Hammond’s .429 Night Not Enough as Martinsville Falls 2-0 at Dieterich

DIETERICH, Ill. — Martinsville’s varsity volleyball team got efficient swinging from the front row and steady digging from the back, but it wasn’t enough to stop Dieterich in a 2-0 non-conference loss on Sept. 17.

The Bluestreaks fell to 15-10 on the season, while the Movin Maroons improved to 9-15 with the straight-set win at home.

Junior Hope Hammond gave Martinsville its most reliable option on the attack, hammering four kills on seven swings with just one error for a team-best .429 hitting percentage. She was the Bluestreaks’ most complete player on the night, adding two aces on 16 serve attempts and five digs.

Fellow junior Ezzy Herrera was just as sharp in limited chances, putting down three kills on six error-free swings for a .500 clip and leading the team with two total blocks — one solo, one assisted. Sophomore Charity Hammond matched that block total in only one set of work, posting a solo stuff and an assist for a 2.0 blocks-per-set rate.

The problem for Martinsville came in volume. The Bluestreaks finished with 17 kills against 15 attack errors on 63 swings, a .032 team hitting percentage that never let them string together the runs they needed. Sophomore Austyn Davidson took a team-high 14 swings and produced three kills but was charged with six errors, while senior Trinity Simons had two kills and four errors on 11 attempts.

Junior Addison Mcdearmon ran the offense, distributing eight assists at 4.0 per set while also contributing two kills, two aces on seven serve attempts and five digs. Junior Molly Kannamacher added six assists and shared the team dig lead with 10, serving at 83.3 percent.

The defensive effort kept Martinsville in rallies. Simons matched Kannamacher with 10 digs, senior Harper Baird chipped in seven, and the Bluestreaks dug up 44 balls across the two sets. Baird also shouldered the heaviest serve-receive load, handling 15 passes, with Simons taking 12 and Davidson seven.

Serve receive proved costly, though. Martinsville was charged with 11 reception errors, handing Dieterich free points at a rate that straight-set matches rarely allow a team to overcome. The Bluestreaks served well by comparison, committing only two service errors while collecting four aces.

Martinsville carries a winning record into the remainder of its schedule and will look to tighten up its first-contact passing and cut down the attack errors that defined this one.

Game Summary

Score by Sets

Individual set scores were not included in the available data.

Match Note: Non-conference match played at Dieterich.

Individual Statistics — Martinsville

KILLS: Hope Hammond 4 (7 att, 1 err, .429); Ezzy Herrera 3 (6 att, 0 err, .500); Austyn Davidson 3 (14 att, 6 err, -.214); Addison Mcdearmon 2 (12 att, 1 err, .083); Trinity Simons 2 (11 att, 4 err, -.182); Molly Kannamacher 1; Myah Arney 1; Harper Baird 1. Team: 17 kills, 15 errors, 63 attempts, .032.

ASSISTS: Addison Mcdearmon 8 (4.0/set); Molly Kannamacher 6 (3.0/set); Myah Arney 1. Team: 15.

SERVING (ACES): Hope Hammond 2 (16 att); Addison Mcdearmon 2 (7 att). Service errors: Molly Kannamacher 1 (83.3%); Trinity Simons 1 (83.3%). Team: 4 aces, 2 errors.

DIGS: Molly Kannamacher 10 (5.0/set); Trinity Simons 10 (5.0/set); Harper Baird 7; Hope Hammond 5; Addison Mcdearmon 5; Bella Reed 4; Ezzy Herrera 2; Austyn Davidson 1. Team: 44.

BLOCKS: Ezzy Herrera 2 (1 solo, 1 assist); Charity Hammond 2 (1 solo, 1 assist). Team: 4.

SERVE RECEIVE: Harper Baird 15 (3 err); Trinity Simons 12 (5 err); Austyn Davidson 7 (2 err); Bella Reed 3 (1 err); Addison Mcdearmon 2; Myah Arney 1. Team: 40 receptions, 11 errors.