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

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Hanover Central	25	25	25	3
Merrillville	21	14	17	0

Final score provided by E. Gricus.

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Match Stats

Merrillville (25-26)

Hanover Central

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	33	11.0	31.4	105	19	.133
1	Gabby Giacolona (Jr)	3	1	0.3	50.0	2	0	.500
2	J. Ferguson (Fr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
3	Nora Edgerton (Jr)	3	10	3.3	32.3	31	8	.065
4	Liliana Chorba (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
6	Natalie Kitakis (So)	3	6	2.0	26.1	23	2	.174
7	Riley Tormey (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
8	Jenna DeYoung (Jr)	3	5	1.7	50.0	10	2	.300
9	Gabi Esparza (Sr)	3	4	1.3	44.4	9	1	.333
11	Hailey Wehle (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
13	M. Robertson (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
15	B. Oostman (Sr)	3	7	2.3	23.3	30	6	.033

Merrillville

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	20	6.7	24.1	83	13	.084
1	Morgan Harrison (Fr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
2	Rheana Early (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
3	Jada Clark (Sr)	3	3	1.0	10.0	30	6	-.100
4	Laianna Boyd (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
5	D. Peterson (So)	2	1	0.5	50.0	2	0	.500
6	K. Williams (Fr)	3	5	1.7	45.5	11	1	.364
7	Lucy McCollum (Sr)	3	3	1.0	42.9	7	0	.429
8	Jasmine Bolden (Fr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
11	Jaslene Torres (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
12	Lailah Perry (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
13	Cyanne Kelly (So)	3	3	1.0	23.1	13	4	-.077
14	Chloe McCollum (So)	2	5	2.5	29.4	17	1	.235
15	Zion Campbell (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	3	1	-.333

Hanover Central

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	18	6.0	24.7	73	4	94.5	46
1	Gabby Giacolona (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	2	0	100.0	0
2	J. Ferguson (Fr)	2	1	0.5	20.0	5	1	80.0	2
3	Nora Edgerton (Jr)	3	1	0.3	8.3	12	0	100.0	8
4	Liliana Chorba (So)	3	2	0.7	15.4	13	1	92.3	9
6	Natalie Kitakis (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
7	Riley Tormey (Jr)	2	4	2.0	36.4	11	0	100.0	9
8	Jenna DeYoung (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	2	1	50.0	0
9	Gabi Esparza (Sr)	3	6	2.0	33.3	18	1	94.4	12
11	Hailey Wehle (Jr)	2	4	2.0	40.0	10	0	100.0	6
13	M. Robertson (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
15	B. Oostman (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Merrillville

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	3	1.0	5.6	54	8	85.2	43
1	Morgan Harrison (Fr)	3	0	0.0	.0	6	2	66.7	5
2	Rheana Early (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	8	1	87.5	5
3	Jada Clark (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	6	0	100.0	5
4	Laianna Boyd (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
5	D. Peterson (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
6	K. Williams (Fr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
7	Lucy McCollum (Sr)	3	2	0.7	20.0	10	1	90.0	7
8	Jasmine Bolden (Fr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
11	Jaslene Torres (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
12	Lailah Perry (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	3	1	66.7	2
13	Cyanne Kelly (So)	3	1	0.3	9.1	11	3	72.7	10
14	Chloe McCollum (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	10	0	100.0	9
15	Zion Campbell (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Hanover Central

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	3	4	2	0.7
1	Gabby Giacolona (Jr)	3	2	2	0.7
2	J. Ferguson (Fr)	2	0	0	0.0
3	Nora Edgerton (Jr)	3	2	2	0.7
4	Liliana Chorba (So)	3	0	0	0.0
6	Natalie Kitakis (So)	3	0	0	0.0
7	Riley Tormey (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
8	Jenna DeYoung (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
9	Gabi Esparza (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
11	Hailey Wehle (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
13	M. Robertson (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0
15	B. Oostman (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0

Merrillville

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	3	4	4	6	2.0	5
1	Morgan Harrison (Fr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Rheana Early (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Jada Clark (Sr)	3	1	0	1	0.3	1
4	Laianna Boyd (Jr)	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	D. Peterson (So)	2	0	1	1	0.5	0
6	K. Williams (Fr)	3	0	1	1	0.3	2
7	Lucy McCollum (Sr)	3	1	2	3	1.0	1
8	Jasmine Bolden (Fr)	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Jaslene Torres (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Lailah Perry (Jr)	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Cyanne Kelly (So)	3	1	0	1	0.3	1
14	Chloe McCollum (So)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Zion Campbell (Sr)	1	1	0	1	1.0	0

