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Valparaiso Merrillville

Vikings

Pirates

The Merrillville (IN) varsity volleyball team lost Wednesday's home conference match against Valparaiso (IN) by a score of 3-0.

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Valparaiso	25	25	25	3
Merrillville	21	19	18	0

Final score provided by K. Lenard.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Merrillville (22-23)

Valparaiso

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	15	5.0	25.0	60	10	.083
1	Ben Wassilak	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
4	D. Jovanovic (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
4	Trey Nash (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
5	David Behnke (Jr)	2	2	1.0	22.2	9	1	.111
6	Asher Collins (Fr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
7	Finnly Holtz (Jr)	1
7	Cameron Waldon (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	4	1	-.250
8	Austin Olsen	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
9	Leo Zairis (Fr)	1	1	1.0	33.3	3	0	.333
10	Jonah Kyle (Sr)	2	5	2.5	35.7	14	3	.143
12	Ayden Malavolta (So)	1
13	Drake Wiening (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	2	0	.000
17	C. Rasmussen (Fr)	1	3	3.0	60.0	5	1	.400
21	Jaden Dekock (Sr)	3	2	0.7	18.2	11	3	-.091
22	Izaac Moore (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	4	1	-.250
23	Owen Morris (Fr)	2	1	0.5	25.0	4	0	.250
27	Henry Danko (Fr)	1	1	1.0	33.3	3	0	.333

Merrillville

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	17	5.7	27.0	63	18	-.016
1	Jordan Jones (Sr)	3	5	1.7	45.5	11	4	.091
4	Larry Williams (So)	3	3	1.0	33.3	9	2	.111
6	Mareo Mukes (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
8	A. Djukic (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	1	1	-1.000
9	Ivan Osorio (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	3	1	-.333
10	Nylan Maclin (Fr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
11	C. Wilson (So)	3	2	0.7	12.5	16	6	-.250
12	Noah Molenda (Jr)	3	1	0.3	16.7	6	2	-.167
18	Logan Krause (So)	3	6	2.0	37.5	16	1	.312
19	Steffen Smith (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	1	1	-1.000

Valparaiso

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	8	2.7		72	11	84.7	54
1	Ben Wassilak	1	0	0.0	.0	3	0	100.0	3
4	D. Jovanovic (Sr)	2	3	1.5	30.0	10	2	80.0	8
4	Trey Nash (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	4	0	100.0	3
5	David Behnke (Jr)	2	1	0.5	12.5	8	2	75.0	6
6	Asher Collins (Fr)	2	1	0.5	8.3	12	2	83.3	9
7	Finnly Holtz (Jr)	1			.0	1
7	Cameron Waldon (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
8	Austin Olsen	1	0	0.0	.0	5	0	100.0	5
9	Leo Zairis (Fr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
10	Jonah Kyle (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	6	1	83.3	4
12	Ayden Malavolta (So)	1
13	Drake Wiening (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
17	C. Rasmussen (Fr)	1	0	0.0	.0	4	1	75.0	3
21	Jaden Dekock (Sr)	3	2	0.7	22.2	9	1	88.9	8
22	Izaac Moore (Sr)	2	1	0.5	14.3	7	2	71.4	4
23	Owen Morris (Fr)	2	0	0.0	.0	3	0	100.0	1
27	Henry Danko (Fr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Merrillville

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	8	2.7	13.3	60	12	80.0	8
1	Jordan Jones (Sr)	3	1	0.3	12.5	8	2	75.0	1
4	Larry Williams (So)	3	2	0.7	25.0	8	2	75.0	2
6	Mareo Mukes (Jr)	3	1	0.3	8.3	12	4	66.7	1
8	A. Djukic (Sr)	3	1	0.3	10.0	10	2	80.0	1
9	Ivan Osorio (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
10	Nylan Maclin (Fr)	3	0	0.0	.0	2	1	50.0	0
11	C. Wilson (So)	3	2	0.7	18.2	11	0	100.0	2
12	Noah Molenda (Jr)	3	1	0.3	11.1	9	1	88.9	1
18	Logan Krause (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
19	Steffen Smith (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Valparaiso

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	3	1	2	2	0.7	1
1	Ben Wassilak	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	D. Jovanovic (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Trey Nash (Jr)	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	David Behnke (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Asher Collins (Fr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Finnly Holtz (Jr)	1
7	Cameron Waldon (So)	1	0	0	0	0.0	1
8	Austin Olsen	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Leo Zairis (Fr)	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Jonah Kyle (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Ayden Malavolta (So)	1
13	Drake Wiening (Sr)	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	C. Rasmussen (Fr)	1	0	1	1	1.0	0
21	Jaden Dekock (Sr)	3	0	1	1	0.3	0
22	Izaac Moore (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Owen Morris (Fr)	2	1	0	1	0.5	0
27	Henry Danko (Fr)	1	0	0	0	0.0	0

