The ball has bounced the wrong way as of late for the women's soccer team as they dropped their third straight on Wednesday at Alma by the final of 4-3. Adrian (8-4-2, 2-3 MIAA) had been playing great defense through their first 11 matches allowing just seven goals. In their last three defeats, they have yielded 13 goals.

The team played much better than their outing and came out strong as McKenzie Doda scored her second goal of the season at 6:28 with an assist from Lauren Cozzi. The lead was short lived as Carly Reising notched her fourth goal of the season at 11:39 off a rebound.

Adrian got a break at 14:10 to take a 2-1 lead as Alma knocked the ball into their own goal off a corner kick. The Scots responded quickly at 19:25 as Taryn Handyside tied it up at 2-2 with an assist from Alli Meurer.

The offense slowed for the rest of the half as Adrian made a change in goal replacing Chayna Wallace with Steffeny Burns. Wallace made four saves in the first half. Alma held a 12-1 edge in shots in the opening 45 minutes.

Alma took a 3-2 lead at 65:38 as Handyside's second goal of the game was assisted by Becky Marton. In less than a minute, the Bulldogs answered as Anika Johnson scored her long awaited first goal of the season at 66:30 with an assist from Jordan Wolf.

It looked like the match might end up in overtime, but Autumn Root sent the Scot fans home happy at 85:44 with an assist from Annette Stromberg. Monica Witt made three saves for Alma in net. Burns made two saves in the second half and took the loss (1-1). The final shot total was 22-6 in favor of Alma. The shots on goal was much closer going 10-6 in favor of the Scots (9-5-1, 3-0-1 MIAA).