The Forester volleyball team split a pair of matches in Milwaukee Friday night, defeating Alverno College 3-0 (25-5, 25-9, 25-7) but falling to host Milwaukee School of Engineering 3-2 (18-25, 22-25, 25-23, 25-22, 15-8). Lake Forest sophomore Cori Cooper's 10 kills in the first contest and 22 in the second were both match-highs.

Fellow sophomore Megan Trubich was next on the Foresters with seven kills against Alverno and she led the squad with nine digs and four blocks. She also recorded two of the team's 14 aces. Freshman Tori Drasler registered a match-high 12 assists and senior Deena Blanchard added 11.

Lake Forest scored the first six points of the match and also had runs of 8-0 and 6-0 (again) in the first set. Cooper did not even get a turn to serve as the Foresters rotated the lineup just four times.

The Foresters scored the first two points and led throughout the second set as well. The team pulled away more gradually and did not allow Alverno to score back-to-back points in the set.

Lake Forest never trailed in the third set and rattled off four or more points in a row four times.

Forester sophomores Molly McCloskey and Megan Trubich joined Cooper in double figures with 12 and 11 kills, respectively. Fellow sophomore Tia Rupnik recorded a team-high 25 digs and Blanchard was next with 17. Cooper and Trubich completed double-doubles with 14 and 12 digs, respectively. Blanchard led all players in the match with 38 assists.

Lake Forest led M.S.O.E. 14-13 in the first set before out-scoring the home team 11-5 the rest of the way. A kill by freshman Katlyn Beckow closed out the set.

The Foresters faced their first deficit of the day during the middle of set two. Trailing 21-18, the visitors scored seven of the next eight points, including three on kills by Cooper, to take the set.

Lake Forest fell behind again in the third and eventually trailed 24-17 before fighting off six straight set points. The run ended on a service error and the Raiders claimed the set 25-23.

M.S.O.E. led 10-4 and 14-9 in the fourth set before the Foresters used an 8-2 run to take the lead. Trailing 18-17, the home team rattled off five points in a row to regain the advantage and held on to even the match at two sets apiece.

The Foresters managed to score back-to-back points just twice in the final set while the Raiders rallied for two or more in a row five times to take the match.

Lake Forest is now 13-14 on the year and will finish the regular season on the road next weekend. The team will play at St. Norbert College Friday night at 7:00 and take on Lawrence University (11:00 a.m.) and UW-Stevens Point (1:00 p.m.) at Lawrence on Saturday.