On Sunday, March 20, Southeastern students participated in “Kicking for a Cure,” an event held by Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority. The event consisted of 13 teams of 10-12 members each, competing in a kickball tournament located on North Campus. Students were asked to pay $15 to participate in the event and all proceeds went to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The event was organized by Emily McDonald, a freshman history and sociology major, with help from senior Mary Gervais.

“Susan G. Komen is our local philanthropy and we wanted to donate more money to them. Every sorority tends to have one big event annually, and this is ours.” said Gervais. Gervais also expressed her concerns over breast cancer in general and how many people are effected by it each day.

The sorority adopted the theme “We kick because we care,” and each participating member was given a free t-shirt. This was the third year Sigma Sigma Sigma hosted the event. All teams provided their own team t-shirts and names, such as “team Blackout” and “team Charlie Sheen.”

“The same team has won it two years in a row,” said Gervais at the beginning of the tournament, referring to team Balls and Dolls, “so we have a couple teams out here ready to dethrone them.”

Any Southeastern student could participate however, most Southeastern sororities and fraternities were represented in the event. Food and cold drinks were provided for the event by parents and other volunteers, with a DJ providing the music.

The teams gathered under a cloudless sky at 9 a.m. and the tournament lasted until 4 p.m., with high temperatures of near 80 degrees. By the end of the day, all participants were either tanned or burnt. Despite this, the teams kept up their energy, as well as their joking. Each game consisted of four innings and the winning team was presented with a trophy.

The final championship game was a match up between “Balls and Dolls” and “team Charlie Sheen.” Because of a previous match up, Balls and Dolls had to defeat team Charlie Sheen twice before taking the trophy. The first game went into double overtime before Balls and Dolls finally took the first win of the two they needed with three runs to none in the sixth inning.

The second game had no scores until the third inning where Balls and Dolls suddenly came forward with five runs, and finished up the game with three more in the fourth.

“We look forward to coming back next year and winning for a fourth time,” said graduate student Trey Scott, and his teammates were quick to collectively add comments about their pleasure raising money for charity.