The Lake Forest College volleyball team dropped three-set matches to Illinois Institute of Technology and North Central College on Saturday.

Illinois Tech hosted the triangular and limited the Foresters to 18 points in each of the first two sets and 17 in the third.

Sophomore Meghan Winston and junior Ireland Van Stone shared the team lead for Lake Forest with five kills apiece while freshman Melania Mathieux finished with 14 assists. Senior Juli Barrientos reached double figures in digs with 11.

Senior Rebekkah De Kok led the Foresters with five kills and Mathieux with 10 digs against North Central. Mathieux and Winston finished with eight assists apiece and the latter served up a pair of aces.

The non-conference losses dropped Lake Forest's overall record on the season to 2-12 while Illinois Tech improved to 9-6 and North Central to 9-5.

The Foresters will resume Midwest Conference play with a home contest against Knox College next Friday night at 7:00 and a Homecoming match against Monmouth College at 1:00 Saturday afternoon.