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Merrillville Lake Central

Pirates

Indians

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

This match is a part of the "2023 IHSAA Class 4A Volleyball State Tournament - S1 | Munster".

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Merrillville	18	14	13	0
Lake Central	25	25	25	3

Final score provided by K. Bajda.

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Match Stats

Lake Central (23-24)

Merrillville

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	19	6.3	30.2	63	8	.175
1	Jaycie Daniels (Sr)	3	8	2.7	53.3	15	2	.400
2	Rheana Early (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
4	Kimora Douglas (Sr)	3	3	1.0	27.3	11	0	.273
5	Indiah Day (Jr)	3	4	1.3	28.6	14	2	.143
6	I. Altieri (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	1	1	-1.000
7	Lucy Mccollum (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	4	0	.000
8	Angela Wiley (Jr)	3	2	0.7	16.7	12	2	.000
9	Jalin January (Jr)	3	2	0.7	33.3	6	1	.167
11	Jada Clark (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
12	Raquel Atkins (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
14	Raven Haskins (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
	Raquel Atkins	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0

Lake Central

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	32	10.7	42.7	75	14	.240
1	Isabella Born (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
2	Alexa Iwema (So)	3	7	2.3	63.6	11	2	.455
3	Brooke Tinberg (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
4	G. Rodriguez (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	1	-1.000
5	Milica Tomic (Sr)	3	3	1.0	42.9	7	0	.429
7	Brooklyn Barth (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
8	Kaelan Murphy (Sr)	2	4	2.0	28.6	14	4	.000
9	Samantha Garson (Jr)	1	1	1.0	50.0	2	0	.500
10	Lauren Smith (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
11	Sophia Watts (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
12	A. Jelcic (Sr)	3	6	2.0	35.3	17	5	.059
19	Nina Petkovic (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
29	Lillis Barth (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
31	Ina Rutovic (Jr)	3	5	1.7	71.4	7	1	.571
33	Kailey Skurka (Fr)	3	6	2.0	46.2	13	1	.385

Merrillville

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	5	1.7	9.8	51	10	80.4	35
1	Jaycie Daniels (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
2	Rheana Early (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	3	1	66.7	2
4	Kimora Douglas (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	9	1	88.9	9
5	Indiah Day (Jr)	3	2	0.7	20.0	10	1	90.0	9
6	I. Altieri (Jr)	3	1	0.3	14.3	7	3	57.1	6
7	Lucy Mccollum (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	8	2	75.0	4
8	Angela Wiley (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
9	Jalin January (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
11	Jada Clark (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
12	Raquel Atkins (Jr)	2	1	0.5	20.0	5	1	80.0	2
14	Raven Haskins (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	4	0	100.0	2
	Raquel Atkins	2	1	0.5	20.0	5	1	80.0	1

Lake Central

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	21	7.0	28.4	74	6	91.9	44
1	Isabella Born (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	1	0	100.0	0
2	Alexa Iwema (So)	3	6	2.0	46.2	13	0	100.0	9
3	Brooke Tinberg (Sr)	3	1	0.3	20.0	5	1	80.0	2
4	G. Rodriguez (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	0	100.0	0
5	Milica Tomic (Sr)	3	4	1.3	36.4	11	1	90.9	7
7	Brooklyn Barth (So)	1	1	1.0	33.3	3	1	66.7	2
8	Kaelan Murphy (Sr)	2	2	1.0	22.2	9	2	77.8	5
9	Samantha Garson (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
10	Lauren Smith (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	6	1	83.3	4
11	Sophia Watts (Sr)	3	4	1.3	50.0	8	0	100.0	4
12	A. Jelcic (Sr)	3	2	0.7	14.3	14	0	100.0	10
19	Nina Petkovic (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
29	Lillis Barth (So)	1	1	1.0	50.0	2	0	100.0	1
31	Ina Rutovic (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
33	Kailey Skurka (Fr)	3	0	0.0	.0	1	0	100.0	0

Merrillville

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	3	2	2	3	1.0	6
1	Jaycie Daniels (Sr)	3	1	1	2	0.7	0
2	Rheana Early (So)	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Kimora Douglas (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	2
5	Indiah Day (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	I. Altieri (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Lucy Mccollum (So)	3	1	0	1	0.3	0
8	Angela Wiley (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	1
9	Jalin January (Jr)	3	0	1	1	0.3	3
11	Jada Clark (So)	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Raquel Atkins (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Raven Haskins (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Raquel Atkins	2	0	0	0	0.0	0

Lake Central

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP
	Team Totals	3
1	Isabella Born (Sr)	1
2	Alexa Iwema (So)	3
3	Brooke Tinberg (Sr)	3
4	G. Rodriguez (Sr)	2
5	Milica Tomic (Sr)	3
7	Brooklyn Barth (So)	1
8	Kaelan Murphy (Sr)	2
9	Samantha Garson (Jr)	1
10	Lauren Smith (Jr)	2
11	Sophia Watts (Sr)	3
12	A. Jelcic (Sr)	3
19	Nina Petkovic (So)	1
29	Lillis Barth (So)	1
31	Ina Rutovic (Jr)	3
33	Kailey Skurka (Fr)	3

