By Nathan Baliva MONMOUTH, ILL. The Monmouth College men's basketball team led nearly wire to wire on the road Tuesday night, defeating Eureka 90-72. The Fighting Scots (1-1) had five players in double figures and scored 40 points in the paint in the first road game of the season. Kyle Taylor (Moline, Illinois) started the scoring with a 3-pointer and added two free throws,. Cam Thomas (Arlington, Texas) and Max Maring (Port Byron, Illinois) also scored as Eureka led 12-9. Ja

By Nathan Baliva MONMOUTH, ILL. The Monmouth College football team clinched the Midwest Conference Championship and a return to the NCAA Division III Playoffs with a 58-3 home win over Ripon on Saturday. The Fighting Scots (8-1, 8-0) scored the first 42 points of the game and accounted for over 600 yards of total offense in the win. "It has been since 2019 since we won the conference outright and had a chance to go to the playoffs and this feels really good." said head coach

By Nathan Baliva MONMOUTH, ILL. The Monmouth College volleyball team won at Ripon College 3-1 on Saturday to clinch a return trip to the Midwest Conference Tournament. With a 6-2 mark in the conference, Monmouth tied for second place with Lawrence and will be the No. 3 seed in next weekend's MWC Tournament. "I'm very proud of how far we have come as a team," said head coach Hope Neargarder. "These girls have worked hard all season so winning today to clinch a spot for next we

By Nathan Baliva MONMOUTH, ILL The Monmouth College women's basketball team started their season with a 94-47 home loss to Augustana on Saturday. The Fighting Scots will play their next three games on the road before hosting Coe on Nov. 22. Augustana sprinted out to an 8-0 lead before Brooklyn Sellers (Freeport, Illinois) scored with 6:54 to play in the opening quarter. Averi Rangel (Moline, Illinois) hit a 3-pointer but the Vikings scored the next 10 points to lead 18-5. Jun

By Nathan Baliva MONMOUTH, ILL. The Monmouth College men's basketball team were held to their lowest scoring output in two seasons in a 71-55 home loss to Millikin on Saturday. The Fighting Scots (0-1) will play three road games before hosting Eureka on Nov. 22. Max Maring (Port Byron, Illinois) got the Scots going with two free throws. The Scots never led again as Millikin scored the next nine points. Zay Brown (Peoria, Illinois) got his first bucket with 15:24 to go in the

By Nathan Baliva MONMOUTH, ILL. The Monmouth College swim teams split their dual meet at Illinois College on Saturday as the women won 104-85 but the men lost 125-58 on Saturday. Allie Warren (Galesburg, Illinois) and Tariq McLarty (South Holland, Illinois) both won two individual events and Warren also swam on a winning relay team. WOMEN The 200 medley relay team finished second to Illinois Wesleyan with a time of 1:57.66. That time moves them into 10th by .01 seconds in Mon

By Barry McNamara Four former Fighting Scot athletes were inducted into the M Club Hall of Fame during Homecoming festivities at Monmouth College Oct. 18. The ceremony for baseball ace Dan Dunn '06; national champion high jumper Tyler Hannam '11, speedy softball standout Lauren Bergstresser-Petoskey '12 and cross country All-American Mary Kate Beyer Black '12 was held in the Huff Athletic Center fieldhouse. The ceremony included the induction of three teams into the college's

By Nathan Baliva Monmouth College tennis players Ivana Stefanova (Streamwood, Illinois) and Natalie Labicki (Antioch, Illinois) were both named Midwest Conference All-Conference. Stefanova was named All-Conference for both singles and doubles while Labicki made it for doubles. Stefanova has been singles All-Conference in all three seasons while earning doubles honors in 2023. Labicki was the 2022 Newcomer of the Year and this is her first All-Conference selection. As a double

By Nathan Baliva The Monmouth College cross country teams competed in the Midwest Conference Championships on Saturday and sophomore Paige Luntsford (Cairo, Missouri) earned All-Conference with a 16th place finish for the women . The women finished sixth with 163 points while men finished in eighth place with a score of 191 as all 11 runners set new "Both the teams raced with great intention and grit today" said head coach Cooper Pauley. "You could tell they were all focused

By Nathan Baliva The Monmouth College men's soccer team ended their season with a 5-0 home loss to nationally ranked Lake Forest on Saturday. The Fighting Scots finish the campaign at 3-9-3 overall, 0-7-1 in the Midwest Conference. The #23 ranked Foresters scored in the ninth minute. Luis Villa (El Paso, Texas) made two saves in the first half but LFC scored again in the 41st minute for the 2-0 lead. The visitors put two more in the net in the first 25 minutes of the second h

