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Merrillville Kankakee Valley

Pirates

Kougars

The Kankakee Valley (Wheatfield, IN) varsity volleyball team lost Saturday's home tournament match against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 2-1.

Game Details: KV Invite

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Merrillville	18	28	15	2
Kankakee Valley	25	26	7	1

Final score provided by O. Vazquez.

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Match Stats

Kankakee Valley (22-23)

Merrillville

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	20	6.7	31.7	63	8	.190
1	Madisyn Dilosa (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
2	Essence Keel (Sr)	3	4	1.3	30.8	13	2	.154
5	Indiah Day (So)	3	1	0.3	16.7	6	1	.000
6	I. Altieri (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
6	Aliyah Kirk (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
7	N. Mccollum (So)	3	2	0.7	14.3	14	3	-.071
8	Lucy McCollum (Fr)	3	2	0.7	66.7	3	0	.667
9	Kayla Robinson (Sr)	3	7	2.3	46.7	15	1	.400
15	Kennedy Bryant (Sr)	3	4	1.3	36.4	11	1	.273

Kankakee Valley

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	22	7.3	39.3	56	6	.286
4	Lilly Toppen (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
6	G. Diener (Fr)	3	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
10	A. Grandchamp (Sr)	3	8	2.7	40.0	20	1	.350
11	Lilly Jones (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
13	Morgan Smith (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
20	Ava McKim (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
21	Brooklyn Richie (So)	3	8	2.7	53.3	15	2	.400
22	Ava Koselke (Jr)	3	3	1.0	50.0	6	0	.500
25	Aubrey Stowers (Fr)	1	1	1.0	100.0	1	0	1.000
33	Ava Dase (So)	3	1	0.3	11.1	9	2	-.111
34	Faith Mauger (Sr)	3	1	0.3	33.3	3	1	.000

Merrillville

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	9	3.0	15.0	60	11	81.7	9
1	Madisyn Dilosa (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	6	0	100.0	0
2	Essence Keel (Sr)	3	3	1.0	27.3	11	2	81.8	3
5	Indiah Day (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
6	I. Altieri (So)	3	2	0.7	20.0	10	3	70.0	2
6	Aliyah Kirk (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
7	N. Mccollum (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	7	0	100.0	0
8	Lucy McCollum (Fr)	3	2	0.7	20.0	10	3	70.0	2
9	Kayla Robinson (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
15	Kennedy Bryant (Sr)	3	2	0.7	12.5	16	3	81.2	2

Kankakee Valley

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	4	1.3	4.4	91	11	87.9	58
4	Lilly Toppen (Sr)	3	1	0.3	4.8	21	2	90.5	15
6	G. Diener (Fr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
10	A. Grandchamp (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
11	Lilly Jones (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	16	4	75.0	10
13	Morgan Smith (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	17	1	94.1	11
20	Ava McKim (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	9	0	100.0	5
21	Brooklyn Richie (So)	3	2	0.7	15.4	13	3	76.9	7
22	Ava Koselke (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
25	Aubrey Stowers (Fr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
33	Ava Dase (So)	3	1	0.3	6.7	15	1	93.3	10
34	Faith Mauger (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Merrillville

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	3	5	4	7	2.3	5
1	Madisyn Dilosa (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Essence Keel (Sr)	3	0	1	1	0.3	0
5	Indiah Day (So)	3	3	0	3	1.0	1
6	I. Altieri (So)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Aliyah Kirk (Sr)	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	N. Mccollum (So)	3	0	1	1	0.3	0
8	Lucy McCollum (Fr)	3	1	0	1	0.3	3
9	Kayla Robinson (Sr)	3	1	2	3	1.0	1
15	Kennedy Bryant (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0

Kankakee Valley

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	3	1	2	2	0.7	12
4	Lilly Toppen (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	G. Diener (Fr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	2
10	A. Grandchamp (Sr)	3	0	1	1	0.3	0
11	Lilly Jones (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Morgan Smith (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Ava McKim (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Brooklyn Richie (So)	3	1	0	1	0.3	1
22	Ava Koselke (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	2
25	Aubrey Stowers (Fr)	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
33	Ava Dase (So)	3	0	0	0	0.0	2
34	Faith Mauger (Sr)	3	0	1	1	0.3	5