Merrillville

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	3	3	4	5	1.7	1
1	Jordan Jones (Sr)	3	0	1	1	0.3	0
4	Larry Williams (So)	3	1	1	2	0.7	1
6	Mareo Mukes (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	A. Djukic (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Ivan Osorio (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Nylan Maclin (Fr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	C. Wilson (So)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Noah Molenda (Jr)	3	2	1	3	1.0	0
18	Logan Krause (So)	3	0	1	1	0.3	0
19	Steffen Smith (Jr)	1	0	0	0	0.0	0

Valparaiso

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	3	27	1	9.0
1	Ben Wassilak	1	0	0	0.0
4	D. Jovanovic (Sr)	2	3	0	1.5
4	Trey Nash (Jr)	1	1	0	1.0
5	David Behnke (Jr)	2	6	0	3.0
6	Asher Collins (Fr)	2	4	1	2.0
7	Finnly Holtz (Jr)	1	1		1.0
7	Cameron Waldon (So)	1	0	0	0.0
8	Austin Olsen	1	1	0	1.0
9	Leo Zairis (Fr)	1	0	0	0.0
10	Jonah Kyle (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
12	Ayden Malavolta (So)	1
13	Drake Wiening (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0
17	C. Rasmussen (Fr)	1	3	0	3.0
21	Jaden Dekock (Sr)	3	3	0	1.0
22	Izaac Moore (Sr)	2	5	0	2.5
23	Owen Morris (Fr)	2	0	0	0.0
27	Henry Danko (Fr)	1	0	0	0.0

Merrillville

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	3	31	13	10.3
1	Jordan Jones (Sr)	3	0	2	0.0
4	Larry Williams (So)	3	2	1	0.7
6	Mareo Mukes (Jr)	3	5	3	1.7
8	A. Djukic (Sr)	3	9	1	3.0
9	Ivan Osorio (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
10	Nylan Maclin (Fr)	3	4	3	1.3
11	C. Wilson (So)	3	4	1	1.3
12	Noah Molenda (Jr)	3	6	2	2.0
18	Logan Krause (So)	3	1	0	0.3
19	Steffen Smith (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0

Valparaiso

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	15	5.0	51	0
1	Ben Wassilak	1	0	0.0	0	0
4	D. Jovanovic (Sr)	2	7	3.5	20	0
4	Trey Nash (Jr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
5	David Behnke (Jr)	2	1	0.5	1	0
6	Asher Collins (Fr)	2	0	0.0	1	0
7	Finnly Holtz (Jr)	1	0	0.0	4
7	Cameron Waldon (So)	1	0	0.0	0	0
8	Austin Olsen	1	1	1.0	10	0
9	Leo Zairis (Fr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
10	Jonah Kyle (Sr)	2	1	0.5	1	0
12	Ayden Malavolta (So)	1
13	Drake Wiening (Sr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
17	C. Rasmussen (Fr)	1	1	1.0	1	0
21	Jaden Dekock (Sr)	3	3	1.0	12	0
22	Izaac Moore (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
23	Owen Morris (Fr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
27	Henry Danko (Fr)	1	1	1.0	1	0

Merrillville

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	13	4.3	75	14
1	Jordan Jones (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
4	Larry Williams (So)	3	0	0.0	1	0
6	Mareo Mukes (Jr)	3	0	0.0	4	0
8	A. Djukic (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
9	Ivan Osorio (Sr)	3	0	0.0	3	2
10	Nylan Maclin (Fr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
11	C. Wilson (So)	3	1	0.3	5	1
12	Noah Molenda (Jr)	3	12	4.0	62	11
18	Logan Krause (So)	3	0	0.0	0	0
19	Steffen Smith (Jr)	1	0	0.0	0	0

Valparaiso

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	35	9	11.7
1	Ben Wassilak	1	0	1	0.0
4	D. Jovanovic (Sr)	2	4	1	2.0
4	Trey Nash (Jr)	1	2	1	2.0
5	David Behnke (Jr)	2	9	0	4.5
6	Asher Collins (Fr)	2	4	0	2.0
7	Finnly Holtz (Jr)	1
7	Cameron Waldon (So)	1	0	0	0.0
8	Austin Olsen	1	0	0	0.0
9	Leo Zairis (Fr)	1	0	0	0.0
10	Jonah Kyle (Sr)	2	4	2	2.0
12	Ayden Malavolta (So)	1
13	Drake Wiening (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0
17	C. Rasmussen (Fr)	1	3	1	3.0
21	Jaden Dekock (Sr)	3	3	1	1.0
22	Izaac Moore (Sr)	2	6	2	3.0
23	Owen Morris (Fr)	2	0	0	0.0
27	Henry Danko (Fr)	1	0	0	0.0

Merrillville

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	56	8	18.7
1	Jordan Jones (Sr)	3	3	1	1.0
4	Larry Williams (So)	3	2	0	0.7
6	Mareo Mukes (Jr)	3	16	2	5.3
8	A. Djukic (Sr)	3	10	1	3.3
9	Ivan Osorio (Sr)	3	2	0	0.7
10	Nylan Maclin (Fr)	3	13	2	4.3
11	C. Wilson (So)	3	7	2	2.3
12	Noah Molenda (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
18	Logan Krause (So)	3	3	0	1.0
19	Steffen Smith (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0

Match Story

Indiana High School Volleyball - Merrillville overwhelmed by Valparaiso

April 5, 2023: Merrillville, IN 46410

In Wednesday's league battle, the visiting Valparaiso Vikings volleyball team scored a 3-0 triumph over the Merrillville Pirates.

