Volleyball Wins at Luther on Saturday
MONMOUTH, Ill. (10/18/2026) — The Monmouth College volleyball team won 3-1 at Luther College on the road Saturday to take over sole possession of sixth place in the Midwest Conference standings. The Fighting Scots (6-13, 3-3) prevailed 25-14, 27-25, 25-13, 25-14 and will host third-place Grinnell on Tuesday.
With Kami Barth (Washington, Illinois) serving an ace, the Scots jumped out to a 6-1 lead. In that early run, Melina Teunis (Grand Haven, Michigan) and Chloe Strachan (Reynolds, Illinois) delivered blocks while Kaylee Celus (Annawan, Illinois) had two kills. Kills by Briana Carden (Pecatonica, Illinois), Bri Woodard (Monmouth, Illinois) and Teunis made it 12-3 as Celus served an ace. Strachan had two straight kills for a 16-8 lead and Tayler Raska (Galesburg, Illinois) served five straight points for a 21-9 lead. Tyla Mattson (Morton, Illinois) delivered a kill as did Teunis for a 23-14 lead. After a Norse error, Woodard finished off the set at 25-14.
Woodard, Celus and Strachan had three kills each but Luther won the second set 25-17. The Scots had one block and no aces in the second set.
Strachan and Teunis shared a block to start the third set and Barth served an ace. An ace by Isa Hughes (Chicago, Illinois) made it 6-1 and Celus added a kill. Mattson served an ace and kills by Carden and Celus put the Scots up 14-6. Carden, Celus and Strachan added kills and Luther called their last timeout at 17-7. Hughes picked up another ace and two blocks put the Scots up 22-11. Hughes and Woodard had kills and an error by the Norse finished the set at 25-13.
Celus had two early kills and Teunis had two blocks as Monmouth took an early 4-1 lead. They never gave up the lead as kills by Carden, Woodard and Abby Viano (Braidwood, Illinois) made it 10-5. Strachan and Viano added kills and an ace by Barth put the Scots up 15-7. Celus and Teunis shared a block and Celus delivered two kills for a 19-7 lead. Teunis made it 21-8 with a kill and Luther won four straight points. Celus made it 24-12 with a kill and Teunis finished off the match with a kill and a 25-14 set win.
Celus led the Scots with 16 kills while Woodard had nine, Teunis had eight and Strachan delivered seven. Mattson led the team with 22 assists while Hughes had 15. Barth had three aces, one more than Hughes. Barth also led the team with 28 digs and Celus added 12. Teunis led Monmouth with eight blocks and Celus had three.
MONMOUTH MOMENTS: Barth tied her season-high with three aces ... Celus has an ace in seven straight matches and 110 for her career ... Barth has at least 11 digs in four straight matches and eight times she's been in double digits this season ... Teunis moved past Megan Kimble for ninth in career solo blocks in the rally scoring era ... The match only had five lead changes, three in the second setMonmouth had 11 blocks to Luther's four ... The Scots had seven aces and seven service errors ... The Scots are 6-8 all-time against Luther ... The Norse won 3-2 in 2025 while the Scots won 3-2 in 2024, both at neutral locations ... The Scots host third-place Grinnell on Tuesday at 6 p.m.
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