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Lake Central Merrillville

Indians

Pirates

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

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Lake Central	25	25	25	3
Merrillville	11	23	12	0

Final score provided by B. Gray.

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Merrillville (21-22)

Lake Central

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	34	11.3	37.0	92	13	.228
4	C. Krueger (Sr)	3	15	5.0	42.9	35	6	.257
5	Milica Tomic (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	2	0	.000
14	Brianne Salinas (Jr)	3	5	1.7	62.5	8	0	.625
15	Adeline Drake (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
15	Paige Onjack (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
18	Katia Nikolic (Jr)	3	3	1.0	30.0	10	2	.100
19	Mila Petkovic (Jr)	3	3	1.0	37.5	8	2	.125
23	Jacey Graham (Jr)	3	1	0.3	12.5	8	0	.125
30	A. Mcclelland (Sr)	3	7	2.3	35.0	20	3	.200
34	Leah Lindborg (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000

Merrillville

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	18	6.0	26.1	69	5	.188
2	Essence Keel (Jr)	3	4	1.3	33.3	12	0	.333
3	Aleira Haymon (So)	1	1	1.0	100.0	1	0	1.000
4	Anyla Shields (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
5	Aniya Shields (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
6	Aliyah Kirk (Jr)	3	3	1.0	23.1	13	1	.154
7	Jordyn Thomas (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
8	Azariah Crosby (Sr)	3	2	0.7	14.3	14	1	.071
9	Kayla Robinson (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	4	1	-.250
10	Jenae Crowder (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
11	Saniya Spalding (Sr)	3	7	2.3	36.8	19	1	.316
15	Kennedy Bryant (So)	3	1	0.3	16.7	6	1	.000

Lake Central

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	23	7.7	31.5	73	6	91.8	45
4	C. Krueger (Sr)	3	3	1.0	37.5	8	1	87.5	4
5	Milica Tomic (So)	3	3	1.0	18.8	16	1	93.8	11
14	Brianne Salinas (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
15	Adeline Drake (Jr)	3	1	0.3	10.0	10	1	90.0	6
15	Paige Onjack (Sr)	3	2	0.7	33.3	6	0	100.0	2
18	Katia Nikolic (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
19	Mila Petkovic (Jr)	3	8	2.7	40.0	20	1	95.0	14
23	Jacey Graham (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
30	A. Mcclelland (Sr)	3	6	2.0	46.2	13	2	84.6	8
34	Leah Lindborg (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Merrillville

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	4	1.3	8.5	47	5	89.4	4
2	Essence Keel (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	6	0	100.0	0
3	Aleira Haymon (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
4	Anyla Shields (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	6	1	83.3	0
5	Aniya Shields (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
6	Aliyah Kirk (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
7	Jordyn Thomas (Sr)	3	1	0.3	12.5	8	1	87.5	1
8	Azariah Crosby (Sr)	3	2	0.7	14.3	14	1	92.9	2
9	Kayla Robinson (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
10	Jenae Crowder (Sr)	3	1	0.3	12.5	8	1	87.5	1
11	Saniya Spalding (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	5	1	80.0	0
15	Kennedy Bryant (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Lake Central

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	3	4	8	8	2.7	2
4	C. Krueger (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Milica Tomic (So)	3	0	1	1	0.3	0
14	Brianne Salinas (Jr)	3	2	2	4	1.3	0
15	Adeline Drake (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Paige Onjack (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Katia Nikolic (Jr)	3	0	1	1	0.3	1
19	Mila Petkovic (Jr)	3	1	2	3	1.0	0
23	Jacey Graham (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
30	A. Mcclelland (Sr)	3	1	2	3	1.0	1
34	Leah Lindborg (Jr)	1	0	0	0	0.0	0

Merrillville

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	3	1	6	4	1.3	9
2	Essence Keel (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	1
3	Aleira Haymon (So)	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Anyla Shields (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Aniya Shields (Sr)	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Aliyah Kirk (Jr)	3	0	1	1	0.3	2
7	Jordyn Thomas (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Azariah Crosby (Sr)	3	0	1	1	0.3	0
9	Kayla Robinson (Jr)	3	0	2	2	0.7	5
10	Jenae Crowder (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Saniya Spalding (Sr)	3	1	1	2	0.7	0
15	Kennedy Bryant (So)	3	0	1	1	0.3	1

