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Merrillville Highland

Pirates

Trojans

The Highland (IN) varsity volleyball team lost Saturday's neutral non-conference match against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 2-0.

	S1	S2	Wins
Merrillville	25	25	2
Highland	17	20	0

Final score provided by N. VanDyke.

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Matchup Info

Match Stats

Highland (24-25)

Merrillville

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	20	10.0	33.3	60	13	.117
2	Rheana Early (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
3	Jada Clark (Jr)	2	7	3.5	46.7	15	5	.133
5	Indiah Day (Sr)	2	10	5.0	50.0	20	2	.400
6	I. Altieri (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
7	Lucy Mccollum (Jr)	2	1	0.5	20.0	5	1	.000
9	Jalin January (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	1	-.500
12	Raquel Atkins (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	6	1	-.167
13	Cyanne Kelly (Fr)	1	1	1.0	16.7	6	1	.000
14	Raven Haskins (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
16	Chloe McCollum (Fr)	1	1	1.0	16.7	6	2	-.167

Highland

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	2	13	6.5	20.3	64	12	.016
2	Krista Jacob (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
3	Julia Zamudio (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
4	Selena Govea (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	8	2	-.250
6	Aubree Aherns (So)	2	1	0.5	100.0	1	0	1.000
7	Melanie Heady (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
9	Kaitlin Smith (So)	2	3	1.5	42.9	7	2	.143
10	Hannah Ladewski (Jr)	2	4	2.0	22.2	18	5	-.056
12	Jordan Boyd (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	3	0	.000
13	Jen Mai (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	11	1	-.091
16	Samantha Zurlis (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
21	Reese Markus (So)	2	5	2.5	31.3	16	2	.188

Merrillville

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	2	13	6.5	25.0	52	5	90.4	13
2	Rheana Early (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
3	Jada Clark (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	1	50.0	0
5	Indiah Day (Sr)	2	1	0.5	25.0	4	1	75.0	1
6	I. Altieri (Sr)	2	1	0.5	14.3	7	1	85.7	1
7	Lucy Mccollum (Jr)	2	8	4.0	40.0	20	1	95.0	8
9	Jalin January (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
12	Raquel Atkins (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	7	0	100.0	0
13	Cyanne Kelly (Fr)	1	1	1.0	25.0	4	1	75.0	1
14	Raven Haskins (Sr)	2	1	0.5	33.3	3	0	100.0	1
16	Chloe McCollum (Fr)	1	1	1.0	20.0	5	0	100.0	1

Highland

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	2	3	1.5	7.9	38	1	97.4	16
2	Krista Jacob (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	4	0	100.0	1
3	Julia Zamudio (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
4	Selena Govea (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	4	0	100.0	0
6	Aubree Aherns (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	6	0	100.0	3
7	Melanie Heady (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
9	Kaitlin Smith (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
10	Hannah Ladewski (Jr)	2	1	0.5	12.5	8	1	87.5	4
12	Jordan Boyd (Sr)	2	1	0.5	14.3	7	0	100.0	3
13	Jen Mai (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
16	Samantha Zurlis (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
21	Reese Markus (So)	2	1	0.5	11.1	9	0	100.0	5

Merrillville

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	2	2	2	3	1.5	1
2	Rheana Early (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Jada Clark (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Indiah Day (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	I. Altieri (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Lucy Mccollum (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Jalin January (Sr)	2	1	0	1	0.5	1
12	Raquel Atkins (Sr)	2	1	1	2	1.0	0
13	Cyanne Kelly (Fr)	1	0	1	1	1.0	0
14	Raven Haskins (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Chloe McCollum (Fr)	1	0	0	0	0.0	0

Highland

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP
	Team Totals	2
2	Krista Jacob (Sr)	2
3	Julia Zamudio (So)	2
4	Selena Govea (So)	2
6	Aubree Aherns (So)	2
7	Melanie Heady (Jr)	2
9	Kaitlin Smith (So)	2
10	Hannah Ladewski (Jr)	2
12	Jordan Boyd (Sr)	2
13	Jen Mai (Sr)	2
16	Samantha Zurlis (Jr)	2
21	Reese Markus (So)	2

Merrillville

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	2	35	9	17.5
2	Rheana Early (Jr)	2	2	1	1.0
3	Jada Clark (Jr)	2	4	5	2.0
5	Indiah Day (Sr)	2	3	2	1.5
6	I. Altieri (Sr)	2	9	1	4.5
7	Lucy Mccollum (Jr)	2	9	0	4.5
9	Jalin January (Sr)	2	1	0	0.5
12	Raquel Atkins (Sr)	2	1	0	0.5
13	Cyanne Kelly (Fr)	1	0	0	0.0
14	Raven Haskins (Sr)	2	3	0	1.5
16	Chloe McCollum (Fr)	1	3	0	3.0

