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Merrillville Valparaiso

Pirates

Vikings

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

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Merrillville	9	13	24	0
Valparaiso	25	25	26	3

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Box Score
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Matchup Info

Match Stats

Valparaiso (25-26)

Merrillville

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	15	5.0	19.2	78	18	-.038
1	Morgan Harrison (Fr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
2	Rheana Early (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
3	Jada Clark (Sr)	3	8	2.7	53.3	15	2	.400
4	Laianna Boyd (Jr)	1	2	2.0	50.0	4	1	.250
5	D. Peterson (So)	2	1	0.5	25.0	4	1	.000
6	K. Williams (Fr)	3	3	1.0	25.0	12	1	.167
11	Jaslene Torres (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
12	Lailah Perry (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	7	5	-.714
13	Cyanne Kelly (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	21	6	-.286
14	Chloe McCollum (So)	3	1	0.3	8.3	12	2	-.083
15	Zion Campbell (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	3	0	.000

Valparaiso

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	30	10.0	35.7	84	9	.250
1	Abbi Brubaker (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0
2	Lily Simpson (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	2	0	.000
3	Sophia Carlson (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
4	Ava Vanda (Sr)	3	3	1.0	42.9	7	0	.429
5	Avery Mullin (Sr)	3	11	3.7	39.3	28	5	.214
6	Layla Jaime (Jr)	2	3	1.5	42.9	7	1	.286
8	A. Erickson (Sr)	2	6	3.0	42.9	14	0	.429
9	Addi Bowen (Sr)	3	2	0.7	18.2	11	1	.091
10	Emma Mulcahy (Jr)	3	1	0.3	33.3	3	1	.000
11	N. Bontrager (So)	3	2	0.7	33.3	6	0	.333
12	Layla Yates (So)	3	2	0.7	33.3	6	1	.167

Merrillville

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	2	0.7	4.3	47	7	85.1	37
1	Morgan Harrison (Fr)	2	0	0.0	.0	1	0	100.0	1
2	Rheana Early (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	11	0	100.0	10
3	Jada Clark (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	7	2	71.4	6
4	Laianna Boyd (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	2	0	100.0	1
5	D. Peterson (So)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
6	K. Williams (Fr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
11	Jaslene Torres (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	3	0	100.0	1
12	Lailah Perry (Jr)	3	1	0.3	11.1	9	4	55.6	7
13	Cyanne Kelly (So)	3	1	0.3	16.7	6	1	83.3	6
14	Chloe McCollum (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	8	0	100.0	5
15	Zion Campbell (Sr)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Valparaiso

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	3	11	3.7	14.7	75	10	86.7	58
1	Abbi Brubaker (Sr)	2	3	1.5	17.6	17	2	88.2	14
2	Lily Simpson (Jr)	3	0	0.0	.0	13	1	92.3	9
3	Sophia Carlson (Jr)	1	0	0.0	.0	1	0	100.0	0
4	Ava Vanda (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
5	Avery Mullin (Sr)	3	3	1.0	30.0	10	0	100.0	9
6	Layla Jaime (Jr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
8	A. Erickson (Sr)	2	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
9	Addi Bowen (Sr)	3	0	0.0	.0	11	2	81.8	8
10	Emma Mulcahy (Jr)	3	2	0.7	25.0	8	1	87.5	6
11	N. Bontrager (So)	3	3	1.0	25.0	12	2	83.3	10
12	Layla Yates (So)	3	0	0.0	.0	3	2	33.3	2

Merrillville

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	3	4	2	5	1.7	4
1	Morgan Harrison (Fr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
2	Rheana Early (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Jada Clark (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Laianna Boyd (Jr)	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	D. Peterson (So)	2	0	0	0	0.0	1
6	K. Williams (Fr)	3	3	1	4	1.3	0
11	Jaslene Torres (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Lailah Perry (Jr)	3	0	1	1	0.3	2
13	Cyanne Kelly (So)	3	1	0	1	0.3	0
14	Chloe McCollum (So)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Zion Campbell (Sr)	1	0	0	0	0.0	1

Valparaiso

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	3	4	2	0.7	1
1	Abbi Brubaker (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0	0
2	Lily Simpson (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0	0
3	Sophia Carlson (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0	0
4	Ava Vanda (Sr)	3	2	2	0.7	0
5	Avery Mullin (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0	0
6	Layla Jaime (Jr)	2	1	1	0.5	0
8	A. Erickson (Sr)	2	1	1	0.5	1
9	Addi Bowen (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0	0
10	Emma Mulcahy (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0	0
11	N. Bontrager (So)	3	0	0	0.0	0
12	Layla Yates (So)	3	0	0	0.0	0

