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The Gaston Day (Gastonia, NC) varsity volleyball team won Thursday's home conference match against Metrolina Christian Academy (Indian Trail, NC) by a score of 3-0.

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
MCA	8	16	21	0
Gaston Day	25	25	25	3

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Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Metrolina Christian Academy (25-26)

Gaston Day (25-26)

Metrolina Christian Academy

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	21	7.0		101	24
1	K. Vandergrift (So)	3	2	0.7	100.0	2
2	A. Titherington (Sr)	3	3	1.0	14.3	21	3	.000
3	Shelby Hill (So)	2	2	1.0	25.0	8	2	.000
5	Makena Gadd (Sr)	3
6	K. Overcash (Fr)	2
7	Finley Clement (So)	1	2	2.0	25.0	8	3	-.125
8	Kyra Norman (Fr)	3	5	1.7	17.9	28	8	-.107
9	Ariel Laney (8th)	3	3	1.0	16.7	18	2	.056
11	Lauren Ratzlaff (Sr)	3			.0	2	1
13	Lexi Ferguson (So)	3	4	1.3	28.6	14	5	-.071

Gaston Day

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	27	9.0	25.2	107	13	.131
1	Ava Blanton (Sr)	3	1	0.3	100.0	1	0	1.000
2	M. Lovelace (Sr)	3	1	0.3	14.3	7	0	.143
3	Grace Hohman (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
4	Lauren Basanez (Fr)	3	3	1.0	17.6	17	5	-.118
8	Emery Carr (Fr)	3	0	0.0	.0	3	0	.000
12	Amelia Buie (Fr)	3	3	1.0	42.9	7	0	.429
16	Kendyl Taylor (Jr)	3	13	4.3	28.9	45	3	.222
18	Clara Wallwork (Sr)	3	6	2.0	22.2	27	5	.037

Metrolina Christian Academy

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %
	Team Totals	3	2	0.7		43	1	97.7
1	K. Vandergrift (So)	3	1	0.3	14.3	7
2	A. Titherington (Sr)	3			.0	6
3	Shelby Hill (So)	2			.0	1	1	.0
5	Makena Gadd (Sr)	3			.0	2
6	K. Overcash (Fr)	2
7	Finley Clement (So)	1
8	Kyra Norman (Fr)	3			.0	9
9	Ariel Laney (8th)	3
11	Lauren Ratzlaff (Sr)	3	1	0.3	12.5	8
13	Lexi Ferguson (So)	3			.0	10

Gaston Day

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	12	4.0	16.4	73	2	97.3	50
1	Ava Blanton (Sr)	3	1	0.3	9.1	11	0	100.0	6
2	M. Lovelace (Sr)	3	4	1.3	22.2	18	1	94.4	13
3	Grace Hohman (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	6	0	100.0	4
4	Lauren Basanez (Fr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
8	Emery Carr (Fr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
12	Amelia Buie (Fr)	3	0	0.0	.0	2	0	100.0	0
16	Kendyl Taylor (Jr)	3	7	2.3	26.9	26	1	96.2	21
18	Clara Wallwork (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	10	0	100.0	6

Metrolina Christian Academy

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	3	4	4	1.3
1	K. Vandergrift (So)	3
2	A. Titherington (Sr)	3
3	Shelby Hill (So)	2
5	Makena Gadd (Sr)	3
6	K. Overcash (Fr)	2
7	Finley Clement (So)	1
8	Kyra Norman (Fr)	3
9	Ariel Laney (8th)	3	3	3	1.0
11	Lauren Ratzlaff (Sr)	3
13	Lexi Ferguson (So)	3	1	1	0.3

Gaston Day

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	3	2	2	3	1.0
1	Ava Blanton (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
2	M. Lovelace (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
3	Grace Hohman (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
4	Lauren Basanez (Fr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
8	Emery Carr (Fr)	3	1	0	1	0.3
12	Amelia Buie (Fr)	3	0	1	1	0.3
16	Kendyl Taylor (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
18	Clara Wallwork (Sr)	3	1	1	2	0.7

