The Wagner Volleyball team traveled to Winner on Saturday, October 22nd to compete in the SESD Conference Tournament. The Raiders went in ranked second by seed points. In the first round of pool play the Raiders faced Winner beating them in two straight sets with scores of 25-15 and 25-15. Then they went up against Bon Homme and won with scores of 25-11 and 25-10. After initial pool play the Lady Raiders were in the Championship Pool and would face two ranked programs Platte/Geddes and Burke. During the second round the Raiders swept Platte/Geddes 25-19 and 25-21 and then in the champion-ship match they battled with Burke and were crowned SESD champions with scores of 25-8, 17-25, and 25-22.

Wagner came out swinging and hit very well as a team. Kya Kjeldgaard and Emma Yost led with 21 kills along with Avari Bruguier earning 19, Shona Kocer put down 18, and Shalayne Nagel added 13. Macy Koupal distributed the ball well to her hitters and accumulated 80 assists on the day. Wagner served aggressively and it paid off. Nagel led at the service line racking up 33 points/8 aces, Madi Knebel tallied 25 points/3 aces, M. Koupal earned 22 points/6 aces, Kjeldgaard added 20 points, E. Yost served 19 points/1 ace, and Bruguier had 16 points/4 aces. In the back court E. Yost led the defense by scrambling for 49 digs, Bruguier picked up 37, Nagel scrapped for 34, Koupal added 26 and Knebel had 24. Wagner put up a huge front at the net with Kocer putting up 16 blocks, Nagel earned 14 stops, and Kjeldgaard added 12 on the day.

Wagner had three athletes voted to the All-tournament team. Congratulations to Shalayne Nagel, Macy Koupal, and Shona Kocer. Wagner will wrap up the regular season with Burke on Monday night and then will begin post season play on Tuesday, November 1st on their home court.