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Highland Merrillville

Trojans

Pirates

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

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Highland	20	19	25	0
Merrillville	25	25	27	3

Final score provided by N. VanDyke.

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Match Stats

Merrillville (24-25)

Highland

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	25	8.3	28.7	87	17	.092
2	Krista Jacob (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
3	Julia Zamudio (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
4	Selena Govea (So)	3	3	1.0	33.3	9	4	-.111
7	Melanie Heady (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
9	Kaitlin Smith (So)	3	6	2.0	28.6	21	4	.095
10	Hannah Ladewski (Jr)	3	4	1.3	15.4	26	6	-.077
12	Jordan Boyd (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	5	0	.000
13	Jen Mai (Sr)	3	7	2.3	50.0	14	1	.429
16	Samantha Zurlis (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
21	Reese Markus (So)	3	5	1.7	41.7	12	2	.250
22	Autumn Powell (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0

Merrillville

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	28	9.3	37.3	75	10	.240
2	Rheana Early (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
3	Jada Clark (Jr)	3	9	3.0	31.0	29	3	.207
5	Indiah Day (Sr)	3	13	4.3	68.4	19	2	.579
6	I. Altieri (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
7	Lucy Mccollum (Jr)	3	2	0.7	50.0	4	1	.250
9	Jalin January (Sr)	3	1	0.3	16.7	6	0	.167
12	Raquel Atkins (Sr)	3	2	0.7	22.2	9	1	.111
13	Cyanne Kelly (Fr)	1	0	0.0	.0	4	2	-.500
14	Raven Haskins (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
16	Chloe McCollum (Fr)	2	1	0.5	25.0	4	1	.000

Highland

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	10	3.3	15.4	65	9	86.2	27
2	Krista Jacob (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	6	0	100.0	1
3	Julia Zamudio (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
4	Selena Govea (So)	3	3	1.0	20.0	15	2	86.7	8
7	Melanie Heady (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
9	Kaitlin Smith (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
10	Hannah Ladewski (Jr)	3	5	1.7	33.3	15	4	73.3	8
12	Jordan Boyd (Sr)	3	1	0.3	11.1	9	0	100.0	4
13	Jen Mai (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
16	Samantha Zurlis (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	8	2	75.0	1
21	Reese Markus (So)	3	1	0.3	8.3	12	1	91.7	5
22	Autumn Powell (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Merrillville

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	8	2.7	10.5	76	11	85.5	15
2	Rheana Early (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	3	0	100.0	0
3	Jada Clark (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
5	Indiah Day (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	10	2	80.0	0
6	I. Altieri (Sr)	3	2	0.7	16.7	12	3	75.0	9
7	Lucy Mccollum (Jr)	3	3	1.0	18.8	16	2	87.5	3
9	Jalin January (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
12	Raquel Atkins (Sr)	3	1	0.3	10.0	10	1	90.0	1
13	Cyanne Kelly (Fr)	1	1	1.0	33.3	3	1	66.7	1
14	Raven Haskins (Sr)	3	1	0.3	5.3	19	2	89.5	1
16	Chloe McCollum (Fr)	2	0	0.0	.0	3	0	100.0	0

Highland

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	3	1	8	5	1.7
2	Krista Jacob (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
3	Julia Zamudio (So)	1	0	0	0	0.0
4	Selena Govea (So)	3	0	3	3	1.0
7	Melanie Heady (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
9	Kaitlin Smith (So)	3	0	0	0	0.0
10	Hannah Ladewski (Jr)	3	0	1	1	0.3
12	Jordan Boyd (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
13	Jen Mai (Sr)	3	0	3	3	1.0
16	Samantha Zurlis (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0.0
21	Reese Markus (So)	3	1	1	2	0.7
22	Autumn Powell (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0.0

Merrillville

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	3	9	9	3.0	8
2	Rheana Early (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0	0
3	Jada Clark (Jr)	3	2	2	0.7	4
5	Indiah Day (Sr)	3	1	1	0.3	0
6	I. Altieri (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0	0
7	Lucy Mccollum (Jr)	3	3	3	1.0	1
9	Jalin January (Sr)	3	2	2	0.7	2
12	Raquel Atkins (Sr)	3	1	1	0.3	1
13	Cyanne Kelly (Fr)	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Raven Haskins (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0	0
16	Chloe McCollum (Fr)	2	0	0	0.0	0

Highland

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	3	34	11.3
2	Krista Jacob (Sr)	3	0	0.0
3	Julia Zamudio (So)	1	2	2.0
4	Selena Govea (So)	3	8	2.7
7	Melanie Heady (Jr)	3	4	1.3
9	Kaitlin Smith (So)	3	3	1.0
10	Hannah Ladewski (Jr)	3	4	1.3
12	Jordan Boyd (Sr)	3	4	1.3
13	Jen Mai (Sr)	3	1	0.3
16	Samantha Zurlis (Jr)	3	3	1.0
21	Reese Markus (So)	3	4	1.3
22	Autumn Powell (Sr)	2	1	0.5