Merrillville

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	3	28	19	9.3
1	Jaycie Daniels (Sr)	3	8	4	2.7
2	Rheana Early (So)	1	1	0	1.0
4	Kimora Douglas (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
5	Indiah Day (Jr)	3	5	4	1.7
6	I. Altieri (Jr)	3	5	5	1.7
7	Lucy Mccollum (So)	3	6	2	2.0
8	Angela Wiley (Jr)	3	2	2	0.7
9	Jalin January (Jr)	3	1	1	0.3
11	Jada Clark (So)	1	0	0	0.0
12	Raquel Atkins (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
14	Raven Haskins (Jr)	3	0	1	0.0
	Raquel Atkins	2	0	0	0.0

Lake Central

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	3	34	11.3
1	Isabella Born (Sr)	1	0	0.0
2	Alexa Iwema (So)	3	4	1.3
3	Brooke Tinberg (Sr)	3	8	2.7
4	G. Rodriguez (Sr)	2	1	0.5
5	Milica Tomic (Sr)	3	4	1.3
7	Brooklyn Barth (So)	1	0	0.0
8	Kaelan Murphy (Sr)	2	3	1.5
9	Samantha Garson (Jr)	1	0	0.0
10	Lauren Smith (Jr)	2	2	1.0
11	Sophia Watts (Sr)	3	4	1.3
12	A. Jelcic (Sr)	3	3	1.0
19	Nina Petkovic (So)	1	0	0.0
29	Lillis Barth (So)	1	0	0.0
31	Ina Rutovic (Jr)	3	1	0.3
33	Kailey Skurka (Fr)	3	4	1.3

Merrillville

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	19	6.3	62	2
1	Jaycie Daniels (Sr)	3	0	0.0	1	0
2	Rheana Early (So)	1	0	0.0	0	0
4	Kimora Douglas (Sr)	3	1	0.3	2	0
5	Indiah Day (Jr)	3	0	0.0	1	0
6	I. Altieri (Jr)	3	1	0.3	4	1
7	Lucy Mccollum (So)	3	17	5.7	54	1
8	Angela Wiley (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
9	Jalin January (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
11	Jada Clark (So)	1	0	0.0	0	0
12	Raquel Atkins (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
14	Raven Haskins (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
	Raquel Atkins	2	0	0.0	0	0

Lake Central

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	26	8.7	75	2
1	Isabella Born (Sr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
2	Alexa Iwema (So)	3	0	0.0	1	0
3	Brooke Tinberg (Sr)	3	0	0.0	2	1
4	G. Rodriguez (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
5	Milica Tomic (Sr)	3	20	6.7	53	1
7	Brooklyn Barth (So)	1	0	0.0	1	0
8	Kaelan Murphy (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
9	Samantha Garson (Jr)	1	0	0.0	1	0
10	Lauren Smith (Jr)	2	6	3.0	15	0
11	Sophia Watts (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
12	A. Jelcic (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
19	Nina Petkovic (So)	1	0	0.0	0	0
29	Lillis Barth (So)	1	0	0.0	2	0
31	Ina Rutovic (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
33	Kailey Skurka (Fr)	3	0	0.0	0	0

Merrillville

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	55	18	18.3
1	Jaycie Daniels (Sr)	3	13	2	4.3
2	Rheana Early (So)	1	0	1	0.0
4	Kimora Douglas (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
5	Indiah Day (Jr)	3	13	9	4.3
6	I. Altieri (Jr)	3	13	6	4.3
7	Lucy Mccollum (So)	3	0	0	0.0
8	Angela Wiley (Jr)	3	3	0	1.0
9	Jalin January (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
11	Jada Clark (So)	1	1	0	1.0
12	Raquel Atkins (Jr)	2	6	0	3.0
14	Raven Haskins (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
	Raquel Atkins	2	6	0	3.0

Lake Central

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	33	3	11.0
1	Isabella Born (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0
2	Alexa Iwema (So)	3	0	0	0.0
3	Brooke Tinberg (Sr)	3	10	1	3.3
4	G. Rodriguez (Sr)	2	3	0	1.5
5	Milica Tomic (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
7	Brooklyn Barth (So)	1	1	1	1.0
8	Kaelan Murphy (Sr)	2	9	1	4.5
9	Samantha Garson (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0
10	Lauren Smith (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
11	Sophia Watts (Sr)	3	8	0	2.7
12	A. Jelcic (Sr)	3	1	0	0.3
19	Nina Petkovic (So)	1	0	0	0.0
29	Lillis Barth (So)	1	0	0	0.0
31	Ina Rutovic (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
33	Kailey Skurka (Fr)	3	1	0	0.3

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Match Story

Indiana High School Volleyball - Lake Central over Merrillville

October 10, 2023: Merrillville, IN 46410

Lake Central Indians (St. John, IN) supporters left the game in high spirits Tuesday as they observed their volleyball squad top the host Merrillville Pirates (Merrillville, IN), 3-0 in a non-league match.

