Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 BELOIT, Wis. - The Martin Luther College volleyball team opened its season at a tournament hosted by Beloit College on Friday. The Knights dropped the opening match 3-0 to Beloit by the scores of 25-13, 25-23, 25-15, and followed that with a 3-1 defeat to Kalamazoo by the scores of 25-16, 25-17, 22-25, 25-18.

Beloit 3, MLC 0

MLC opened its season with a three-set loss to Beloit.

The Knights started slow with 13 attack errors in the first game, but came back to push Beloit in the second and falling in three.

Alyssa Heckendorf led MLC with eight kills and hit .333 for the match. Kati Aguilar and Kelsey Birschbach finished with six kills apiece, while Hannah Willems added five kills in her collegiate debut. Kate Aswege led MLC with 18 digs. Jewel St. Germaine added 17 digs and 15 assists.

Kalamazoo 3, MLC 1

The Knights finished day one with a 3-1 defeat to Kalamazoo.

After dropping the first two sets by the scores of 25-16 and 25-17, MLC came back to win the third game 25-22 to force a fourth game, which Kalamazoo was able to win 25-18.

Aguilar was credited with a team-best eight kills. Aswege led the team with 19 digs.

MLC will return to action tomorrow (Saturday, August 31) when it plays Northland (11 a.m.) and Olivet (3 p.m.) on day two of the Beloit Tournament.