Scots Fall at IC on Tuesday
MONMOUTH, Ill. (10/14/2026) — The Monmouth College women's soccer team lost a crucial Midwest Conference game 2-0 at Illinois College on Tuesday night. The Fighting Scots (6-6, 2-4) remain outside the top six with three games left after falling to the Lady Blues (3-11, 1-5) on two second half goals.
Cadence Covert (Pekin, Illinois) made six saves in the first half as Monmouth was outshot 10-3. Mariah Hobson (Princeton, Illinois) came off the bench for the only Monmouth shot on goal in the first half.
The game was scoreless after 53 minutes but IC took a 1-0 lead in the 54th minute. Ten minutes later the Scots cleared a ball off the line and Covert made another save. IC took a 2-0 lead in the 71st minute and made the 2-0 score stand up over the final 20 minutes. Hobson had another shot on goal with five minutes to play but it was saved.
MONMOUTH MOMENTS: Covert made 11 saves for the second straight game, tying her season and career highCovert, Taylor Freeman (Washington, Illinois), Ali Barnum (Pekin, Illinois), Allison Griffin (Geneseo, Illinois) and Yoselim Hernandez (Monmouth, Illinois) played all 90 minutesHobson had both of Monmouth's shots on goalIC outshot Monmouth 22-4, shots on goal were 12-2 and corner kicks were 9-0Monmouth has been held scoreless in four straight gamesThe Scots lead the all-time series 21-12-2 but IC has won the last four, including a 5-1 win in Monmouth last OctoberThe Scots last win in the series was 6-1 in Jacksonville in 2021The Scots host Ripon at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday.
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