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Lake Central Merrillville

Indians

Pirates

The Merrillville (IN) varsity soccer team lost Wednesday's home conference match against Lake Central (St. John, IN) by a score of 7-1.

	1	2	Final
Lake Central	4	3	7
Merrillville	0	1	1

Final score provided by R. Schweitzer.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Match Stats

Merrillville (23-24)

Lake Central

Field Stats

#	Athlete Name	Min	Goals	Asst	Pts
	Team Totals	80	7	5	19
0	Jacob Chraca (Sr)	80
7	M. Miljevic (Sr)			2	2
10	Craig Rusin (Sr)			1	1
11	M. Knestrict (Sr)		2	1	5
12	G. Karabatsos (So)		1		2
14	Nikola Bastaic (Jr)		1		2
17	Charlie Newton (Sr)		3		6
19	Jackson Mccabe (Sr)			1	1

Merrillville

Field Stats

#	Athlete Name	Goals	Asst	Pts
	Team Totals	1	1	3
0	Roman Martinez (So)		1	1
9	J. Martinez (Sr)	1		2

Lake Central

#	Athlete Name	G	Shots	SOG	SOG %
	Team Totals	7	38	12	.3
3	Ruperto Gomez (Jr)		3	1	.3
7	M. Miljevic (Sr)		5	1	.2
10	Craig Rusin (Sr)		6	1	.2
11	M. Knestrict (Sr)	2	8	4	.5
12	G. Karabatsos (So)	1	3	1	.3
14	Nikola Bastaic (Jr)	1	2	1	.5
17	Charlie Newton (Sr)	3	3	3	1.0
19	Jackson Mccabe (Sr)		4	0	.0
22	Xavier Rivera (Jr)		2	0	.0
23	Tyler Onik (Jr)		2	0	.0

Merrillville

#	Athlete Name	G	Shots	SOG	SOG %	PKG	PKA	GWG	YC	RC
	Team Totals	1
9	J. Martinez (Sr)	1

Lake Central

Goaltending

#	Athlete Name	G. Min	OT Min	Opp SOG	GA	Saves	Save %	GAA
	Team Totals	80		3	1	2	.7	1.000
0	Jacob Chraca (Sr)	80		3	1	2	.7	1.000

Goaltending

Merrillville has not entered any goaltending stats.

Lake Central

#	Athlete Name	PK Saves	PKA	SO	Win	Loss	Tie
	Team Totals				1
0	Jacob Chraca (Sr)				1

Merrillville has not entered any goaltending stats.

Match Story

Indiana High School Soccer - Merrillville overwhelmed by Lake Central

August 16, 2023: Merrillville, IN 46410

The Lake Central Indians smashed the host Merrillville Pirates soccer squad by a margin of 7-1 in Wednesday's league match.

The Indians now sport a 1-0 record. They play next when they host South Bend St. Joseph for a non-league match on Saturday, August 19. Lake Central will encounter a Indians squad coming off a 5-1 non-league loss to Warsaw (Warsaw, IN). The Indians record now stands at 0-2.

With the loss, Merrillville drops to 0-1 on the season. The Pirates host Andrean (Merrillville, IN) to encounter the Fighting 59ers in a Northwest Crossroads match on Monday, August 21. The Fighting 59ers come into the match with a record of 2-0. Andrean won 3-1 in their recent non-league match against Griffith (Griffith, IN)

Lake Central @ Merrillville Soccer Match Info

Wed., Aug. 16, 2023 @ 5p

The Merrillville (IN) varsity soccer team lost Wednesday's home conference match against Lake Central (St. John, IN) by a score of 7-1.

Rankings & Records

Lake Central (23-24)

National	IN	Class
109	15	13

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	GF	GA
17-4	6-1	4-2	8-1	5-1	.810	.857	88	17

Merrillville (23-24)

National	IN	Class
4,750	198	90

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	GF	GA
4-14	1-6	2-6	1-5	1-3	.222	.143	25	88

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	Final	SO
Lake Central	2.1	1.8	4.2	2.5
Merrillville	.7	.7	1.4	-

Team Stat Comparison

Lake Central		Merrillville
86	Goals	25
66	Assists	18
447	Shots	-
0.882	Goals Against Average	-

Team Leaders

Lake Central		Merrillville	National Avg.
#11 Miller Knestrict21	Goals	#9 Jovanni Martinez12	4
#19 Jackson Mccabe11	Assists	#9 Jovanni Martinez9	3
#11 Miller Knestrict82	Shots	-	12
#1 Matt Newton0.354	Goals Against Average	-	2.601

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Lake Central	7-2		Merrillville	1-8

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/23/23	Crown Point	Lake Central	(W) 1-1	9/27/23	Merrillville	Crown Point	(L) 8-0
8/30/23	Lake Central	Michigan City	(W) 9-0	9/20/23	Merrillville	Michigan City	(W) 5-2
9/6/23	Lake Central	Portage	(W) 2-0	8/23/23	Merrillville	Portage	(L) 3-0
9/11/23	Munster	Lake Central	(L) 2-1	9/9/23	Munster	Merrillville	(L) 8-0
10/4/23	Lake Central	Munster	(W) 3-1
9/13/23	La Porte	Lake Central	(W) 9-1	8/30/23	Merrillville	La Porte	(L) 7-1
9/20/23	Chesterton	Lake Central	(L) 2-0	9/6/23	Chesterton	Merrillville	(L) 6-1
9/27/23	Lake Central	Valparaiso	(W) 10-2	9/13/23	Valparaiso	Merrillville	(L) 7-0
10/11/23	Lake Central	Hobart	(W) 3-1	9/30/23	Hobart	Merrillville	(L) 9-0
				10/3/23	Merrillville	Hobart	(L) 9-0

Record Breakdown

Lake Central (23-24)		Merrillville (23-24)
17-4	Overall	4-14
6-1	League	1-6
6-2	Non-League	2-6
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
7-2	Common Opponent	1-8
4-2	Home	2-6
8-1	Away	1-5
5-1	Neutral	1-3
5-1	Playoff	0-1
16-3	In-State	4-14
1-1	Out-of-State	0-0