Merrillville

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	3	48	17	16.0
2	Rheana Early (Jr)	3	4	1	1.3
3	Jada Clark (Jr)	3	3	0	1.0
5	Indiah Day (Sr)	3	7	3	2.3
6	I. Altieri (Sr)	3	17	3	5.7
7	Lucy Mccollum (Jr)	3	7	2	2.3
9	Jalin January (Sr)	3	0	1	0.0
12	Raquel Atkins (Sr)	3	2	1	0.7
13	Cyanne Kelly (Fr)	1	0	0	0.0
14	Raven Haskins (Sr)	3	6	4	2.0
16	Chloe McCollum (Fr)	2	2	2	1.0

Highland

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	25	8.3	82	3
2	Krista Jacob (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
3	Julia Zamudio (So)	1	0	0.0	1	0
4	Selena Govea (So)	3	0	0.0	3	0
7	Melanie Heady (Jr)	3	1	0.3	5	0
9	Kaitlin Smith (So)	3	0	0.0	0	0
10	Hannah Ladewski (Jr)	3	0	0.0	3	0
12	Jordan Boyd (Sr)	3	20	6.7	66	2
13	Jen Mai (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	1
16	Samantha Zurlis (Jr)	3	0	0.0	1	0
21	Reese Markus (So)	3	4	1.3	3	0
22	Autumn Powell (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0

Merrillville

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	26	8.7	79	2
2	Rheana Early (Jr)	3	0	0.0	2	1
3	Jada Clark (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
5	Indiah Day (Sr)	3	0	0.0	1	0
6	I. Altieri (Sr)	3	3	1.0	5	0
7	Lucy Mccollum (Jr)	3	23	7.7	69	1
9	Jalin January (Sr)	3	0	0.0	1	0
12	Raquel Atkins (Sr)	3	0	0.0	1	0
13	Cyanne Kelly (Fr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
14	Raven Haskins (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
16	Chloe McCollum (Fr)	2	0	0.0	0	0

Highland

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	56	8	18.7
2	Krista Jacob (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
3	Julia Zamudio (So)	1	7	1	7.0
4	Selena Govea (So)	3	11	2	3.7
7	Melanie Heady (Jr)	3	7	1	2.3
9	Kaitlin Smith (So)	3	4	0	1.3
10	Hannah Ladewski (Jr)	3	11	1	3.7
12	Jordan Boyd (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
13	Jen Mai (Sr)	3	2	0	0.7
16	Samantha Zurlis (Jr)	3	13	2	4.3
21	Reese Markus (So)	3	1	0	0.3
22	Autumn Powell (Sr)	2	0	1	0.0

Merrillville

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	47	8	15.7
2	Rheana Early (Jr)	3	6	1	2.0
3	Jada Clark (Jr)	3	6	1	2.0
5	Indiah Day (Sr)	3	10	1	3.3
6	I. Altieri (Sr)	3	16	4	5.3
7	Lucy Mccollum (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
9	Jalin January (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
12	Raquel Atkins (Sr)	3	1	0	0.3
13	Cyanne Kelly (Fr)	1	0	1	0.0
14	Raven Haskins (Sr)	3	8	0	2.7
16	Chloe McCollum (Fr)	2	0	0	0.0

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Match Story

Indiana High School Volleyball - Highland overwhelmed by Merrillville

August 28, 2024: Merrillville, IN 46410

Merrillville Pirates (Merrillville, IN) followers left the game satisfied Wednesday as they saw their volleyball squad achieve victory over the visiting Highland Trojans (Highland, IN), 3-0 in a non-league test.

With the win, Merrillville advances its record to 6-3 on the season. The Pirates travel to Portage (Portage, IN) to face the Indians in a Duneland test on Thursday, August 29. The Indians go into the test with a record of 3-5. Portage won 3-1 in their recent league test against Michigan City (Michigan City, IN)

The Trojans now sport a 2-6 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Griffith for a non-league test on Thursday, August 29. Highland will face a Panthers squad coming off a 3-0 non-league win over Bowman Academy (Gary, IN). The Panthers record now stands at 1-2.

Players of the Match

Highland (24-25)

Highland has not selected any Players of the Match.

Merrillville (24-25)

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

Highland @ Merrillville Volleyball Match Info

Wed., Aug. 28, 2024 @ 6p

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

Rankings & Records

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

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

Team Scoring Averages

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

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

8/24 @ 3p	S1	S2	Wins
Merrillville	25	25	2
Highland	17	20	0

Team Stat Comparison

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

Team Leaders

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

Common Opponents

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

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

Record Breakdown

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