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The Liberal (MO) varsity volleyball team lost Monday's home non-conference match against New Heights Christian Academy (Joplin, MO) by a score of 3-2.

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
NHCA	25	18	25	18	16	3
Liberal	13	25	21	25	14	2

Final score provided by K. Spencer.

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Match Stats

New Heights Christian Academy (25-26)

Liberal (25-26)

New Heights Christian Academy

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	5	39	7.8	22.8	171	30	.053
1	Alayna McKarus (Sr)	5	0	0.0	.0	0	0
2	Karly Dorris (Sr)	5	2	0.4	18.2	11	2	.000
3	Allie Stout (Sr)	5	8	1.6	21.6	37	8	.000
4	Julia Sanchez (So)	5	1	0.2	16.7	6	0	.167
7	Lydia Hipple (Jr)	5	17	3.4	27.9	61	9	.131
9	C. Meppelink (So)	5	5	1.0	20.8	24	0	.208
10	Eva Hines (Fr)	5	2	0.4	14.3	14	4	-.143
24	Lilly Plassman (Sr)	5	2	0.4	66.7	3	1	.333
25	Natalie Grant (So)	5	2	0.4	13.3	15	6	-.267

Liberal

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	5	43	8.6	27.2	158	27	.101
0	Braylen Frieden (So)	5	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
4	G. Borghardt (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	3	1	-.333
6	Kerri Borghardt (Sr)	5	12	2.4	34.3	35	5	.200
10	Ava Garrett (Jr)	5	3	0.6	13.0	23	4	-.043
12	Tegan Dyer (Jr)	5	8	1.6	47.1	17	3	.294
20	S. Crabtree (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	3	1	-.333
24	Ally Barton (Jr)	5	19	3.8	31.7	60	10	.150
35	Sadie Meadows (Jr)	5	1	0.2	6.3	16	3	-.125

New Heights Christian Academy

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	5	19	3.8	18.8	101	6	94.1	60
1	Alayna McKarus (Sr)	5	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
2	Karly Dorris (Sr)	5	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
3	Allie Stout (Sr)	5	0	0.0	.0	8	0	100.0	3
4	Julia Sanchez (So)	5	7	1.4	31.8	22	1	95.5	14
7	Lydia Hipple (Jr)	5	1	0.2	6.3	16	2	87.5	9
9	C. Meppelink (So)	5	7	1.4	24.1	29	2	93.1	23
10	Eva Hines (Fr)	5	2	0.4	20.0	10	1	90.0	4
24	Lilly Plassman (Sr)	5	2	0.4	13.3	15	0	100.0	7
25	Natalie Grant (So)	5	0	0.0	.0	1	0	100.0	0

Liberal

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	5	15	3.0	15.3	98	11	88.8	56
0	Braylen Frieden (So)	5	1	0.2	14.3	7	0	100.0	2
4	G. Borghardt (So)	3	1	0.3	14.3	7	1	85.7	3
6	Kerri Borghardt (Sr)	5	2	0.4	13.3	15	1	93.3	7
10	Ava Garrett (Jr)	5	3	0.6	16.7	18	1	94.4	12
12	Tegan Dyer (Jr)	5	0	0.0	.0	2	1	50.0	1
20	S. Crabtree (Sr)	2	2	1.0	22.2	9	0	100.0	6
24	Ally Barton (Jr)	5	1	0.2	5.9	17	1	94.1	10
35	Sadie Meadows (Jr)	5	5	1.0	21.7	23	6	73.9	15

New Heights Christian Academy

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	5	8	7	12	2.3	1
1	Alayna McKarus (Sr)	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Karly Dorris (Sr)	5	3	2	5	1.0	0
3	Allie Stout (Sr)	5	1	1	2	0.4	0
4	Julia Sanchez (So)	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Lydia Hipple (Jr)	5	1	1	2	0.4	0
9	C. Meppelink (So)	5	2	0	2	0.4	0
10	Eva Hines (Fr)	5	1	2	3	0.6	1
24	Lilly Plassman (Sr)	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Natalie Grant (So)	5	0	1	1	0.2	0

