Simons and Herrera Fuel Martinsville’s 2-0 Sweep of Patoka

MARTINSVILLE, Ill. — Martinsville’s attack hit the floor early and often Tuesday, and Patoka never found an answer. The host Bluestreaks swept the Warriors 2-0 in conference play on Sept. 1, riding a balanced front line and a steady back row to a match that stayed in their control from the opening serve.

Senior Trinity Simons set the tone at the net, finishing with a match-high five kills on eight swings while hitting .500. Junior Ezzy Herrera was every bit as efficient, converting four kills on seven attempts for a .571 clip, and junior Addison Mcdearmon added four kills on 11 swings. Junior Myah Arney chipped in three kills without an attack error, and junior Hope Hammond matched her with three more.

As a group, Martinsville hit .278 with 21 kills against just six attack errors in the two sets. Patoka, by contrast, managed eight kills on 42 swings with nine errors, finishing at minus-.024 for the match — a gap that proved impossible to close in a two-set format.

The Bluestreaks’ setters kept the offense moving. Junior Molly Kannamacher distributed 10 assists and Mcdearmon added seven, giving Martinsville 18 assists on the night. Service pressure helped, too: senior Bella Reed and Simons each recorded an ace, and Simons served at 92.3 percent on 13 attempts, missing only once.

Defensively, senior Harper Baird was the anchor. She led all players with 12 digs and handled 10 serve receptions without an error. Simons backed her up with eight digs, while Mcdearmon and Kannamacher each had three.

Patoka’s best offensive work came from junior Annie Garrett, who posted three kills on seven swings for a team-best .286 hitting percentage and also led the Warriors with 10 serve receptions. Junior Paison Ogrzewalla contributed two kills and both of Patoka’s aces, serving four times and converting half of them for points.

Junior Aubri Landreth handled the brunt of Martinsville’s serve — 13 receptions, more than any player in the match — and led the Warriors with six digs. Junior Kallee Johnson added five digs and a team-high six assists, and senior Alyssa Gebke chipped in three digs and six receptions while taking a team-high 12 swings. Junior Leah Hodge and Gebke each recorded a block assist, accounting for Patoka’s only work at the net defensively.

Senior Abby Draper went 2-for-2 serving and added an assist, while junior Caedynce Webb put down a kill on four attempts.

Martinsville improves to 15-10 on the season. Patoka falls to 8-14.

Game Summary

Match Result

Individual set scores were not available in the match report.

Team Totals

Individual Statistics

PATOKA WARRIORS

KILLS: Annie Garrett (Jr) 3, Paison Ogrzewalla (Jr) 2, Leah Hodge (Jr) 1, Caedynce Webb (Jr) 1, Alyssa Gebke (Sr) 1

HITTING: Garrett 3K-1E-7ATT, .286; Webb 1K-0E-4ATT, .250; Ogrzewalla 2K-1E-6ATT, .167; Hodge 1K-1E-6ATT, .000; Gebke 1K-2E-12ATT, -.083

ASSISTS: Kallee Johnson (Jr) 6, Abby Draper (Sr) 1

SERVING: Ogrzewalla 2 aces, 4 attempts, 2 errors (50.0%); Johnson 0 aces, 6 attempts, 0 errors (100.0%); Landreth 0-4, 0 errors (100.0%); Gebke 0-3, 1 error (66.7%); Garrett 0-2, 1 error (50.0%); Draper 0-2, 0 errors (100.0%); Hodge 0-1, 0 errors (100.0%)

DIGS: Aubri Landreth (Jr) 6, Johnson 5, Gebke 3, Garrett 2, Hodge 1, Ogrzewalla 1

BLOCKS: Hodge 1 (BA), Gebke 1 (BA)

SERVE RECEIVING: Landreth 13 (2 errors), Garrett 10 (1), Gebke 6 (0), Hodge 4 (0), Johnson 3 (1), Webb 2 (1)

MARTINSVILLE BLUESTREAKS

KILLS: Trinity Simons (Sr) 5, Addison Mcdearmon (Jr) 4, Ezzy Herrera (Jr) 4, Hope Hammond (Jr) 3, Myah Arney (Jr) 3, Austyn Davidson (So) 2

HITTING: Herrera 4K-0E-7ATT, .571; Simons 5K-1E-8ATT, .500; Arney 3K-0E-8ATT, .375; Mcdearmon 4K-1E-11ATT, .273; Davidson 2K-1E-6ATT, .167; Hammond 3K-2E-9ATT, .111

ASSISTS: Molly Kannamacher (Jr) 10, Mcdearmon 7, Harper Baird (Sr) 1

SERVING: Simons 1 ace, 13 attempts, 1 error (92.3%); Bella Reed (Sr) 1 ace, 4 attempts, 1 error (75.0%); Kannamacher 0 aces, 14 attempts, 3 errors (78.6%); Hammond 0-9; Baird 0-5; Mcdearmon 0-4

DIGS: Baird 12, Simons 8, Mcdearmon 3, Kannamacher 3, Reed 1

SERVE RECEIVING: Baird 10, Simons 5, Reed 2, Davidson 1