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Merrillville Lake Central

Pirates

Indians

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

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Merrillville	6	17	19	0
Lake Central	25	25	25	3

Final score provided by B. Gray.

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Match Stats

Lake Central (21-22)

Merrillville

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	11	3.7	23.9	46	5	.130
2	Essence Keel (Jr)	3	2	0.7	25.0	8	2	.000
3	Aleira Haymon (So)	2	1	0.5	50.0	2	0	.500
4	Anyla Shields (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
5	Aniya Shields (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
6	Aliyah Kirk (Jr)	3	1	0.3	14.3	7	0	.143
7	Jordyn Thomas (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
8	Azariah Crosby (Sr)	3	2	0.7	20.0	10	0	.200
9	Kayla Robinson (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
11	Saniya Spalding (Sr)	3	5	1.7	41.7	12	1	.333
13	Indiah Day (Fr)	2	0	0.0	.0	5	2	-.400
15	Kennedy Bryant (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0

Lake Central

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	37	12.3	43.0	86	14	.267
4	C. Krueger (Sr)	3	10	3.3	45.5	22	2	.364
5	Milica Tomic (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	4	1	-.250
7	Emilee B Marten (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
14	Brianne Salinas (Jr)	3	5	1.7	38.5	13	3	.154
15	Adeline Drake (Jr)	2	1	0.5	33.3	3	1	.000
15	Paige Onjack (Sr)	3	1	0.3	100.0	1	0	1.000
18	Katia Nikolic (Jr)	1	2	2.0	100.0	2	0	1.000
19	Mila Petkovic (Jr)	3	8	2.7	53.3	15	1	.467
23	Jacey Graham (Jr)	1	4	4.0	80.0	5	0	.800
30	A. Mcclelland (Sr)	3	6	2.0	33.3	18	4	.111
34	Leah Lindborg (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	3	2	-.667

Merrillville

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	4	1.3	9.3	43	7	83.7	4
2	Essence Keel (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	4	1	75.0	0
3	Aleira Haymon (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
4	Anyla Shields (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	1	1	.0	0
5	Aniya Shields (Sr)	3	1	0.3	33.3	3	2	33.3	1
6	Aliyah Kirk (Jr)	3	2	0.7	20.0	10	0	100.0	2
7	Jordyn Thomas (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	8	0	100.0	0
8	Azariah Crosby (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	8	0	100.0	0
9	Kayla Robinson (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
11	Saniya Spalding (Sr)	3	1	0.3	11.1	9	3	66.7	1
13	Indiah Day (Fr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
15	Kennedy Bryant (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Lake Central

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	12	4.0	16.4	73	11	84.9	52
4	C. Krueger (Sr)	3	1	0.3	16.7	6	0	100.0	4
5	Milica Tomic (So)	2	1	0.5	7.1	14	1	92.9	12
7	Emilee B Marten (Sr)	3	2	0.7	16.7	12	1	91.7	8
14	Brianne Salinas (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
15	Adeline Drake (Jr)	2	2	1.0	28.6	7	2	71.4	4
15	Paige Onjack (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	2	1	50.0	0
18	Katia Nikolic (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
19	Mila Petkovic (Jr)	3	3	1.0	17.6	17	2	88.2	14
23	Jacey Graham (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
30	A. Mcclelland (Sr)	3	3	1.0	20.0	15	4	73.3	10
34	Leah Lindborg (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Merrillville

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	3	3	3	1.0	8
2	Essence Keel (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0	0
3	Aleira Haymon (So)	2	0	0	0.0	2
4	Anyla Shields (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0	0
5	Aniya Shields (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0	0
6	Aliyah Kirk (Jr)	3	2	2	0.7	1
7	Jordyn Thomas (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0	0
8	Azariah Crosby (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0	0
9	Kayla Robinson (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0	0
11	Saniya Spalding (Sr)	3	1	1	0.3	4
13	Indiah Day (Fr)	2	0	0	0.0	1
15	Kennedy Bryant (So)	1	0	0	0.0	0

Lake Central

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	3	6	2	7	2.3	6
4	C. Krueger (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Milica Tomic (So)	2	0	1	1	0.5	0
7	Emilee B Marten (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Brianne Salinas (Jr)	3	1	1	2	0.7	1
15	Adeline Drake (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	1
15	Paige Onjack (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Katia Nikolic (Jr)	1	0	0	0	0.0	1
19	Mila Petkovic (Jr)	3	4	0	4	1.3	2
23	Jacey Graham (Jr)	1	1	0	1	1.0	0
30	A. Mcclelland (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	1
34	Leah Lindborg (Jr)	1	0	0	0	0.0	0

