he Alma College Men's Soccer team traveled to Albion on Saturday afternoon for a MIAA contest. After a delay due to weather, the Britons were able to pull out a 2-1 victory over a Scots team that saw another close decision not go there way. With the loss, Alma is now 2-9-2 in the MIAA and 5-10-2 overall, while Albion is 6-7 in the league and 9-8-1 in 2011.

Albion scored the first two goals of the game at 7:43, when Ben Lightner scored unassisted, and then made it 2-0, when Matt Wester connected on a pass from Tom Dickman at 68:59.

The Scots, as usual, would not quit and made the game interesting, when So. M Eric Plisko (Livonia, Mich./Stevenson) scored an unassisted goal at the 75:29 mark to cut the deficit to one. However, Alma was not able to get the equalizer and fell to the hosts by the margin of 2-1.

For the Scots, So. GK Graham Wallace (Grand Rapids, Mich./Forest Hills Eastern) finished with six saves, while four players had shots on goal for the visitors. Plisko had two shots on goal, while three other had one a piece - Sr. M Dirk Roskam (Jenison, Mich./Jenison), Fr. F Trae Pitts (N. Muskegon, Mich./N. Muskegon) and Fr. CB David Gettel (Madison Heights, Mich./Lamphere).

The Scots will finish their 2011 season on Wednesday, when they host Calvin College at Scotland Yard. The game is scheduled to begin at 4:00 p.m.

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