Walker, Rech Lead Scots to 11-0 Saturday Win

Monmouth racks up 50 shots in victory

by Nathan Baliva

MONMOUTH, Ill. (09/18/2022) — The Monmouth College women's soccer team continued their non-conference play with an 11-0 win against Maranatha Baptist in Wisconsin on Saturday. Forward Madison Walker (Vernon Hills, Illinois) scored four goals and Lynn Rech (Vacaville, California) had a Monmouth single-game record four assists as the Scots picked up the third largest margin of victory in school history.

Walker opened the scoring with an unassisted goal at the 11 minute mark. Celebrating her birthday, Elizabeth Schmidt (Waverly, Iowa) scored the second goal and Walker made it 3-0 just before the 40 minute mark. Kelsey Holtgrave (Hillsboro, Illinois) gave the Scots a 4-0 lead at halftime as Monmouth took 27 shots, 14 on goal in the first half.

Walker's third of the game opened the second half scoring on Rech's second assist of the game. Rech made it 6-0 six minutes later and Kaylee Doebert (Mount Horeb, Wisconsin) added a goal in the 70th minute

Schmidt's second goal of the game made it 8-0 and less than a minute later, Sam Koppers (Tinley Park, Illinois) made it 9-0. Anna Davison's (Bettendorf, Iowa) first goal put the Scots in double digits and Walker's fourth of the day came with 10 minutes left to cap the scoring.

"It was great to see the team execute for a complete game," said coach Lucas Henderson. "We played at our pace, made good adjustments at halftime and I'm happy with the way we moved the ball and created a variety of looks."

The Scots finished the game with 50 shots while MBU did not register a shot. Bronte de Zwart (Adelaide, Australia) made her first start in goal.

MONMOUTH MOMENTS: The seven goals in the second half are tied for the second-most in a half in school history with a record 12 scored in the first half against Iowa Wesleyan on Sept. 7, 2016The Scots won that game 19-0 and also beat Iowa Wesleyan 13-0 in 2013Saturday's game is the fourth time in school history the Scots have hit double digits in scoringThe 50 shots is the third most in a game in school historyThe last time a player scored four goals in a game was in 2013, the second time Lauren Kellen had fourThe record is fiveThe nine points by Walker is the second-most in a game in Monmouth history behind the 11 points for Amy Horneck in 2002 Scots continue their road weekend with an 11 am Sunday game against Mount Mary in Wisconsin. The next home game is at 5 pm Wednesday against Simpson College.

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