Highland

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	2	24	12.0
2	Krista Jacob (Sr)	2	1	0.5
3	Julia Zamudio (So)	2	3	1.5
4	Selena Govea (So)	2	3	1.5
6	Aubree Aherns (So)	2	3	1.5
7	Melanie Heady (Jr)	2	4	2.0
9	Kaitlin Smith (So)	2	2	1.0
10	Hannah Ladewski (Jr)	2	2	1.0
12	Jordan Boyd (Sr)	2	6	3.0
13	Jen Mai (Sr)	2	0	0.0
16	Samantha Zurlis (Jr)	2	0	0.0
21	Reese Markus (So)	2	0	0.0

Merrillville

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	2	18	9.0	58
2	Rheana Early (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0
3	Jada Clark (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0
5	Indiah Day (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0
6	I. Altieri (Sr)	2	1	0.5	5
7	Lucy Mccollum (Jr)	2	17	8.5	52
9	Jalin January (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0
12	Raquel Atkins (Sr)	2	0	0.0	1
13	Cyanne Kelly (Fr)	1	0	0.0	0
14	Raven Haskins (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0
16	Chloe McCollum (Fr)	1	0	0.0	0

Highland

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	2	12	6.0	62	2
2	Krista Jacob (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
3	Julia Zamudio (So)	2	0	0.0	0	0
4	Selena Govea (So)	2	0	0.0	1	0
6	Aubree Aherns (So)	2	0	0.0	2	0
7	Melanie Heady (Jr)	2	1	0.5	4	0
9	Kaitlin Smith (So)	2	0	0.0	0	0
10	Hannah Ladewski (Jr)	2	1	0.5	2	0
12	Jordan Boyd (Sr)	2	9	4.5	52	2
13	Jen Mai (Sr)	2	1	0.5	1	0
16	Samantha Zurlis (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
21	Reese Markus (So)	2	0	0.0	0	0

Merrillville

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	2	34	3	17.0
2	Rheana Early (Jr)	2	5	0	2.5
3	Jada Clark (Jr)	2	4	0	2.0
5	Indiah Day (Sr)	2	4	0	2.0
6	I. Altieri (Sr)	2	13	2	6.5
7	Lucy Mccollum (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
9	Jalin January (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
12	Raquel Atkins (Sr)	2	1	0	0.5
13	Cyanne Kelly (Fr)	1	0	0	0.0
14	Raven Haskins (Sr)	2	7	1	3.5
16	Chloe McCollum (Fr)	1	0	0	0.0

Highland

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	2	35	10	17.5
2	Krista Jacob (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
3	Julia Zamudio (So)	2	7	0	3.5
4	Selena Govea (So)	2	0	0	0.0
6	Aubree Aherns (So)	2	10	7	5.0
7	Melanie Heady (Jr)	2	5	0	2.5
9	Kaitlin Smith (So)	2	5	1	2.5
10	Hannah Ladewski (Jr)	2	4	1	2.0
12	Jordan Boyd (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
13	Jen Mai (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
16	Samantha Zurlis (Jr)	2	3	1	1.5
21	Reese Markus (So)	2	1	0	0.5

Highland's stats are presented by HudlHudl

Match Story

Indiana High School Volleyball - Merrillville over Highland

August 24, 2024: Merrillville, IN 46410

The Merrillville Pirates (Merrillville, IN) volleyball knocked off the visiting Highland Trojans (Highland, IN), 2-0 in Saturday's non-league bout.

The Pirates now possess a 4-2 record. They play next when they travel to Crown Point for a Duneland bout on Tuesday, August 27. Merrillville will clash with a Bulldogs team coming off a 2-1 non-league win over Brownsburg (Brownsburg, IN). The Bulldogs record now stands at 4-0.

With the loss, Highland drops to 2-4 on the campaign. The Trojans host Lowell (Lowell, IN) to clash with the Red Devils in a Northwest Crossroads bout on Tuesday, August 27. The Red Devils come into the bout with a record of 2-3. Lowell won 2-0 in their recent non-league bout against River Forest (Hobart, IN)

Players of the Match

Merrillville (24-25)

Congratulations to #5 Indiah Day for being selected the Merrillville Volleyball Player of the Match.

Highland (24-25)

Congratulations to #3 Julia Zamudio for being selected the Highland Volleyball Player of the Match.

