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North Lincoln Hickory

Knights

Red Tornadoes

The Hickory (NC) varsity volleyball team won Tuesday's home conference match against North Lincoln (Lincolnton, NC) by a score of 3-0.

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
North Lincoln	17	21	23	0
Hickory	25	25	25	3

Final score provided by D. Ohara.

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Match Stats

Hickory (25-26)

North Lincoln

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	22	7.3	33.3	66	11
1	Rylen Lane (Sr)	1
2	Savannah Payne (Sr)	3	9	3.0	40.9	22	2	.318
3	Gracie Bilmanis (Jr)	3
4	Bella Kubera (Sr)	3	3	1.0	50.0	6
10	M. Dellinger (Sr)	3	1	0.3	12.5	8	2	-.125
11	Lucy Dellinger (Fr)	2
12	Reagan Hare (Sr)	3	3	1.0	27.3	11	4	-.091
13	Paige Stevens (Fr)	3	5	1.7	38.5	13	3	.154
14	M. Swadley (Jr)	3	1	0.3	16.7	6

Hickory

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	37	12.3	41.6	89	15	.247
0	E. Stewart (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
1	Piper Jillings (Jr)	3	4	1.3	40.0	10	1	.300
2	Megan Starnes (Jr)	3	1	0.3	16.7	6	2	-.167
3	Emma Mullis (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
4	Olivia Alala (Sr)	3	3	1.0	42.9	7	2	.143
5	C. Bridgers (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
6	Maya Rodriguez (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	1	1	-1.000
7	Izzy Montgomery (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
11	Emmi Gambill (Jr)	3	14	4.7	46.7	30	3	.367
13	Ryan Hines (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
14	Eliese Moreau (Fr)	3	4	1.3	30.8	13	3	.077
15	Emma Pfeifer (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	2	1	-.500
23/25	Kira Morin (Jr)	3	11	3.7	55.0	20	2	.450

North Lincoln

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %
	Team Totals	3	7	2.3		61	12	80.3
1	Rylen Lane (Sr)	1			.0	2
2	Savannah Payne (Sr)	3			.0	5
3	Gracie Bilmanis (Jr)	3	1	0.3	50.0	2	1	50.0
4	Bella Kubera (Sr)	3			.0	14	1	92.9
10	M. Dellinger (Sr)	3			.0	9	1	88.9
11	Lucy Dellinger (Fr)	2			.0	8	2	75.0
12	Reagan Hare (Sr)	3	3	1.0	30.0	10	3	70.0
13	Paige Stevens (Fr)	3
14	M. Swadley (Jr)	3	3	1.0	27.3	11	4	63.6

Hickory

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	9	3.0	12.2	74	12	83.8	62
0	E. Stewart (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
1	Piper Jillings (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
2	Megan Starnes (Jr)	3	5	1.7	26.3	19	3	84.2	16
3	Emma Mullis (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
4	Olivia Alala (Sr)	3	1	0.3	9.1	11	4	63.6	7
5	C. Bridgers (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	5	0	100.0	5
6	Maya Rodriguez (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	1	0	100.0	1
7	Izzy Montgomery (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
11	Emmi Gambill (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	8	2	75.0	6
13	Ryan Hines (Sr)	3	1	0.3	7.1	14	0	100.0	14
14	Eliese Moreau (Fr)	3	0	0.0	.0	8	1	87.5	7
15	Emma Pfeifer (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
23/25	Kira Morin (Jr)	3	2	0.7	25.0	8	2	75.0	6

North Lincoln

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	3	3	3	1.0	8
1	Rylen Lane (Sr)	1
2	Savannah Payne (Sr)	3
3	Gracie Bilmanis (Jr)	3
4	Bella Kubera (Sr)	3	1	1	0.3	1
10	M. Dellinger (Sr)	3				1
11	Lucy Dellinger (Fr)	2
12	Reagan Hare (Sr)	3	1	1	0.3	2
13	Paige Stevens (Fr)	3
14	M. Swadley (Jr)	3	1	1	0.3	4

Hickory

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	3	4	2	0.7	2
0	E. Stewart (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0	0
1	Piper Jillings (Jr)	3	1	1	0.3	0
2	Megan Starnes (Jr)	3	1	1	0.3	1
3	Emma Mullis (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0	0
4	Olivia Alala (Sr)	3	1	1	0.3	0
5	C. Bridgers (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0	0
6	Maya Rodriguez (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0	0
7	Izzy Montgomery (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0	0
11	Emmi Gambill (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0	0
13	Ryan Hines (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0	0
14	Eliese Moreau (Fr)	3	0	0	0.0	0
15	Emma Pfeifer (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0	0
23/25	Kira Morin (Jr)	3	1	1	0.3	1

North Lincoln

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	3	7	24	2.3
1	Rylen Lane (Sr)	1	1	4	1.0
2	Savannah Payne (Sr)	3	1	2	0.3
3	Gracie Bilmanis (Jr)	3	1	6	0.3
4	Bella Kubera (Sr)	3		1
10	M. Dellinger (Sr)	3	1	6	0.3
11	Lucy Dellinger (Fr)	2	3	1	1.5
12	Reagan Hare (Sr)	3		3
13	Paige Stevens (Fr)	3		1
14	M. Swadley (Jr)	3

