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Pierson's Helena Kolhoff sends a serve. MARIANNE BARNETT
Zeza Letao, left, and
Pierson's Milla Compomar sets the ball. MARIANNE BARNETT
Friday night's game served as both Pierson/Bridgehampton girls volleyball team's Senior Night and Dig Pink Game where it raised over $500 for the Ellen Hermanson Foundation. MARIANNE BARNETT
The Whalers communicating on the court together. MARIANNE BARNETT
Pierson's Mariana Guitierez serves. MARIANNE BARNETT
Pierson's Harper Craig throws the ball up for a serve. MARIANNE BARNETT
Pierson's Zeza Letao serves. MARIANNE BARNETT
Whalers Lyra Aubry, left, and Milla Compomar enjoy Friday night's festivities. MARINNE BARNETT
Pierson senior Helena Kolhoff gets up for a serve. MARIANNE BARNETT
Pierson senior Lyra Aubry digs a ball. MARIANNE BARNETT
Pierson senior captain Helena Kolhoff with her mother Diana. MARIANNE BARNETT
Pierson's Amy Flemming is there to record a dig. MARIANNE BARNETT
The Whalers celebrate another point. MARIANNE BARNETT
Pierson's Khalila Martin digs a ball. MARIANNE BARNETT
The Whalers celebrate a point. MARIANNE BARNETT
The Whalers get set to take on Southampton on Friday night. MARIANNE BARNETT
Pierson/Bridgehampton girls volleyball head coach Hilary Corwin dressed for the occasion for her team's Dig Pink Game. MARIANNE BARNETT
Pierson's Lyra Aubry gets up for a block. MARIANNE BARNETT
Pierson/Bridgehampton celebrates its 3-0 victory over Southampton. MARIANNE BARNETT
It was a successful Senior Night and Dig Pink Game for the Pierson/Bridgehampton girls volleyball team on Friday night when it hosted Southampton.
First off, the Whalers raised $522 as part of their Dig Pink Game through donations and a bake sale for the Ellen Hermanson Foundation which, as stated on ellenhermanson.org, was established in 1997 to honor the memory of Ellen Hermanson, an activist and an advocate for breast cancer patients and their families. A journalist, Hermanson, who died of breast cancer in 1995, sought to educate her readers about the importance of early detection, the challenges of living with breast cancer, the very real but little discussed or understood issue of pain management, and the debilitating effects of breast cancer on the entire family.
The Whalers then honored its six seniors, which included Lyra Aubry, Mariana Gutierrez, Helena Kolhoff, Khalila Martin, Caroline McGuire and Sheilly Ruiz. And they went on to successfully defeat Southampton, 3-0, in set scores of 26-24, 25-18, 25-21.
Aubry finished with seven kills and three blocks, Kolhoff record six kills and five aces and Gutierrez served up five aces.
“The first set was definitely really close,” Pierson head coach Hilary Corwin said. “There were also nine missed serves in the first set. After that the girls kind of picked it up and wound up finishing with more aces than missed serves, which was awesome.”
The victory improved Pierson to 5-9 in League VII, 5-11 overall. Being that it is one of only two Class C teams in Suffolk County with Port Jefferson, Corwin said she would discuss possibly petitioning Section XI, the governing body of Suffolk County high school athletics, with her athletic director Brian Tardif to force a “C” Championship with the Royals, who are 13-2 in League VII, 15-2 overall. The Whalers were scheduled to finish out the regular season against Ross on Tuesday and Port Jeff on Wednesday. Victories in both matches would go a long way in a successful petition, but Corwin said win or lose against Port Jeff this week, she’s apt to file the petition either way.