Merrillville

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	3	40	18	13.3
1	Madisyn Dilosa (Sr)	3	9	4	3.0
2	Essence Keel (Sr)	3	6	1	2.0
5	Indiah Day (So)	3	1	1	0.3
6	I. Altieri (So)	3	3	2	1.0
6	Aliyah Kirk (Sr)	1	0	1	0.0
7	N. Mccollum (So)	3	7	6	2.3
8	Lucy McCollum (Fr)	3	11	1	3.7
9	Kayla Robinson (Sr)	3	1	0	0.3
15	Kennedy Bryant (Sr)	3	2	2	0.7

Kankakee Valley

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	3	31	15	10.3
4	Lilly Toppen (Sr)	3	5	1	1.7
6	G. Diener (Fr)	3	0	1	0.0
10	A. Grandchamp (Sr)	3	3	2	1.0
11	Lilly Jones (Jr)	3	6	4	2.0
13	Morgan Smith (Jr)	3	2	1	0.7
20	Ava McKim (Sr)	3	2	3	0.7
21	Brooklyn Richie (So)	3	10	2	3.3
22	Ava Koselke (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
25	Aubrey Stowers (Fr)	1	0	0	0.0
33	Ava Dase (So)	3	3	1	1.0
34	Faith Mauger (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0

Merrillville

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	17	5.7	60	3
1	Madisyn Dilosa (Sr)	3	2	0.7	4	1
2	Essence Keel (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
5	Indiah Day (So)	3	0	0.0	0	0
6	I. Altieri (So)	3	0	0.0	0	0
6	Aliyah Kirk (Sr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
7	N. Mccollum (So)	3	0	0.0	0	0
8	Lucy McCollum (Fr)	3	15	5.0	56	2
9	Kayla Robinson (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
15	Kennedy Bryant (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0

Kankakee Valley

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	22	7.3	58	1
4	Lilly Toppen (Sr)	3	13	4.3	34	1
6	G. Diener (Fr)	3	2	0.7	3	0
10	A. Grandchamp (Sr)	3	0	0.0	1	0
11	Lilly Jones (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
13	Morgan Smith (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
20	Ava McKim (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
21	Brooklyn Richie (So)	3	0	0.0	1	0
22	Ava Koselke (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
25	Aubrey Stowers (Fr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
33	Ava Dase (So)	3	7	2.3	19	0
34	Faith Mauger (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0

Merrillville

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	47	6	15.7
1	Madisyn Dilosa (Sr)	3	27	2	9.0
2	Essence Keel (Sr)	3	9	2	3.0
5	Indiah Day (So)	3	0	0	0.0
6	I. Altieri (So)	3	3	0	1.0
6	Aliyah Kirk (Sr)	1	1	1	1.0
7	N. Mccollum (So)	3	7	1	2.3
8	Lucy McCollum (Fr)	3	0	0	0.0
9	Kayla Robinson (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
15	Kennedy Bryant (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0

Kankakee Valley

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	47	9	15.7
4	Lilly Toppen (Sr)	3	2	0	0.7
6	G. Diener (Fr)	3	9	0	3.0
10	A. Grandchamp (Sr)	3	2	1	0.7
11	Lilly Jones (Jr)	3	10	1	3.3
13	Morgan Smith (Jr)	3	4	1	1.3
20	Ava McKim (Sr)	3	7	0	2.3
21	Brooklyn Richie (So)	3	7	2	2.3
22	Ava Koselke (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
25	Aubrey Stowers (Fr)	1	0	0	0.0
33	Ava Dase (So)	3	6	4	2.0
34	Faith Mauger (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0

Match Story

Indiana High School Volleyball - Kankakee Valley can't hold off Merrillville

September 3, 2022: Wheatfield, IN 46392

In Saturday's non-league battle, the visiting Merrillville Pirates volleyball team scored a tight 2-1 triumph over the Kankakee Valley Kougars.

The Pirates (9-5) will now prepare for their battle against La Porte (La Porte, IN). The Slicers come into the Duneland battle with a 9-3 record. In their last battle, La Porte nudged Michigan City (Michigan City, IN), 3-0, in a league battle.

Next, the Kougars clash with the Highland Trojans (Highland, IN) in a Northwest Crossroads battle, on Tuesday, September 6. Kankakee Valley will attempt to advance on its 7-6 season record. The Trojans come into the battle with a 2-9 record after their 3-0 non-league loss to Hammond Bishop Noll (Hammond, IN).

