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Merrillville Kankakee Valley

Pirates

Kougars

The Kankakee Valley (Wheatfield, IN) varsity volleyball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament match against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 2-0.

	S1	S2	Wins
Merrillville	25	25	2
Kankakee Valley	12	21	0

Final score provided by M. Randall.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup

Match Stats

Merrillville (23-24)

Merrillville has not entered stats for this match.

Kankakee Valley (23-24)

Kankakee Valley

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	8	4.0	16.7	48	14	-.125
4	Lyric Carpenter (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	0	.000
6	G. Diener (So)	2	3	1.5	33.3	9	5	-.222
8	Danielle Gidley (So)	2	1	0.5	12.5	8	1	.000
11	Lily Jones (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	3	2	-.667
17	Carly Bunce (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
21	Brooklyn Richie (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	1	-.500
22	Ava Koselke (Sr)	2	3	1.5	42.9	7	1	.286
25	Aubrey Stowers (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	5	1	-.200
33	Ava Dase (Jr)	2	1	0.5	7.7	13	3	-.154

Kankakee Valley

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	2	2	1.0	6.1	33	5	84.8	13
4	Lyric Carpenter (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	3	1	66.7	0
6	G. Diener (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	5	1	80.0	1
8	Danielle Gidley (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
11	Lily Jones (Sr)	2	1	0.5	20.0	5	1	80.0	3
17	Carly Bunce (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
21	Brooklyn Richie (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	4	1	75.0	0
22	Ava Koselke (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	7	1	85.7	3
25	Aubrey Stowers (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
33	Ava Dase (Jr)	2	1	0.5	11.1	9	0	100.0	6

Kankakee Valley

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	2	5	5	2.5	7
4	Lyric Carpenter (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0	0
6	G. Diener (So)	2	0	0	0.0	1
8	Danielle Gidley (So)	2	0	0	0.0	4
11	Lily Jones (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0	0
17	Carly Bunce (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Brooklyn Richie (Jr)	2	3	3	1.5	0
22	Ava Koselke (Sr)	2	2	2	1.0	0
25	Aubrey Stowers (So)	2	0	0	0.0	0
33	Ava Dase (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0	2

Kankakee Valley

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	2	34	9	17.0
4	Lyric Carpenter (Sr)	2	2	3	1.0
6	G. Diener (So)	2	8	0	4.0
8	Danielle Gidley (So)	2	4	1	2.0
11	Lily Jones (Sr)	2	9	0	4.5
17	Carly Bunce (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0
21	Brooklyn Richie (Jr)	2	5	3	2.5
22	Ava Koselke (Sr)	2	3	0	1.5
25	Aubrey Stowers (So)	2	2	0	1.0
33	Ava Dase (Jr)	2	1	2	0.5

Kankakee Valley

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	2	5	2.5	33	6
4	Lyric Carpenter (Sr)	2	2	1.0	12	3
6	G. Diener (So)	2	3	1.5	20	2
8	Danielle Gidley (So)	2	0	0.0	0	0
11	Lily Jones (Sr)	2	0	0.0	1	1
17	Carly Bunce (Jr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
21	Brooklyn Richie (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
22	Ava Koselke (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
25	Aubrey Stowers (So)	2	0	0.0	0	0
33	Ava Dase (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0	0

Kankakee Valley

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	2	38	6	19.0
4	Lyric Carpenter (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
6	G. Diener (So)	2	5	1	2.5
8	Danielle Gidley (So)	2	0	0	0.0
11	Lily Jones (Sr)	2	13	3	6.5
17	Carly Bunce (Jr)	1	1	0	1.0
21	Brooklyn Richie (Jr)	2	8	0	4.0
22	Ava Koselke (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
25	Aubrey Stowers (So)	2	0	0	0.0
33	Ava Dase (Jr)	2	11	2	5.5

Kankakee Valley's stats are presented by SoloStats 123Rotate123

Match Story

Indiana High School Volleyball - Merrillville over Kankakee Valley

August 19, 2023: Merrillville, IN 46410

In Saturday's non-league contest, the Merrillville Pirates (Merrillville, IN) volleyball squad were winner over the visiting Kankakee Valley Kougars (Wheatfield, IN), by a margin of 2-0.

Next up, the Pirates battle the Crown Point Bulldogs (Crown Point, IN) in a Duneland contest, on Tuesday, August 22. Merrillville will attempt to better on its 4-1 season record. The Bulldogs go into the contest with a 3-2 record after their 3-1 non-league win over Hammond Bishop Noll (Hammond, IN).

