Grinnell, Iowa - The Red Hawks traveled to Grinnell over the weekend to play in their first of two crossover tournaments this year. This also marked their first conference games of the season. Ripon was able to win their first contest on Saturday, but dropped their next two.

In their first match, the Red Hawks defeated Grinnell 30-20, 34-32, 30-13. Mary Friend had an outstanding match, recording 40 of Ripon's 41 assists. Christy Looker finished with 14 kills and seven service aces. Tamrah Collins recorded 18 kills for Grinnell.

In their second game of the day, the Red Hawks put up a fight, but lost to Lake Forest. Each game was tightly contested with no game being won by more than three points. The Foresters won 30-28, 31-29, 28-30, 30-27. Friend finished with 36 assists in the match, while Christy Looker and Amy Patton combined for 27 kills. Janelle Balcerzak led teh Foresters with 22 kills.

In their third game of the Crossover tournament, Ripon lost to Illinois College 22-30, 23-30, 26-30, dropping the Red Hawks record to 8-9 overall and 1-2 in the Midwest Conference. Ripon was led by Jessica Chatmon's nine kills and Friend's 26 assists. Illinois College recorded 48 kills in the match, as they were led by Angela Siebers' 18.

Ripon will be in action once again on Friday, as they'll travel to conference foe Beloit College. Gametime is set for 7:00 p.m.