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Scots Knock Off Vikings 70-13
The Monmouth College football team racked up 660 total yards and 70 points on Saturday in a 70-13 road win over Lawrence University. The Scots (2-1, 2-0) had touchdowns from eight different players, including four first-time scorers in the win. The f...
Sep 16, 2023, 7:43pm EDT
Scots Draw Augustana on Senior Day
The Monmouth College women's soccer team scored first and last in a 2-2 home draw against Augustana on Saturday afternoon. The Scots (2-3-2) celebrated senior day and honored five seniors pregame. Senior Jae Mitchell (Rockford, Illinois) put the Scot...
Sep 16, 2023, 3:39pm EDT
Volleyball Falls Twice on Friday
The Monmouth College volleyball team lost twice on Friday at the Loras Invite in Dubuque, Iowa. The Scots pushed host Loras to four sets in an opening 25-14, 23-25, 25-16, 25-15 loss and then fell to Central 25-16, 25-16, 25-15. The Scots jumped out t...
Sep 15, 2023, 9:37pm EDT
Scots Runners Set Personal Bests in Bradley Meet
A number of Monmouth College cross country runners set season and lifetime personal bests on Friday as both the men's and women's teams competed in the Bradley Intercollegiate. The event, at Peoria's famed Detweiller Park, included teams from Division ...
Sep 15, 2023, 9:21pm EDT
Monmouth College professor says U.S. is closely watching the increase of coups in Africa
If a government falls in Africa, does it make a sound in the United States? The answer, said Monmouth College professor of political science Michael Nelson, is a definitive, "Yes." Prior to joining Monmouth's faculty in 2017, Nelson served as chair ...
Sep 14, 2023, 2:38pm EDT
Krisher to open Monmouth Associates series with Sept. 18 talk on Galapagos Islands
What it's like to live and work on the Galapagos Islands will kick off this year's Monmouth Associates series, a college-community luncheon series featuring Monmouth College speakers. Kristy Krisher, who serves as Monmouth's associate director of empl...
Sep 14, 2023, 11:03am EDT
Ruiz-Camarena Scores Twice but Scots Fall in Iowa
The Monmouth College men's soccer team got two goals from freshman Kristofer Ruiz-Camarena (El Paso, Texas) on Wednesday but eventually lost 4-2 at Upper Iowa University. Ruiz-Camarena gave the Scots their first lea of the season with an unassisted g...
Sep 13, 2023, 10:30pm EDT
Main, Walker Score in Soccer Loss
The Monmouth College women's soccer team scored in both halves but fell 6-2 to the University of Dubuque at home on Wednesday night. Madison Walker (Vernon Hills, Illinois) and Natalya Main (Peoria, Illinois) both scored for the second straight home ga...
Sep 13, 2023, 9:37pm EDT
At Monmouth College's Wiswell-Robeson Lecture, Lurkins says agriculture is 'central and integral' to solutions that society seeks to environmental challenges
During the latter portion of her Wiswell-Robeson Lecture at Monmouth College on Sept. 11, environmental and agricultural public policy consultant Lauren Lurkins shared a glimpse with members of the agriculture community of four major issues on the hori...
Sep 13, 2023, 11:10am EDT
Stevens, Bossert Win Golf Events in Springfield
The Monmouth College golf teams both prevailed on Monday in a tri-meet hosted by Blackburn College at Lincoln Greens Golf Course in Springfield. The men's team tied with Blackburn and beat Eureka while the women's team topped both squads. Amanda Stev...
Sep 11, 2023, 11:32pm EDT