Volleyball Sweeps Beloit, Finishes in Tie for Third Place
MONMOUTH, Ill. (11/01/2026) — The Monmouth College volleyball team knocked off Beloit 25-19, 25-15, 25-17 at home on Saturday. The Fighting Scots (9-15, 6-3) finished the MWC regular season in a 3-way tie for third place with Grinnell and Illinois College.
Kaylee Celus (Annawan, Illinois) and the first two kills for Monmouth and added an ace while Haley Smither (Albany, Illinois) had two kills for a 5-3 lead. Melina Teunis (Grand Haven, Michigan), Smither and Celus each had kills for a 10-5 lead and Smither shared a block with Abby Viano (Braidwood, Illinois). Beloit pulled within one before Brianna Carden (Pecatonica, Illinois) had a kill and Kami Barth (Washington, Illinois) served an ace. Celus added two kills and an ace for a 20-16 lead and Teunis delivered a kill. Viano and Teunis added kills and Carden finished off the set at 25-19.
Chloe Strachan (Reynolds, Illinois) started the second set with two kills and Tyla Mattson (Morton, Illinois) had a dig-kill for a 3-2 lead. Celus and Smither added kills as the lead grew to 8-4. Carden and Viano had kills and Strachan made it 16-8 before a Beloit timeout. Kills by Celus, Strachan and Teunis put the Scots up 20-13. Carden and Teunis pushed the lead to 23-14 with kills and Smither's kill finished off the set at 25-15.
Teunis started the third set with a kill and Smither made it 3-1. Celus served an ace but Belout used a 6-0 run to lead 9-8. Strachan tied the set with a kill and Celus added another. Tayler Raska (Galesburg, Illinois) put the Scots up 12-9 with an ace and Celus delivered another kill. Teunis had two kills and an ace before Beloit called timeout with the Scots up 19-13. Viano had a solo block and two Beloit errors put the Scots up 23-14. Beloit went on a 3-1 run but they lost the match on a service error.
Celus finished with 11 kills while Teunis had eight and Smither had seven. Isa Hughes (Chicago, Illinois) had 18 assists and Mattson had 10. Barth had 19 digs while Celus had 14 digs and three aces. Viano led the Scots with six blocks.
MONMOUTH MOMENTS: Celus moved past Layne Wright (2021-24) for seventh on the all-time rally-era kills list ... She also has 125 career aces ... Celus has at least 10 kills in 16 matches this season ... Barth has at least 11 digs in nine straight matches and has been in double digits 13 times this season ... The Scots lead the all-time series 29-8 against Beloit with six straight wins and a 14-1 mark in the last 15 matchups ... The Scots have won the last four in sweeps ... The MWC Tournament matchups will be announced after play finishes this weekend ... The Scots host Blackburn in a non-conference game at 7 p.m. Monday with a pre-game Senior Day ceremony.
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