Merrillville

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	3	32	4	10.7
2	Essence Keel (Jr)	3	1	0	0.3
3	Aleira Haymon (So)	2	0	0	0.0
4	Anyla Shields (Sr)	3	4	0	1.3
5	Aniya Shields (Sr)	3	2	0	0.7
6	Aliyah Kirk (Jr)	3	6	1	2.0
7	Jordyn Thomas (Sr)	3	9	3	3.0
8	Azariah Crosby (Sr)	3	5	0	1.7
9	Kayla Robinson (Jr)	2	1	0	0.5
11	Saniya Spalding (Sr)	3	4	0	1.3
13	Indiah Day (Fr)	2	0	0	0.0
15	Kennedy Bryant (So)	1	0	0	0.0

Lake Central

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	3	14	3	4.7
4	C. Krueger (Sr)	3	3	1	1.0
5	Milica Tomic (So)	2	0	0	0.0
7	Emilee B Marten (Sr)	3	1	1	0.3
14	Brianne Salinas (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
15	Adeline Drake (Jr)	2	1	0	0.5
15	Paige Onjack (Sr)	3	3	1	1.0
18	Katia Nikolic (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0
19	Mila Petkovic (Jr)	3	2	0	0.7
23	Jacey Graham (Jr)	1	1	0	1.0
30	A. Mcclelland (Sr)	3	3	0	1.0
34	Leah Lindborg (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0

Merrillville

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	8	2.7	38	8
2	Essence Keel (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
3	Aleira Haymon (So)	2	0	0.0	0	0
4	Anyla Shields (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
5	Aniya Shields (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
6	Aliyah Kirk (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
7	Jordyn Thomas (Sr)	3	1	0.3	2	0
8	Azariah Crosby (Sr)	3	7	2.3	36	8
9	Kayla Robinson (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
11	Saniya Spalding (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
13	Indiah Day (Fr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
15	Kennedy Bryant (So)	1	0	0.0	0	0

Lake Central

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	30	10.0	74	3
4	C. Krueger (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
5	Milica Tomic (So)	2	13	6.5	29	2
7	Emilee B Marten (Sr)	3	1	0.3	2	0
14	Brianne Salinas (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
15	Adeline Drake (Jr)	2	14	7.0	38	1
15	Paige Onjack (Sr)	3	2	0.7	3	0
18	Katia Nikolic (Jr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
19	Mila Petkovic (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
23	Jacey Graham (Jr)	1	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

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	62	11	20.7
2	Essence Keel (Jr)	3	10	2	3.3
3	Aleira Haymon (So)	2	2	1	1.0
4	Anyla Shields (Sr)	3	8	1	2.7
5	Aniya Shields (Sr)	3	6	0	2.0
6	Aliyah Kirk (Jr)	3	14	4	4.7
7	Jordyn Thomas (Sr)	3	14	2	4.7
8	Azariah Crosby (Sr)	3	1	0	0.3
9	Kayla Robinson (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
11	Saniya Spalding (Sr)	3	7	1	2.3
13	Indiah Day (Fr)	2	0	0	0.0
15	Kennedy Bryant (So)	1	0	0	0.0

Lake Central

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	32	4	10.7
4	C. Krueger (Sr)	3	9	1	3.0
5	Milica Tomic (So)	2	0	0	0.0
7	Emilee B Marten (Sr)	3	12	0	4.0
14	Brianne Salinas (Jr)	3	0	1	0.0
15	Adeline Drake (Jr)	2	1	0	0.5
15	Paige Onjack (Sr)	3	6	1	2.0
18	Katia Nikolic (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0
19	Mila Petkovic (Jr)	3	1	0	0.3
23	Jacey Graham (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0
30	A. Mcclelland (Sr)	3	3	1	1.0
34	Leah Lindborg (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0

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Match Story

Indiana High School Volleyball - Merrillville routed by Lake Central

October 5, 2021: St. John, IN 46373

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

The Indians (19-12) will now prepare for their challenge against La Porte (La Porte, IN). The Slicers enter the Duneland challenge with a 17-12 record. In their last challenge, La Porte went down by Valparaiso (Valparaiso, IN), 3-1, in a league challenge.

Next, the Pirates encounter the Hanover Central Wildcats (Cedar Lake, IN) in a non-league challenge, on Wednesday, October 6. Merrillville will attempt to move on its 8-17 season record.

Players of the Match

Merrillville (21-22)

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

Lake Central (21-22)

Lake Central 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

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

Team Scoring Averages

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

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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

9/9 @ 5p	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Lake Central	25	25	25	3
Merrillville	11	23	12	0

Team Stat Comparison

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

Team Leaders

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

Common Opponents

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

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

Record Breakdown

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