Hanover Central

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	3	42	14.0
1	Gabby Giacolona (Jr)	3	1	0.3
2	J. Ferguson (Fr)	2	4	2.0
3	Nora Edgerton (Jr)	3	8	2.7
4	Liliana Chorba (So)	3	7	2.3
6	Natalie Kitakis (So)	3	0	0.0
7	Riley Tormey (Jr)	2	3	1.5
8	Jenna DeYoung (Jr)	3	1	0.3
9	Gabi Esparza (Sr)	3	13	4.3
11	Hailey Wehle (Jr)	2	3	1.5
13	M. Robertson (Sr)	1	0	0.0
15	B. Oostman (Sr)	3	2	0.7

Merrillville

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	3	58	24	19.3
1	Morgan Harrison (Fr)	3	0	0	0.0
2	Rheana Early (Sr)	3	14	6	4.7
3	Jada Clark (Sr)	3	7	0	2.3
4	Laianna Boyd (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0
5	D. Peterson (So)	2	3	0	1.5
6	K. Williams (Fr)	3	0	0	0.0
7	Lucy McCollum (Sr)	3	13	4	4.3
8	Jasmine Bolden (Fr)	1	3	3	3.0
11	Jaslene Torres (Sr)	2	3	3	1.5
12	Lailah Perry (Jr)	1	1	1	1.0
13	Cyanne Kelly (So)	3	9	5	3.0
14	Chloe McCollum (So)	2	3	2	1.5
15	Zion Campbell (Sr)	1	2	0	2.0

Hanover Central

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	28	9.3	97	1
1	Gabby Giacolona (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
2	J. Ferguson (Fr)	2	0	0.0	2	0
3	Nora Edgerton (Jr)	3	1	0.3	2	0
4	Liliana Chorba (So)	3	3	1.0	13	0
6	Natalie Kitakis (So)	3	0	0.0	1	0
7	Riley Tormey (Jr)	2	0	0.0	2	0
8	Jenna DeYoung (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
9	Gabi Esparza (Sr)	3	22	7.3	73	1
11	Hailey Wehle (Jr)	2	2	1.0	2	0
13	M. Robertson (Sr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
15	B. Oostman (Sr)	3	0	0.0	2	0

Merrillville

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	18	6.0	74	1
1	Morgan Harrison (Fr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
2	Rheana Early (Sr)	3	1	0.3	10	0
3	Jada Clark (Sr)	3	0	0.0	1	0
4	Laianna Boyd (Jr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
5	D. Peterson (So)	2	0	0.0	0	0
6	K. Williams (Fr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
7	Lucy McCollum (Sr)	3	16	5.3	57	0
8	Jasmine Bolden (Fr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
11	Jaslene Torres (Sr)	2	0	0.0	1	0
12	Lailah Perry (Jr)	1	1	1.0	4	1
13	Cyanne Kelly (So)	3	0	0.0	0	0
14	Chloe McCollum (So)	2	0	0.0	1	0
15	Zion Campbell (Sr)	1	0	0.0	0	0

Hanover Central

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	41	5	13.7
1	Gabby Giacolona (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
2	J. Ferguson (Fr)	2	4	1	2.0
3	Nora Edgerton (Jr)	3	3	0	1.0
4	Liliana Chorba (So)	3	14	0	4.7
6	Natalie Kitakis (So)	3	10	1	3.3
7	Riley Tormey (Jr)	2	3	3	1.5
8	Jenna DeYoung (Jr)	3	1	0	0.3
9	Gabi Esparza (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
11	Hailey Wehle (Jr)	2	4	0	2.0
13	M. Robertson (Sr)	1	2	0	2.0
15	B. Oostman (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0

Merrillville

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	52	17	17.3
1	Morgan Harrison (Fr)	3	0	0	0.0
2	Rheana Early (Sr)	3	8	2	2.7
3	Jada Clark (Sr)	3	11	3	3.7
4	Laianna Boyd (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0
5	D. Peterson (So)	2	0	0	0.0
6	K. Williams (Fr)	3	1	0	0.3
7	Lucy McCollum (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
8	Jasmine Bolden (Fr)	1	3	3	3.0
11	Jaslene Torres (Sr)	2	10	4	5.0
12	Lailah Perry (Jr)	1	1	0	1.0
13	Cyanne Kelly (So)	3	14	4	4.7
14	Chloe McCollum (So)	2	4	1	2.0
15	Zion Campbell (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0

Hanover Central's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Match Story

Indiana High School Volleyball - Hanover Central over Merrillville

October 8, 2025: Merrillville, IN 46410

The Hanover Central Wildcats volleyball team scored 3 points and restricted the host Merrillville Pirates to 0 in the Wildcats non-league triumph on Wednesday.

