Men's Soccer Falls to Millikin on Wednesday

by Nathan Baliva

MONMOUTH, Ill. (10/21/2026) — The Monmouth College men's soccer team lost 6-1 at home to Millikin Wednesday in the final non-conference game of the season.

The visitors scored three times in the first half with goals in the 15th, 37th and 38th minutes. Luis Villa (El Paso, Texas) made five saves for the Scots in the first half.

Early in the second half, freshman Mubaraq Basheer (Katy, Texas) beat the Millikin keeper from distance for his third goal of the season. A penalty kick goal made it 4-1 and Big Blue added two more goals. Calvin Cotton (Hernando, Mississippi) made six saves in goal in the second half for Monmouth

MONMOUTH MOMENTS: Basheer leads the Scots with three goals this season ... He is tied with Owen Murray (Cedar City, Utah) for the team lead in points with six ... Murray moved into the top 20 in Monmouth history with 61 games played and he is two away from the top 10 ... Cohen Ledet (Maurice, Louisiana) led the Scots with two shots on goal ... Kolbe Hightower (Abingdon, Illinois) had four shots ... Bryan Corona (El Paso, Texas) led the Scots with 85 minutes played ... Monmouth used 22 players on the day ... Shots were 29-11 for Millikin and shots on goal were 16-4 ... Monmouth is 5-11-1 all-time against Millikin, including six straight losses dating back to the last Monmouth win in 2014 ... The Scots play at Knox on Saturday in a game moved from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Men's Soccer Falls to Millikin on Wednesday

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