Women's Soccer Misses Tournament After 4-0 Loss

by Nathan Baliva

MONMOUTH, Ill. (11/01/2026) — The Monmouth College women's soccer team lost 4-0 at home to first-place Luther on Saturday. The Fighting Scots (8-7, 4-5) missed out on the final spot of the MWC Tournament with the loss, finishing one point behind Knox, Grinnell and Beloit.

The Norse scored just 43 seconds into the game and made it 2-0 with 1:49 to play in the half. The visitors led 3-0 in the 63rd minute when Mariah Hobson (Princeton, Illinois) got Monmouth's first shot on goal. Kiersten Medinger (Silvis, Illinois) added a shot on goal but Luther scored again for the 4-0 win.

MONMOUTH MOMENTS: Goalkeeper Cadence Covert (Pekin, Illinois) made four saves and allowed three goals while senior Emily Leshin (Elgin, Illinois) made a save and allowed a goal in 11 minutes ... Shots were 22-3 Luther ... Taylor Freeman (Washington, Illinois), Ali Barnum (Pekin, Illinois), Ali Denton (Saint Peters, Missouri) and Yoselim Hernandez (Monmouth, Illinois) played all 90 minutes ... Monmouth honored seniors Lauren Dellevalle (Peoria, Illinois), Allison Griffin (Geneseo, Illinois), Hernandez, Hobson, Leshin, Natalie Morrow (Silvis, Illinois), Molly Shook (Morton, Illinois) in a pregame ceremony ... The teams had never met before Saturday ... With 12 points the Scots finished in seventh place after being jumped by Grinnell and Beloit who both won on Saturday.