The Alma Women's Soccer team established another new school milestone on Tuesday, when they defeated visiting Adrian College, 2-0, ensuring that the Scots will host their first-ever MIAA Tournament Championship.

The game, at Scotland Yard, will take place on Saturday afternoon, beginning at Noon. Alma will take on Calvin College in a game that will determine the automatic league berth into the NCAA Tournament, with the winner getting the bid.

"These girls continue to impress me each and every day," said Alma Head Coach Jeff Hosler. "We went out and did what we needed to do against a good Adrian team and now have advanced to the MIAA Final.

"Again, at the end of the game, it was very business like with no celebrating. We have put ourselves in a position to accomplish something new and exciting for this program and we look forward to Saturday. It will be a tough challenge, but it will be fun and we will see what happens."  

Alma opened the scoring at 31:44, when Jr. F Alli Meurer (Holland, MI/Zeeland West) scored a nifty goal, assisted byJr. M/F Carly Reising (Otsego, MI/Otsego).

The Scots increased their lead to 2-0 at 40:20, when Jr. M Becky Marton (Williamston, MI/Williamston) scored a goal off of a corner kick from Reising that also glanced off of Fr, M Taryn Handyside (Montrose, MI/Hill-McCloy), who earned an assist on the tally.

In the second half, Alma defended well and was able to hold off any Adrian comeback attempt. For the game, Alma had 19 shots to five for the Bulldogs, with a 7-2 advantage in shots on goal.

Marton finished with four total shots, three on goal, while Reising and Meurer both added four shots, each with one on goal. Additionally, Handyside tallied four shots also, with two on goal.