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Merrillville Lake Central

Pirates

Indians

The Lake Central (St. John, IN) varsity volleyball team won Thursday's home conference match against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 3-0.

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Merrillville	17	23	12	0
Lake Central	25	25	25	3

Final score provided by N. Nizam.

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Match Stats

Lake Central (24-25)

Merrillville

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	16	5.3	21.9	73	13	.041
3	Jada Clark (Jr)	3	5	1.7	25.0	20	6	-.050
5	Indiah Day (Sr)	3	4	1.3	22.2	18	1	.167
6	I. Altieri (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
7	Lucy Mccollum (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	7	1	-.143
8	Angela Wiley (Sr)	3	5	1.7	25.0	20	4	.050
9	Jalin January (Sr)	3	2	0.7	33.3	6	0	.333
12	Raquel Atkins (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	2	1	-.500
14	Raven Haskins (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
16	Chloe McCollum (Fr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0

Lake Central

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	39	13.0	43.3	90	17	.244
4	Chiara Sanzo (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
7	Brooklyn Barth (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
9	Lilly Barth (Jr)	2	1	0.5	100.0	1	0	1.000
10	Lauren Smith (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
14	Alexa Iwema (Jr)	3	7	2.3	53.8	13	2	.385
15	Mikaela Salinas (Sr)	3	8	2.7	29.6	27	7	.037
16	Ina Rutovic (Sr)	2	2	1.0	33.3	6	2	.000
18	Kate Latzke (Sr)	2	2	1.0	33.3	6	1	.167
19	I. Steliga (Jr)	2	1	0.5	100.0	1	0	1.000
20	Carolyn Archer (So)	1	1	1.0	50.0	2	0	.500
21	Maddie Schultz (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
26	Alina Williams (Fr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
32	Kailey Skurka (So)	3	13	4.3	52.0	25	2	.440
34	Audrey Behm (So)	2	1	0.5	50.0	2	1	.000
37	Bella Denson (Jr)	2	3	1.5	42.9	7	2	.143

Merrillville

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	4	1.3	7.5	53	5	90.6	4
3	Jada Clark (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	3	0	100.0	0
5	Indiah Day (Sr)	3	2	0.7	15.4	13	1	92.3	2
6	I. Altieri (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	7	2	71.4	0
7	Lucy Mccollum (Jr)	3	2	0.7	20.0	10	1	90.0	2
8	Angela Wiley (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	10	0	100.0	0
9	Jalin January (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
12	Raquel Atkins (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	6	0	100.0	0
14	Raven Haskins (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	2	1	50.0	0
16	Chloe McCollum (Fr)	1	0	0.0	.0	2	0	100.0	0

Lake Central

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	10	3.3	13.7	73	4	94.5	45
4	Chiara Sanzo (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	1	0	100.0	0
7	Brooklyn Barth (Jr)	3	2	0.7	10.0	20	0	100.0	14
9	Lilly Barth (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	4	0	100.0	1
10	Lauren Smith (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	11	1	90.9	7
14	Alexa Iwema (Jr)	3	7	2.3	36.8	19	1	94.7	13
15	Mikaela Salinas (Sr)	3	1	0.3	14.3	7	1	85.7	5
16	Ina Rutovic (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
18	Kate Latzke (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
19	I. Steliga (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	7	0	100.0	4
20	Carolyn Archer (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
21	Maddie Schultz (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	4	1	75.0	1
26	Alina Williams (Fr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
32	Kailey Skurka (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
34	Audrey Behm (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
37	Bella Denson (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Merrillville

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	3	6	6	2.0	6
3	Jada Clark (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0	1
5	Indiah Day (Sr)	3	1	1	0.3	1
6	I. Altieri (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0	0
7	Lucy Mccollum (Jr)	3	5	5	1.7	1
8	Angela Wiley (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0	2
9	Jalin January (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0	1
12	Raquel Atkins (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0	0
14	Raven Haskins (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0	0
16	Chloe McCollum (Fr)	1	0	0	0.0	0

Lake Central

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	3	2	2	3	1.0	3
4	Chiara Sanzo (Sr)	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Brooklyn Barth (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Lilly Barth (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Lauren Smith (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Alexa Iwema (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Mikaela Salinas (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Ina Rutovic (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	2
18	Kate Latzke (Sr)	2	1	0	1	0.5	0
19	I. Steliga (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Carolyn Archer (So)	1	0	1	1	1.0	0
21	Maddie Schultz (So)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Alina Williams (Fr)	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
32	Kailey Skurka (So)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
34	Audrey Behm (So)	2	1	1	2	1.0	1
37	Bella Denson (Jr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0

