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Merrillville Lake Central

Pirates

Indians

The Lake Central (St. John, IN) varsity volleyball team won Thursday's home conference match against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 3-0.

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Merrillville	12	10	14	0
Lake Central	25	25	25	3

Final score provided by B. Gray.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Lake Central (22-23)

Merrillville

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	9	3.0	20.0	45	10	-.022
1	Madisyn Dilosa (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
2	Essence Keel (Sr)	3	3	1.0	42.9	7	2	.143
4	Kimora Douglas (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
5	Indiah Day (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	5	1	-.200
6	I. Altieri (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
6	Aliyah Kirk (Sr)	3	2	0.7	20.0	10	3	-.100
7	Lucy Mccollum (Fr)	3	1	0.3	25.0	4	0	.250
7	N. Mccollum (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
9	Kayla Robinson (Sr)	3	2	0.7	18.2	11	2	.000
15	Kennedy Bryant (Sr)	2	1	0.5	16.7	6	2	-.167

Lake Central

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	34	11.3	48.6	70	4	.429
1	Bella Born (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
3	Brooke Tinberg (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
4	Gabby Rodriguez (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
5	Milica Tomic (Jr)	3	3	1.0	60.0	5	0	.600
8	Kaelan Murphy (Jr)	2	5	2.5	45.5	11	1	.364
11	Sophia Watts (Jr)	3	1	0.3	50.0	2	0	.500
12	Alex Jelcic (Jr)	2	1	0.5	20.0	5	1	.000
14	Brianne Salinas (Sr)	2	1	0.5	50.0	2	1	.000
15	Adeline Drake (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
16	J. Sandoval (Sr)	1	1	1.0	33.3	3	0	.333
18	Katia Nikolic (Sr)	3	7	2.3	63.6	11	0	.636
19	Mila Petkovic (Sr)	3	5	1.7	71.4	7	1	.571
23	Jacey Graham (Sr)	2	3	1.5	50.0	6	0	.500
32	Katelyn Ruse (Sr)	2	2	1.0	25.0	8	0	.250
34	Leah Lindborg (Sr)	2	5	2.5	50.0	10	0	.500

Merrillville

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	4	1.3	11.4	35	2	94.3	4
1	Madisyn Dilosa (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	1	1	.0	0
2	Essence Keel (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	5	0	100.0	0
4	Kimora Douglas (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	3	0	100.0	0
5	Indiah Day (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
6	I. Altieri (So)	3	1	0.3	16.7	6	0	100.0	1
6	Aliyah Kirk (Sr)	3	2	0.7	22.2	9	0	100.0	2
7	Lucy Mccollum (Fr)	3	1	0.3	14.3	7	1	85.7	1
7	N. Mccollum (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
9	Kayla Robinson (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
15	Kennedy Bryant (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	4	0	100.0	0

Lake Central

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	21	7.0	28.8	73	14	80.8	49
1	Bella Born (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	2	0	100.0	1
3	Brooke Tinberg (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	1	0	100.0	1
4	Gabby Rodriguez (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	1	1	.0	0
5	Milica Tomic (Jr)	3	4	1.3	40.0	10	2	80.0	6
8	Kaelan Murphy (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	1	50.0	0
11	Sophia Watts (Jr)	3	1	0.3	11.1	9	1	88.9	7
12	Alex Jelcic (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
14	Brianne Salinas (Sr)	2	1	0.5	33.3	3	0	100.0	2
15	Adeline Drake (Sr)	3	3	1.0	27.3	11	2	81.8	6
16	J. Sandoval (Sr)	1	1	1.0	14.3	7	1	85.7	5
18	Katia Nikolic (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
19	Mila Petkovic (Sr)	3	5	1.7	55.6	9	1	88.9	8
23	Jacey Graham (Sr)	2	3	1.5	33.3	9	2	77.8	7
32	Katelyn Ruse (Sr)	2	3	1.5	42.9	7	2	71.4	5
34	Leah Lindborg (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	1	50.0	1

Merrillville

Blocking

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

Lake Central

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	3	1	1	0.3
1	Bella Born (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0
3	Brooke Tinberg (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0
4	Gabby Rodriguez (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0
5	Milica Tomic (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
8	Kaelan Murphy (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
11	Sophia Watts (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
12	Alex Jelcic (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
14	Brianne Salinas (Sr)	2	1	1	0.5
15	Adeline Drake (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
16	J. Sandoval (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0
18	Katia Nikolic (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
19	Mila Petkovic (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
23	Jacey Graham (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
32	Katelyn Ruse (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
34	Leah Lindborg (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0