The Wildcats now possess a 22-4 record. They play next when they host Lowell for a Northwest Crossroads game on Thursday, October 9. Hanover Central will confront a Red Devils squad coming off a 3-2 non-league win over North Newton (Morocco, IN). The Red Devils record now stands at 10-11.

The Pirates (8-21) will now prepare for their game against Chesterton (Chesterton, IN). The Trojans go into the Duneland game with a 27-3 record. In their last game, Chesterton gained a win over Michigan City (Michigan City, IN), 3-0, in a league outing.

Players of the Match

Hanover Central (25-26)

Congratulations to #11 Hailey Wehle for being selected the Hanover Central Volleyball Player of the Match.

Merrillville (25-26)

Congratulations to #7 Lucy McCollum for being selected the Merrillville Volleyball Player of the Match.

HCHS @ Merrillville Volleyball Match Info

Wed., Oct. 8, 2025 @ 5p

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

Rankings & Records

Hanover Central (25-26)

IN	Class
71	25

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
25-5	12-0	10-1	11-0	4-4	.833	1.000	77	26

Merrillville (25-26)

IN	Class
239	62

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
8-23	1-13	2-10	3-7	3-6	.258	.071	31	69

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Hanover Central	24.8	23.9	23.0	21.7	15.0	2.6
Merrillville	17.5	19.1	18.8	23.0	11.0	1.0

Head-to-Head

Hanover Central won on 8/23/2025

8/23 @ 3p S1 S2 Wins

Hanover Central 25 25 2
Merrillville 13 22 0

The Hanover Central (Cedar Lake, IN) varsity volleyball team won Saturday's neutral tournament match against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 2-0.
Box score
Hanover Central won last month

10/8 @ 5p S1 S2 S3 Wins

Hanover Central 25 25 25 3
Merrillville 21 14 17 0

The Hanover Central (Cedar Lake, IN) varsity volleyball team won Wednesday's away non-conference match against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 3-0.
Box score

8/23 @ 3p	S1	S2	Wins
Hanover Central	25	25	2
Merrillville	13	22	0

Team Stat Comparison

Hanover Central		Merrillville
1082	Kills	735
67	Total Blocks	124
354	Serving Aces	220
1609	Digs	1588
1023	Assists	631
1433	Receptions	1651

Team Leaders

Hanover Central		Merrillville	National Avg.
#3 Nora Edgerton377	Kills	#3 Jada Clark239	51
#1 Gabby Giacolona30	Total Blocks	#7 Lucy McCollum41	11
#9 Gabi Esparza141	Serving Aces	#7 Lucy McCollum70	16
#4 Liliana Chorba392	Digs	#2 Rheana Early371	80
#9 Gabi Esparza751	Assists	#7 Lucy McCollum492	48
#4 Liliana Chorba440	Receptions	#2 Rheana Early457	83

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Hanover Central	10-0		Merrillville	5-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/23/25	Hanover Central	Portage	(W) 2-1	8/28/25	Portage	Merrillville	(L) 3-2
				9/23/25	Merrillville	Portage	(L) 3-0
				10/16/25	Portage	Merrillville	(L) 3-1
9/2/25	Highland	Hanover Central	(W) 3-0	8/16/25	Highland	Merrillville	(W) 2-0
9/30/25	Hanover Central	Highland	(W) 3-0	8/27/25	Merrillville	Highland	(W) 3-0
9/3/25	Griffith	Hanover Central	(W) 3-0	8/16/25	Griffith	Merrillville	(W) 2-0
				8/19/25	Merrillville	Griffith	(W) 3-2
9/9/25	Hanover Central	Kankakee Valley	(W) 3-0	8/16/25	Kankakee Valley	Merrillville	(L) 2-1
10/2/25	Kankakee Valley	Hanover Central	(W) 3-0	8/23/25	Kankakee Valley	Merrillville	(L) 2-0
9/11/25	Hanover Central	Lowell	(W) 3-0	8/20/25	Merrillville	Lowell	(L) 3-0
10/9/25	Lowell	Hanover Central	(W) 3-0
9/16/25	Hobart	Hanover Central	(W) 3-0	9/3/25	Hobart	Merrillville	(W) 3-2
10/7/25	Hanover Central	Hobart	(W) 3-2

Record Breakdown

Hanover Central (25-26)		Merrillville (25-26)
25-5	Overall	8-23
12-0	League	1-13
9-2	Non-League	4-4
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
10-0	Common Opponent	5-6
10-1	Home	2-10
11-0	Away	3-7
4-4	Neutral	3-6
2-1	Playoff	0-1
25-5	In-State	8-23
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0