Alma, Mich. - On senior day the Alma College women's lacrosse dropped to Calvin College on Saturday (Apr.16) by a score of 16-9. Alma's record fell to 4-6 on the season and 1-3 in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA). Calvin's overall record improved to 5-5 and they are now 2-1 in the MIAA.

Alma got on the board first within the first minute of play when senior Ashton Street (Brighton, Mich./Brighton) notched an unassisted goal. Calvin went on a three goal run to take the 3-1 lead but Alma had three unanswered goals of themselves taking back control of the game at 4-3 with 14:38 left to play in the half. Calvin was relentless in the half and scored three goals, one of which was a man-up goal.

In the first half alone, freshman Nikki Holbrook (West Jordan, Utah/Copper Hills) had nine saves, tying her career game high. Alma also had six draw controls in the half compared to Calvin's five. 

Calvin added three more goals at the start of the second half to take the 9-4 lead before sophomore Shelby Frazer (Holt, Mich./Holt) netted a goal on an assist from Street. The second half was a back and forth game and senior Emily Reverman (Grand Ledge, Mich./Grand Ledge) cut Alma's deficit to 12-8 on a free position shot. However, Alma was unable to come back from the deficit and ended up falling to the Knights 16-9.

Both Street and Reverman led the team with three goals. Street picked up team high three assists and Reverman picked up team high three ground balls in tonight's game. Holbrook was in the net for Alma, recording a career high of 17 saves in the loss. Her record moved to 4-5 this 2016 season.

The Alma College women's lacrosse team has four more conference games in regular season and they will travel to Saint Mary's College on Friday (Apr. 22) with a game time of 5:00 p.m. Alma will then welcome Kalamazoo College to Bahlke Field on the campus of Alma College on April 26 for their last home game of the 2016 season. The game is set to begin at 4:00 p.m. 

QUOTE:

Head Coach Ashley Johnson

on the evening... 

"It was great to celebrate our seniors prior to this game. We played a very strong first half, however we weren't able to maintain that level of play for an entire game. We will focus on playing for a full 60 minutes."