Merrillville

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	3	39	25	13.0
3	Jada Clark (Jr)	3	4	1	1.3
5	Indiah Day (Sr)	3	6	3	2.0
6	I. Altieri (Sr)	3	11	10	3.7
7	Lucy Mccollum (Jr)	3	6	3	2.0
8	Angela Wiley (Sr)	3	5	5	1.7
9	Jalin January (Sr)	3	3	0	1.0
12	Raquel Atkins (Sr)	3	1	2	0.3
14	Raven Haskins (Sr)	2	2	1	1.0
16	Chloe McCollum (Fr)	1	1	0	1.0

Lake Central

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	3	47	15.7
4	Chiara Sanzo (Sr)	1	0	0.0
7	Brooklyn Barth (Jr)	3	14	4.7
9	Lilly Barth (Jr)	2	2	1.0
10	Lauren Smith (Sr)	2	2	1.0
14	Alexa Iwema (Jr)	3	13	4.3
15	Mikaela Salinas (Sr)	3	8	2.7
16	Ina Rutovic (Sr)	2	0	0.0
18	Kate Latzke (Sr)	2	0	0.0
19	I. Steliga (Jr)	2	3	1.5
20	Carolyn Archer (So)	1	1	1.0
21	Maddie Schultz (So)	3	1	0.3
26	Alina Williams (Fr)	1	1	1.0
32	Kailey Skurka (So)	3	2	0.7
34	Audrey Behm (So)	2	0	0.0
37	Bella Denson (Jr)	2	0	0.0

Merrillville

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	16	5.3	70	2
3	Jada Clark (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
5	Indiah Day (Sr)	3	0	0.0	2	0
6	I. Altieri (Sr)	3	0	0.0	3	0
7	Lucy Mccollum (Jr)	3	16	5.3	64	2
8	Angela Wiley (Sr)	3	0	0.0	1	0
9	Jalin January (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
12	Raquel Atkins (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
14	Raven Haskins (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
16	Chloe McCollum (Fr)	1	0	0.0	0	0

Lake Central

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	36	12.0	102	2
4	Chiara Sanzo (Sr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
7	Brooklyn Barth (Jr)	3	4	1.3	9	0
9	Lilly Barth (Jr)	2	11	5.5	23	0
10	Lauren Smith (Sr)	2	15	7.5	42	0
14	Alexa Iwema (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
15	Mikaela Salinas (Sr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
16	Ina Rutovic (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
18	Kate Latzke (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
19	I. Steliga (Jr)	2	6	3.0	27	2
20	Carolyn Archer (So)	1	0	0.0	1	0
21	Maddie Schultz (So)	3	0	0.0	0	0
26	Alina Williams (Fr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
32	Kailey Skurka (So)	3	0	0.0	0	0
34	Audrey Behm (So)	2	0	0.0	0	0
37	Bella Denson (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0	0

Merrillville

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	58	8	19.3
3	Jada Clark (Jr)	3	12	0	4.0
5	Indiah Day (Sr)	3	7	0	2.3
6	I. Altieri (Sr)	3	25	6	8.3
7	Lucy Mccollum (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
8	Angela Wiley (Sr)	3	10	2	3.3
9	Jalin January (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
12	Raquel Atkins (Sr)	3	1	0	0.3
14	Raven Haskins (Sr)	2	3	0	1.5
16	Chloe McCollum (Fr)	1	0	0	0.0

Lake Central

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	42	4	14.0
4	Chiara Sanzo (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0
7	Brooklyn Barth (Jr)	3	16	2	5.3
9	Lilly Barth (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
10	Lauren Smith (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
14	Alexa Iwema (Jr)	3	12	0	4.0
15	Mikaela Salinas (Sr)	3	14	2	4.7
16	Ina Rutovic (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
18	Kate Latzke (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
19	I. Steliga (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0
20	Carolyn Archer (So)	1	0	0	0.0
21	Maddie Schultz (So)	3	0	0	0.0
26	Alina Williams (Fr)	1	0	0	0.0
32	Kailey Skurka (So)	3	0	0	0.0
34	Audrey Behm (So)	2	0	0	0.0
37	Bella Denson (Jr)	2	0	0	0.0

Match Story

Indiana High School Volleyball - Lake Central over Merrillville

September 12, 2024: St. John, IN 46373

The Lake Central Indians (St. John, IN) volleyball knocked off the visiting Merrillville Pirates (Merrillville, IN), 3-0 in Thursday's league bout.

The Indians now possess a 10-3 record. They play next when they travel to Hamilton Southeastern for a non-league bout on Saturday, September 14. Lake Central will clash with a Royals team coming off a 3-0 league win over Fishers (Fishers, IN). The Royals record now stands at 11-1.

