.250
11	Sophie Gryder (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
12	Makenzie Merrit (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
13	Kymber Kelly (Fr)	3	3	1.0	30.0	10	1	.200
15	Lyla Mayberry (So)	3	1	0.3	16.7	6	2	-.167

Watauga

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	9	3.0	12.3	73	8	89.0	40
4	Lilli Combs (Sr)	3	3	1.0	27.3	11	2	81.8	7
6	Kora Knight (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
10	Julia Rowan (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	1	0	100.0	0
11	Graycie Collins (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	1	1	.0	0
12	Lainey Gragg (Jr)	3	1	0.3	5.3	19	0	100.0	13
13	Addie Stough (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
18	Emma Pastusic (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	9	3	66.7	3
21	Alaina Portaro (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	9	2	77.8	6
23	C. Childers (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	6	0	100.0	1
24	Ashlyn Smith (Jr)	3	5	1.7	29.4	17	0	100.0	10

Alexander Central

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	2	0.7	4.3	47	9	80.9	13
2	H. Harrington (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	6	1	83.3	0
3	Reagan Pierce (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	8	2	75.0	2
4	Asia Jackson (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
5	Abby Haas (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	0	100.0	0
6	Kay'ona Connor (Fr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
8	Gemma Benton (So)	3	2	0.7	20.0	10	1	90.0	4
10	M. Williams (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	8	3	62.5	3
11	Sophie Gryder (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	4	1	75.0	1
12	Makenzie Merrit (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	1	.0	0
13	Kymber Kelly (Fr)	3	0	0.0	.0	9	0	100.0	3
15	Lyla Mayberry (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Watauga

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	3	1	2	2	0.7
4	Lilli Combs (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
6	Kora Knight (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
10	Julia Rowan (Jr)	3	0	1	1	0.3
11	Graycie Collins (Jr)	1	0	0	0	0.0
12	Lainey Gragg (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
13	Addie Stough (So)	2	1	1	2	1.0
18	Emma Pastusic (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
21	Alaina Portaro (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0
23	C. Childers (So)	3	0	0	0	0.0
24	Ashlyn Smith (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0.0

Alexander Central

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	3	10	5	1.7
2	H. Harrington (Sr)	3	1	1	0.3
3	Reagan Pierce (So)	3	3	3	1.0
4	Asia Jackson (Jr)	3	2	2	0.7
5	Abby Haas (So)	2	0	0	0.0
6	Kay'ona Connor (Fr)	3	3	3	1.0
8	Gemma Benton (So)	3	0	0	0.0
10	M. Williams (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
11	Sophie Gryder (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
12	Makenzie Merrit (So)	2	0	0	0.0
13	Kymber Kelly (Fr)	3	0	0	0.0
15	Lyla Mayberry (So)	3	1	1	0.3

Watauga

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	3	57	19.0
4	Lilli Combs (Sr)	3	8	2.7
6	Kora Knight (Sr)	3	3	1.0
10	Julia Rowan (Jr)	3	3	1.0
11	Graycie Collins (Jr)	1	1	1.0
12	Lainey Gragg (Jr)	3	9	3.0
13	Addie Stough (So)	2	0	0.0
18	Emma Pastusic (Sr)	3	11	3.7
21	Alaina Portaro (Jr)	2	4	2.0
23	C. Childers (So)	3	11	3.7
24	Ashlyn Smith (Jr)	3	8	2.7

Alexander Central

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	3	36	12.0
2	H. Harrington (Sr)	3	6	2.0
3	Reagan Pierce (So)	3	10	3.3
4	Asia Jackson (Jr)	3	0	0.0
5	Abby Haas (So)	2	2	1.0
6	Kay'ona Connor (Fr)	3	1	0.3
8	Gemma Benton (So)	3	7	2.3
10	M. Williams (Sr)	3	4	1.3
11	Sophie Gryder (Jr)	3	4	1.3
12	Makenzie Merrit (So)	2	0	0.0
13	Kymber Kelly (Fr)	3	2	0.7
15	Lyla Mayberry (So)	3	0	0.0

