Women's Soccer Light the Night Walk with LLS
By: Sam Baldwin (@ZipsSam / @ZipsWSOC), Sept. 24, 2013, Women's Soccer
The Akron women's soccer team recently held an event for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, following Sunday's home match, to bring awareness to the organization and help with the cause.
Senior Rachel Dennis, who was a major part of organizing the event, had this to say:
"The Akron Light The Night walk was a big success. All summer for my internship, the LLS employees worked hard on creating successful walks. I felt this was the perfect opportunity to get Akron women's soccer more involved with LLS than in previous years. We have a great group of girls here, and I knew in reaching out to my teammates that they would be interested. A lot of my teammates helped raise funds with the bake sale we hosted for the home opener. In the end, our walk team raised a little under $2,000 for LLS. I think for all the girls that walked it was an eye opening experience seeing the people who have survived cancer, and also seeing how passionate people are about the cause. I couldn't ask for a better group of girls to spend so much time with, and also a better organization like LLS to work with."
Head coach Vernon Croft was also able to meet Ava, a leukemia survivor, prior to the home opener on September 9 as a part of LLS Day at FirstEnergy Stadium - Cub Cadet Field.
Coach Croft said of the his team's involvement in the event, "I am extremely proud of our players, specifically Rachel, for their understanding that there is more to life than just the game. Each one of us either directly or within a person removed has been touched by cancer and possibly even as specific as a blood cancer, like Luekemia or Lymphoma. For our players to donate their time, money, and energies to help support such a wonderful group and help them increase awareness is just outstanding."
In other news, be sure to tune into tonight's men's soccer match against Ohio State, as Coach Croft will be a featured guest during the second half of the NSCAA.TV broadcast of the game. To view the broadcast tonight at 7 p.m., follow this link.
