On Friday afternoon, the Scots Volleyball team took on the College of Wooster in the first match of the Purple Raider Classic and won by a margin of 3-0. Alma then played host Mt. Union tonight, dropping a 3-0 match.

In the first match, Alma won by scores of 25-23, 25-16 and 25-20, while against Mt. Union, the Scots were defeated 20-25, 15-25, 16-25.

"Winning in three agianst Wooster was a big step as they had us up 20-16 in the third set and we came back to win," remarked Scots Head Coach Sarah Dehring. "Against a very good Mt. Union team, we lost in three but the scores look worse than the actual match. They are very versatile, disciplined and dynamic and I believe they are the best team we have played so far this season.

"Stopping the runs of points was still our curse today. We were way down to start set one and rallied back to tie it, so that was another positive on the day."

In the win against Wooster, Sr. MH Lea Klooster (Jenison, Mich./Jenison) led the team with 14 kills and nine digs, while adding three assists and second in kills was Sr. MH Rebecca Trosper (Plano, TX/Lutheran North) with nine.

Fr. S Mary Dulzo (Novi, Mich./Mercy) had a team-high 14 assists and added four assists, while Sr. S Erika VanHavel (Mason, Mich./Mason) notched 13 assists and had four kills. In addition, Fr. OH/DS Sasha Laykova (Ternopil, Ukraine/Forest Hills Northern) had five kills and eight digs.

Jr. OH/DS Laura Walker (Roscommon, Mich./Roscommon) led Alma with 10 kills in the loss to Mt. Union and she added six digs. Dulzo paced the team with 12 assists and 11 digs, while VanHavel contributed 10 assists and four digs. Laykova had seven digs and Sr. DS/L Jaycee Cole (Alma, Mich./Alma) notched eight digs.