Mcdearmon’s Six Kills and Three Aces Push Martinsville Past North Knox in Two Sets

Martinsville needed only two sets to handle North Knox on Sept. 5, with junior Addison Mcdearmon controlling the match from both the service line and the front row in a 2-0 tournament win.

Mcdearmon finished with six kills on eight swings — a .625 hitting percentage — and added three aces, eight assists and five digs to lead the Bluestreaks in nearly every category. Her 12 serve attempts were the most on the team, and she missed just one, serving at 91.7 percent.

Martinsville’s serving was the difference. The Bluestreaks put 43 of 48 serves in play and converted 11 of them into aces, a pace that gave North Knox little chance to establish any offensive rhythm. Senior Bella Reed matched Mcdearmon with three aces on nine attempts, junior Molly Kannamacher added two, and senior Trinity Simons, junior Ezzy Herrera and senior Harper Baird each chipped in one.

At the net, the Bluestreaks hit .195 as a team with 18 kills on 41 attempts. Herrera was second on the squad with four kills and also led the block with two block assists. Sophomore Austyn Davidson put down three kills, while Kannamacher and Simons each added two and junior Myah Arney had one. Martinsville’s setting duties were split evenly between Mcdearmon and Kannamacher, who each distributed eight assists.

The back row belonged to Baird, who turned in the busiest defensive shift of the night with 12 digs and 15 serve-receive attempts — both team highs — while handling the bulk of North Knox’s serve pressure. Mcdearmon added five digs, Davidson four and Simons three as Martinsville dug 28 balls in the two-set match.

The win moved Martinsville to 15-10 on the season. North Knox dropped to 3-21.

Game Summary

Score by Sets

Individual set scores were not included in the available data.

Individual Statistics — Martinsville

ATTACKING: Addison Mcdearmon 6 K, 8 att, 1 e, .625; Ezzy Herrera 4 K, 7 att, 3 e, .143; Austyn Davidson 3 K, 10 att, 3 e, .000; Molly Kannamacher 2 K, 8 att, 1 e, .125; Trinity Simons 2 K, 4 att, 1 e, .250; Myah Arney 1 K, 3 att, 0 e, .333; Bella Reed 0 K, 1 att, 1 e. Team: 18 K, 41 att, 10 e, .195

SERVING: Mcdearmon 3 aces, 12 att, 1 e (91.7%); Reed 3 aces, 9 att; Kannamacher 2 aces, 8 att, 2 e (75.0%); Harper Baird 1 ace, 6 att; Herrera 1 ace, 4 att; Simons 1 ace, 9 att, 2 e (77.8%). Team: 11 aces, 48 att, 5 e

BLOCKING: Herrera 2 BA; Kannamacher 1 BA; Simons 1 BA. Team: 4 total blocks

DIGGING: Baird 12; Mcdearmon 5; Davidson 4; Simons 3; Kannamacher 2; Herrera 1; Reed 1. Team: 28

BALL HANDLING / ASSISTS: Mcdearmon 8 ast (20 BHA); Kannamacher 8 ast (20 BHA); Simons 1 ast (2 BHA). Team: 17 assists

SERVE RECEIVING: Baird 15 rec, 2 e; Simons 6 rec, 1 e; Reed 5 rec, 1 e; Kannamacher 2 rec; Davidson 1 rec. Team: 29 rec, 4 e

North Knox: Individual statistics were not available in the provided data.