Lake Central

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	3	17	11	5.7
4	C. Krueger (Sr)	3	4	6	1.3
5	Milica Tomic (So)	3	3	3	1.0
14	Brianne Salinas (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
15	Adeline Drake (Jr)	3	3	0	1.0
15	Paige Onjack (Sr)	3	6	0	2.0
18	Katia Nikolic (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
19	Mila Petkovic (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
23	Jacey Graham (Jr)	3	1	1	0.3
30	A. Mcclelland (Sr)	3	0	1	0.0
34	Leah Lindborg (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0

Merrillville

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	3	46	9	15.3
2	Essence Keel (Jr)	3	7	1	2.3
3	Aleira Haymon (So)	1	1	0	1.0
4	Anyla Shields (Sr)	3	1	2	0.3
5	Aniya Shields (Sr)	1	1	1	1.0
6	Aliyah Kirk (Jr)	3	6	0	2.0
7	Jordyn Thomas (Sr)	3	13	2	4.3
8	Azariah Crosby (Sr)	3	6	1	2.0
9	Kayla Robinson (Jr)	3	1	1	0.3
10	Jenae Crowder (Sr)	3	7	1	2.3
11	Saniya Spalding (Sr)	3	2	0	0.7
15	Kennedy Bryant (So)	3	1	0	0.3

Lake Central

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	31	10.3	89	2
4	C. Krueger (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
5	Milica Tomic (So)	3	16	5.3	40	1
14	Brianne Salinas (Jr)	3	1	0.3	1	0
15	Adeline Drake (Jr)	3	8	2.7	32	1
15	Paige Onjack (Sr)	3	6	2.0	12	0
18	Katia Nikolic (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
19	Mila Petkovic (Jr)	3	0	0.0	2	0
23	Jacey Graham (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
30	A. Mcclelland (Sr)	3	0	0.0	2	0
34	Leah Lindborg (Jr)	1	0	0.0	0	0

Merrillville

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	18	6.0	56	4
2	Essence Keel (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
3	Aleira Haymon (So)	1	0	0.0	0	0
4	Anyla Shields (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
5	Aniya Shields (Sr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
6	Aliyah Kirk (Jr)	3	1	0.3	1	0
7	Jordyn Thomas (Sr)	3	2	0.7	3	0
8	Azariah Crosby (Sr)	3	15	5.0	52	4
9	Kayla Robinson (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
10	Jenae Crowder (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
11	Saniya Spalding (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
15	Kennedy Bryant (So)	3	0	0.0	0	0

Lake Central

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	38	5	12.7
4	C. Krueger (Sr)	3	13	1	4.3
5	Milica Tomic (So)	3	0	0	0.0
14	Brianne Salinas (Jr)	3	0	1	0.0
15	Adeline Drake (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
15	Paige Onjack (Sr)	3	14	1	4.7
18	Katia Nikolic (Jr)	3	1	0	0.3
19	Mila Petkovic (Jr)	3	0	1	0.0
23	Jacey Graham (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
30	A. Mcclelland (Sr)	3	10	1	3.3
34	Leah Lindborg (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0

Merrillville

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	66	20	22.0
2	Essence Keel (Jr)	3	15	7	5.0
3	Aleira Haymon (So)	1	0	0	0.0
4	Anyla Shields (Sr)	3	16	5	5.3
5	Aniya Shields (Sr)	1	4	0	4.0
6	Aliyah Kirk (Jr)	3	6	3	2.0
7	Jordyn Thomas (Sr)	3	17	3	5.7
8	Azariah Crosby (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
9	Kayla Robinson (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
10	Jenae Crowder (Sr)	3	8	2	2.7
11	Saniya Spalding (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
15	Kennedy Bryant (So)	3	0	0	0.0

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Recap Video

Azariah Crosby's highlights Lake Central High School 0:25

Match Story

Indiana High School Volleyball - Merrillville overwhelmed by Lake Central

September 9, 2021: Merrillville, IN 46410

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

The Indians (14-8) will now prepare for their challenge against Munster (Munster, IN). The Mustangs come into the non-league challenge with a 16-3 record. In their last challenge, Munster defeated Carroll (Fort Wayne, IN), 2-0, in a non-league challenge.

Next, the Pirates encounter the Chesterton Trojans (Chesterton, IN) in a Duneland challenge, on Tuesday, September 14. Merrillville will attempt to move on its 5-10 season record. The Trojans come into the challenge with a 10-10 record after their 2-0 non-league win over Portage (Portage, IN).

