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The Challenger (Hickory, NC) JV volleyball team won Thursday's home conference match against Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy (Lincolnton, NC) by a score of 2-1.

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
LSWA	20	25	10	1
Challenger	25	16	15	2

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy (25-26)

Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy has not entered stats for this match.

Challenger (25-26)

Challenger

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	8	2.7		40	9
1	Melanie Vang (So)	3
3	Norah White (So)	3	2	0.7	13.3	15	2	.000
10	Hannah Thomas (Fr)	3			.0	2	1
11	Kinley King (Fr)	3	1	0.3	12.5	8	2	-.125
12	Kate Dickerson (Fr)	1			.0	2	1
14	Kara Moore (So)	3	1	0.3	100.0	1
15	A. Aquirre-Lemus (So)	3			.0	0
18	Ella McLeymore (Fr)	3	1	0.3	50.0	2	1	.000
23	Harper Hill (So)	3	3	1.0	30.0	10	2	.100

Challenger

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	15	5.0		53	4	92.5	35
1	Melanie Vang (So)	3
3	Norah White (So)	3	2	0.7	18.2	11	3	72.7	6
10	Hannah Thomas (Fr)	3	1	0.3	16.7	6			3
11	Kinley King (Fr)	3	1	0.3	25.0	4			2
12	Kate Dickerson (Fr)	1	1	1.0	33.3	3			2
14	Kara Moore (So)	3	4	1.3	40.0	10	1	90.0	8
15	A. Aquirre-Lemus (So)	3			.0	1
18	Ella McLeymore (Fr)	3	3	1.0	37.5	8			5
23	Harper Hill (So)	3	3	1.0	30.0	10			9

Challenger

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	3	1	1	0.3	2
1	Melanie Vang (So)	3
3	Norah White (So)	3
10	Hannah Thomas (Fr)	3
11	Kinley King (Fr)	3
12	Kate Dickerson (Fr)	1
14	Kara Moore (So)	3
15	A. Aquirre-Lemus (So)	3
18	Ella McLeymore (Fr)	3				1
23	Harper Hill (So)	3	1	1	0.3	1

Challenger

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	3	27	11	9.0
1	Melanie Vang (So)	3	6	2	2.0
3	Norah White (So)	3	8	0	2.7
10	Hannah Thomas (Fr)	3	0	1	0.0
11	Kinley King (Fr)	3	4	3	1.3
12	Kate Dickerson (Fr)	1	1		1.0
14	Kara Moore (So)	3		1
15	A. Aquirre-Lemus (So)	3	2	2	0.7
18	Ella McLeymore (Fr)	3		1
23	Harper Hill (So)	3	6	1	2.0

Challenger

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	5	1.7	130	19
1	Melanie Vang (So)	3			6	2
3	Norah White (So)	3			14
10	Hannah Thomas (Fr)	3			2
11	Kinley King (Fr)	3			24	1
12	Kate Dickerson (Fr)	1			5	1
14	Kara Moore (So)	3	5	1.7	58	11
15	A. Aquirre-Lemus (So)	3			2
18	Ella McLeymore (Fr)	3			2	1
23	Harper Hill (So)	3			17	3

Challenger

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	44	12	14.7
1	Melanie Vang (So)	3	9	5	3.0
3	Norah White (So)	3	14	1	4.7
10	Hannah Thomas (Fr)	3	2	1	0.7
11	Kinley King (Fr)	3	5		1.7
12	Kate Dickerson (Fr)	1
14	Kara Moore (So)	3		1
15	A. Aquirre-Lemus (So)	3	4	2	1.3
18	Ella McLeymore (Fr)	3	1		0.3
23	Harper Hill (So)	3	9	2	3.0

Match Story

North Carolina High School Volleyball - Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy can't hold off Challenger

September 4, 2025: Hickory, NC 28602

The Challenger Firebirds tipped the visiting Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy Crusaders volleyball squad by a final score of 2-1 in Thursday's league game.

Next up, the Firebirds confront the Community Christian Academy Warriors (Bessemer City, NC) in a game, on Thursday, September 11. Challenger will attempt to advance on its 3-2 season record.

With the loss, Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy drops to 0-1 on the campaign. The Crusaders host Pinnacle Classical Academy (Shelby, NC) to clash with the Eagles in a bout on Friday, September 5. The Eagles come into the bout with a record of 2-3. Pinnacle Classical Academy won 2-0 in their recent league bout against Lake Lure Classical Academy (Lake Lure, NC)

Rankings & Records

Long Shoals Wesleyan Academy (25-26)

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
2-3	2-3	2-1	0-2	.400	.400	5	7

Challenger (25-26)

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
4-4	4-4	3-3	1-1	.500	.500	8	10