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Portage Merrillville

Indians

Pirates

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

	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Portage	25	25	25	3
Merrillville	18	13	14	0

Final score provided by L. Babcock.

Recap
Box Score
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Matchup Info

Match Stats

Portage (22-23)

Portage

Attacking

#	Athlete Name	SP	K	K/S	Kill %	Att	E	Hit %
	Team Totals	3	22	7.3	36.7	60	12	.167
3	Patrick Bell (Sr)	2	2	1.0	14.3	14	5	-.214
4	Adoryin Lindsey (Jr)	3	1	0.3	33.3	3	0	.333
6	Danny Lule (Fr)	3	1	0.3	100.0	1	0	1.000
7	Lukas Navarro (Sr)	3	3	1.0	27.3	11	4	-.091
8	Gavin Niebel (Sr)	2	7	3.5	58.3	12	0	.583
11	John Kelley (Sr)	3	3	1.0	75.0	4	0	.750
14	Desmond Winter (Sr)	2	2	1.0	28.6	7	1	.143
22	Rodeny Dazzena (So)	3	3	1.0	37.5	8	2	.125

Portage

Serving

#	Athlete Name	SP	A	A/S	Ace %	SA	SE	Serv %
	Team Totals	3	25	8.3	30.9	81	13	84.0
3	Patrick Bell (Sr)	2	1	0.5	25.0	4	2	50.0
4	Adoryin Lindsey (Jr)	3	3	1.0	27.3	11	3	72.7
6	Danny Lule (Fr)	3	0	0.0	.0	0	0
7	Lukas Navarro (Sr)	3	7	2.3	35.0	20	3	85.0
8	Gavin Niebel (Sr)	2	5	2.5	38.5	13	1	92.3
11	John Kelley (Sr)	3	2	0.7	33.3	6	2	66.7
14	Desmond Winter (Sr)	2	5	2.5	31.3	16	1	93.8
22	Rodeny Dazzena (So)	3	2	0.7	18.2	11	1	90.9

Portage

Blocking

#	Athlete Name	SP	BS	BA	Tot Blks	B/S	BE
	Team Totals	3	2	2	3	1.0	4
3	Patrick Bell (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	1
4	Adoryin Lindsey (Jr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Danny Lule (Fr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Lukas Navarro (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	2
8	Gavin Niebel (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	John Kelley (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Desmond Winter (Sr)	2	0	1	1	0.5	0
22	Rodeny Dazzena (So)	3	2	1	3	1.0	1

Portage

Digging

#	Athlete Name	SP	D	D/S
	Team Totals	3	5	1.7
3	Patrick Bell (Sr)	2	0	0.0
4	Adoryin Lindsey (Jr)	3	0	0.0
6	Danny Lule (Fr)	3	5	1.7
7	Lukas Navarro (Sr)	3	0	0.0
8	Gavin Niebel (Sr)	2	0	0.0
11	John Kelley (Sr)	3	0	0.0
14	Desmond Winter (Sr)	2	0	0.0
22	Rodeny Dazzena (So)	3	0	0.0

Portage

Ball Handling

#	Athlete Name	SP	Ast	Ast/S	BHA	BHE
	Team Totals	3	16	5.3	46	5
3	Patrick Bell (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
4	Adoryin Lindsey (Jr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
6	Danny Lule (Fr)	3	0	0.0	0	0
7	Lukas Navarro (Sr)	3	0	0.0	2	1
8	Gavin Niebel (Sr)	2	0	0.0	1	1
11	John Kelley (Sr)	3	16	5.3	41	2
14	Desmond Winter (Sr)	2	0	0.0	0	0
22	Rodeny Dazzena (So)	3	0	0.0	2	1

Portage

Serve Receiving

#	Athlete Name	SP	R	RE	R/S
	Team Totals	3	59	10	19.7
3	Patrick Bell (Sr)	2	3	0	1.5
4	Adoryin Lindsey (Jr)	3	0	0	0.0
6	Danny Lule (Fr)	3	20	4	6.7
7	Lukas Navarro (Sr)	3	13	4	4.3
8	Gavin Niebel (Sr)	2	11	0	5.5
11	John Kelley (Sr)	3	4	1	1.3
14	Desmond Winter (Sr)	2	8	1	4.0
22	Rodeny Dazzena (So)	3	0	0	0.0

Merrillville (22-23)

Merrillville has not entered stats for this match.

Match Story

Indiana High School Volleyball - Portage over Merrillville

March 23, 2023: Merrillville, IN 46410

Portage Indians (Portage, IN) supporters left the game in high spirits Thursday as they observed their volleyball squad top the host Merrillville Pirates (Merrillville, IN), 3-0 in a league match.

