The Monmouth College football team set a school record for the third week in a row, this time with three interceptions returned for touchdowns, in a 72-0 win at Beloit College on Saturday. The Fighting Scots (6-1, 6-0) led 21-0 after the first quarter, 55-0 at half and finished with their largest margin of victory in 33 years. Brayden Deem completed 9-of-15 passes for 86 yards and a touchdown. Monmouth-Roseville graduate Silas Braun threw his first touchdown pass as a college quarterback, as well. Nate Wrublik ran for 91 yards and two touchdowns while John Ahlden also scored twice, as Monmouth ran for 252 yards and five touchdowns in the game. The 72-point win is tied for the third largest in school history with a 72-0 win over Grinnell in 1992, Monmouth beat Lawrence by 71 just last month. The Scots defense held Beloit to a mere 24 total yards on Saturday. Monmouth plays at Chicago on Saturday with a 1 p.m. kickoff. The two teams are tied for first place in Midwest Conference at (6-0). That’s two games ahead of the rest of the conference with 3 games left in the regular season.
Not only does the Fighting Scots football team have a big weekend ahead, a few other Monmouth squads also have importants weekends coming up. With victories on Saturday, the volleyball team and women’s soccer team have gotten themselves closer to a Midwest Conference Tournament berth. Monmouth College SID Nathan Baliva gives the details on what the Fighting Scots need to do this coming weekend.
We’ll have the Monmouth vs. University of Chicago football match up on AM 1330/FM 95.7 WRAM and online at radiomonmouth.com on Saturday. The pregame show will start at 12:30, with kickoff at 1:00.
For the entire interview with SID Nathan Baliva, go to the SPORTS PODCAST section.
