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Hanover Central Merrillville

Wildcats

Pirates

The Merrillville (IN) varsity volleyball team lost Wednesday's home non-conference match against Hanover Central (Cedar Lake, IN) by a score of 3-1.

	S1	S2	S3	S4	Wins
Hanover Central	20	25	25	25	3
Merrillville	25	17	20	17	1

Final score provided by A. Blake.

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Match Stats

Merrillville (21-22)

Hanover Central

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	4	42	10.5	33.9	124	12	.242
1	Abbey Opilka (Jr)	4	5	1.3	20.0	25	1	.160
2	L. Rybakowski (Sr)	4	0	0.0	.0	0	0
4	Grace Rapacz (So)	4	0	0.0	.0	2	0	.000
5	Maddie Denklau (Jr)	4	0	0.0	.0	0	0
7	Kailee Moran (Sr)	4	2	0.5	16.7	12	3	-.083
8	Mia Sikma (Jr)	4	1	0.3	20.0	5	1	.000
10	K. Perreanlt (So)	4	9	2.3	36.0	25	3	.240
11	S. Mancusi-Edwards (Jr)	4	20	5.0	50.0	40	2	.450
12	Riahna Stearns (Sr)	4	5	1.3	33.3	15	2	.200

Merrillville

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	4	30	7.5	26.8	112	16	.125
2	Essence Keel (Jr)	4	4	1.0	23.5	17	3	.059
3	Aleira Haymon (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0
4	Anyla Shields (Sr)	4	0	0.0	.0	0	0
5	Aniya Shields (Sr)	4	0	0.0	.0	0	0
6	Aliyah Kirk (Jr)	4	5	1.3	20.0	25	7	-.080
7	Jordyn Thomas (Sr)	4	0	0.0	.0	0	0
8	Azariah Crosby (Sr)	4	3	0.8	11.5	26	2	.038
9	Kayla Robinson (Jr)	4	5	1.3	41.7	12	0	.417
11	Saniya Spalding (Sr)	4	12	3.0	48.0	25	4	.320
13	Indiah Day (Fr)	4	1	0.3	14.3	7	0	.143

Hanover Central

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	4	13	3.3	14.3	91	12	86.8	48
1	Abbey Opilka (Jr)	4	4	1.0	21.1	19	2	89.5	10
2	L. Rybakowski (Sr)	4	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
4	Grace Rapacz (So)	4	0	0.0	.0	15	1	93.3	8
5	Maddie Denklau (Jr)	4	6	1.5	31.6	19	0	100.0	13
7	Kailee Moran (Sr)	4	1	0.3	8.3	12	2	83.3	5
8	Mia Sikma (Jr)	4	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
10	K. Perreanlt (So)	4	0	0.0	.0	12	3	75.0	3
11	S. Mancusi-Edwards (Jr)	4	2	0.5	14.3	14	4	71.4	9
12	Riahna Stearns (Sr)	4	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Merrillville

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %	PTS
	Team Totals	4	10	2.5	12.5	80	13	83.8	10
2	Essence Keel (Jr)	4	1	0.3	7.7	13	2	84.6	1
3	Aleira Haymon (So)	1	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
4	Anyla Shields (Sr)	4	1	0.3	7.7	13	2	84.6	1
5	Aniya Shields (Sr)	4	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
6	Aliyah Kirk (Jr)	4	2	0.5	15.4	13	4	69.2	2
7	Jordyn Thomas (Sr)	4	0	0.0	.0	9	1	88.9	0
8	Azariah Crosby (Sr)	4	2	0.5	11.8	17	1	94.1	2
9	Kayla Robinson (Jr)	4	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0
11	Saniya Spalding (Sr)	4	4	1.0	26.7	15	3	80.0	4
13	Indiah Day (Fr)	4	0	0.0	.0	0	0		0

Hanover Central

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S
	Team Totals	4	5	2	6	1.5
1	Abbey Opilka (Jr)	4	0	0	0	0.0
2	L. Rybakowski (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0.0
4	Grace Rapacz (So)	4	0	0	0	0.0
5	Maddie Denklau (Jr)	4	0	0	0	0.0
7	Kailee Moran (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0.0
8	Mia Sikma (Jr)	4	1	0	1	0.3
10	K. Perreanlt (So)	4	0	0	0	0.0
11	S. Mancusi-Edwards (Jr)	4	1	1	2	0.5
12	Riahna Stearns (Sr)	4	3	1	4	1.0

