Miller’s Seven Kills and Five Aces Carry Robinson Past Martinsville in Three Sets

MARTINSVILLE, Ill. — Robinson found its margin at the service line Monday, and it was enough. The Maroons beat Martinsville 2-1 in a non-conference road match on Sept. 8, surviving a three-set night in which the hosts hit the ball harder but gave away more of it.

Grace Miller was the difference on both ends of the rally. The junior led Robinson with seven kills on 16 swings — a team-best .250 hitting percentage — and served five aces without a single service error in 15 attempts. She added two total blocks and 14 serve-receive passes, playing all three sets in nearly every phase of the match.

Robinson’s serving as a whole kept Martinsville out of system. The Maroons put up 12 aces against seven service errors, with sophomore Harper Weck landing three aces in just 10 serve attempts and Olivia Chiasson converting 19 of 20 serves with an ace of her own for a team-high 13 service points. Miller accounted for nine service points, Klaira Strohm five.

Senior setter Sicily Rawlings ran the offense, handing out 14 assists on 82 ball-handling attempts with only three errors while also putting down three kills on 15 swings and digging 10 balls. Julia Wampler added four kills at a .167 clip, and Eva Brashear took the heaviest workload on the pins with 30 attack attempts.

The back row held up under pressure. Brashear, Macee Hammond and Rawlings each recorded 10 digs, and Strohm chipped in nine as Robinson scraped together 49 digs. Hammond was Robinson’s steadiest passer, handling 17 serve-receive attempts without an error.

Martinsville out-hit the Maroons in raw production — 28 kills to 20, 70 digs to 49 — but 24 attack errors proved costly. Senior Trinity Simons was the Bluestreaks’ most complete player with eight kills on 22 swings, 17 digs and a team-high 19 serve-receive attempts. Junior Hope Hammond added seven kills, and sophomore Austyn Davidson and junior Addison Mcdearmon had five apiece, Mcdearmon doing it most efficiently at .267.

Junior Molly Kannamacher led the Martinsville offense with 15 assists and Mcdearmon added 10 in a two-setter look. Senior Harper Baird anchored the defense with 21 digs and 15 serve-receive attempts, while senior Bella Reed contributed nine digs and a team-high three aces.

Robinson improves to 12-10 on the season. Martinsville falls to 15-10.

Game Summary

Score by Sets

Individual set scores were not available in the submitted box score.

Team Totals

Individual Statistics

KILLS: Robinson — Grace Miller 7, Julia Wampler 4, Sicily Rawlings 3, Lily Brown 2, Eva Brashear 2, Avah Myers 1, Klaira Strohm 1. Martinsville — Trinity Simons 8, Hope Hammond 7, Addison Mcdearmon 5, Austyn Davidson 5, Ezzy Herrera 3.

ATTACKING (K-E-ATT, PCT): Robinson — Miller 7-3-16, .250; Rawlings 3-0-15, .200; Wampler 4-1-18, .167; Strohm 1-0-1, 1.000; Brashear 2-5-30, -.100; Brown 2-3-12, -.083; Myers 1-4-9, -.333. Martinsville — Herrera 3-1-7, .286; Mcdearmon 5-1-15, .267; Simons 8-4-22, .182; H. Hammond 7-5-23, .087; Davidson 5-8-17, -.176.

SERVING (ACES-SE-ATT, PTS): Robinson — Miller 5-0-15, 9 pts; Weck 3-1-10, 4 pts; Chiasson 1-1-19, 13 pts; Strohm 1-1-9, 5 pts; Brashear 1-1-8, 1 pt; Rawlings 1-2-8, 1 pt. Martinsville — Reed 3-3-12; Kannamacher 2-1-16; H. Hammond 1-1-9; Simons 1-0-13.

ASSISTS: Robinson — Rawlings 14, M. Hammond 3, Miller 1. Martinsville — Kannamacher 15, Mcdearmon 10, Reed 1, Baird 1, Simons 1.

DIGS: Robinson — Brashear 10, M. Hammond 10, Rawlings 10, Strohm 9, Miller 4, Chiasson 3, Brown 2, Myers 1. Martinsville — Baird 21, Simons 17, Reed 9, Kannamacher 6, Davidson 5, H. Hammond 4, Mcdearmon 4, Herrera 3, Arney 1.

BLOCKING (BS-BA-TOT): Robinson — Miller 1-1-2, Brashear 1-0-1, Rawlings 0-1-1. Martinsville — Herrera 1-0-1.

SERVE RECEIVE (R-RE): Robinson — M. Hammond 17-0, Miller 14-5, Brashear 8-1, Strohm 7-0, Brown 4-0, Kidwell 1-0, Chiasson 1-0, Myers 1-0. Martinsville — Simons 19-1, Baird 15-2, Davidson 10-0, Reed 5-1, Mcdearmon 4-0, H. Hammond 2-1, Arney 1-1, C. Hammond 1-0.