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Players of the Match

Lake Central (21-22)

Lake Central has not selected any Players of the Match.

Merrillville (21-22)

Congratulations to #7 Jordyn Thomas for being selected the Merrillville Volleyball Player of the Match.

Rankings & Records

Lake Central (21-22)

National	IN	Class
1,360	48	28

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
20-14	8-6	4-7	7-3	9-4	.588	.571	60	44

Merrillville (21-22)

National	IN	Class
7,245	205	73

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
9-20	2-12	2-9	3-7	4-4	.310	.143	32	61

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Lake Central	23.0	22.7	21.3	23.6	10.5	1.8
Merrillville	18.5	19.1	18.4	20.3	15.0	1.1

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Head-to-Head

Lake Central won on 9/9/2021

9/9 @ 5p S1 S2 S3 Wins

Lake Central 25 25 25 3
Merrillville 11 23 12 0

The Lake Central (St. John, IN) varsity volleyball team won Thursday's away conference match against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 3-0.
Box score
Lake Central won on 10/5/2021

10/5 @ 5p S1 S2 S3 Wins

Merrillville 6 17 19 0
Lake Central 25 25 25 3

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

10/5 @ 5p	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Merrillville	6	17	19	0
Lake Central	25	25	25	3

Team Stat Comparison

Lake Central		Merrillville
1123	Kills	502
196	Total Blocks	110
361	Serving Aces	157
824	Digs	964
1015	Assists	395
1587	Receptions	1348

Team Leaders

Lake Central		Merrillville	National Avg.
#4 Caroline Krueger398	Kills	#11 Saniya Spalding184	51
#19 Mila Petkovic83	Total Blocks	#9 Kayla Robinson54	12
#5 Milica Tomic78	Serving Aces	#11 Saniya Spalding43	16
#15 Paige Onjack226	Digs	#7 Jordyn Thomas315	81
#5 Milica Tomic502	Assists	#8 Azariah Crosby367	48
#15 Paige Onjack476	Receptions	#7 Jordyn Thomas433	84

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Lake Central	7-6		Merrillville	4-12

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/24/21	Lake Central	Valparaiso	(L) 3-2	9/2/21	Merrillville	Valparaiso	(L) 3-0
9/16/21	Valparaiso	Lake Central	(L) 3-0	9/28/21	Valparaiso	Merrillville	(L) 3-0
				10/16/21	Merrillville	Valparaiso	(L) 3-0
8/26/21	Chesterton	Lake Central	(W) 3-0	9/14/21	Merrillville	Chesterton	(L) 3-0
9/21/21	Lake Central	Chesterton	(W) 3-2	10/7/21	Merrillville	Chesterton	(L) 3-0
8/31/21	Lake Central	Crown Point	(L) 3-0	8/24/21	Crown Point	Merrillville	(L) 3-0
9/23/21	Crown Point	Lake Central	(L) 3-0	9/16/21	Merrillville	Crown Point	(L) 3-0
9/2/21	Lake Central	Portage	(W) 3-0	8/26/21	Portage	Merrillville	(L) 3-0
9/28/21	Portage	Lake Central	(W) 3-0	9/21/21	Merrillville	Portage	(L) 3-1
				10/12/21	Merrillville	Portage	(W) 3-2
9/7/21	Michigan City	Lake Central	(W) 3-0	8/31/21	Merrillville	Michigan City	(W) 3-1
9/30/21	Lake Central	Michigan City	(W) 3-0	9/23/21	Michigan City	Merrillville	(W) 3-0
9/14/21	Lake Central	La Porte	(L) 3-0	9/7/21	La Porte	Merrillville	(L) 3-0
10/7/21	La Porte	Lake Central	(L) 3-2	9/30/21	Merrillville	La Porte	(L) 3-0
9/20/21	Lake Central	Lowell	(W) 3-1	8/18/21	Merrillville	Lowell	(W) 3-2
				9/4/21	Merrillville	Lowell	(L) 2-1

Record Breakdown

Lake Central (21-22)		Merrillville (21-22)
20-14	Overall	9-20
8-6	League	2-12
2-3	Non-League	4-3
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
7-6	Common Opponent	4-12
4-7	Home	2-9
7-3	Away	3-7
9-4	Neutral	4-4
1-1	Playoff	1-1
15-13	In-State	9-20
5-1	Out-of-State	0-0