The Forester volleyball team was defeated 25-19, 25-15, 25-20 at Carroll University Tuesday night. Lake Forest fell to 15-9 overall and 5-3 in Midwest Conference play.
Senior Molly McCloskey was the only Forester in doubles figures in kills with 12 while classmate Tia Rupnik and sophomores Brooke Perkins and Torie Pasiewicz reached the mark in digs with 13, 11, and 10, respectively. Pasiewicz also finishd with 19 assists.
Carroll scored the first four points of the match but the Foresters came back with four of the next five. The teams were not separated by more than two points again until, with the score tied at 17, The Pioneers used an 8-2 run to take the set.
The home team jumped out to an 11-3 lead in the second set and led by as many as 11 points en route to a 25-15 win.
Lake Forest led 13-8 in the third set but the Pioneers rattled off eight straight points and led the rest of the way.
Carroll raised its overall record to 13-14 and improved to 5-4 in the MWC.
The Foresters will close out the regular season with a pair of road matches this weekend. The team will play at Monmouth College Friday night at 7:00 and at Knox College the following afternoon at 1:00. Victories in both matches would make Lake Forest the #3 seed in the four-team MWC Tournament November 2-3. A loss in either contest could lead to tiebreaker scenarios with one or two other teams in the league, including Carroll, for the fourth and final spot in the tourney.
