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Donohoo Scores Four but Scots Lose at Dubuque Wednesday
The Monmouth College lacrosse team fell to first-place Dubuque 21-11 on Wednesday night in Iowa. The Scots (5-6, 1-3) have two games left in the regular season, with the home finale on Saturday. Dubuque scored the first two goals of the game, includin...
Apr 20, 2022, 11:05pm EDT
Outdoorsman, social media sensation Tim Wells '87 to present Monmouth College's Whiteman Lecture April 28
With a tagline of "over half a billion served annually," it might be assumed that this year's presenter of Monmouth College's business-themed Wendell Whiteman Memorial Lecture comes from a chain of restaurants. But 1987 Monmouth graduate Tim Wells is ...
Apr 20, 2022, 12:44pm EDT
Softball Drops Opener in 12 Innings, Game Two Halted by Darkness
The Monmouth College softball team had a long day at Illinois College on Tuesday. They dropped the opening game of the double header 4-3 in 12 innings, then had game two suspended by darkness, tied 1-1 in the 9th inning. According to the MWC softball o...
Apr 19, 2022, 10:29pm EDT
Baseball Sweeps Cornell on Tuesday
The Monmouth College baseball team swept Cornell at home on Tuesday afternoon with 8-2 and 10-4 wins. The two Monmouth starting pitchers, TIm McNally (Paw Paw, Illinois) and Nathan Willig (Oswego, Illinois) combined to allow three runs over 13 innings...
Apr 19, 2022, 9:44pm EDT
Monmouth College's 'Light This Candle Campaign' Passes $75 Million Goal More Than Eight Months Early
Although spring has not come early this year in the Midwest, Monmouth College is early with a major milestone. The College has already passed the $75 million goal of its Light This Candle Campaign, exceeding that figure 8 1/2 months ahead of the Campai...
Apr 19, 2022, 11:30am EDT
Knapp Sets Single-Season Goals Record in 10-5 Lax Loss
The Monmouth College lacrosse team had an early lead at home on Saturday but allowed the final six goals of the game in a 10-5 Midwest Lacrosse Conference loss to the University of Northwestern (MN). The Scots (5-5, 1-2) led 3-0 after the first quarter...
Apr 16, 2022, 7:30pm EDT
Peckham, Wilson Grab Wins at Greenville Select Meet
The Monmouth College track and field team competed at the Greenville College Select Meet on Friday. Jordan Peckham (Farmington, Illinois) and Reed Wilson (Normal, Illinois) were individual winners of their events on Friday. Peckham won the 100m race i...
Apr 15, 2022, 10:45pm EDT
Scots Use Big Innings to Sweep Eureka Friday
The Monmouth College softball team swept their final non-conference double header of the season with 8-5 and 12-10 home wins over Eureka College on Friday. The Scots rallied from behind to win both games while also using the event to raise money and aw...
Apr 15, 2022, 10:16pm EDT
Monmouth College's Thompson Lecture on April 21 to answer 'Will College Make You Wise?'
Why are we here? That's a deep philosophical question about mankind's place in the universe, but it's also a thought that might cross college students' minds while they sit in a classroom, listening to a lecture. Internationally known speaker John Th...
Apr 14, 2022, 12:42pm EDT
Monmouth College's Classics Day V earns honor for outstanding promotional activity
It was an instant classic. That was the consensus of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South's Committee for the Promotion of Latin and Greek, which honored Monmouth College's Classics Day V from last Oct. 2 with its Outstanding Promoti...
Apr 14, 2022, 10:28am EDT