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Merrillville Portage

Pirates

Indians

The Portage (IN) varsity volleyball team won Monday's home conference match against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 3-0.

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Merrillville	24	20	21	0
Portage	26	25	25	3

Final score provided by K. Reimbold.

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Match Stats

Portage (24-25)

Merrillville

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	18	6.0	21.2	85	15	.035
1	Maurice LaGrand (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	5	1	-.200
2	Jocci Maclin (Jr)	3	2	0.7	10.5	19	4	-.105
3	Roderick Frye (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
4	Larry Williams (Sr)	3	3	1.0	23.1	13	3	.000
7	Logan Krause (Sr)	3	5	1.7	33.3	15	2	.200
10	Nylan Maclin (Jr)	3	1	0.3	100.0	1	0	1.000
11	Chris Wilson (Sr)	3	5	1.7	23.8	21	3	.095
14	Louis Roy (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
15	S. White (Jr)	3	2	0.7	20.0	10	2	.000

Portage

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	33	11.0	33.3	99	14	.192
1	Ethan Collins (Fr)	3	4	1.3	21.1	19	4	.000
3	E. Oziminski (So)	1	2	2.0	28.6	7	0	.286
4	Walter Shumpert (Jr)	3	1	0.3	11.1	9	2	-.111
10	Jedadia Byrd (Sr)	3	7	2.3	41.2	17	3	.235
12	Cesar Noriega (Jr)	3	1	0.3	33.3	3	0	.333
13	Danny Lule (Jr)	3	1	0.3	25.0	4	1	.000
14	Kimari Beasley (Jr)	3	12	4.0	46.2	26	3	.346
16	Andrew Demarco (Jr)	2	5	2.5	35.7	14	1	.286

Merrillville

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	4	1.3	6.0	67	9	86.6	4
1	Maurice LaGrand (Jr)	3	1	0.3	5.9	17	2	88.2	1
2	Jocci Maclin (Jr)	3	1	0.3	9.1	11	2	81.8	1
3	Roderick Frye (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
4	Larry Williams (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	4	0	100.0	0
7	Logan Krause (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	10	3	70.0	0
10	Nylan Maclin (Jr)	3	1	0.3	8.3	12	2	83.3	1
11	Chris Wilson (Sr)	3	1	0.3	14.3	7	0	100.0	1
14	Louis Roy (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	6	0	100.0	0
15	S. White (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Portage

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	8	2.7	10.7	75	9	88.0	57
1	Ethan Collins (Fr)	3	2	0.7	15.4	13	3	76.9	10
3	E. Oziminski (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
4	Walter Shumpert (Jr)	3	2	0.7	18.2	11	1	90.9	7
10	Jedadia Byrd (Sr)	3	1	0.3	11.1	9	1	88.9	7
12	Cesar Noriega (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	13	0	100.0	9
13	Danny Lule (Jr)	3	1	0.3	7.1	14	2	85.7	12
14	Kimari Beasley (Jr)	3	2	0.7	13.3	15	2	86.7	12
16	Andrew Demarco (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Merrillville

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	3	2	4	4	1.3	13
1	Maurice LaGrand (Jr)	3	0	2	2	0.7	0
2	Jocci Maclin (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Roderick Frye (Sr)	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Larry Williams (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	2
7	Logan Krause (Sr)	3	2	2	4	1.3	6
10	Nylan Maclin (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Chris Wilson (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Louis Roy (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	S. White (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	5

Portage

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	3	2	1	0.3	3
1	Ethan Collins (Fr)	3	0	0	0.0	0
3	E. Oziminski (So)	1	0	0	0.0	0
4	Walter Shumpert (Jr)	3	1	1	0.3	1
10	Jedadia Byrd (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0	1
12	Cesar Noriega (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0	0
13	Danny Lule (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0	0
14	Kimari Beasley (Jr)	3	1	1	0.3	1
16	Andrew Demarco (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0	0