With the loss, Kankakee Valley moves to 3-3 on the year. The Kougars travel to Highland (Highland, IN) to battle the Trojans in a non-league contest on Saturday, August 19. The Trojans go into the contest with a record of 0-2. Highland lost 3-0 in their recent non-league contest against Portage (Portage, IN)

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

Kankakee Valley (23-24)

IN	Class
183	67

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
21-13	8-4	9-5	8-4	4-4	.618	.667	60	47

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Merrillville	19.5	19.6	20.3	23.3	15.0	1.4
Kankakee Valley	20.4	22.3	22.2	21.4	15.5	1.8

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Head-to-Head

Merrillville won on 8/19/2023

8/19 @ 10a S1 S2 Wins

Merrillville 25 25 2
Kankakee Valley 12 21 0

The Merrillville (IN) varsity volleyball team won Saturday's neutral tournament match against Kankakee Valley (Wheatfield, IN) by a score of 2-0.
Box score
Kankakee Valley won on 9/2/2023

9/2 @ 1p S1 S2 Wins

Merrillville 19 11 0
Kankakee Valley 25 25 2

The Merrillville (IN) varsity volleyball team lost Saturday's away tournament match against Kankakee Valley (Wheatfield, IN) by a score of 2-0.
Box score

9/2 @ 1p	S1	S2	Wins
Merrillville	19	11	0
Kankakee Valley	25	25	2

Team Stat Comparison

Merrillville		Kankakee Valley
675	Kills	780
112	Total Blocks	229
248	Serving Aces	283
1170	Digs	1614
568	Assists	734
1378	Receptions	1575

Team Leaders

Merrillville		Kankakee Valley	National Avg.
#5 Indiah Day181	Kills	#6 Gabrielle Diener186	53
#4 Kimora Douglas35	Total Blocks	#22 Ava Koselke85	12
#7 Lucy Mccollum70	Serving Aces	#4 Lyric Carpenter63	16
#6 Isabella Altieri245	Digs	#11 Lily Jones568	85
#7 Lucy Mccollum526	Assists	#4 Lyric Carpenter375	50
#6 Isabella Altieri391	Receptions	#11 Lily Jones527	88

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merrillville	11-4		Kankakee Valley	16-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/14/23	Washington Township	Merrillville	(W) 3-0	8/21/23	Kankakee Valley	Washington Township	(W) 3-0
8/15/23	Merrillville	Griffith	(W) 3-0	9/2/23	Griffith	Kankakee Valley	(W) 2-0
9/2/23	Merrillville	Griffith	(W) 2-0	9/19/23	Griffith	Kankakee Valley	(W) 3-0
8/16/23	Merrillville	Lowell	(W) 3-1	8/29/23	Lowell	Kankakee Valley	(W) 3-2
				9/26/23	Kankakee Valley	Lowell	(W) 3-0
8/19/23	Merrillville	New Prairie	(L) 2-0	8/19/23	Kankakee Valley	New Prairie	(L) 2-0
8/22/23	Crown Point	Merrillville	(L) 3-0	9/23/23	Kankakee Valley	Crown Point	(L) 2-0
9/14/23	Merrillville	Crown Point	(L) 3-0	10/14/23	Kankakee Valley	Crown Point	(L) 3-0
8/23/23	Merrillville	Highland	(W) 3-0	8/19/23	Kankakee Valley	Highland	(W) 2-0
				8/31/23	Kankakee Valley	Highland	(W) 3-0
				9/21/23	Highland	Kankakee Valley	(W) 3-0
8/24/23	Portage	Merrillville	(W) 3-1	10/10/23	Portage	Kankakee Valley	(W) 3-2
9/19/23	Merrillville	Portage	(W) 3-2
8/30/23	Hobart	Merrillville	(W) 3-0	9/7/23	Kankakee Valley	Hobart	(W) 3-2
				10/5/23	Hobart	Kankakee Valley	(W) 3-2
9/2/23	Merrillville	Hebron	(W) 2-0	9/2/23	Hebron	Kankakee Valley	(W) 2-1
9/2/23	Merrillville	East Chicago Central	(W) 2-0	9/2/23	East Chicago Central	Kankakee Valley	(W) 2-0
10/2/23	Hammond Bishop Noll	Merrillville	(L) 3-0	9/23/23	Kankakee Valley	Hammond Bishop Noll	(L) 2-0
10/4/23	Hanover Central	Merrillville	(W) 3-0	9/5/23	Hanover Central	Kankakee Valley	(W) 3-0
				9/23/23	Hanover Central	Kankakee Valley	(W) 2-1
				9/28/23	Kankakee Valley	Hanover Central	(W) 3-0

Record Breakdown

Merrillville (23-24)		Kankakee Valley (23-24)
16-16	Overall	21-13
3-11	League	8-4
8-1	Non-League	6-3
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
11-4	Common Opponent	16-4
7-7	Home	9-5
7-7	Away	8-4
2-2	Neutral	4-4
0-1	Playoff	1-1
16-16	In-State	21-13
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0