The Wagner Lady Red Raiders hosted the Parkston Trojans for their annual Dig Pink Match on Tuesday, October 15th. It was a great battle but the Red Raiders fell short in the fifth set. Scores of the match were 25-19, 29-31, 16-25, 25-21, and 12-15.

Freshman Hannah Holzbauer threw down 21 kills in the match while Ravyn Medricky tallied 11, Brylie Link added 6 and Adara Hopkins had 4. Setter Braxton Nedved dished out 33 assists on the night. At the service line Nedved led with 13 points/1 ace, Holzbauer racked up 9 points/2 aces, while Libby Kotab had 8 points/3 aces, and Brianna Fuchs had 7 points/2 aces. Kotab scrambled for 41 digs while Medricky picked up 19, Holzbauer added 16, and Nedved had 12. Medricky put up 7 solo blocks while Holzbauer, Fuchs, and Link each put up 2 apiece.

The JV lost a close match with scores of 25-21, 19-25, and 8-15. Adara Hopkins and Brianna Fuchs led all hitters with 3 kills each while Emma Kreeger had 2. Mila Hopkins had 6 assists and Kylin Insko had 3. Mateya Bruguier led behind the service line tallying 11 points/2 aces, Insko added 7 points/3 aces, and M. Hopkins had 5 points/1 ace. M. Hopkins led the defense picking up 10 digs, Hayden Knudsen and Insko each grabbed 7 apiece and M. Bruguier had 6. Up at the net Fuchs had 2 stops while M. Hopkins, A. Bruguier, and M. Bruguier each had 1.

The C team finished strong and came away with a nice win with scores of 19-25, 25-22, and 15-12. Taelyn Knebel led the attack throwing down 5 kills, while Ty’Shay Medicine Bear added 4 and Tegan Langdeaux had 3. Camry Link tallied 12 assists in the win. Link led all servers earning 13 points/1 ace and Knebel added 10 points/3 aces. Bella Kotab and Kendra VanDuysen both led the defense with 10 digs apiece. Link scrambled for 9 digs while Langdeaux and Izzy Myer each picked up 8. Knebel also added 7 in the win.

The Wagner and Parkston Volleyball programs take turns every other year to raise money for their local cancer foundations. This year the Wagner volleyball team sold Crumbl cookies, raffled off a Dig Pink basket, served for pizzas, and collected donations for the cause. Players from both teams hung up ribbons to recognize someone they wanted to play for in the match. Since Wagner hosted this year, we chose to honor teacher and friend Stacy Fousek during our match. Stacy is our elementary computer teacher here at Wagner and a huge part of our volleyball family.