Merrillville vs Highland Volleyball Match Info

Sat., Aug. 24, 2024 @ 3p

The Highland (IN) varsity volleyball team lost Saturday's neutral non-conference match against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 2-0.

Rankings & Records

Merrillville (24-25)

IN	Class
176	57

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
13-17	2-12	3-7	5-7	5-3	.433	.143	44	59

Highland (24-25)

IN	Class
261	77

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
12-20	3-9	5-8	3-9	4-3	.375	.250	37	64

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Merrillville	21.4	19.1	20.0	24.5	11.9	1.5
Highland	20.1	20.3	19.7	20.9	13.7	1.2

Head-to-Head

Merrillville won on 8/24/2024

8/24 @ 3p S1 S2 Wins

Merrillville 25 25 2
Highland 17 20 0

The Merrillville (IN) varsity volleyball team won Saturday's neutral non-conference match against Highland (IN) by a score of 2-0.
Box score
Merrillville won on 8/28/2024

8/28 @ 6p S1 S2 S3 Wins

Highland 20 19 25 0
Merrillville 25 25 27 3

The Highland (IN) varsity volleyball team lost Wednesday's away non-conference match against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 3-0.
Box score

8/28 @ 6p	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Highland	20	19	25	0
Merrillville	25	25	27	3

Team Stat Comparison

Merrillville		Highland
798	Kills	779
134	Total Blocks	94
261	Serving Aces	214
1460	Digs	1423
697	Assists	729
1790	Receptions	1690

Team Leaders

Merrillville		Highland	National Avg.
#5 Indiah Day322	Kills	#9 Kaitlin Smith229	53
#9 Jalin January36	Total Blocks	#9 Kaitlin Smith52	11
#7 Lucy Mccollum71	Serving Aces	#4 Selena Govea47	16
#6 Isabella Altieri331	Digs	#10 Hannah Ladewski296	84
#7 Lucy Mccollum631	Assists	#12 Jordan Boyd610	49
#6 Isabella Altieri635	Receptions	#10 Hannah Ladewski438	86

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merrillville	8-9		Highland	6-11

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/19/24	Merrillville	Washington Township	(L) 3-2	8/24/24	Washington Township	Highland	(W) 2-0
8/20/24	Griffith	Merrillville	(W) 3-0	8/29/24	Highland	Griffith	(W) 3-0
9/7/24	Griffith	Merrillville	(W) 2-0	10/19/24	Griffith	Highland	(W) 3-2
8/21/24	Lowell	Merrillville	(W) 3-1	8/27/24	Highland	Lowell	(L) 3-0
				9/24/24	Lowell	Highland	(W) 3-2
8/24/24	Kankakee Valley	Merrillville	(W) 2-1	9/5/24	Highland	Kankakee Valley	(L) 3-0
9/7/24	Kankakee Valley	Merrillville	(L) 2-0	9/26/24	Kankakee Valley	Highland	(L) 3-1
8/29/24	Merrillville	Portage	(W) 3-2	8/21/24	Highland	Portage	(L) 3-0
9/24/24	Portage	Merrillville	(L) 3-1
9/4/24	Merrillville	Hobart	(W) 3-0	9/10/24	Highland	Hobart	(W) 3-1
				10/3/24	Hobart	Highland	(W) 3-1
9/10/24	Merrillville	La Porte	(L) 3-2	8/24/24	Highland	La Porte	(L) 2-0
10/3/24	La Porte	Merrillville	(L) 3-0
9/17/24	Chesterton	Merrillville	(L) 3-0	9/11/24	Chesterton	Highland	(L) 3-0
10/10/24	Merrillville	Chesterton	(L) 3-0
10/19/24	Chesterton	Merrillville	(L) 3-0
9/30/24	Merrillville	Whiting	(W) 3-2	9/4/24	Highland	Whiting	(L) 3-0
10/7/24	Merrillville	Hammond Bishop Noll	(L) 3-0	9/30/24	Hammond Bishop Noll	Highland	(L) 3-0
				10/19/24	Highland	Hammond Bishop Noll	(L) 3-0
10/9/24	Merrillville	Hanover Central	(W) 3-2	9/3/24	Hanover Central	Highland	(L) 3-2
				10/1/24	Highland	Hanover Central	(L) 3-1

Record Breakdown

Merrillville (24-25)		Highland (24-25)
13-17	Overall	12-20
2-12	League	3-9
8-3	Non-League	5-8
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
8-9	Common Opponent	6-11
3-7	Home	5-8
5-7	Away	3-9
5-3	Neutral	4-3
0-1	Playoff	1-1
13-17	In-State	12-20
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0