Susquehanna Women's Soccer, Volleyball and Wilkes Women's Soccer Raise Money for SU Volleyball Player Sarah Flannery

SELINSGROVE, Pa. -- The Susquehanna University women's soccer and women's volleyball teams and the Wilkes University women's soccer team conducted a charitable fundraiser in conjunction with the Susquehanna-Wilkes women's soccer game on Sept. 30. The effort raised $185 in support of the Sarah Flannery Fund, designed to offset the cost of surgical needs for Sarah Flannery--a future SU women's volleyball roster-member diagnosed with cancer shortly before the fall 2009 semester.

Flannery suffers from thymoma--a rare cancerous tumor that has partially surrounded her heart. She will begin classes at SU in 2010 and officially join the university's women's volleyball team at that time.

The fundraising effort was started by a high school classmate of Flannery's.

The Susquehanna women's volleyball team walked the stands during the game to collect donations.