By Nathan Baliva The Monmouth College women's soccer team ended their season with a 5-0 home loss against undefeated Lake Forest on Saturday. The Fighting Scots (7-6-3, 3-3-2) were eliminated from MWC Tournament contention when Grinnell won at Knox on Saturday. The Scots and Pioneers finished tied for fourth on 11 points and drew 0-0 this season but Grinnell won the next tiebreaker. Lake Forest took the lead in the seventh minute with a goal from inside the box. Izzy Seipold

By Nathan Baliva The Monmouth College swim teams hosted the Monmouth Invite on Saturday and both teams finished second in the 6-team events. The women's 200 medley relay team of Cally Tate (Monmouth, Illinois), Caitlyn Stewart (Monmouth, Illinois), Allie Warren (Galesburg, Illinois) and Claire LaBadie (Griffith, Indiana) set a top-10 time in Monmouth history while Warren and Tariq McLarty (South Holland, Illinois) won individual events. "We had some great swims again today,"

By Nathan Baliva The Monmouth College volleyball team beat Grinnell College for the first time in a decade and moved into a tie for second place in the Midwest Conference. The Fighting Scots (11-13, 5-2) won 25-22, 25-22, 25-22 and will secure a return bid to the MWC Tournament with a win at Ripon next Saturday. "It was a great weekend for us, beating Beloit and Grinnell on the road," said head coach Hope Neargarder. "We came out and stuck to our game plan and I'm very proud

By Nathan Baliva The Monmouth College football team took control of the Midwest Conference race with an emphatic 29-0 win at Chicago on Saturday. The Fighting Scots (7-1, 7-0) held the Maroons to five yards rushing and they can clinch the MWC title next weekend at home against Ripon. "I was really proud of our preparation this week and leading up to the game," said head coach Chad Braun. ""You could tell this team was on a mission this week and we got some huge plays in the g

By Nathan Baliva Monmouth College football players Anthony Cikauskas (Oswego, Illinois) and Ethan James (Carthage, Illinois) picked up Midwest Conference Performer of the Week honors on Monday. Cikauskas won the Defemsive Performer of the Week award after racking up 4.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, eight total tackles, two QB hurries and one pass break up on Saturday. The Scots shut out Chicago 29-0 to take control of the MWC race. Cikauskas and the defense held Chicago to se

By Nathan Baliva Monmouth College sophomore men's basketball player Zay Brown (Peoria, Illinois) was named fifth-team All-American by d3hoops.com . Brown is Monmouth's first preseason All-American from d3hoops.com since Will Carius made the third team in 2019. Brown capped his freshman season by being named First Team All-Region (Region 9) by the National Association of Basketball Coaches and Second Team All-Region by d3hoops.com in March. He was the first Monmouth player t

By Nathan Baliva Monmouth College senior defensive end Anthony Cikauskas (Oswego, Illinois) was named to the D3football.com Team of the Week on Tuesday, a day after being named the Midwest Conference Defensive Performer of the Week. Cikauskas racked up four and a half tackles for loss, two sacks, seven total tackles, two QB hurries and one pass breakup on Saturday in a 29-0 shutout of Chicago. Cikauskas and the defense held Chicago to seven overall first downs, five rushing

By Nathan Baliva The Monmouth College volleyball team swept the Midwest Conference Performer of the Week awards on Tuesday, Kaylee Celus (Annawan, Illinois) won the Offensive POW and Alana Robertson (Mapleton, Illinois) wno the Defensive POW. Celus had a big weekend for the Scots as Monmouth moved into a tie for 2nd place in the conference with a pair of road sweeps. Celus finished one kill shy of Monmouth's 3-set record on Friday as she delivered 20 kills in a 3-0 win at Bel

By Nathan Baliva MONMOUTH, ILL. Monmouth College women's soccer player Mariah Hobson (Princeton, Illinois) was named Midwest Conference Offensive Performer of the Week on Monday. Hobson scored two goals and provided an assist in Monmouth's 3-2 road win at Cornell on Saturday. The junior had a hand in all three goals as the Scots took control of their MWC Tournament destiny with the win. Hobson tied the game with a goal late in the first half and then scored early in the seco

By Nathan Baliva Two Monmouth College football players picked up Midwest Conference Performer of the Week honors on Monday as quarterback...