Centreville, Mich. -- The 15th ranked Raiders completed their fourth straight conference championship season with a 3-0 sweep at Glen Oaks Community College Tuesday night.  The win improved the Raiders record to 26-6 overall and 15-1 in conference play.  The Vikings, who began the season 18-0, fell to 22-6 overall and finished fourth in the conference with a 10-6 record.

Both teams traded leads in the first set, but the Raiders would close out the set by scoring the final eight points after the Vikings had built a 20-17 lead. Danielle Johnston (Comstock Park, MI) (12 kills-9 digs) ended the set with one of the seven Raider aces on the night.

Set two was much like the opening set with each team exchanging leads. The momentum switched to the Raiders side for good after back to back aces by freshman Kylie Oberlin (Fruitport, MI) made it 16-14.  The visitors would end the set on a 12-3 run to win 25-17.  Johnston had four the Raiders 13 kills while freshman Annie Holesinger (Rockford, MI) (11 kills-3 blocks) added three.

The Raiders dominated the final set, by racking up a season high 19 kills on a .366 hitting percentage to finish off the sweep, 25-16. Holesinger, Johnston and sophomore outside Jasmine Wellet (Coldwater, MI) (7 kills-8 digs) all had four kills a piece. Sophomore Mykayla Vallad (Rockford, MI) had 12 of her career high 20 digs in the set.

As a team, the Raiders totaled 46 kills and hit .313.   Middle's Breanna Wickerink (Lake Odessa, MI) and Oberlin combined for 10 kills and hit close to .500.  Sophomore setter, Jamie Wellet (Coldwater, MI) had a match high 22 assists to go along with eight digs and two aces.

Game Notes:
-Holesinger recorded her 300th career kill and 50th career block.
-Jamie Wellet recorded her 50th career service ace.
-The Raiders have now won 10 total Conference Championships, dating back to 1999.
-The Raiders are now 9-0 life time against Glen Oaks, dropping just three sets.
-The Raiders have now won 72 of their last 74 conference matches.
-Vallad set a new career high for digs for the third straight match. 15 vs. Ancilla, 17 vs. Jackson, 20 at Glen Oaks.

The Raiders will return home Saturday, November 2nd as they play host to Mott Community College in the MCCAA Championship.  The Bears won the Eastern Conference with an 11-1 record.  The match is scheduled to begin at 3:00 PM and can be live streamed here.

Thursday, November 7th, the Raiders will travel to Port Huron for the NJCAA District Tournament, with the winner advancing to Nationals.  GRCC will play an opponent to be determined at 8:00 PM. For the complete bracket of the tournament you can follow this link.

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