The Monmouth College women’s soccer team lost their first road game of the season 8-0 at Millikin on Sunday evening. The Scots are now 1-1 on the season and their four-game road trip continues with three more games in the next six days.
Neither team scored in the first 15 minutes before Millikin got on the board. They doubled the lead in the 38th minute and scored with just two minutes to play in the half for a 3-0 lead.
The Big Blue scored four goals in a nine-minute span in the second half to go up 7-0 with 22 minutes to play. They added an eighth goal with 10:30 left on the clock.
Jae Mitchell (Rockford, Illinois) had Monmouth’s only shot on goal for the game. Bronte de Zwart (Ridleyton, Australia) started in goal and made four saves in the first half on seven shots on goal. Lea Selquist (Peru, Illinois) played in goal for the second half and didn’t have a save.
MONMOUTH MOMENTS: Avery Parks (Bloomington, Illinois), Madison Walker (Vernon Hills, Illinois), Nicole Koppers (Tinley Park, Illinois) and Elizabeth Schmidt (Waverly, Iowa) played all 90 minutes. Schmidt has played all 180 minutes on the season. The Scots used eight subs off the bench on Sunday. The Scots play at Benedictine on Wednesday before weekend games at Rockford and Edgewood. The Scots next home game is Wednesday, Sept. 13 against Dubuque at 4:30 p.m.
The Monmouth College men’s soccer team lost their home opener 5-0 to Depauw on Sunday afternoon. Their next four games are on the road before a Sept, 19 home game against Principia
Monmouth goalkeeper Christopher Zavala (New Lenox, Illinois) made a number of spectacular saves in the first half to keep the game scoreless. Depauw scored on a penalty kick in the 20th minute after a Scots foul in the box. That goal was the only one either team scored in the first half.
The Tigers made it 2-0 in the 59th minute on a rocket from distance after a couple more Zavala saves. They scored again a minute later and added two more goals in the final 15 minutes for a 5-0 win.
Freshman Ramon Aguilar (St. Louis, Missouri) had two shots on goal in his home debut for the Scots. Another freshman, Kristofer Ruiz-Camarena (El Paso, Texas) also had a shot on goal for Monmouth. Zavala made 12 saves, matching his career high from 2021.
MONMOUTH MOMENTS: Aguilar and Ruiz-Camarena had their first career shots on goal. All of Monmouth’s shots this season have come from freshmen. Zavala also had 12 saves on October 13, 2021 against Grinnell. His 2022 season-high was seven saves. The Scots go on a four-game, three-state road trip over the next two weeks. Monmouth plays at Rockford University on Friday and at Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin on Saturday. The Scots will play two games in Iowa, at Coe on Sept. 11 and at Upper Iowa two days later. The next home game is Sept. 19 against Principia.
***Courtesy of Nathan Baliva, Monmouth College***
