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The Ascend Leadership (Sanford, NC) varsity volleyball team won Thursday's home non-conference match against Heritage Leadership Academy (Apex, NC) by a score of 3-2.

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
HLA	20	25	24	25	15	2
Ascend Leadership	25	22	26	23	17	3

Final score provided by T. Bowers.

Recap
Box Score
Awards
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Heritage Leadership Academy (25-26)

Heritage Leadership Academy has not entered stats for this match.

Ascend Leadership (25-26)

Ascend Leadership

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	5	49	9.8	28.8	170	22	.159
1	Grace Mehall (Jr)	5	2	0.4	18.2	11	1	.091
3	Lola Walls (Jr)	5	15	3.0	27.3	55	8	.127
4	Kimari Cross (So)	5	10	2.0	35.7	28	2	.286
5	Jessica Brown (Sr)	5	1	0.2	50.0	2	0	.500
8	Ella Canoy (Jr)	5	2	0.4	13.3	15	2	.000
10	Anneke Anderson (Fr)	5	5	1.0	26.3	19	1	.211
11	B. Torralba (So)	5	1	0.2	11.1	9	1	.000
13	C. Anyagaligbo (Sr)	5	3	0.6	23.1	13	3	.000
15	M. Vargas (Fr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
16	Jenna Thompson (Sr)	5	10	2.0	55.6	18	4	.333

Ascend Leadership

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	5	16	3.2	13.8	116	17	85.3	55
1	Grace Mehall (Jr)	5	3	0.6	12.0	25	4	84.0	15
3	Lola Walls (Jr)	5	2	0.4	10.5	19	4	78.9	11
4	Kimari Cross (So)	5	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
5	Jessica Brown (Sr)	5	3	0.6	17.6	17	4	76.5	6
8	Ella Canoy (Jr)	5	3	0.6	16.7	18	1	94.4	9
10	Anneke Anderson (Fr)	5	2	0.4	11.1	18	3	83.3	7
11	B. Torralba (So)	5	3	0.6	15.8	19	1	94.7	7
13	C. Anyagaligbo (Sr)	5	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
15	M. Vargas (Fr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
16	Jenna Thompson (Sr)	5	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Ascend Leadership

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	5	10	2	11	2.2	1
1	Grace Mehall (Jr)	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Lola Walls (Jr)	5	2	0	2	0.4	0
4	Kimari Cross (So)	5	4	1	5	1.0	0
5	Jessica Brown (Sr)	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Ella Canoy (Jr)	5	1	0	1	0.2	0
10	Anneke Anderson (Fr)	5	1	0	1	0.2	0
11	B. Torralba (So)	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	C. Anyagaligbo (Sr)	5	0	1	1	0.2	1
15	M. Vargas (Fr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Jenna Thompson (Sr)	5	2	0	2	0.4	0

Ascend Leadership

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	5	89	25	17.8
1	Grace Mehall (Jr)	5	34	5	6.8
3	Lola Walls (Jr)	5	22	8	4.4
4	Kimari Cross (So)	5	2	0	0.4
5	Jessica Brown (Sr)	5	2	5	0.4
8	Ella Canoy (Jr)	5	12	2	2.4
10	Anneke Anderson (Fr)	5	6	1	1.2
11	B. Torralba (So)	5	8	3	1.6
13	C. Anyagaligbo (Sr)	5	1	0	0.2
15	M. Vargas (Fr)	2	0	1	0.0
16	Jenna Thompson (Sr)	5	2	0	0.4

Ascend Leadership

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	5	31	6.2	141	1
1	Grace Mehall (Jr)	5	2	0.4	13	1
3	Lola Walls (Jr)	5	1	0.2	1	0
4	Kimari Cross (So)	5	0	0.0	2	0
5	Jessica Brown (Sr)	5	0	0.0	0	0
8	Ella Canoy (Jr)	5	28	5.6	119	0
10	Anneke Anderson (Fr)	5	0	0.0	1	0
11	B. Torralba (So)	5	0	0.0	2	0
13	C. Anyagaligbo (Sr)	5	0	0.0	1	0
15	M. Vargas (Fr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
16	Jenna Thompson (Sr)	5	0	0.0	2	0

