Men's Soccer Falls to Ripon on Saturday
MONMOUTH, Ill. (10/17/2026) — The Monmouth College men's soccer team lost 3-0 at home to Ripon on Saturday in Midwest Conference action.
Paul Oros (El Paso Texas) had an early shot blocked while both Owen Murray (Cedar City, Utah) and Mubaraq Basheer (Katy, Texas) forced first-half saves from the Ripon keeper. Monmouth's senior goalkeeper, Luis Villa (El Paso, Texas) made seven saves in the first half to keep the game scoreless.
Basheer had another shot on goal early in the second half but the game was scoreless after 50 minutes. Ripon broke the tie in the 51st minute and scored on a header four minutes later for a 2-0 lead. Murray had a second shot on goal saved. With just under 15 minutes to play, Cohen Ledet (Maurice, Louisiana) had a shot saved off the line by a Ripon defender as the last man back. With 10 minutes to play, Ripon made it 3-0 and neither team scored the rest of the way.
MONMOUTH MOMENTS: Villa made a career-high 11 saves ... Nehemiah Coleman (Portland, Oregon), Federico Moreno-Reyes (Wheeling, Illinois) and Villa played all 90 minutes ... Ledet, Basheer and Murray all had two shots on goal ... Ripon leads the all-time series 17-10-3 with six straight wins ... The last Monmouth win in the series was 3-0 in 2019 ... The Scots are home Wednesday for a non-conference game against Millikin at 3:30 p.m.
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