Watauga

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	39	13.0	80	1
4	Lilli Combs (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
6	Kora Knight (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
10	Julia Rowan (Jr)	3	0	0.0	1	0
11	Graycie Collins (Jr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
12	Lainey Gragg (Jr)	3	33	11.0	66	1
13	Addie Stough (So)	2	0	0.0	0	0
18	Emma Pastusic (Sr)	3	1	0.3	3	0
21	Alaina Portaro (Jr)	2	0	0.0	2	0
23	C. Childers (So)	3	3	1.0	6	0
24	Ashlyn Smith (Jr)	3	2	0.7	2	0

Alexander Central

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	3	21	7.0	84
2	H. Harrington (Sr)	3	0	0.0	3
3	Reagan Pierce (So)	3	0	0.0	4
4	Asia Jackson (Jr)	3	1	0.3	0
5	Abby Haas (So)	2	1	0.5	3
6	Kay'ona Connor (Fr)	3	0	0.0	0
8	Gemma Benton (So)	3	3	1.0	22
10	M. Williams (Sr)	3	14	4.7	41
11	Sophie Gryder (Jr)	3	1	0.3	2
12	Makenzie Merrit (So)	2	0	0.0	1
13	Kymber Kelly (Fr)	3	0	0.0	7
15	Lyla Mayberry (So)	3	1	0.3	1

Watauga

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	R/S
	Team Totals	3	36	12.0
4	Lilli Combs (Sr)	3	0	0.0
6	Kora Knight (Sr)	3	0	0.0
10	Julia Rowan (Jr)	3	1	0.3
11	Graycie Collins (Jr)	1	0	0.0
12	Lainey Gragg (Jr)	3	0	0.0
13	Addie Stough (So)	2	0	0.0
18	Emma Pastusic (Sr)	3	4	1.3
21	Alaina Portaro (Jr)	2	0	0.0
23	C. Childers (So)	3	14	4.7
24	Ashlyn Smith (Jr)	3	17	5.7

Alexander Central

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	56	9	18.7
2	H. Harrington (Sr)	3	24	4	8.0
3	Reagan Pierce (So)	3	16	0	5.3
4	Asia Jackson (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
5	Abby Haas (So)	2	2	1	1.0
6	Kay'ona Connor (Fr)	3	0	0	0.0
8	Gemma Benton (So)	3	0	1	0.0
10	M. Williams (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
11	Sophie Gryder (Jr)	3	3	0	1.0
12	Makenzie Merrit (So)	2	1	1	0.5
13	Kymber Kelly (Fr)	3	10	2	3.3
15	Lyla Mayberry (So)	3	0	0	0.0

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Match Story

North Carolina High School Volleyball - Watauga over Alexander Central

September 16, 2025: Taylorsville, NC 28681

Fans at Tuesday's league contest between the Watauga Pioneers (Boone, NC) and the host Alexander Central Cougars (Taylorsville, NC), observed Watauga's volleyball team top Alexander Central by a count of 3-0.

The Pioneers (13-1) will now prepare for their battle against McDowell (Marion, NC). The Titans go into the Northwestern 6A/7A battle with a 9-5 record. In their last battle, McDowell achieved victory over St. Stephens (Hickory, NC), 3-0, in a league battle.

The Cougars now own a 9-3 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Freedom for a Northwestern 6A/7A battle on Thursday, September 18. Alexander Central will encounter a Patriots squad coming off a 3-1 league loss to South Caldwell (Hudson, NC). The Patriots record now stands at 3-10.

Players of the Match

Watauga (25-26)

Congratulations to #10 Julia Rowan for being selected the Watauga Volleyball Player of the Match.

Alexander Central (25-26)

Alexander Central has not selected any Players of the Match.

Watauga @ ACHS Volleyball Match Info

Tue., Sep. 16, 2025 @ 6p

The Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) varsity volleyball team lost Tuesday's home conference match against Watauga (Boone, NC) by a score of 3-0.