Merrillville

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	3	39	29	13.0
1	Morgan Harrison (Fr)	2	1	1	0.5
2	Rheana Early (Sr)	3	10	10	3.3
3	Jada Clark (Sr)	3	7	4	2.3
4	Laianna Boyd (Jr)	1	1	2	1.0
5	D. Peterson (So)	2	2	0	1.0
6	K. Williams (Fr)	3	1	0	0.3
11	Jaslene Torres (Sr)	3	5	3	1.7
12	Lailah Perry (Jr)	3	8	5	2.7
13	Cyanne Kelly (So)	3	2	2	0.7
14	Chloe McCollum (So)	3	2	1	0.7
15	Zion Campbell (Sr)	1	0	1	0.0

Valparaiso

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	3	44	14.7
1	Abbi Brubaker (Sr)	2	3	1.5
2	Lily Simpson (Jr)	3	20	6.7
3	Sophia Carlson (Jr)	1	3	3.0
4	Ava Vanda (Sr)	3	0	0.0
5	Avery Mullin (Sr)	3	7	2.3
6	Layla Jaime (Jr)	2	1	0.5
8	A. Erickson (Sr)	2	1	0.5
9	Addi Bowen (Sr)	3	4	1.3
10	Emma Mulcahy (Jr)	3	1	0.3
11	N. Bontrager (So)	3	4	1.3
12	Layla Yates (So)	3	0	0.0

Merrillville

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	12	4.0	71	3
1	Morgan Harrison (Fr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
2	Rheana Early (Sr)	3	1	0.3	8	0
3	Jada Clark (Sr)	3	0	0.0	2	0
4	Laianna Boyd (Jr)	1	0	0.0	0	0
5	D. Peterson (So)	2	0	0.0	0	0
6	K. Williams (Fr)	3	0	0.0	2	0
11	Jaslene Torres (Sr)	3	0	0.0	1	0
12	Lailah Perry (Jr)	3	11	3.7	57	3
13	Cyanne Kelly (So)	3	0	0.0	1	0
14	Chloe McCollum (So)	3	0	0.0	0	0
15	Zion Campbell (Sr)	1	0	0.0	0	0

Valparaiso

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA
	Team Totals	3	20	6.7	69
1	Abbi Brubaker (Sr)	2	0	0.0	3
2	Lily Simpson (Jr)	3	1	0.3	5
3	Sophia Carlson (Jr)	1	0	0.0	0
4	Ava Vanda (Sr)	3	1	0.3	1
5	Avery Mullin (Sr)	3	0	0.0	2
6	Layla Jaime (Jr)	2	0	0.0	0
8	A. Erickson (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0
9	Addi Bowen (Sr)	3	10	3.3	29
10	Emma Mulcahy (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0
11	N. Bontrager (So)	3	8	2.7	27
12	Layla Yates (So)	3	0	0.0	2

Merrillville

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	55	10	18.3
1	Morgan Harrison (Fr)	2	0	2	0.0
2	Rheana Early (Sr)	3	20	1	6.7
3	Jada Clark (Sr)	3	18	1	6.0
4	Laianna Boyd (Jr)	1	0	0	0.0
5	D. Peterson (So)	2	0	0	0.0
6	K. Williams (Fr)	3	0	0	0.0
11	Jaslene Torres (Sr)	3	11	2	3.7
12	Lailah Perry (Jr)	3	0	1	0.0
13	Cyanne Kelly (So)	3	6	3	2.0
14	Chloe McCollum (So)	3	0	0	0.0
15	Zion Campbell (Sr)	1	0	0	0.0

Valparaiso

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	37	3	12.3
1	Abbi Brubaker (Sr)	2	5	0	2.5
2	Lily Simpson (Jr)	3	10	2	3.3
3	Sophia Carlson (Jr)	1	4	0	4.0
4	Ava Vanda (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
5	Avery Mullin (Sr)	3	16	1	5.3
6	Layla Jaime (Jr)	2	1	0	0.5
8	A. Erickson (Sr)	2	0	0	0.0
9	Addi Bowen (Sr)	3	0	0	0.0
10	Emma Mulcahy (Jr)	3	1	0	0.3
11	N. Bontrager (So)	3	0	0	0.0
12	Layla Yates (So)	3	0	0	0.0

Match Story

Indiana High School Volleyball - Merrillville bounced by Valparaiso

September 4, 2025: Valparaiso, IN 46385

The Merrillville Pirates volleyball squad (Merrillville, IN), dropped 3-0 in Thursday's league contest with the host Valparaiso Vikings (Valparaiso, IN)

The Vikings (5-5) will now prepare for their contest against Plymouth (Plymouth, IN). The Pilgrims/Rockies enter the non-league contest with a 8-4 record. In their last contest, Plymouth notched a victory over Wawasee (Syracuse, IN), 3-0, in a league contest.