Ascend Leadership

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	5	75	16	15.0
1	Grace Mehall (Jr)	5	45	7	9.0
3	Lola Walls (Jr)	5	14	4	2.8
4	Kimari Cross (So)	5	0	0	0.0
5	Jessica Brown (Sr)	5	2	0	0.4
8	Ella Canoy (Jr)	5	1	2	0.2
10	Anneke Anderson (Fr)	5	0	0	0.0
11	B. Torralba (So)	5	10	3	2.0
13	C. Anyagaligbo (Sr)	5	0	0	0.0
15	M. Vargas (Fr)	2	1	0	0.5
16	Jenna Thompson (Sr)	5	2	0	0.4

Match Story

North Carolina High School Volleyball - Heritage Leadership Academy can't hold off Ascend Leadership

September 18, 2025: Sanford, NC 27332

In Thursday's non-league match, the Ascend Leadership Aviators (Sanford, NC) volleyball squad tipped the visiting Heritage Leadership Academy Fletchers (Apex, NC), by a count of 3-2.

Next up, the Aviators battle the Southern Wake Academy Lions (Holly Springs, NC) in a Central Tar Heel 1A match, on Tuesday, September 23. Ascend Leadership will attempt to move on its 5-6 season record. The Lions enter the match with a 3-9 record after their 3-0 league loss to Clover Garden School (Burlington, NC).

Players of the Match

Heritage Leadership Academy (25-26)

Heritage Leadership Academy has not selected any Players of the Match.

Ascend Leadership (25-26)

Congratulations to #4 Kimari Cross for being selected the Ascend Leadership Volleyball Player of the Match.

HLA @ ALHS Volleyball Match Info

Thu., Sep. 18, 2025 @ 5p

The Ascend Leadership (Sanford, NC) varsity volleyball team won Thursday's home non-conference match against Heritage Leadership Academy (Apex, NC) by a score of 3-2.

Rankings & Records

Heritage Leadership Academy (25-26)

NC
259

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
3-2	2-0	2-0	1-2	.600	1.000	11	7

Ascend Leadership (25-26)

NC	Class
351	17

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
10-10	5-7	7-3	3-7	.500	.417	35	38

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Heritage Leadership Academy	24.3	22.0	23.3	24.3	15.0	2.2
Ascend Leadership	19.5	21.1	20.8	24.0	15.0	1.8

Team Stat Comparison

Heritage Leadership Academy		Ascend Leadership
-	Kills	404
-	Total Blocks	73
-	Serving Aces	224
-	Digs	620
-	Assists	314
-	Receptions	787

Team Leaders

Heritage Leadership Academy		Ascend Leadership	National Avg.
-	Kills	#2 Bella Browning139	49
-	Total Blocks	#4 Kimari Cross41	10
-	Serving Aces	#3 Lola Walls52	15
-	Digs	#1 Grace Mehall188	76
-	Assists	#8 Ella Canoy155	46
-	Receptions	#1 Grace Mehall311	79

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Heritage Leadership Academy	1-0		Ascend Leadership	2-0

Date	Away	Home	Result		Date	Away	Home	Result
10/14/25	Riverside Christian Academy	Heritage Leadership Academy	(W) 3-0		9/2/25	Riverside Christian Academy	Ascend Leadership	(W) 3-0
					9/30/25	Ascend Leadership	Riverside Christian Academy	(W) 3-2

Record Breakdown

Heritage Leadership Academy (25-26)		Ascend Leadership (25-26)
3-2	Overall	10-10
2-0	League	5-8
0-2	Non-League	3-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-0	Common Opponent	2-0
2-0	Home	7-3
1-2	Away	3-7
0-0	Neutral	0-0
1-0	Playoff	2-1
3-2	In-State	10-10
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0