With the loss, Merrillville drops to 10-8 on the campaign. The Pirates host Chesterton (Chesterton, IN) to clash with the Trojans in a Duneland bout on Tuesday, September 17. The Trojans come into the bout with a record of 13-6. Chesterton won 2-0 in their recent non-league bout against Wheeler (Valparaiso, IN)

Players of the Match

Merrillville (24-25)

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

Lake Central (24-25)

Lake Central has not selected any Players of the Match.

Merrillville @ Lake Central Volleyball Match Info

Thu., Sep. 12, 2024 @ 5p

The Lake Central (St. John, IN) varsity volleyball team won Thursday's home conference match against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 3-0.

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

Lake Central (24-25)

IN	Class
40	21

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
19-12	11-3	6-1	8-4	5-7	.613	.786	61	37

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Merrillville	21.4	19.1	20.0	24.5	11.9	1.5
Lake Central	23.1	22.6	23.5	22.1	11.3	2.0

Head-to-Head

Lake Central won on 9/12/2024

9/12 @ 5p S1 S2 S3 Wins

Merrillville 17 23 12 0
Lake Central 25 25 25 3

The Merrillville (IN) varsity volleyball team lost Thursday's away conference match against Lake Central (St. John, IN) by a score of 3-0.
Box score
Lake Central won on 10/8/2024

10/8 @ 5p S1 S2 S3 Wins

Lake Central 25 25 25 3
Merrillville 13 11 21 0

The Lake Central (St. John, IN) varsity volleyball team won Tuesday's away conference match against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 3-0.
Box score

10/8 @ 5p	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Lake Central	25	25	25	3
Merrillville	13	11	21	0

Team Stat Comparison

Merrillville		Lake Central
798	Kills	1133
134	Total Blocks	106
261	Serving Aces	260
1460	Digs	1664
697	Assists	1054
1790	Receptions	1685

Team Leaders

Merrillville		Lake Central	National Avg.
#5 Indiah Day322	Kills	#32 Kailey Skurka296	53
#9 Jalin January36	Total Blocks	#18 Kate Latzke57	11
#7 Lucy Mccollum71	Serving Aces	#15 Mikaela Salinas59	16
#6 Isabella Altieri331	Digs	#7 Brooklyn Barth451	84
#7 Lucy Mccollum631	Assists	#10 Lauren Smith596	49
#6 Isabella Altieri635	Receptions	#7 Brooklyn Barth577	86

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merrillville	2-12		Lake Central	9-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/27/24	Merrillville	Crown Point	(L) 3-0	8/17/24	Lake Central	Crown Point	(L) 2-0
9/19/24	Crown Point	Merrillville	(L) 3-0	9/3/24	Crown Point	Lake Central	(L) 3-2
				9/26/24	Lake Central	Crown Point	(L) 3-1
				10/17/24	Lake Central	Crown Point	(L) 3-1
8/29/24	Merrillville	Portage	(W) 3-2	9/5/24	Portage	Lake Central	(W) 3-0
9/24/24	Portage	Merrillville	(L) 3-1	10/1/24	Lake Central	Portage	(W) 3-0
9/3/24	Michigan City	Merrillville	(L) 3-2	9/10/24	Lake Central	Michigan City	(W) 3-0
9/26/24	Merrillville	Michigan City	(L) 3-2	10/3/24	Michigan City	Lake Central	(W) 3-0
9/5/24	Valparaiso	Merrillville	(L) 3-0	8/27/24	Valparaiso	Lake Central	(W) 3-0
10/1/24	Merrillville	Valparaiso	(W) 3-2	9/19/24	Lake Central	Valparaiso	(W) 3-0
9/10/24	Merrillville	La Porte	(L) 3-2	9/17/24	La Porte	Lake Central	(W) 3-1
10/3/24	La Porte	Merrillville	(L) 3-0	10/10/24	Lake Central	La Porte	(L) 3-2
9/17/24	Chesterton	Merrillville	(L) 3-0	8/29/24	Lake Central	Chesterton	(W) 3-2
10/10/24	Merrillville	Chesterton	(L) 3-0	9/24/24	Chesterton	Lake Central	(W) 3-1
10/19/24	Chesterton	Merrillville	(L) 3-0
10/7/24	Merrillville	Hammond Bishop Noll	(L) 3-0	9/28/24	Lake Central	Hammond Bishop Noll	(L) 2-0

Record Breakdown

Merrillville (24-25)		Lake Central (24-25)
13-17	Overall	19-12
2-12	League	11-3
8-3	Non-League	3-5
0-2	Head to Head	2-0
2-12	Common Opponent	9-6
3-7	Home	6-1
5-7	Away	8-4
5-3	Neutral	5-7
0-1	Playoff	0-1
13-17	In-State	19-11
0-0	Out-of-State	0-1