Merrillville

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	3	21	19	7.0
1	Madisyn Dilosa (Sr)	3	4	1	1.3
2	Essence Keel (Sr)	3	2	3	0.7
4	Kimora Douglas (Sr)	1	1	0	1.0
5	Indiah Day (So)	3	1	0	0.3
6	I. Altieri (So)	3	1	4	0.3
6	Aliyah Kirk (Sr)	3	4	3	1.3
7	Lucy Mccollum (Fr)	3	4	5	1.3
7	N. Mccollum (So)	2	1	2	0.5
9	Kayla Robinson (Sr)	3	1	1	0.3
15	Kennedy Bryant (Sr)	2	2	0	1.0

Lake Central

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	3	25	8.3
1	Bella Born (Jr)	1	1	1.0
3	Brooke Tinberg (Jr)	1	1	1.0
4	Gabby Rodriguez (Jr)	1	0	0.0
5	Milica Tomic (Jr)	3	2	0.7
8	Kaelan Murphy (Jr)	2	3	1.5
11	Sophia Watts (Jr)	3	8	2.7
12	Alex Jelcic (Jr)	2	1	0.5
14	Brianne Salinas (Sr)	2	0	0.0
15	Adeline Drake (Sr)	3	3	1.0
16	J. Sandoval (Sr)	1	1	1.0
18	Katia Nikolic (Sr)	3	1	0.3
19	Mila Petkovic (Sr)	3	0	0.0
23	Jacey Graham (Sr)	2	1	0.5
32	Katelyn Ruse (Sr)	2	3	1.5
34	Leah Lindborg (Sr)	2	0	0.0

Merrillville

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	6	2.0	41	1
1	Madisyn Dilosa (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
2	Essence Keel (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
4	Kimora Douglas (Sr)	1	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)	3	1	0.3	1	0
7	Lucy Mccollum (Fr)	3	5	1.7	38	1
7	N. Mccollum (So)	2	0	0.0	0	0
9	Kayla Robinson (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
15	Kennedy Bryant (Sr)	2	0	0.0	2	0

Lake Central

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	27	9.0	69	2
1	Bella Born (Jr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
3	Brooke Tinberg (Jr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
4	Gabby Rodriguez (Jr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
5	Milica Tomic (Jr)	3	8	2.7	22	0
8	Kaelan Murphy (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
11	Sophia Watts (Jr)	3	2	0.7	6	0
12	Alex Jelcic (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
14	Brianne Salinas (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
15	Adeline Drake (Sr)	3	15	5.0	36	2
16	J. Sandoval (Sr)	1	1	1.0	2	0
18	Katia Nikolic (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
19	Mila Petkovic (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
23	Jacey Graham (Sr)	2	1	0.5	2	0
32	Katelyn Ruse (Sr)	2	0	0.0	1	0
34	Leah Lindborg (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0

Merrillville

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	61	23	20.3
1	Madisyn Dilosa (Sr)	3	18	6	6.0
2	Essence Keel (Sr)	3	9	5	3.0
4	Kimora Douglas (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0
5	Indiah Day (So)	3	1	0	0.3
6	I. Altieri (So)	3	15	4	5.0
6	Aliyah Kirk (Sr)	3	14	6	4.7
7	Lucy Mccollum (Fr)	3	0	0	0.0
7	N. Mccollum (So)	2	4	2	2.0
9	Kayla Robinson (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
15	Kennedy Bryant (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0

Lake Central

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	31	1	10.3
1	Bella Born (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0
3	Brooke Tinberg (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0
4	Gabby Rodriguez (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0
5	Milica Tomic (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
8	Kaelan Murphy (Jr)	2	3	0	1.5
11	Sophia Watts (Jr)	3	10	0	3.3
12	Alex Jelcic (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
14	Brianne Salinas (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
15	Adeline Drake (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
16	J. Sandoval (Sr)	1	6	1	6.0
18	Katia Nikolic (Sr)	3	1	0	0.3
19	Mila Petkovic (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
23	Jacey Graham (Sr)	2	7	0	3.5
32	Katelyn Ruse (Sr)	2	4	0	2.0
34	Leah Lindborg (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0

Match Story

Indiana High School Volleyball - Merrillville routed by Lake Central

September 8, 2022: St. John, IN 46373

The Merrillville Pirates volleyball team (Merrillville, IN), was dropped 3-0 in Thursday's league challenge with the host Lake Central Indians (St. John, IN)

The Indians (13-4) will now prepare for their challenge against Munster (Munster, IN). The Mustangs enter the non-league challenge with a 6-12 record. In their last challenge, Munster defeated Warsaw (Warsaw, IN), 2-1, in a non-league challenge.

Next, the Pirates meet the Chesterton Trojans (Chesterton, IN) in a Duneland challenge, on Tuesday, September 13. Merrillville will attempt to move on its 9-7 season record. The Trojans enter the challenge with a 9-11 record after their 2-1 non-league loss to Hammond Bishop Noll (Hammond, IN).

