Tonights match between the Lady Raiders of GRCC and the Red Hawks of Lake Michigan College is the final regular season game for both teams. Tonight Is a very special night at the Fieldhouse as we say farewell to ten wonderful sophomores and also have Brady Bustrum of Rockford as their honorary captain! ,In the Chip Will era, the Raiders have a 15-1 record against LMC including winning the last 11 matches!, Earlier this year, the Raiders took care of the Red Hawks in a 3-0 (25-8, 25-6, 25-15) win in Benton Harbor.
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LMC – The visitors come into tonight's match with a 0-22 overall record and 0-13 record in the conference., This is will be the final match of the season for LMC and the final match of their LMC careers for five sophomores; Setter -
Courtney Shirrell, Setter/Right Side -
April Kotskey, Middle Blockers -
Casey Clark &
Kaitlyn Head, and Defensive Specialist -
Karrianne Lane.,
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Grand Rapids CC – The #12 ranked Raiders have won 15 of their last 16, including a 3-0 win last Thursday against Kellogg CC that earned them the outright Conference Championship (their 6
th ever and 5
th in the past 7 seasons). That win improved them to 22-3 overall and a perfect 13-0 in conference.,
Rosalyn Wyse led the Raiders with 9 kills while
Michelle Holland and
Dacey Cook chipped in with 7 kills apiece., In the first meeting with LMC,
Micaela Deshetsky and
Jenna Karel each had 6 kills while
Amanda Glaza and Ros each had 11 digs., On the season,
Audrey Wyse and
Katlyn Agren have combined for nearly half of the Raiders' total aces with 63.,
Shelby Ruffner is now just 7 kills away from the 200 mark on the season.
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With a win today the Raiders will finish the conference season undefeated for just the 3
rd time in their history., They will play again this Saturday at noon in the State Tournament against either Lansing or Mott CC., Enjoy the match and we invite you to come check GRCC Volleyball out in postseason play as they try to win a 2
nd National Title in the past 3 years!, If you can't make a game, you can follow us live on
Ustream.com/GRCCVolleyball.
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