By HockomockSports.com Staff
Oliver Ames senior Addyson Smock has been selected as the HockomockSports.com Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, for Nov. 11 through Nov. 17. Smock is the 11th athlete chosen as Player of the Week for the 2024-25 school year.
Smock recorded double-digit kills in each round of the state tournament, helping the Tigers make history by reaching the program’s first ever Div. 2 final. The University of Alabama-Birmingham-commit set a career-high for kills in the title game, as OA gave top seed Westboro a battle over four sets before the Rangers eventually claimed their third straight championship.
“Addyson was a focal point in our team dynamic — offensively and defensively,” said Oliver Ames head coach Chelsea Cunningham. “She was a force on the net through every match and brought the intensity and power throughout every game in the postseason. Without her, we would not have been in the position we were throughout the tournament…and it showed as she made every moment count through her.”
In the playoff opener against Grafton, OA (the No. 2 seed in D2) started with a dominant sweep of Grafton, despite missing a pair of starters. Smock had 10 kills in the win. In the Sweet Sixteen against Burlington, Smock had a dozen kills and four blocks, as the Tigers added another sweep. Against Longmeadow in the quarterfinal, Smock had 17 kills and four blocks to help the Tigers get past the previously unbeaten Lancers and book a place in their first Final Four.
At Framingham in the state semifinal, OA faced another unbeaten team, Billerica, that was fresh off a win against Canton in the last round. The Tigers survived a battle in the second set, before a dominant third clinched 3-0 victory over the Indians. Smock finished the match with 12 kills and a pair of blocks to help the playoff run continue. In the final against Westboro, OA got off to a tough start against the two-time defending champs but started to get Smock more involved in the second set, taking it 25-18. This was the third Hock opponent for the Rangers in a state final (King Philip in 2022 and Canton last year) and the first time they had dropped a set. OA gave Westboro all it could handle over the next two sets, just missing out on forcing it to five. Smock was the star for the Tigers. She set a new career-best with 20 kills and was a force on the block as well.
Click here for a Recap from OA’s win over Grafton.
Click here for a Photo Gallery from OA’s win over Longmeadow.
Click here for a Recap from OA’s win over Billerica in the Final Four.
Click here for a Recap from OA’s state final match against Westboro.
The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at 8:00PM. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision.
Addyson Smock
Addyson Smock The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision. Addyson Smock The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision. Addyson Smock The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision. Addyson Smock The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision. Addyson Smock The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision. Addyson Smock The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision. Addyson Smock The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the decision. Addyson Smock The Player of the Week, presented by Morse Insurance, is selected by the HockomockSports.com staff. Nominations can be submitted throughout the week up until Saturday night at
midnight. There may be a poll posted on every Sunday with the nominations. The results of the poll influence the selection but do not strictly dictate the
decision.