Merrillville @ Lake Central Volleyball Match Info

Thu., Sep. 8, 2022 @ 5p

The Lake Central (St. John, IN) varsity volleyball team won Thursday's home conference match against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 3-0.

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

Lake Central (22-23)

IN	Class
20	16

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
28-10	12-2	8-0	7-4	13-6	.737	.857	80	39

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Merrillville	19.4	19.4	17.2	20.1	15.0	1.2
Lake Central	23.4	22.6	21.9	23.6	14.5	2.1

Head-to-Head

Lake Central won on 9/8/2022

9/8 @ 5p S1 S2 S3 Wins

Merrillville 12 10 14 0
Lake Central 25 25 25 3

The Merrillville (IN) varsity volleyball team lost Thursday's away conference match against Lake Central (St. John, IN) by a score of 3-0.
Box score
Lake Central won on 10/4/2022

10/4 @ 5p S1 S2 S3 Wins

Lake Central 25 25 25 3
Merrillville 13 23 12 0

The Lake Central (St. John, IN) varsity volleyball team won Tuesday's away conference match against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 3-0.
Box score
Lake Central won on 10/15/2022

10/15 @ 10a S1 S2 S3 Wins

Lake Central 25 25 25 3
Merrillville 13 18 17 0

The Lake Central (St. John, IN) varsity volleyball team won Saturday's neutral playoff match against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 3-0.
Box score

10/4 @ 5p	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Lake Central	25	25	25	3
Merrillville	13	23	12	0

10/15 @ 10a	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Lake Central	25	25	25	3
Merrillville	13	18	17	0

Team Stat Comparison

Merrillville		Lake Central
628	Kills	1313
141	Total Blocks	95
218	Serving Aces	378
1222	Digs	1524
534	Assists	1201
1814	Receptions	1844

Team Leaders

Merrillville		Lake Central	National Avg.
#9 Kayla Robinson146	Kills	#18 Katia Nikolic301	53
#9 Kayla Robinson73	Total Blocks	#19 Mila Petkovic30	12
#7 Lucy Mccollum62	Serving Aces	#32 Katelyn Ruse75	16
#1 Madisyn Dilosa289	Digs	#3 Brooke Tinberg380	84
#7 Lucy Mccollum509	Assists	#5 Milica Tomic739	50
#1 Madisyn Dilosa645	Receptions	#3 Brooke Tinberg646	87

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merrillville	4-10		Lake Central	12-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/17/22	Lowell	Merrillville	(W) 3-2	9/19/22	Lowell	Lake Central	(W) 3-0
9/3/22	Merrillville	Lowell	(W) 2-0
8/23/22	Merrillville	Crown Point	(L) 3-0	8/30/22	Crown Point	Lake Central	(W) 3-2
9/15/22	Crown Point	Merrillville	(L) 3-0	9/22/22	Lake Central	Crown Point	(W) 3-2
				10/22/22	Lake Central	Crown Point	(W) 3-1
8/25/22	Merrillville	Portage	(W) 3-1	9/1/22	Portage	Lake Central	(W) 3-0
9/20/22	Portage	Merrillville	(L) 3-1	9/27/22	Lake Central	Portage	(W) 3-0
8/30/22	Michigan City	Merrillville	(W) 3-0	9/6/22	Lake Central	Michigan City	(W) 3-0
9/22/22	Merrillville	Michigan City	(L) 3-0	9/29/22	Michigan City	Lake Central	(W) 3-0
9/1/22	Valparaiso	Merrillville	(L) 3-0	8/23/22	Valparaiso	Lake Central	(W) 3-0
9/27/22	Merrillville	Valparaiso	(L) 3-0	9/15/22	Lake Central	Valparaiso	(L) 3-0
9/6/22	Merrillville	La Porte	(L) 3-0	9/13/22	La Porte	Lake Central	(W) 3-1
9/29/22	La Porte	Merrillville	(L) 3-0	10/6/22	Lake Central	La Porte	(L) 3-2
9/13/22	Chesterton	Merrillville	(L) 3-0	8/25/22	Lake Central	Chesterton	(W) 3-0
10/6/22	Merrillville	Chesterton	(L) 3-1	9/20/22	Chesterton	Lake Central	(W) 3-1

Record Breakdown

Merrillville (22-23)		Lake Central (22-23)
12-18	Overall	28-10
2-12	League	12-2
7-3	Non-League	3-3
0-3	Head to Head	3-0
4-10	Common Opponent	12-2
5-6	Home	8-0
4-9	Away	7-4
3-3	Neutral	13-6
0-1	Playoff	5-1
12-18	In-State	24-8
0-0	Out-of-State	4-2