Liberal

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	5	5	5	1.0
0	Braylen Frieden (So)	5	0	0	0.0
4	G. Borghardt (So)	3	0	0	0.0
6	Kerri Borghardt (Sr)	5	1	1	0.2
10	Ava Garrett (Jr)	5	0	0	0.0
12	Tegan Dyer (Jr)	5	1	1	0.2
20	S. Crabtree (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
24	Ally Barton (Jr)	5	3	3	0.6
35	Sadie Meadows (Jr)	5	0	0	0.0

New Heights Christian Academy

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	5	82	16.4
1	Alayna McKarus (Sr)	5	3	0.6
2	Karly Dorris (Sr)	5	3	0.6
3	Allie Stout (Sr)	5	17	3.4
4	Julia Sanchez (So)	5	12	2.4
7	Lydia Hipple (Jr)	5	7	1.4
9	C. Meppelink (So)	5	11	2.2
10	Eva Hines (Fr)	5	3	0.6
24	Lilly Plassman (Sr)	5	23	4.6
25	Natalie Grant (So)	5	3	0.6

Liberal

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	5	87	17.4
0	Braylen Frieden (So)	5	28	5.6
4	G. Borghardt (So)	3	0	0.0
6	Kerri Borghardt (Sr)	5	22	4.4
10	Ava Garrett (Jr)	5	6	1.2
12	Tegan Dyer (Jr)	5	3	0.6
20	S. Crabtree (Sr)	2	0	0.0
24	Ally Barton (Jr)	5	11	2.2
35	Sadie Meadows (Jr)	5	17	3.4

New Heights Christian Academy

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	5	37	7.4	162
1	Alayna McKarus (Sr)	5	0	0.0	0
2	Karly Dorris (Sr)	5	1	0.2	2
3	Allie Stout (Sr)	5	2	0.4	5
4	Julia Sanchez (So)	5	0	0.0	2
7	Lydia Hipple (Jr)	5	1	0.2	8
9	C. Meppelink (So)	5	28	5.6	111
10	Eva Hines (Fr)	5	0	0.0	4
24	Lilly Plassman (Sr)	5	5	1.0	29
25	Natalie Grant (So)	5	0	0.0	1

Liberal

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	5	41	8.2	151	1
0	Braylen Frieden (So)	5	1	0.2	6	0
4	G. Borghardt (So)	3	0	0.0	1	0
6	Kerri Borghardt (Sr)	5	0	0.0	6	0
10	Ava Garrett (Jr)	5	1	0.2	11	1
12	Tegan Dyer (Jr)	5	3	0.6	9	0
20	S. Crabtree (Sr)	2	4	2.0	17	0
24	Ally Barton (Jr)	5	1	0.2	11	0
35	Sadie Meadows (Jr)	5	31	6.2	90	0

New Heights Christian Academy

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	5	72	12	14.4
1	Alayna McKarus (Sr)	5	2	2	0.4
2	Karly Dorris (Sr)	5	0	0	0.0
3	Allie Stout (Sr)	5	20	5	4.0
4	Julia Sanchez (So)	5	15	0	3.0
7	Lydia Hipple (Jr)	5	9	3	1.8
9	C. Meppelink (So)	5	0	0	0.0
10	Eva Hines (Fr)	5	0	0	0.0
24	Lilly Plassman (Sr)	5	26	2	5.2
25	Natalie Grant (So)	5	0	0	0.0

Liberal

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	5	76	19	15.2
0	Braylen Frieden (So)	5	30	5	6.0
4	G. Borghardt (So)	3	0	1	0.0
6	Kerri Borghardt (Sr)	5	13	3	2.6
10	Ava Garrett (Jr)	5	22	8	4.4
12	Tegan Dyer (Jr)	5	1	1	0.2
20	S. Crabtree (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
24	Ally Barton (Jr)	5	10	0	2.0
35	Sadie Meadows (Jr)	5	0	1	0.0

New Heights Christian Academy's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Liberal's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Match Story

Missouri High School Volleyball - Liberal can't hold off New Heights Christian Academy

September 22, 2025: Liberal, MO 64762

In Monday's non-league match, the New Heights Christian Academy Cougars (Joplin, MO) volleyball squad tipped the host Liberal Bulldogs (Liberal, MO), by a count of 3-2.