Merrillville

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	3	40	20	13.3
1	Maurice LaGrand (Jr)	3	4	3	1.3
2	Jocci Maclin (Jr)	3	10	4	3.3
3	Roderick Frye (Sr)	1	2	0	2.0
4	Larry Williams (Sr)	3	0	2	0.0
7	Logan Krause (Sr)	3	3	0	1.0
10	Nylan Maclin (Jr)	3	16	8	5.3
11	Chris Wilson (Sr)	3	4	2	1.3
14	Louis Roy (Sr)	2	1	1	0.5
15	S. White (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0

Portage

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	3	50	11	16.7
1	Ethan Collins (Fr)	3	5	1	1.7
3	E. Oziminski (So)	1	0	0	0.0
4	Walter Shumpert (Jr)	3	9	2	3.0
10	Jedadia Byrd (Sr)	3	14	2	4.7
12	Cesar Noriega (Jr)	3	5	1	1.7
13	Danny Lule (Jr)	3	13	3	4.3
14	Kimari Beasley (Jr)	3	3	2	1.0
16	Andrew Demarco (Jr)	2	1	0	0.5

Merrillville

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	16	5.3	85	6
1	Maurice LaGrand (Jr)	3	15	5.0	76	6
2	Jocci Maclin (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
3	Roderick Frye (Sr)	1	0	0.0	1	0
4	Larry Williams (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
7	Logan Krause (Sr)	3	1	0.3	2	0
10	Nylan Maclin (Jr)	3	0	0.0	2	0
11	Chris Wilson (Sr)	3	0	0.0	4	0
14	Louis Roy (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
15	S. White (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0

Portage

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	30	10.0	99	10
1	Ethan Collins (Fr)	3	0	0.0	2	0
3	E. Oziminski (So)	1	0	0.0	0	0
4	Walter Shumpert (Jr)	3	28	9.3	83	8
10	Jedadia Byrd (Sr)	3	0	0.0	1	0
12	Cesar Noriega (Jr)	3	0	0.0	3	1
13	Danny Lule (Jr)	3	2	0.7	9	1
14	Kimari Beasley (Jr)	3	0	0.0	1	0
16	Andrew Demarco (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0	0

Merrillville

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	60	6	20.0
1	Maurice LaGrand (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
2	Jocci Maclin (Jr)	3	15	0	5.0
3	Roderick Frye (Sr)	1	3	0	3.0
4	Larry Williams (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
7	Logan Krause (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
10	Nylan Maclin (Jr)	3	25	4	8.3
11	Chris Wilson (Sr)	3	13	1	4.3
14	Louis Roy (Sr)	2	4	1	2.0
15	S. White (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0

Portage

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	49	6	16.3
1	Ethan Collins (Fr)	3	13	2	4.3
3	E. Oziminski (So)	1	0	0	0.0
4	Walter Shumpert (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
10	Jedadia Byrd (Sr)	3	7	3	2.3
12	Cesar Noriega (Jr)	3	6	1	2.0
13	Danny Lule (Jr)	3	22	0	7.3
14	Kimari Beasley (Jr)	3	1	0	0.3
16	Andrew Demarco (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0

Match Story

Indiana High School Volleyball - Merrillville bounced by Portage

April 21, 2025: Portage, IN 46368

The Merrillville Pirates volleyball squad (Merrillville, IN), dropped 3-0 in Monday's league battle with the host Portage Indians (Portage, IN)

With the win, Portage improves its record to 5-11 on the season. The Indians travel to La Porte (La Porte, IN) to encounter the Slicers in a IBVCA battle on Thursday, April 24. The Slicers go into the battle with a record of 0-13. La Porte lost 3-0 in their recent league battle against Crown Point (Crown Point, IN)

The Pirates now own a 6-8 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Illiana Christian for a non-league battle on Tuesday, April 22. Merrillville will encounter a Vikings squad coming off a 3-1 league loss to Hammond Bishop Noll (Hammond, IN). The Vikings record now stands at 5-3.

Merrillville @ Portage Volleyball Match Info

Mon., Apr. 21, 2025 @ 6p

The Portage (IN) varsity volleyball team won Monday's home conference match against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 3-0.