Next up, the Indians clash with the La Porte Slicers (La Porte, IN) in a match, on Monday, March 27. Portage will attempt to advance on its 2-0 season record. The Slicers come into the match with a 1-1 record after their 3-0 league loss to Crown Point (Crown Point, IN).

With the loss, Merrillville drops to 0-2 on the campaign. The Pirates travel to Michigan City (Michigan City, IN) to clash with the Wolves in a match on Monday, March 27. The Wolves come into the match with a record of 0-2. Michigan City lost 3-0 in their recent league match against Valparaiso (Valparaiso, IN)

Players of the Match

Portage (22-23)

Congratulations to #8 Gavin Niebel for being selected the Portage Boys Volleyball Player of the Match.

Merrillville (22-23)

Merrillville has not selected any Players of the Match.

Portage @ Merrillville Volleyball Match Info

Thu., Mar. 23, 2023 @ 5p

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

Rankings & Records

Portage (22-23)

National	IN
1,130	35

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
9-5	9-5	4-3	5-2	.643	.643	29	23

Merrillville (22-23)

National	IN
2,108	72

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	SW	SL
2-12	2-12	1-6	1-6	.143	.143	6	39

Team Scoring Averages

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	Wins
Portage	22.6	20.7	23.6	24.4	16.2	2.1
Merrillville	15.8	17.0	19.6	25.0	15.0	.4

Head-to-Head

Portage won on 3/23/2023

3/23 @ 5p S1 S2 S3 Wins

Portage 25 25 25 3
Merrillville 18 13 14 0

The Portage (IN) varsity volleyball team won Thursday's away conference match against Merrillville (IN) by a score of 3-0.
Box score
Portage won on 4/17/2023

4/17 @ 5p S1 S2 S3 Wins

Merrillville 11 12 21 0
Portage 25 25 25 3

The Merrillville (IN) varsity volleyball team lost Monday's away conference match against Portage (IN) by a score of 3-0.
Box score

4/17 @ 5p	S1	S2	S3	Wins
Merrillville	11	12	21	0
Portage	25	25	25	3

Team Stat Comparison

Portage		Merrillville
370	Kills	170
62	Total Blocks	38
175	Serving Aces	70
625	Digs	388
268	Assists	120
738	Receptions	817

Team Leaders

Portage		Merrillville	National Avg.
#8 Gavin Niebel94	Kills	#4 Larry Williams45	45
#22 Rodeny Dazzena19	Total Blocks	#4 Larry Williams15	13
#8 Gavin Niebel38	Serving Aces	#1 Jordan Jones14	11
#6 Danny Lule162	Digs	#6 Mareo Mukes100	55
#11 John Kelley248	Assists	#12 Noah Molenda80	43
#6 Danny Lule284	Receptions	#6 Mareo Mukes295	73

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Portage	7-5		Merrillville	2-10

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
3/20/23	Portage	Michigan City	(W) 3-0	3/27/23	Merrillville	Michigan City	(W) 3-2
4/13/23	Michigan City	Portage	(W) 3-0	4/20/23	Michigan City	Merrillville	(W) 3-1
3/27/23	La Porte	Portage	(W) 3-0	3/28/23	Merrillville	La Porte	(L) 3-0
4/20/23	Portage	La Porte	(W) 3-2	4/27/23	La Porte	Merrillville	(L) 3-0
3/30/23	Portage	Lake Central	(L) 3-0	4/6/23	Lake Central	Merrillville	(L) 3-0
4/24/23	Lake Central	Portage	(L) 3-0	5/1/23	Merrillville	Lake Central	(L) 3-0
4/3/23	Portage	Chesterton	(W) 3-2	4/10/23	Chesterton	Merrillville	(L) 3-0
4/27/23	Chesterton	Portage	(L) 3-2	5/4/23	Merrillville	Chesterton	(L) 3-0
4/6/23	Crown Point	Portage	(W) 3-2	3/20/23	Merrillville	Crown Point	(L) 3-0
5/1/23	Portage	Crown Point	(W) 3-2	4/13/23	Crown Point	Merrillville	(L) 3-0
4/10/23	Valparaiso	Portage	(L) 3-0	4/5/23	Valparaiso	Merrillville	(L) 3-0
5/4/23	Portage	Valparaiso	(L) 3-0	4/24/23	Merrillville	Valparaiso	(L) 3-0

Record Breakdown

Portage (22-23)		Merrillville (22-23)
9-5	Overall	2-12
9-5	League	2-12
0-0	Non-League	0-0
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
7-5	Common Opponent	2-10
4-3	Home	1-6
5-2	Away	1-6
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
9-5	In-State	2-12
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0