Hickory

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	3	35	1	11.7
0	E. Stewart (Jr)	3	6	0	2.0
1	Piper Jillings (Jr)	3	1	1	0.3
2	Megan Starnes (Jr)	3	8	0	2.7
3	Emma Mullis (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0
4	Olivia Alala (Sr)	3	1	0	0.3
5	C. Bridgers (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0
6	Maya Rodriguez (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0
7	Izzy Montgomery (Sr)	2	2	0	1.0
11	Emmi Gambill (Jr)	3	9	0	3.0
13	Ryan Hines (Sr)	3	3	0	1.0
14	Eliese Moreau (Fr)	3	3	0	1.0
15	Emma Pfeifer (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0
23/25	Kira Morin (Jr)	3	2	0	0.7

North Lincoln

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHE
	Team Totals	3	20	6.7	4
1	Rylen Lane (Sr)	1
2	Savannah Payne (Sr)	3
3	Gracie Bilmanis (Jr)	3	2	0.7	1
4	Bella Kubera (Sr)	3			1
10	M. Dellinger (Sr)	3	14	4.7	1
11	Lucy Dellinger (Fr)	2
12	Reagan Hare (Sr)	3	4	1.3	1
13	Paige Stevens (Fr)	3
14	M. Swadley (Jr)	3

Hickory

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	32	10.7	84	2
0	E. Stewart (Jr)	3	0	0.0	2	0
1	Piper Jillings (Jr)	3	15	5.0	43	1
2	Megan Starnes (Jr)	3	1	0.3	3	0
3	Emma Mullis (Sr)	1	0	0.0	1	1
4	Olivia Alala (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
5	C. Bridgers (Sr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
6	Maya Rodriguez (Sr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
7	Izzy Montgomery (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
11	Emmi Gambill (Jr)	3	4	1.3	6	0
13	Ryan Hines (Sr)	3	12	4.0	26	0
14	Eliese Moreau (Fr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
15	Emma Pfeifer (Sr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
23/25	Kira Morin (Jr)	3	0	0.0	3	0

North Lincoln

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	41	11	13.7
1	Rylen Lane (Sr)	1	1		1.0
2	Savannah Payne (Sr)	3	4	1	1.3
3	Gracie Bilmanis (Jr)	3	20	7	6.7
4	Bella Kubera (Sr)	3
10	M. Dellinger (Sr)	3	1		0.3
11	Lucy Dellinger (Fr)	2	8	1	4.0
12	Reagan Hare (Sr)	3
13	Paige Stevens (Fr)	3	3	2	1.0
14	M. Swadley (Jr)	3	4		1.3

Hickory

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	44	2	14.7
0	E. Stewart (Jr)	3	20	0	6.7
1	Piper Jillings (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
2	Megan Starnes (Jr)	3	6	0	2.0
3	Emma Mullis (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0
4	Olivia Alala (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
5	C. Bridgers (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0
6	Maya Rodriguez (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0
7	Izzy Montgomery (Sr)	2	2	1	1.0
11	Emmi Gambill (Jr)	3	11	0	3.7
13	Ryan Hines (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
14	Eliese Moreau (Fr)	3	5	1	1.7
15	Emma Pfeifer (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0
23/25	Kira Morin (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0

Match Story

North Carolina High School Volleyball - Hickory over North Lincoln

September 23, 2025: Hickory, NC 28601

Fans at Tuesday's league contest between the Hickory Red Tornadoes (Hickory, NC) and the visiting North Lincoln Knights (Lincolnton, NC), observed Hickory's volleyball team top North Lincoln by a count of 3-0.

The Red Tornadoes (19-2) will now prepare for their contest against Maiden (Maiden, NC). The Blue Devils enter the Western Foothills 4A/5A contest with a 15-2 record. In their last contest, Maiden notched a victory over Foard (Newton, NC), 3-0, in a league contest.

Next, the Knights encounter the Newton-Conover Red Devils (Newton, NC) in a Western Foothills 4A/5A battle, on Thursday, September 25. North Lincoln will attempt to move on its 13-5 season record. The Red Devils enter the contest with a 1-15 record after their 3-0 league loss to Bandys (Catawba, NC).

North Lincoln @ Hickory Volleyball Match Info

Tue., Sep. 23, 2025 @ 5:30p

The Hickory (NC) varsity volleyball team won Tuesday's home conference match against North Lincoln (Lincolnton, NC) by a score of 3-0.

