The Alma Women's Soccer team continued play on Thursday and defeated NAIA opponent University of Michigan-Dearborn by a score of 3-0. The non-conference match was played at Scotland Yard in Alma on a beautiful Fall afternoon in Mid-Michigan.

The win improved Head Coach Jeff Hosler's young Scots squad to 8-5 on the 2008 campaign, equaling the entire 2007 season win total for the team. Alma is now off until October 15, when they travel to play Manchester College (IN) in another non-conference tilt before resuming MIAA action on October 18, when they travel to Olivet to play the rival Comets.

M/F Carly Reising (Ottsego, MI) opened Thursday's scoring with a goal at the 27:00 mark of the first half on a pass from M Becky Marton (Williamston, MI) to put the Scots ahead by a score of 1-0.

In the second half, M Sarah Merritt (Lake Orion, MI) took a punt (and an assist) from GK Alex Kirchner (Racine, WI) and put it past Dearborn GK Brittany Vella for a 2-0 Alma lead in the 83rd minute. The Scots closed out the scoring in the 87th minute when M Annette Stromberg (N. Muskegon, MI) tallied an unassisted goal from 20 feet out to make the final score 3-0.

Alma outshot Dearborn by a total of 20-1 and were led by F Tara's Fitzsimmons' (Marshall, MI) five shots. GK Monica Witt (Clio, MI) stopped the only Wolves shot of the day in the second half.