Next up, the Indians clash with the Munster Mustangs (Munster, IN) in a non-league match, on Saturday, October 14. Lake Central will attempt to advance on its 16-15 season record. The Mustangs come into the match with a 15-15 record after their 3-0 league win over Highland (Highland, IN).

With the loss, Merrillville drops to 16-16 on the campaign.

Players of the Match

Merrillville (23-24)

Congratulations to #1 Jaycie Daniels for being selected the Merrillville Volleyball Player of the Match.

Lake Central (23-24)

Lake Central has not selected any Players of the Match.

Rankings & Records

Merrillville (23-24)

IN	Class
194	71

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
16-16	3-11	7-7	7-7	2-2	.500	.214	44	49

Lake Central (23-24)

IN	Class
63	35

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
16-16	11-3	8-3	5-3	3-10	.500	.786	53	48

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Merrillville	19.5	19.6	20.3	23.3	15.0	1.4
Lake Central	22.6	21.3	21.1	21.5	16.3	1.7

Head-to-Head

Lake Central won on 9/7/2023

9/7 @ 6p S1 S2 S3 Wins

Lake Central 25 25 25 3
Merrillville 14 15 17 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 10/3/2023

10/3 @ 6p S1 S2 S3 Wins

Merrillville 9 13 20 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
Lake Central won on 10/10/2023

10/10 @ 6p S1 S2 S3 Wins

Merrillville 18 14 13 0
Lake Central 25 25 25 3

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

9/7 @ 6p	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Lake Central	25	25	25	3
Merrillville	14	15	17	0

10/3 @ 6p	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Merrillville	9	13	20	0
Lake Central	25	25	25	3

Team Stat Comparison

Merrillville		Lake Central
675	Kills	1045
112	Total Blocks	94
248	Serving Aces	263
1170	Digs	1512
568	Assists	973
1378	Receptions	1599

Team Leaders

Merrillville		Lake Central	National Avg.
#5 Indiah Day181	Kills	#2 Alexa Iwema211	53
#4 Kimora Douglas35	Total Blocks	#2 Alexa Iwema28	12
#7 Lucy Mccollum70	Serving Aces	#5 Milica Tomic54	16
#6 Isabella Altieri245	Digs	#3 Brooke Tinberg362	85
#7 Lucy Mccollum526	Assists	#5 Milica Tomic780	50
#6 Isabella Altieri391	Receptions	#3 Brooke Tinberg472	88

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merrillville	3-9		Lake Central	9-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/22/23	Crown Point	Merrillville	(L) 3-0	8/29/23	Lake Central	Crown Point	(L) 3-1
9/14/23	Merrillville	Crown Point	(L) 3-0	9/21/23	Crown Point	Lake Central	(W) 3-0
8/24/23	Portage	Merrillville	(W) 3-1	8/31/23	Lake Central	Portage	(W) 3-0
9/19/23	Merrillville	Portage	(W) 3-2	9/26/23	Portage	Lake Central	(W) 3-0
8/29/23	Merrillville	Michigan City	(L) 3-1	9/5/23	Michigan City	Lake Central	(W) 3-0
9/21/23	Michigan City	Merrillville	(W) 3-0	9/28/23	Lake Central	Michigan City	(W) 3-0
8/31/23	Merrillville	Valparaiso	(L) 3-0	8/22/23	Lake Central	Valparaiso	(W) 3-2
9/26/23	Valparaiso	Merrillville	(L) 3-0	9/14/23	Valparaiso	Lake Central	(W) 3-0
9/5/23	La Porte	Merrillville	(L) 3-0	9/12/23	Lake Central	La Porte	(L) 3-1
9/28/23	Merrillville	La Porte	(L) 3-0	10/5/23	La Porte	Lake Central	(L) 3-0
9/12/23	Merrillville	Chesterton	(L) 3-0	9/19/23	Lake Central	Chesterton	(W) 3-1
10/5/23	Chesterton	Merrillville	(L) 3-0	10/2/23	Chesterton	Lake Central	(W) 3-1

Record Breakdown

Merrillville (23-24)		Lake Central (23-24)
16-16	Overall	16-16
3-11	League	11-3
8-1	Non-League	2-4
0-3	Head to Head	3-0
3-9	Common Opponent	9-3
7-7	Home	8-3
7-7	Away	5-3
2-2	Neutral	3-10
0-1	Playoff	1-1
16-16	In-State	16-15
0-0	Out-of-State	0-1