Lady Raiders Raise Awareness for a Great Cause!

On Thursday, September 18th, the Lady Raider Volleyball sponsored the third annual "Pink Out" for breast cancer awareness. In the spirit of raising awareness, there were booths set up from Bluffton Regional Medical center and Parkview Hospital out of Fort Wayne giving away free information about cancer, free items, and even a free mammogram. Many items were donated by local business to raffle off such as floral arrangements donated by The Posy Room out of Montpellier, Amazon gift cards, and iTunes gift cards. A fifty/fifty raffle also took place.

The Raiders took on the Bluffton Tigers on  Thursday's game. The Lady Raiders came out strong with a 7-1 lead. The Tigers quickly retaliated with a 14 point scoring run and ended up beating the Raiders 25-13. The Raiders fought back in game two and won 26-24. However, the Raider couldn't pull out the win, losing the next two games 23-25 and 18-25.

The Raiders were lead in kills by Allison Blevins with 6, Arrianne Moore followed with 5, Savannah Deakyne 4, Megan Horton 3, and Megan Fiechter 2. Blevins had 4 blocks, Moore 3, and Lela Knowles 1. Bailey Kohr and Blevins had 1 ace. Knowles lead in digs with 10, followed Megan Fiechter and Deakyne with 6, Blevins 5, Kohr and Horton 3, Sydnee Jones and Moore each had 1. Fiechter had 15 assists, Jones and Blevins each had one.

Even though the evening's game didn't go the way the Raiders wanted, they still feel they had a successful night by raising awareness for a great cause. Senior Bailey Kohr had this to say about the pink out game:
" I love the pink out game every year because we have so much fun and we love playing for a good cause, This year we were raising money for someone close to the team. All the money stayed local. We had such a successful pink out game. Thank you to all of our sponsors there talking and helping raise awareness."