The Vikings (4-1) will now prepare for their battle against Portage (Portage, IN). The Indians come into the battle with a 5-1 record. In their last battle, Portage defeated Crown Point (Crown Point, IN), 3-2, in a league battle.

Next, the Pirates encounter the Lake Central Indians (St. John, IN) in a battle, on Thursday, April 6. Merrillville will attempt to move on its 1-4 season record. The Indians come into the battle with a 6-0 record after their 3-0 league win over Michigan City (Michigan City, IN).

Valparaiso @ Merrillville Volleyball Match Info

Wed., Apr. 5, 2023 @ 5p

The Merrillville (IN) varsity volleyball team lost Wednesday's home conference match against Valparaiso (IN) by a score of 3-0.

Rankings & Records

Valparaiso (22-23)

National	IN
632	22

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
12-2	12-2	6-1	6-1	.857	.857	39	8

Merrillville (22-23)

National	IN
2,108	72

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
2-12	2-12	1-6	1-6	.143	.143	6	39

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Valparaiso	24.7	24.5	24.8	21.8	11.0	2.8
Merrillville	15.8	17.0	19.6	25.0	15.0	.4

Head-to-Head

Valparaiso won on 4/5/2023

4/5 @ 5p S1 S2 S3 Wins

Valparaiso 25 25 25 3
Merrillville 21 19 18 0

The Valparaiso (IN) varsity volleyball team won Wednesday's away conference match against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 3-0.
Box score
Valparaiso won on 4/24/2023

4/24 @ 5p S1 S2 S3 Wins

Merrillville 20 10 18 0
Valparaiso 25 25 25 3

The Merrillville (IN) varsity volleyball team lost Monday's away conference match against Valparaiso (IN) by a score of 3-0.
Box score

4/24 @ 5p	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Merrillville	20	10	18	0
Valparaiso	25	25	25	3

Team Stat Comparison

Valparaiso		Merrillville
401	Kills	170
45	Total Blocks	38
140	Serving Aces	70
627	Digs	388
315	Assists	120
618	Receptions	817

Team Leaders

Valparaiso		Merrillville	National Avg.
#3 Nicholas Fiorito101	Kills	#4 Larry Williams45	45
#23 Owen Morris23	Total Blocks	#4 Larry Williams15	13
#4 Dimitrije Jovanovic33	Serving Aces	#1 Jordan Jones14	11
#21 Jaden Dekock120	Digs	#6 Mareo Mukes100	55
#4 Dimitrije Jovanovic242	Assists	#12 Noah Molenda80	43
#5 David Behnke128	Receptions	#6 Mareo Mukes295	73

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Valparaiso	10-2		Merrillville	2-10

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/20/23	Lake Central	Valparaiso	(L) 3-2	4/6/23	Lake Central	Merrillville	(L) 3-0
4/13/23	Valparaiso	Lake Central	(L) 3-1	5/1/23	Merrillville	Lake Central	(L) 3-0
3/22/23	Valparaiso	Chesterton	(W) 3-1	4/10/23	Chesterton	Merrillville	(L) 3-0
4/20/23	Chesterton	Valparaiso	(W) 3-0	5/4/23	Merrillville	Chesterton	(L) 3-0
3/23/23	Michigan City	Valparaiso	(W) 3-0	3/27/23	Merrillville	Michigan City	(W) 3-2
4/17/23	Valparaiso	Michigan City	(W) 3-0	4/20/23	Michigan City	Merrillville	(W) 3-1
4/3/23	Crown Point	Valparaiso	(W) 3-0	3/20/23	Merrillville	Crown Point	(L) 3-0
4/27/23	Valparaiso	Crown Point	(W) 3-1	4/13/23	Crown Point	Merrillville	(L) 3-0
4/10/23	Valparaiso	Portage	(W) 3-0	3/23/23	Portage	Merrillville	(L) 3-0
5/4/23	Portage	Valparaiso	(W) 3-0	4/17/23	Merrillville	Portage	(L) 3-0
4/19/23	La Porte	Valparaiso	(W) 3-0	3/28/23	Merrillville	La Porte	(L) 3-0
5/1/23	Valparaiso	La Porte	(W) 3-0	4/27/23	La Porte	Merrillville	(L) 3-0

Record Breakdown

Valparaiso (22-23)		Merrillville (22-23)
12-2	Overall	2-12
12-2	League	2-12
0-0	Non-League	0-0
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
10-2	Common Opponent	2-10
6-1	Home	1-6
6-1	Away	1-6
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
12-2	In-State	2-12
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0