Merrillville

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	4	2	10	7	1.8	9
2	Essence Keel (Jr)	4	0	2	2	0.5	1
3	Aleira Haymon (So)	1	0	0	0	0.0	1
4	Anyla Shields (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Aniya Shields (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Aliyah Kirk (Jr)	4	0	2	2	0.5	1
7	Jordyn Thomas (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Azariah Crosby (Sr)	4	1	1	2	0.5	0
9	Kayla Robinson (Jr)	4	1	4	5	1.3	4
11	Saniya Spalding (Sr)	4	0	1	1	0.3	1
13	Indiah Day (Fr)	4	0	0	0	0.0	1

Hanover Central

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	4	56	13	14.0
1	Abbey Opilka (Jr)	4	10	1	2.5
2	L. Rybakowski (Sr)	4	4	0	1.0
4	Grace Rapacz (So)	4	2	0	0.5
5	Maddie Denklau (Jr)	4	7	3	1.8
7	Kailee Moran (Sr)	4	5	4	1.3
8	Mia Sikma (Jr)	4	0	0	0.0
10	K. Perreanlt (So)	4	3	4	0.8
11	S. Mancusi-Edwards (Jr)	4	21	1	5.3
12	Riahna Stearns (Sr)	4	4	0	1.0

Merrillville

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	DE	D/S
	Team Totals	4	59	9	14.8
2	Essence Keel (Jr)	4	6	2	1.5
3	Aleira Haymon (So)	1	0	0	0.0
4	Anyla Shields (Sr)	4	7	0	1.8
5	Aniya Shields (Sr)	4	3	1	0.8
6	Aliyah Kirk (Jr)	4	6	4	1.5
7	Jordyn Thomas (Sr)	4	17	1	4.3
8	Azariah Crosby (Sr)	4	15	0	3.8
9	Kayla Robinson (Jr)	4	0	0	0.0
11	Saniya Spalding (Sr)	4	5	1	1.3
13	Indiah Day (Fr)	4	0	0	0.0

Hanover Central

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	4	32	8.0	101	2
1	Abbey Opilka (Jr)	4	31	7.8	88	1
2	L. Rybakowski (Sr)	4	1	0.3	3	1
4	Grace Rapacz (So)	4	0	0.0	0	0
5	Maddie Denklau (Jr)	4	0	0.0	4	0
7	Kailee Moran (Sr)	4	0	0.0	0	0
8	Mia Sikma (Jr)	4	0	0.0	1	0
10	K. Perreanlt (So)	4	0	0.0	1	0
11	S. Mancusi-Edwards (Jr)	4	0	0.0	4	0
12	Riahna Stearns (Sr)	4	0	0.0	0	0

Merrillville

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	4	20	5.0	90	8
2	Essence Keel (Jr)	4	0	0.0	0	0
3	Aleira Haymon (So)	1	0	0.0	0	0
4	Anyla Shields (Sr)	4	1	0.3	1	0
5	Aniya Shields (Sr)	4	0	0.0	0	0
6	Aliyah Kirk (Jr)	4	0	0.0	0	0
7	Jordyn Thomas (Sr)	4	1	0.3	3	0
8	Azariah Crosby (Sr)	4	18	4.5	86	8
9	Kayla Robinson (Jr)	4	0	0.0	0	0
11	Saniya Spalding (Sr)	4	0	0.0	0	0
13	Indiah Day (Fr)	4	0	0.0	0	0

Hanover Central

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	4	63	6	15.8
1	Abbey Opilka (Jr)	4	0	0	0.0
2	L. Rybakowski (Sr)	4	10	1	2.5
4	Grace Rapacz (So)	4	8	1	2.0
5	Maddie Denklau (Jr)	4	11	3	2.8
7	Kailee Moran (Sr)	4	6	0	1.5
8	Mia Sikma (Jr)	4	0	0	0.0
10	K. Perreanlt (So)	4	3	0	0.8
11	S. Mancusi-Edwards (Jr)	4	25	1	6.3
12	Riahna Stearns (Sr)	4	0	0	0.0

Merrillville

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	4	77	12	19.3
2	Essence Keel (Jr)	4	14	4	3.5
3	Aleira Haymon (So)	1	0	0	0.0
4	Anyla Shields (Sr)	4	17	4	4.3
5	Aniya Shields (Sr)	4	8	2	2.0
6	Aliyah Kirk (Jr)	4	11	1	2.8
7	Jordyn Thomas (Sr)	4	25	1	6.3
8	Azariah Crosby (Sr)	4	0	0	0.0
9	Kayla Robinson (Jr)	4	0	0	0.0
11	Saniya Spalding (Sr)	4	2	0	0.5
13	Indiah Day (Fr)	4	0	0	0.0

Match Story

Indiana High School Volleyball - Merrillville Hanover Central

October 6, 2021: Merrillville, IN 46410

The Merrillville Pirates volleyball team (Merrillville, IN), went down 3-1 in Wednesday's non-league challenge with the visiting Hanover Central Wildcats (Cedar Lake, IN)

The Wildcats (11-12) will now prepare for their challenge against Boone Grove (Valparaiso, IN). The Wolves enter the non-league challenge with a 3-21 record. In their last challenge, Boone Grove went down by Portage (Portage, IN), 3-0, in a non-league challenge.

