Merrillville is 0-10 against La Porte since October of 2019 but things could change on Thursday. The Merrillville Pirates will host the La Porte Slicers at 5:00 p.m. Merrillville will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more sets each match than the last.
Having struggled with seven defeats in a row, Merrillville finally turned things around against Whiting on Monday. They had just enough and edged the Oilers out 3-2.
If you add up the scores from across all five sets (104-102) Merrillville actually scored fewer points, but in the end it didn't matter. The match finished with set scores of 25-23, 22-25, 15-25, 25-21, 15-10.
Meanwhile, La Porte had already won two in a row and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Wolves by a score of 3-1.
La Porte was especially dominant in the second set. Once all was said and done, the final score wound up at 25-18, 25-13, 21-25, 25-17.
La Porte's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Lilly Buckley led the charge by getting eight digs and 25 assists. With that strong performance, Buckley is now averaging an impressive 12.3 assists per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Emma Hull, who had 13 digs and three aces.
Merrillville's victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 11-12. As for La Porte, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-12 record this season.
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