The Forester women's volleyball team began the weekend with a 25-14, 25-14, 22-25, 25-17 loss at Illinois College Friday night.
Elise Kelley led the visitors with a dozen kills and had 12 digs for her fifth double-double of the season.
L'Rae White finished with a team-high 13 digs and
Alisa Kevric also reached double figures with 10.
Alivia Barker was next on the squad in kills with seven and setter
Lilly Robinson added six kills to her 25 assists on the evening.
Illinois College won the first four points of the night and led throughout the opening set. Lake Forest trailed by just five before the home team rattled off six straight points to finish off the set.
The Lady Blues took the first three points of set two and used a 9-2 run to extend the lead to double figures. The margin grew to 12 later on and the final score of the set was the same as the first.
A kill by White began set three but Illinois College won the next three points. After falling behind by four, Lake Forest battled back and tied the score at 12 and again at 13. The Lady Blues took the next two points but six in a row and nine of 10 went to the Foresters, who eventually won the set on a block by Robinson and
Simisola Osinaike.
Lake Forest never led in the fourth set and trailed by as many as eight on multiple occasions. That was also the margin after match point.
The loss dropped the Foresters' overall record to 9-10 and evened their Midwest Conference mark at 2-2. Illinois College improved to 9-9 overall and 3-2 in the league.
Lake Forest will look to climb back to the .500 mark at Knox College Saturday afternoon at 1:00.
