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Women's Lacrosse Team Returns to Action with 16-3 Loss
The Monmouth College women's lacrosse team returned to action on Saturday with a 16-3 home loss to Midland University. The Fighting Scots (0-1) took the field for the first time since April 2021 and had goals from three different players under first-ye...
Feb 25, 2023, 3:41pm EST
Basketball Season Ends in 70-48 Semifinal Loss to Cornell
The Monmouth College men's basketball season came to an end Friday night in the Midwest Conference Tournament semifinals with a 70-48 loss to Cornell College. The 3-seeded Fighting Scots (14-12) never led against the 3-seeded Rams (15-11) who will face...
Feb 24, 2023, 9:45pm EST
Toberman, Boley Win Shot Put at MWC Championships
The Monmouth College track and field teams won both shot put championships at the Midwest Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships on Friday. After day one of the two-day event, both the men's and women's teams are in second place in the team stan...
Feb 24, 2023, 8:00pm EST
Local standouts Jones, Stearns will have to wait 'til next year to play together
Although Abingdon and Gilson are just 10 miles apart, two freshmen on Monmouth College women's basketball team from those Knox County communities have spent very little time together on the court as teammates. "We've known each other since middle scho...
Feb 24, 2023, 5:00pm EST
Monmouth College graduate raised in Moline is new program coordinator at Buchanan Center for the Arts
Rebecca Quick '21 made a valuable contribution to the Monmouth art scene two years ago when she collaborated as an artist-in-residence with Kendall Thompson '17 on the large, colorful mural on the north wall of Tin Cup Coffee Shop in the 200 block of S...
Feb 24, 2023, 4:30pm EST
Monmouth College Chorale to travel to Colorado during spring break
The Monmouth College Chorale and Chamber Choir will head for the Rockies during the upcoming spring break at the western Illinois school. The 30-student Chorale will perform three times in Colorado, including two public performances. On their way out ...
Feb 24, 2023, 3:51pm EST
Metcalf, Williams Earn All-Conference Honors
The Monmouth College men's basketball team picked up two Midwest Conference honors on Thursday as senior Jordan Metcalf (Aledo, Illinois) was named First-Team All-Conference and junior David Williams (Loves Park, Illinois) was named Newcomer of the Yea...
Feb 23, 2023, 2:44pm EST
Upcoming events at Monmouth College
Monmouth College Wind Ensemble to perform Bach-inspired concert on Feb. 26 German composer Johann Sebastian Bach will feature prominently in a Feb. 26 concert at Monmouth College. Under the direction of Justin Swearinger, the College's Wind Ensemb...
Feb 22, 2023, 11:26am EST
Donohoo and Hernandez Combine for Eight Goals in Lacrosse Setback
The Monmouth College men's lacrosse team got four goals each from Carlos Hernandez (Billings, Montana) and Kain Donohoo (St. Charles, Illinois) but lost 20-12 to Wabash College on Tuesday night. Wabash scored two early goals and added a third with 6:...
Feb 21, 2023, 9:32pm EST
Monmouth College's Jan Abel, who has worked in Galesburg radio, wins one of five national radio scholarships
When it comes to her academics, Monmouth College junior Jan Abel has mastered the three R's. The English and public relations double major from Wataga, Illinois, excels in reading, writing ... and radio. Abel was recently named one of five national Ne...
Feb 21, 2023, 5:14pm EST