The College of Wooster volleyball team won its first set in the final day of the Great Lakes Crossover on Saturday.
However, it was all they could collect, taking a 3-1 loss to Alma College and a 3-0 loss to Mount St. Joseph University.
In the first match against Alma, Wooster jumped ahead with a 25-19 first set. The Scots set the tone early, stringing five points together to move ahead 6-3.
They pulled away by stringing together four straight points twice, first by going from 15-12 to 19-12, then later, 19-16 to 23-16. JuniorÂ
Jordan Laraway collected on a kill in each stretch.
First-yearÂ
Evelyn Hackney got the final kill of the set.
Fortunes went toward Alma the rest of the way. Wooster battled with 25-20 and 25-19 second and third sets before Alma closed the Scots out in the fourth at 25-10.
Laraway and seniorÂ
Izzy Cozzie each collected eight kills to lead Wooster. First-yearÂ
Erin Ellis's 15 assists were just ahead of classmateÂ
Kennedy Muhlenkamp's 14.
SophomoreÂ
Catherine Muzilla served three of Wooster's seven aces and had a team-high 18 digs.
In match two, Wooster got a little closer in each set, falling in three at 25-15, 25-19, 25-22.
Kills were more spread out as Laraway, Hackney,Â
Kora Burill andÂ
Tamarra Talbert each wound up with four. Muhlenkamp led with 15 assists and three aces, whileÂ
Natalie Hohman collected a team-high 10 digs.
Wooster started the third on a 5-0 run thanks to Muhlenkamp's three aces. However, the Lions took the same run at 16-all to pull ahead at 21-16 in what would be too big of a gap for Wooster to respond. Wooster got it to within two at 24-22 before the Lions scored the match point.
Wooster (1-3) returns home Wednesday when they host Capital University in its home opener at Timken Gymnasium.
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