Volleyball Recap: Ascend Leadership Starts Season with Defeat on the Road

HOW TO WATCH: This match can be replayed on the NFHS Network, the official streaming partner of the NC High School Athletic Assn. & Excelsior Classical Academy.
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Ascend Leadership had to start their season on the road on Thursday, and it wasn't the start they were hoping for. They lost 3-0 to the Excelsior Classical Academy Flying Lions. Sadly, the defeat continues a streak the team started last season, making it nine in a row.

The match finished with set scores of 25-12, 25-17, 25-16.

Ascend Leadership and Excelsior Classical Academy will both get their first taste of in-conference action in their upcoming games. The Aviators will face off against rival Clover Garden School at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Excelsior Classical Academy is set to take on their familiar foe Eno River Academy at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.