Beach Nets Hat Trick to Beat Knox

by Nathan Baliva

MONMOUTH, Ill. (10/23/2024) — The Monmouth College women's soccer team got a first-half hat trick from Danielle Beach (Geneseo, Illinois) and won at Knox 3-1 on Tuesday. The win is the first for the Fighting Scots (4-8-3, 2-3-1) in Galesburg in the regular season since 2014.

"I was proud of the way we competed from the opening whistle," said head coach Lucas Henderson. "Danielle put together an incredible hat trick performance tonight. I was also happy with how our back line handled some pressure, especially in the second half."

Beach put the Scots on top in the 11th minute with her eighth goal of the season, unassisted. Seven minutes later she latched onto a pass from Kiersten Medinger (Silvis, Illinois) and gave the Scots a 2-0 lead. Beach completed her first-half hat trick with a goal in the 41st minute, off an assist from Molly Shook (Morton, Illinois).

Goalkeeper Anna Caster (Greenfield, Indiana) made three saves in the first half and finished with four saves in 72 minutes of action. Knox ended the shutout bid with a goal in the 53rd minute and Bronte de Zwart (Adelaide, Australia) played the final 18 minutes in net without facing a shot on goal.

MONMOUTH MOMENTS: Avery Parks (Bloomington, Illinois) played all 90 minutes and has played every minute this season ... Beach netted her second hat trick of the season (Sep. 10 v. Eureka) and 30th in Monmouth history ... Madison Walker also had two hat tricks in a season last year ... Beach is the 22nd played in Monmouth history to score at least 10 goals in a season and she is tied for 16th on the single-season points list with 26 ... She ranks 12th on the career goals list (19) and career points list (49) while also ranking 10th with four game-winning goals ... The 10 goals are a career high in a season after Beach tied for the team lead with nine goals as a freshman in 2023 ... Medinger and Shook both had their first assists of the season ... Monmouth outshot Knox 16-11 and shots on goal were 11-5 ... Beach had five shots on goal while Mariah Hobson (Princeton, Illinois) had four ... Monmouth won 3-0 last season and leads the all-time series 19-15-1 ... The last regular-season win in Galesburg was in 2014 though the Scots walked away victorious from the 2019 MWC Championship game in Galesburg after a shootout win ... Tuesday was the final road game of the regular season ... The Scots host Ripon at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.