Scots Volleyball Swept at Cornell

by Nathan Baliva

MONMOUTH, Ill. (10/17/2026) — The Monmouth College volleyball team was swept 25-17, 25-18, 25-17 at Cornell on Friday night. The Fighting Scots (5-13, 2-3) will play on Saturday at Luther in another Midwest Conference match.

Cornell won the first two points and led 4-2 when Melina Teunis (Grand Haven, Michigan) picked up a block. Bri Woodard (Monmouth, Illinois) had the first Monmouth kill of the night for a 5-4 Rams lead and she added another with the Scots down 8-4. The Scots called timeout with Cornell leading 11-5 and Briana Carden (Pecatonica, Illinois) picked up a kill as did Kaylee Celus (Annawan, Illinois). The Rams pushed the lead to 18-9 before a second Monmouth timeout. Kills by Teunis and Woodard closed the gap but the Rams responded with a 4-0 run to lead 22-12. Woodard added a kill as did Tyla Mattson (Morton, Illinois) but the Rams won the set 25-17.

Celus started the second set with a kill and Teunis made it 2-1 with a kill. Celus added another as did Woodard but the Rams pulled even at 4-4. They took the lead at 7-6 and won the next two points. Carden had a kill as did Chloe Strachan (Reynolds, Illinois) but the hosts pushed the lead to 15-10. Isa Hughes (Chicago, Illinois) served two straight points with a kill by Celus who then added an ace to pull the set within two. The Rams forced a timeout at 18-14 but won the next four points to lead by eight before Abby Viano (Braidwood, Illinois) had a kill. Strachan saved a set point at 24-17 but the Rams won the set 25-18

Cornell won the first four points of the third set before Celus had a kill. Teunis added a kill but the Rams extended the lead to five. Strachan made it 12-9 with a kill before the Rams went on a 5-1 run to lead 17-10. After two straight Cornell blocks, Celus had two kills and Woodard added two but Monmouth couldn't get closer than five. Woodard had one more kill for a 23-17 skill before the Rams won the final two points to win the match.

Woodard led the team with 10 kills while Celus had seven. Mattson and Kami Barth (Washington, Illinois) both had 15 digs and Celus added 11. Teunis had Monmouth's only block, Celus had the lone ace and Hughes led with 15 assists.

MONMOUTH MOMENTS: Woodard has double digit kills in five matches this season including three of the five MWC matches ... Celus has an ace in six straight matches and 108 for her careerMattson has double digit digs in four matches this season and the 15 was a career-high for a 3-set match ... Barth has at least 11 digs in three straight matches and seven times she;s been in double digits this season ... The match only had five ties and three lead changes, all in the second set as Cornell led the first and third set wire-to-wire ... The Rams had 13 blocks to Monmouth's one ... They also served nine aces while Monmouth had one to go with five service errors ... Cornell has won 18 straight in the series dating back to a Monmouth win in the 2010 regular season ... The Rams lead the all-time series 35-33 ... The Scots play at 1 p.m. Saturday at MWC newcomer Luther ... The next home game is Oct. 20 against Grinnell.

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