Villa Makes 14 Saves but Scots Fall in Season Finale
MONMOUTH, Ill. (10/31/2026) — The Monmouth College men's soccer team lost 4-0 to first-place Luther on Saturday. The result ends the regular season for the Fighting Scots.
Owen Murray (Cedar City, Utah) had a shot on goal in the first minute and Cohen Ledet (Maurice, Louisiana) had a shot in the 11th minute. .Luther broke through with a goal in the 16th minute and doubled the lead in the 34th minute. Federico Moreno-Reyes (Wheeling, Illinois) put a shot on goal for the Scots but the Norse made it 3-0 before halftime. Luis Villa (El Paso, Texas) made five saves in the first half.
The score stayed 3-0 until Luther scored with 40 seconds left in the game.
MONMOUTH MOMENTS: Villa finished with a career-high 14 saves, three more than he made in the last home game against Ripon ... No Monmouth keeper has had 14 or more saves since 2018 and the total is tied for the ninth most in a game in school history ... Bryan Corona (El Paso, Texas), Nehemiah Coleman (Portland, Oregon), Ian Rowland (Jackson, Georgia), Moreno-Reyes, Murray and Villa played all 90 minutes ... The only other meeting between the two teams came in the first round of the 2001 NCAA playoffs with Luther winning at home 3-0 ... The Scots celebrated Senior Day on Saturday, honoring Murray, Isaac Price (Peoria, Illinois), Villa and student manager/former player Seth Pritchett ... With his 64th game played, Murray ranks seventh in Monmouth history ... Villa ranks eighth in games played by a goalkeeper (38), seventh in starts (32) and sixth in minutes played (2712).
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