Next, the Pirates encounter the Chesterton Trojans (Chesterton, IN) in a Duneland challenge, on Thursday, October 7. Merrillville will attempt to move on its 8-18 season record. The Trojans enter the challenge with a 16-14 record after their 3-0 league win over Michigan City (Michigan City, IN).

Players of the Match

Hanover Central (21-22)

Congratulations to #11 Steph Mancusi-Edwards for being selected the Hanover Central Volleyball Player of the Match.

Merrillville (21-22)

Merrillville has not selected any Players of the Match.

Rankings & Records

Hanover Central (21-22)

National	IN	Class
5,513	168	49

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
16-14	5-2	6-6	5-4	5-4	.533	.714	50	43

Merrillville (21-22)

National	IN	Class
7,245	205	73

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
9-20	2-12	2-9	3-7	4-4	.310	.143	32	61

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Hanover Central	20.7	20.7	21.9	23.9	8.0	1.7
Merrillville	18.5	19.1	18.4	20.3	15.0	1.1

Head-to-Head

Hanover Central won on 8/21/2021

8/21 @ 1p S1 S2 Wins

Merrillville 26 21 0
Hanover Central 28 25 2

The Merrillville (IN) varsity volleyball team lost Saturday's neutral tournament match against Hanover Central (Cedar Lake, IN) by a score of 2-0.
Box score
Hanover Central won on 10/6/2021

10/6 @ 6p S1 S2 S3 S4 Wins

Hanover Central 20 25 25 25 3
Merrillville 25 17 20 17 1

The Hanover Central (Cedar Lake, IN) varsity volleyball team won Wednesday's away non-conference match against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 3-1.
Box score

8/21 @ 1p	S1	S2	Wins
Merrillville	26	21	0
Hanover Central	28	25	2

Team Stat Comparison

Hanover Central		Merrillville
812	Kills	502
162	Total Blocks	110
245	Serving Aces	157
923	Digs	964
636	Assists	395
1591	Receptions	1348

Team Leaders

Hanover Central		Merrillville	National Avg.
#11 Steph Mancusi-Edwards350	Kills	#11 Saniya Spalding184	51
#12 Riahna Stearns57	Total Blocks	#9 Kayla Robinson54	12
#1 Abbey Opilka72	Serving Aces	#11 Saniya Spalding43	16
#11 Steph Mancusi-Edwards280	Digs	#7 Jordyn Thomas315	81
#1 Abbey Opilka527	Assists	#8 Azariah Crosby367	48
#11 Steph Mancusi-Edwards456	Receptions	#7 Jordyn Thomas433	84

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Hanover Central	4-4		Merrillville	4-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
8/24/21	Lowell	Hanover Central	(L) 3-2	8/18/21	Merrillville	Lowell	(W) 3-2
				9/4/21	Merrillville	Lowell	(L) 2-1
8/31/21	Hebron	Hanover Central	(W) 3-0	9/4/21	Merrillville	Hebron	(W) 2-0
9/9/21	Hanover Central	Kankakee Valley	(L) 3-0	8/21/21	Merrillville	Kankakee Valley	(L) 2-1
9/25/21	Kankakee Valley	Hanover Central	(L) 2-1
9/28/21	Hanover Central	Hammond Bishop Noll	(L) 3-0	10/4/21	Hammond Bishop Noll	Merrillville	(L) 3-1
9/29/21	Portage	Hanover Central	(W) 3-1	8/26/21	Portage	Merrillville	(L) 3-0
				9/21/21	Merrillville	Portage	(L) 3-1
				10/12/21	Merrillville	Portage	(W) 3-2
9/30/21	Griffith	Hanover Central	(W) 3-1	8/17/21	Merrillville	Griffith	(W) 3-0
10/16/21	Hanover Central	Griffith	(W) 3-1

Record Breakdown

Hanover Central (21-22)		Merrillville (21-22)
16-14	Overall	9-20
5-2	League	2-12
7-6	Non-League	4-3
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
4-4	Common Opponent	4-5
6-6	Home	2-9
5-4	Away	3-7
5-4	Neutral	4-4
2-1	Playoff	1-1
16-14	In-State	9-20
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0