Next, the Pirates battle the La Porte Slicers (La Porte, IN) in a Duneland battle, on Tuesday, September 9. Merrillville will attempt to improve on its 8-9 season record.

Players of the Match

Merrillville (25-26)

Congratulations to #6 Kaitlyn Williams for being selected the Merrillville Volleyball Player of the Match.

Valparaiso (25-26)

Valparaiso has not selected any Players of the Match.

Merrillville @ Valparaiso Volleyball Match Info

Thu., Sep. 4, 2025 @ 5p

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

Rankings & Records

Merrillville (25-26)

IN	Class
206	57

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
8-14	1-8	2-4	3-5	3-5	.364	.111	25	42

Valparaiso (25-26)

IN	Class
93	39

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
13-11	4-4	5-3	3-4	5-4	.542	.500	36	30

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Merrillville	18.5	19.6	18.4	24.5	13.3	1.1
Valparaiso	21.5	22.2	21.8	25.0	13.5	1.5

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Head-to-Head

Valparaiso won this month

9/4 @ 5p S1 S2 S3 Wins

Merrillville 9 13 24 0
Valparaiso 25 25 26 3

The Merrillville (IN) varsity volleyball team lost Thursday's away conference match against Valparaiso (IN) by a score of 3-0.
Box score
Match starts in 6 day
The Valparaiso (IN) varsity volleyball team has an away conference match @ Merrillville (IN) on Tuesday, September 30 @ 5p.
Preview match

Team Stat Comparison

Merrillville		Valparaiso
487	Kills	647
78	Total Blocks	70
147	Serving Aces	181
1014	Digs	1073
414	Assists	510
1044	Receptions	992

Team Leaders

Merrillville		Valparaiso	National Avg.
#3 Jada Clark141	Kills	#5 Avery Mullin238	28
#7 Lucy McCollum29	Total Blocks	#12 Layla Yates44	6
#7 Lucy McCollum47	Serving Aces	#2 Lily Simpson42	9
#2 Rheana Early253	Digs	#2 Lily Simpson330	43
#7 Lucy McCollum318	Assists	#11 Nicole Bontrager227	27
#2 Rheana Early294	Receptions	#2 Lily Simpson367	46

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Merrillville	2-8		Valparaiso	7-4

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/23/25	Concord	Merrillville	(L) 2-0	9/20/25	Concord	Valparaiso	(W) 2-0
8/26/25	Crown Point	Merrillville	(L) 3-0	9/9/25	Valparaiso	Crown Point	(L) 3-0
9/18/25	Merrillville	Crown Point	(L) 3-0	10/2/25	Crown Point	Valparaiso
8/28/25	Portage	Merrillville	(L) 3-2	9/16/25	Portage	Valparaiso	(W) 3-0
9/23/25	Merrillville	Portage	(L) 3-0	10/9/25	Valparaiso	Portage
9/2/25	Merrillville	Michigan City	(W) 3-1	8/28/25	Michigan City	Valparaiso	(W) 3-0
9/25/25	Michigan City	Merrillville		9/23/25	Valparaiso	Michigan City
9/3/25	Hobart	Merrillville	(W) 3-2	8/18/25	Hobart	Valparaiso	(W) 3-0
9/9/25	La Porte	Merrillville	(L) 3-0	9/11/25	Valparaiso	La Porte	(W) 3-2
10/2/25	Merrillville	La Porte		9/13/25	Valparaiso	La Porte	(W) 2-1
				10/7/25	La Porte	Valparaiso
9/11/25	Lake Central	Merrillville	(L) 3-0	8/26/25	Lake Central	Valparaiso	(L) 3-0
10/7/25	Merrillville	Lake Central		9/18/25	Valparaiso	Lake Central	(L) 3-0
9/16/25	Merrillville	Chesterton	(L) 3-0	9/2/25	Valparaiso	Chesterton	(L) 3-0
10/9/25	Merrillville	Chesterton		9/25/25	Chesterton	Valparaiso
10/6/25	Hammond Bishop Noll	Merrillville		8/20/25	Valparaiso	Hammond Bishop Noll	(W) 3-0

Record Breakdown

Merrillville (25-26)		Valparaiso (25-26)
8-14	Overall	13-11
1-8	League	4-4
4-1	Non-League	3-1
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
2-8	Common Opponent	7-4
2-4	Home	5-3
3-5	Away	3-4
3-5	Neutral	5-4
0-0	Playoff	0-0
8-14	In-State	13-11
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0