On a gloomy Saturday afternoon, the Alma College women's soccer team defeated Trine 3-0 at Scotland Yard. With the victory, the Scots improve to 12-6 overall and remain in third in the MIAA with a 12-3 mark. The Thunder drop to 2-15 on the year and 1-14 in conference with the loss.

It feels good to honor our seniors with a 3-0 win, in dominating fashion," said Alma Head Coach Jeff Hosler. "These four girls have done so much for this program, and they are leading the charge down the home stretch into the postseason."

"Today was not our best performance, but I am happy with how we made tactical adjustments and applied them. "We are very focused right now, and the girls are eager to get back on the field in a huge game Monday at Kalamazoo as we chase an MIAA championship."

Alma got on the board at 13:25 when Sr. M Taryn Handyside (Montrose/Hill-McCloy) recorded her sixth goal of the season off a cross from Jr. F Mackenzie Smith (Saginaw/Saginaw Nouvel) to put the Scots up 1-0.  Alma continued to attack, collecting eight shots compared to just one by Trine, but were unable to capitalize and the score remained 1-0 heading into halftime.

The Scots continued to pressure the Thunder in the second half, Fr. F Brianna Russell (Plainwell/Delton Kellogg) found the back of the net at 70:02 off an assist by Fr. D Megan Kalanik (Milford/Lakeland) to give Alma the 2-0 advantage. At 84:22, So. M Agatha Weddle (White Lake/Walled Lake Northern) tallied her eighth goal of the season off a Russell assist to seal the 3-0 victory for the Scots.

Statistically, Alma dominated the shots count 24-2 while recording four corner kicks compared to just two by the Thunder.

In goal, Fr. GK Marissa Platz (Belmont/Rockford) recorded two saves for Alma while Jamie Schnarr collected seven for Trine on Saturday.

The Scots end the regular season on the road, traveling to take on Kalamazoo in a pivotal conference match at 7 p.m.