Metrolina Christian Academy

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	3	79	13	26.3
1	K. Vandergrift (So)	3	21	3	7.0
2	A. Titherington (Sr)	3	9		3.0
3	Shelby Hill (So)	2	1	1	0.5
5	Makena Gadd (Sr)	3	11	4	3.7
6	K. Overcash (Fr)	2	1		0.5
7	Finley Clement (So)	1	1		1.0
8	Kyra Norman (Fr)	3	10	2	3.3
9	Ariel Laney (8th)	3	2		0.7
11	Lauren Ratzlaff (Sr)	3	12	2	4.0
13	Lexi Ferguson (So)	3	11	1	3.7

Gaston Day

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	3	78	4	26.0
1	Ava Blanton (Sr)	3	20	3	6.7
2	M. Lovelace (Sr)	3	10	0	3.3
3	Grace Hohman (Jr)	3	2	1	0.7
4	Lauren Basanez (Fr)	3	4	0	1.3
8	Emery Carr (Fr)	3	4	0	1.3
12	Amelia Buie (Fr)	3	2	0	0.7
16	Kendyl Taylor (Jr)	3	22	0	7.3
18	Clara Wallwork (Sr)	3	14	0	4.7

Metrolina Christian Academy

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S
	Team Totals	3	19	6.3
1	K. Vandergrift (So)	3	16	5.3
2	A. Titherington (Sr)	3
3	Shelby Hill (So)	2
5	Makena Gadd (Sr)	3
6	K. Overcash (Fr)	2	3	1.5
7	Finley Clement (So)	1
8	Kyra Norman (Fr)	3
9	Ariel Laney (8th)	3
11	Lauren Ratzlaff (Sr)	3
13	Lexi Ferguson (So)	3

Gaston Day

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	27	9.0	102	2
1	Ava Blanton (Sr)	3	1	0.3	1	0
2	M. Lovelace (Sr)	3	25	8.3	99	1
3	Grace Hohman (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
4	Lauren Basanez (Fr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
8	Emery Carr (Fr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
12	Amelia Buie (Fr)	3	0	0.0	1	1
16	Kendyl Taylor (Jr)	3	1	0.3	1	0
18	Clara Wallwork (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0

Metrolina Christian Academy

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	RE
	Team Totals	3	9
1	K. Vandergrift (So)	3
2	A. Titherington (Sr)	3
3	Shelby Hill (So)	2	2
5	Makena Gadd (Sr)	3	4
6	K. Overcash (Fr)	2
7	Finley Clement (So)	1
8	Kyra Norman (Fr)	3	1
9	Ariel Laney (8th)	3
11	Lauren Ratzlaff (Sr)	3	2
13	Lexi Ferguson (So)	3

Gaston Day

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	40	4	13.3
1	Ava Blanton (Sr)	3	11	2	3.7
2	M. Lovelace (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
3	Grace Hohman (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
4	Lauren Basanez (Fr)	3	2	0	0.7
8	Emery Carr (Fr)	3	0	0	0.0
12	Amelia Buie (Fr)	3	1	0	0.3
16	Kendyl Taylor (Jr)	3	24	2	8.0
18	Clara Wallwork (Sr)	3	2	0	0.7

Match Story

North Carolina High School Volleyball - Metrolina Christian Academy bounced by Gaston Day

September 4, 2025: Gastonia, NC 28056

The Metrolina Christian Academy Warriors volleyball squad (Indian Trail, NC), dropped 3-0 in Thursday's league contest with the host Gaston Day Spartans (Gastonia, NC)

The Spartans (7-1) will now prepare for their contest against Westminster Catawba Christian (Rock Hill, SC). The Indians go into the NCISAA Metrolina Athletic battle with a 5-8 record.

The Warriors now own a 3-6 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Gaston Christian for a NCISAA Metrolina Athletic battle on Monday, September 8. Metrolina Christian Academy will encounter a Eagles squad coming off a 3-0 non-league win over Carolina Day (Asheville, NC). The Eagles record now stands at 9-5.

Rankings & Records

Metrolina Christian Academy (25-26)

NC	Class
213	13

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
6-7	5-2	5-1	1-6	.462	.714	24	23

Gaston Day (25-26)

NC	Class
70	2

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
10-1	6-0	5-0	5-1	.909	1.000	32	9