LANSING, Mich. – The first-ever MIAA-NCAC Volleyball Crossover Challenge did not get started the way the Kenyon College Ladies had hoped. Friday, the Ladies struggled to keep pace with the Albion College Britons, who racked up a 25-16, 25-14, 23-25, 25-11 victory at the Aim High Sports facility.

The difference in the match was the way the teams attacked. Kenyon piled up 41 kills, but made 23 errors to produce a .158 attack percentage. Albion logged 52 kills and only made eight errors for an impressive .449 percentage.

Most of the damage done by Albion (4-0) came from the trio of Chloe Webber, Kate Winter and Kelsey Gustafson. They combined for 42 kills. Webber had a huge night with a match-high 17 kills and a personal .593 attack percentage.

Kenyon's leader was senior Mackenzie Bruzzio. She smashed a team-high 13 kills and had a team-high 11 digs. Haley Witschey added eight kills and Macy Reimbold tacked on seven. Meghan Cason charted 26 assists and Katie Howard added nine more digs.

Six of Bruzzio's 13 kills came in the third set, the lone set win for the Ladies. In the same set, Kenyon scored seven points off service aces. Ellie Luciani had three of them, while Reimbold and Cason accounted for two apiece.

The Ladies (2-3) did not record an ace in any of the other three sets.

The road ahead doesn't get any easier for the Kenyon team. Saturday, the Ladies battle No. 2-ranked Calvin College at noon and then No. 17-ranked Hope College at 4 p.m.