Rankings & Records

Watauga (25-26)

NC	Class
13	2

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
24-1	10-0	14-1	10-0	.960	1.000	73	6

Alexander Central (25-26)

NC	Class
74	9

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
17-7	8-2	9-1	7-6	1-0	.708	.800	55	32

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Watauga	24.7	24.9	24.3	24.8	-	2.9
Alexander Central	23.6	22.4	22.6	25.1	14.3	2.3

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Head-to-Head

Watauga won last month

9/16 @ 6p S1 S2 S3 Wins

Watauga 25 25 25 3
ACHS 19 15 12 0

The Watauga (Boone, NC) varsity volleyball team won Tuesday's away conference match against Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) by a score of 3-0.
Box score
Watauga won this month

10/2 @ 6p S1 S2 S3 Wins

ACHS 20 13 23 0
Watauga 25 25 25 3

The Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) varsity volleyball team lost Thursday's away conference match against Watauga (Boone, NC) by a score of 3-0.
Box score
Watauga won last week

10/15 @ 6p S1 S2 S3 Wins

ACHS 21 22 19 0
Watauga 25 25 25 3

The Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC) varsity volleyball team lost Wednesday's away tournament match against Watauga (Boone, NC) by a score of 3-0.
Box score

10/2 @ 6p	S1	S2	S3	Wins
ACHS	20	13	23	0
Watauga	25	25	25	3

10/15 @ 6p	S1	S2	S3	Wins
ACHS	21	22	19	0
Watauga	25	25	25	3

Team Stat Comparison

Watauga		Alexander Central
1080	Kills	905
165	Total Blocks	55
259	Serving Aces	250
1401	Digs	1431
1020	Assists	839
1003	Receptions	1296

Team Leaders

Watauga		Alexander Central	National Avg.
#18 Emma Pastusic481	Kills	#3 Reagan Pierce326	47
#13 Addie Stough62	Total Blocks	#6 Kay'ona Connor22	10
#24 Ashlyn Smith80	Serving Aces	#13 Kymber Kelly59	15
#23 Caroline Childers432	Digs	#3 Reagan Pierce312	73
#12 Lainey Gragg869	Assists	#10 Makayla Williams445	44
#23 Caroline Childers405	Receptions	#3 Reagan Pierce334	76

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Watauga	13-1		Alexander Central	10-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/11/25	Hickory	Watauga	(L) 3-1	10/6/25	Alexander Central	Hickory	(L) 3-0
8/25/25	Watauga	Hickory	(W) 3-1
8/27/25	Watauga	Ashe County	(W) 3-1	9/22/25	Alexander Central	Ashe County	(L) 3-2
9/29/25	Ashe County	Watauga	(W) 3-0
9/9/25	Watauga	Freedom	(W) 3-0	9/18/25	Alexander Central	Freedom	(W) 3-0
9/25/25	Freedom	Watauga	(W) 3-0	10/7/25	Freedom	Alexander Central	(W) 3-0
9/10/25	Watauga	Foard	(W) 3-0	8/13/25	Foard	Alexander Central	(W) 3-0
9/11/25	South Caldwell	Watauga	(W) 3-0	9/23/25	South Caldwell	Alexander Central	(W) 3-1
9/30/25	Watauga	South Caldwell	(W) 3-0	10/9/25	Alexander Central	South Caldwell	(W) 3-1
				10/14/25	South Caldwell	Alexander Central	(W) 3-0
9/18/25	McDowell	Watauga	(W) 3-0	9/11/25	Alexander Central	McDowell	(W) 3-0
10/7/25	Watauga	McDowell	(W) 3-0	9/30/25	McDowell	Alexander Central	(W) 3-1
9/23/25	Watauga	St. Stephens	(W) 3-0	9/9/25	Alexander Central	St. Stephens	(W) 3-0
10/9/25	St. Stephens	Watauga	(W) 3-0	9/25/25	St. Stephens	Alexander Central	(W) 3-0
10/14/25	St. Stephens	Watauga	(W) 3-0

Record Breakdown

Watauga (25-26)		Alexander Central (25-26)
24-1	Overall	17-7
11-0	League	8-2
11-1	Non-League	7-4
3-0	Head to Head	0-3
13-1	Common Opponent	10-2
14-1	Home	9-1
10-0	Away	7-6
0-0	Neutral	1-0
1-0	Playoff	1-0
24-1	In-State	17-7
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0