Rankings & Records

North Lincoln (25-26)

NC	Class
50	8

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
22-7	15-3	11-3	10-3	1-1	.759	.833	71	29

Hickory (25-26)

NC	Class
11	2

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
33-4	16-0	17-1	11-2	5-1	.892	1.000	94	16

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
North Lincoln	23.4	24.0	22.6	23.6	14.3	2.4
Hickory	24.4	24.5	22.7	24.3	-	2.5

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Head-to-Head

Hickory won on 8/21/2025

8/21 @ 6p S1 S2 S3 Wins

Hickory 25 25 25 3
North Lincoln 16 15 13 0

The Hickory (NC) varsity volleyball team won Thursday's away conference match against North Lincoln (Lincolnton, NC) by a score of 3-0.
Box score
Hickory won last month

9/23 @ 5:30p S1 S2 S3 Wins

North Lincoln 17 21 23 0
Hickory 25 25 25 3

The North Lincoln (Lincolnton, NC) varsity volleyball team lost Tuesday's away conference match against Hickory (NC) by a score of 3-0.
Box score
Hickory won this month

10/15 @ 6p S1 S2 S3 Wins

North Lincoln 18 19 20 0
Hickory 25 25 25 3

The North Lincoln (Lincolnton, NC) varsity volleyball team lost Wednesday's away conference tournament match against Hickory (NC) by a score of 3-0.
Box score

8/21 @ 6p	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Hickory	25	25	25	3
North Lincoln	16	15	13	0

10/15 @ 6p	S1	S2	S3	Wins
North Lincoln	18	19	20	0
Hickory	25	25	25	3

Team Stat Comparison

North Lincoln		Hickory
841	Kills	1184
140	Total Blocks	140
236	Serving Aces	292
555	Digs	1423
573	Assists	1071
1057	Receptions	1416

Team Leaders

North Lincoln		Hickory	National Avg.
#2 Savannah Payne190	Kills	#11 Emmi Gambill544	49
#14 Mckenzie Swadley78	Total Blocks	23/25 Kira Morin81	10
#10 Marlee Dellinger53	Serving Aces	#11 Emmi Gambill65	15
#3 Gracie Bilmanis197	Digs	#11 Emmi Gambill343	77
#12 Reagan Hare297	Assists	#1 Piper Jillings484	46
#3 Gracie Bilmanis356	Receptions	#0 Ella Kate Stewart635	79

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
North Lincoln	16-2		Hickory	20-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/12/25	North Lincoln	Maiden	(W) 3-2	8/26/25	Maiden	Hickory	(W) 3-0
9/11/25	Maiden	North Lincoln	(L) 3-1	9/25/25	Hickory	Maiden	(W) 3-0
10/14/25	Maiden	North Lincoln	(W) 3-0
8/14/25	North Lincoln	West Iredell	(W) 3-0	8/28/25	Hickory	West Iredell	(W) 3-0
9/16/25	West Iredell	North Lincoln	(W) 3-0	9/30/25	West Iredell	Hickory	(W) 3-0
10/13/25	West Iredell	North Lincoln	(W) 3-0
8/19/25	East Lincoln	North Lincoln	(W) 3-0	9/2/25	Hickory	East Lincoln	(W) 3-0
9/18/25	North Lincoln	East Lincoln	(W) 3-0	10/2/25	East Lincoln	Hickory	(W) 3-0
				10/21/25	East Lincoln	Hickory	(W) 3-0
8/26/25	North Lincoln	Newton-Conover	(W) 3-0	8/14/25	Hickory	Newton-Conover	(W) 3-0
9/25/25	Newton-Conover	North Lincoln	(W) 3-0	9/16/25	Newton-Conover	Hickory	(W) 3-0
				10/13/25	Newton-Conover	Hickory	(W) 3-0
8/27/25	North Lincoln	North Iredell	(L) 3-1	9/10/25	North Iredell	Hickory	(W) 3-0
				9/20/25	North Iredell	Hickory	(W) 2-1
8/28/25	Bandys	North Lincoln	(W) 3-0	9/9/25	Bandys	Hickory	(W) 3-0
9/30/25	North Lincoln	Bandys	(W) 3-1	10/9/25	Hickory	Bandys	(W) 3-1
				10/14/25	Bandys	Hickory	(W) 3-0
9/2/25	Alexander Central	North Lincoln	(W) 3-2	10/6/25	Alexander Central	Hickory	(W) 3-0
9/4/25	North Lincoln	Bunker Hill	(W) 3-0	8/12/25	Bunker Hill	Hickory	(W) 3-0
10/7/25	Bunker Hill	North Lincoln	(W) 3-0	9/11/25	Hickory	Bunker Hill	(W) 3-0
9/9/25	Foard	North Lincoln	(W) 3-1	8/19/25	Foard	Hickory	(W) 3-0
10/9/25	North Lincoln	Foard	(W) 3-0	9/18/25	Hickory	Foard	(W) 3-0

Record Breakdown

North Lincoln (25-26)		Hickory (25-26)
22-7	Overall	33-4
15-4	League	19-0
6-2	Non-League	3-1
0-3	Head to Head	3-0
16-2	Common Opponent	20-0
11-3	Home	17-1
10-3	Away	11-2
1-1	Neutral	5-1
1-1	Playoff	3-0
22-7	In-State	33-4
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0