Rankings & Records

Merrillville (24-25)

National	IN
2,259	79

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
9-17	3-11	3-6	4-8	2-3	.346	.214	31	55

Portage (24-25)

National	IN
2,459	87

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
6-18	2-12	3-7	1-9	2-2	.250	.143	23	53

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Merrillville	19.3	21.0	19.7	19.1	12.3	1.2
Portage	18.2	19.5	20.6	18.6	8.5	1.0

Head-to-Head

Merrillville won on 3/27/2025

3/27 @ 6p S1 S2 S3 Wins

Portage 14 18 20 0
Merrillville 25 25 25 3

The Portage (IN) varsity volleyball team lost Thursday's away conference match against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 3-0.
Box score
Portage won on 4/21/2025

4/21 @ 6p S1 S2 S3 Wins

Merrillville 24 20 21 0
Portage 26 25 25 3

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

3/27 @ 6p	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Portage	14	18	20	0
Merrillville	25	25	25	3

Team Stat Comparison

Merrillville		Portage
524	Kills	501
98	Total Blocks	62
168	Serving Aces	132
1021	Digs	900
451	Assists	413
1317	Receptions	1126

Team Leaders

Merrillville		Portage	National Avg.
#11 Chris Wilson165	Kills	#14 Kimari Beasley196	46
#7 Logan Krause63	Total Blocks	#14 Kimari Beasley44	12
#2 Jocci Maclin41	Serving Aces	#14 Kimari Beasley29	10
#10 Nylan Maclin332	Digs	#4 Walter Shumpert130	58
#1 Maurice LaGrand434	Assists	#4 Walter Shumpert382	44
#10 Nylan Maclin432	Receptions	#1 Ethan Collins286	74

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merrillville	3-14		Portage	2-14

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/24/25	Merrillville	Crown Point	(L) 3-1	4/10/25	Crown Point	Portage	(L) 3-1
4/17/25	Crown Point	Merrillville	(L) 3-0	5/5/25	Portage	Crown Point	(L) 3-0
3/31/25	Merrillville	Michigan City	(L) 3-2	3/24/25	Portage	Michigan City	(L) 3-2
4/24/25	Michigan City	Merrillville	(L) 3-2	4/17/25	Michigan City	Portage	(L) 3-2
4/2/25	Kankakee Valley	Merrillville	(W) 3-0	4/12/25	Kankakee Valley	Portage	(W) 2-0
4/3/25	Valparaiso	Merrillville	(L) 3-0	4/14/25	Valparaiso	Portage	(L) 3-0
4/28/25	Merrillville	Valparaiso	(L) 3-0	5/8/25	Portage	Valparaiso	(L) 3-1
4/7/25	Merrillville	La Porte	(W) 3-2	3/31/25	La Porte	Portage	(W) 3-1
5/1/25	La Porte	Merrillville	(W) 3-1	4/24/25	Portage	La Porte	(L) 3-1
4/10/25	Lake Central	Merrillville	(L) 3-0	4/3/25	Portage	Lake Central	(L) 3-0
5/5/25	Merrillville	Lake Central	(L) 3-0	4/28/25	Lake Central	Portage	(L) 3-0
4/14/25	Chesterton	Merrillville	(L) 3-0	4/7/25	Portage	Chesterton	(L) 3-0
4/26/25	Merrillville	Chesterton	(L) 2-0	4/12/25	Portage	Chesterton	(L) 2-0
5/8/25	Merrillville	Chesterton	(L) 3-0	5/1/25	Chesterton	Portage	(L) 3-0
4/16/25	Merrillville	Westville	(L) 3-1	4/19/25	Portage	Westville	(L) 2-0
4/26/25	Westville	Merrillville	(L) 2-0
4/22/25	Merrillville	Illiana Christian	(L) 3-0	3/26/25	Illiana Christian	Portage	(L) 3-0

Record Breakdown

Merrillville (24-25)		Portage (24-25)
9-17	Overall	6-18
3-11	League	2-12
4-4	Non-League	1-2
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
3-14	Common Opponent	2-14
3-6	Home	3-7
4-8	Away	1-9
2-3	Neutral	2-2
0-1	Playoff	1-1
9-17	In-State	6-18
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0