In their next game, the Cougars encounter the Exeter Tigers (Exeter, MO) in a non-league battle, on Tuesday, September 23. New Heights Christian Academy will attempt to improve on its 9-7 season record. The Tigers go into the battle with a 1-5 record after their 3-1 league loss to Galena (Galena, MO).

The Bulldogs now own a 8-4 record. They put it on the line next when they host Butler for a non-league battle on Tuesday, September 23. Liberal will encounter a Bears squad coming off a 2-1 non-league loss to Pleasant Hill (Pleasant Hill, MO). The Bears record now stands at 11-1.

NHCA @ Liberal Volleyball Match Info

Mon., Sep. 22, 2025 @ 5p

Liberal High School

The Liberal (MO) varsity volleyball team lost Monday's home non-conference match against New Heights Christian Academy (Joplin, MO) by a score of 3-2.

Rankings & Records

New Heights Christian Academy (25-26)

MO	Class
235	26

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	SW	SL
19-10-5	3-1	12-2-1	7-6-2	0-2-2	.632	.750	62	37

Liberal (25-26)

MO	Class
237	27

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	SW	SL
18-10	2-1	10-2	4-6	4-2	.643	.667	56	36

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
New Heights Christian Academy	23.6	22.8	23.0	22.0	17.0	1.8
Liberal	22.5	22.3	22.9	21.1	14.6	2.0

Team Stat Comparison

New Heights Christian Academy		Liberal
897	Kills	840
98	Total Blocks	76
407	Serving Aces	335
1789	Digs	1497
818	Assists	750
1460	Receptions	1401

Team Leaders

New Heights Christian Academy		Liberal	National Avg.
#7 Lydia Hipple343	Kills	#24 Ally Barton309	52
#2 Karly Dorris38	Total Blocks	#12 Tegan Dyer26	11
#9 Caitlin Meppelink89	Serving Aces	#35 Sadie Meadows75	16
#24 Lilly Plassman574	Digs	#0 Braylen Frieden399	82
#9 Caitlin Meppelink699	Assists	#35 Sadie Meadows579	49
#24 Lilly Plassman614	Receptions	#0 Braylen Frieden484	85

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
New Heights Christian Academy	8-1-1		Liberal	5-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
9/16/25	Jasper	New Heights Christian Academy	(W) 3-0	10/16/25	Liberal	Jasper	(L) 3-2
				10/27/25	Jasper	Liberal	(W) 3-2
9/20/25	Greenfield	New Heights Christian Academy	(T) 1-1	10/6/25	Liberal	Greenfield	(L) 3-1
10/27/25	Greenfield	New Heights Christian Academy	(W) 3-1
9/20/25	McAuley Catholic	New Heights Christian Academy	(W) 2-0	9/18/25	McAuley Catholic	Liberal	(W) 3-0
10/9/25	McAuley Catholic	New Heights Christian Academy	(W) 3-0
9/29/25	New Heights Christian Academy	Golden City	(W) 3-0	9/16/25	Golden City	Liberal	(W) 3-0
10/21/25	Golden City	New Heights Christian Academy	(W) 3-0
10/2/25	Jefferson Independent Day	New Heights Christian Academy	(W) 3-0	10/13/25	Jefferson Independent Day	Liberal	(W) 3-0
10/23/25	Jefferson Independent Day	New Heights Christian Academy	(W) 3-1
10/30/25	New Heights Christian Academy	Billings	(L) 3-1	11/1/25	Billings	Liberal	(W) 3-2

Record Breakdown

New Heights Christian Academy (25-26)		Liberal (25-26)
19-10-5	Overall	18-10
6-1	League	4-1
9-3	Non-League	8-7
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
8-1-1	Common Opponent	5-2
12-2-1	Home	10-2
7-6-2	Away	4-6
0-2-2	Neutral	4-2
0-1	Playoff	2-2
18-9-5	In-State	13-9
1-1	Out-of-State	5-1