Men's Soccer Drops Home Opener to Whitewater
MONMOUTH, Ill. (09/03/2022) — The Monmouth College men's soccer team dropped the home opener 7-0 to UW-Whitewater on Saturday, falling to 0-2 on the season.
The game was scoreless for the first 23 minutes before the Warhawks broke through. They added one more before halftime, out-shooting the Scots 13-3.
Monmouth applied some pressure early in the second half but gave up a penalty kick to fall behind 3-0. Whitewater scored three goals in less than four minutes to take a 6-0 lead with323 minutes to play. They added a final goal with 2:55 left.
Monmouth took five shots, all on goal, but didn't score against the Warhawks. Cameron Anderson (Bloomington, Illinois) led the way with two shots on goal.
Goalkeeper Marcos Garibay (Waukegan, Illinois) made a career-high 13 saves.
The Scots travel to Principia College for a 7 p.m. kickoff on Monday. They will host Illinois Wesleyan at 4 p.m. on Wednesday.