The Scots' Women's Soccer team continued its non-league competition on Wednesday afternoon and defeated the visiting Defiance Yellow Jackets by a margin of 7-1 at Scotland Yard. The win was Alma's second in a row and improved their record to 3-5-1 during a stretch of tough non-MIAA competition. Defiance fell to 3-4 on the season.

Alma jumped on the Yellow Jackets early when the two team captains connected at 4:16, as Kelley Walsh knocked in a cross from Tara Fitzsimmons for a 1-0 lead. The lead expanded to 2-0 when Carly Reising scored on her own corner kick at 24:53, and less than two minutes later, T. Fitzsimmons knocked in a pass from Walsh for a 3-0 Alma advantage.

Defiance got on the board at 34:02 when Lauren Ranalli scored an unassisted goal to make it a 3-1 game. Alli Meurer completed the first half scoring on a header off of a pass from T. Fitzsimmons at 40:57, giving Alma a 4-1 halftime lead.

Jessica Swan, Alma's leading scorer, got into the act at 52:53, when she scored on a pass from Becky Marton and the Scots were up 5-1. Elaine Cunningham notched an unassisted goal at 74:30 and Meurer scored her second of the game in the 78th minute (an assist from Kelsey Bailey) to give the home team the 7-1 victory.

On the day, Alma outshot Defiance by a margin of 34-9 (19 shots on goal to five SOG), led by T. Fitzsimmons' seven shots (four SOG) and Reising's five shots (three SOG). Meurer added four shots of her own, all on goal in Alma's win.

Alma will continue the 2009 non-league portion of their schedule on Saturday afternoon, when they take on Oberlin College at Scotland Yard. Start time is scheduled for Noon.