The Lake Forest College volleyball team suffered a 25-18, 25-18, 25-19 loss at Illinois College Friday night.
The Forester offensive attack was led by freshman Rebekkah De Kok, who finished the evening with 10 kills and a .348 hitting percentage while the rest of the team combined for 16 kills and 15 errors in 92 attempts.
Junior Izzi Visnjevac led the visitors with 16 kills while sophomore Mary Gegen and freshman setter Juli Barrientos added 11 apiece. Senior Hannah Kobienia recorded four blocks while Barrientos tallied 21 assists and served up the team's only two aces.
The Foresters' only lead of the opening set was 13-12 and preceded a 9-1 run by the Lady Blues. Lake Forest won four of the next five points but Illinois College took the last three of the set.
Set two was close until a four-point run by the Lady Blues gave them a 16-10 advantage. Lake Forest got no closer than three points the rest of the way.
Trailing 7-4 early in the third set, the Foresters won 10 of the next 13 points to pull ahead by four, their largest lead of the match. A 9-2 run by Illinois College, however, put the home team back in control and Lake Forest was unable to come back.
The loss dropped the Foresters' overall record on the season to 7-17 and evened their Midwest Conference mark at 3-3. Illinois College improved to 10-11 overall and 5-2 in the league.
Lake Forest will make the short trip to Knox College for a Saturday afternoon match at 1:00.