Players of the Match

Merrillville (22-23)

Congratulations to #1 Madisyn Dilosa for being selected the Merrillville Volleyball Player of the Match.

Kankakee Valley (22-23)

Congratulations to #10 Abby Grandchamp for being selected the Kankakee Valley Volleyball Player of the Match.

Rankings & Records

Merrillville (22-23)

IN	Class
177	65

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
12-18	2-12	5-6	4-9	3-3	.400	.143	36	59

Kankakee Valley (22-23)

IN	Class
201	68

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
15-17	5-5	8-4	3-6	4-7	.469	.500	53	51

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Merrillville	19.4	19.4	17.2	20.1	15.0	1.2
Kankakee Valley	21.0	21.3	20.1	21.0	11.0	1.7

Head-to-Head

Merrillville won on 8/20/2022

8/20 @ 10a S1 S2 S3 Wins

Merrillville 26 18 15 2
Kankakee Valley 24 25 12 1

The Merrillville (IN) varsity volleyball team won Saturday's neutral tournament match against Kankakee Valley (Wheatfield, IN) by a score of 2-1.
Box score
Merrillville won on 9/3/2022

9/3 @ 1:30p S1 S2 S3 Wins

Merrillville 18 28 15 2
Kankakee Valley 25 26 7 1

The Merrillville (IN) varsity volleyball team won Saturday's away tournament match against Kankakee Valley (Wheatfield, IN) by a score of 2-1.
Box score

8/20 @ 10a	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Merrillville	26	18	15	2
Kankakee Valley	24	25	12	1

Team Stat Comparison

Merrillville		Kankakee Valley
628	Kills	658
141	Total Blocks	261
218	Serving Aces	303
1222	Digs	862
534	Assists	600
1814	Receptions	1428

Team Leaders

Merrillville		Kankakee Valley	National Avg.
#9 Kayla Robinson146	Kills	#10 Abby Grandchamp 196	53
#9 Kayla Robinson73	Total Blocks	#22 Ava Koselke86	12
#8 Lucy McCollum62	Serving Aces	#21 Brooklyn Richie98	16
#1 Madisyn Dilosa289	Digs	#21 Brooklyn Richie232	84
#8 Lucy McCollum509	Assists	#4 Lilly Toppen311	50
#1 Madisyn Dilosa645	Receptions	#21 Brooklyn Richie321	87

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merrillville	7-5		Kankakee Valley	7-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/15/22	Merrillville	Washington Township	(W) 3-1	8/20/22	Washington Township	Kankakee Valley	(W) 2-1
				8/22/22	Washington Township	Kankakee Valley	(W) 3-0
8/16/22	Griffith	Merrillville	(W) 3-0	9/13/22	Kankakee Valley	Griffith	(W) 3-1
9/3/22	Griffith	Merrillville	(W) 2-0
8/17/22	Lowell	Merrillville	(W) 3-2	8/25/22	Kankakee Valley	Lowell	(W) 3-1
9/3/22	Merrillville	Lowell	(W) 2-0	9/20/22	Lowell	Kankakee Valley	(W) 3-1
				10/11/22	Kankakee Valley	Lowell	(W) 3-2
8/20/22	Prairie Heights	Merrillville	(W) 2-0	8/20/22	Prairie Heights	Kankakee Valley	(L) 2-0
8/23/22	Merrillville	Crown Point	(L) 3-0	9/24/22	Crown Point	Kankakee Valley	(L) 2-0
9/15/22	Crown Point	Merrillville	(L) 3-0
8/25/22	Merrillville	Portage	(W) 3-1	10/15/22	Kankakee Valley	Portage	(L) 3-2
9/20/22	Portage	Merrillville	(L) 3-1
8/31/22	Merrillville	Hobart	(L) 3-1	8/30/22	Kankakee Valley	Hobart	(L) 3-2
				9/22/22	Hobart	Kankakee Valley	(W) 3-0
10/5/22	Merrillville	Hanover Central	(L) 3-1	9/8/22	Kankakee Valley	Hanover Central	(L) 3-2

Record Breakdown

Merrillville (22-23)		Kankakee Valley (22-23)
12-18	Overall	15-17
2-12	League	5-5
7-3	Non-League	4-4
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
7-5	Common Opponent	7-5
5-6	Home	8-4
4-9	Away	3-6
3-3	Neutral	4-7
0-1	Playoff	1-1
12-18	In-State	15-17
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0