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Merrillville Hammond Morton

Pirates

Governors

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

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Merrillville	25	25	25	3
Hammond Morton	10	8	19	0

Final score provided by A. Blake.

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Match Stats

Merrillville (21-22)

Merrillville

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	21	7.0	33.9	62	7	.226
2	Essence Keel (Jr)	3	3	1.0	37.5	8	0	.375
3	Aleira Haymon (So)	2	2	1.0	25.0	8	3	-.125
4	Anyla Shields (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
5	Aniya Shields (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
6	Aliyah Kirk (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	5	3	-.600
7	Jordyn Thomas (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
8	Azariah Crosby (Sr)	3	6	2.0	35.3	17	0	.353
9	Kayla Robinson (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
10	Jenae Crowder (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
11	Saniya Spalding (Sr)	2	8	4.0	57.1	14	1	.500
15	Kennedy Bryant (So)	3	2	0.7	33.3	6	0	.333

Merrillville

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	22	7.3	30.1	73	6	91.8	22
2	Essence Keel (Jr)	3	1	0.3	14.3	7	1	85.7	1
3	Aleira Haymon (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
4	Anyla Shields (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
5	Aniya Shields (Sr)	2	3	1.5	37.5	8	1	87.5	3
6	Aliyah Kirk (Jr)	2	3	1.5	30.0	10	0	100.0	3
7	Jordyn Thomas (Sr)	3	1	0.3	20.0	5	0	100.0	1
8	Azariah Crosby (Sr)	3	4	1.3	33.3	12	0	100.0	4
9	Kayla Robinson (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
10	Jenae Crowder (Sr)	3	3	1.0	37.5	8	0	100.0	3
11	Saniya Spalding (Sr)	2	7	3.5	77.8	9	2	77.8	7
15	Kennedy Bryant (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	14	2	85.7	0

Merrillville

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	3	2	2	3	1.0	1
2	Essence Keel (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Aleira Haymon (So)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Anyla Shields (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Aniya Shields (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Aliyah Kirk (Jr)	2	1	0	1	0.5	0
7	Jordyn Thomas (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Azariah Crosby (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Kayla Robinson (Jr)	3	1	1	2	0.7	1
10	Jenae Crowder (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Saniya Spalding (Sr)	2	0	1	1	0.5	0
15	Kennedy Bryant (So)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0

Merrillville

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	3	27	1	9.0
2	Essence Keel (Jr)	3	3	0	1.0
3	Aleira Haymon (So)	2	1	1	0.5
4	Anyla Shields (Sr)	2	2	0	1.0
5	Aniya Shields (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
6	Aliyah Kirk (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
7	Jordyn Thomas (Sr)	3	7	0	2.3
8	Azariah Crosby (Sr)	3	9	0	3.0
9	Kayla Robinson (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
10	Jenae Crowder (Sr)	3	3	0	1.0
11	Saniya Spalding (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
15	Kennedy Bryant (So)	3	2	0	0.7

Merrillville

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	15	5.0	62	1
2	Essence Keel (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
3	Aleira Haymon (So)	2	0	0.0	0	0
4	Anyla Shields (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
5	Aniya Shields (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
6	Aliyah Kirk (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
7	Jordyn Thomas (Sr)	3	2	0.7	3	0
8	Azariah Crosby (Sr)	3	11	3.7	32	1
9	Kayla Robinson (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
10	Jenae Crowder (Sr)	3	2	0.7	27	0
11	Saniya Spalding (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
15	Kennedy Bryant (So)	3	0	0.0	0	0

Merrillville

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	33	4	11.0
2	Essence Keel (Jr)	3	3	0	1.0
3	Aleira Haymon (So)	2	0	0	0.0
4	Anyla Shields (Sr)	2	3	0	1.5
5	Aniya Shields (Sr)	2	1	1	0.5
6	Aliyah Kirk (Jr)	2	4	0	2.0
7	Jordyn Thomas (Sr)	3	12	0	4.0
8	Azariah Crosby (Sr)	3	2	0	0.7
9	Kayla Robinson (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
10	Jenae Crowder (Sr)	3	5	2	1.7
11	Saniya Spalding (Sr)	2	3	1	1.5
15	Kennedy Bryant (So)	3	0	0	0.0

Hammond Morton (21-22)

Hammond Morton has not entered stats for this match.

Match Story

Indiana High School Volleyball - Hammond Morton routed by Merrillville

September 29, 2021: Hammond, IN 46323

The Hammond Morton Governors volleyball team (Hammond, IN), went down 3-0 in Wednesday's non-league challenge with the visiting Merrillville Pirates (Merrillville, IN)

The Pirates (8-14) will now prepare for their challenge against La Porte (La Porte, IN). The Slicers enter the Duneland challenge with a 16-11 record. In their last challenge, La Porte defeated Michigan City (Michigan City, IN), 3-0, in a league challenge.

Next, the Governors encounter the Hammond Central Wolves (Hammond, IN) in a Great Lakes challenge, on Thursday, September 30. Hammond Morton will attempt to move on its 2-11 season record. The Wolves enter the challenge with a 3-7 record after their 3-0 non-league loss to Highland (Highland, IN).

Players of the Match

Merrillville (21-22)

Congratulations to #11 Saniya Spalding for being selected the Merrillville Volleyball Player of the Match.

Hammond Morton (21-22)

Hammond Morton has not selected any Players of the Match.

Rankings & Records

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

Hammond Morton (21-22)

National	IN	Class
13,016	366	98

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
3-13	2-1	3-5	0-4	0-4	.188	.667	12	36

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Merrillville	18.5	19.1	18.4	20.3	15.0	1.1
Hammond Morton	15.3	14.5	16.9	19.0	13.0	.8

Team Stat Comparison

Merrillville		Hammond Morton
502	Kills	-
110	Total Blocks	-
157	Serving Aces	-
964	Digs	-
395	Assists	-
1348	Receptions	-

Team Leaders

Merrillville		Hammond Morton	National Avg.
#11 Saniya Spalding184	Kills	-	51
#9 Kayla Robinson54	Total Blocks	-	12
#11 Saniya Spalding43	Serving Aces	-	16
#7 Jordyn Thomas315	Digs	-	81
#8 Azariah Crosby367	Assists	-	48
#7 Jordyn Thomas433	Receptions	-	84

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merrillville	2-4		Hammond Morton	0-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/26/21	Portage	Merrillville	(L) 3-0	8/19/21	Hammond Morton	Portage	(L) 3-0
9/21/21	Merrillville	Portage	(L) 3-1
10/12/21	Merrillville	Portage	(W) 3-2
9/4/21	Merrillville	Hebron	(W) 2-0	8/25/21	Hebron	Hammond Morton	(L) 3-0
9/14/21	Merrillville	Chesterton	(L) 3-0	8/17/21	Chesterton	Hammond Morton	(L) 3-0
10/7/21	Merrillville	Chesterton	(L) 3-0

Record Breakdown

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