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Softball Gets First Win of Season in Monday Split
The Monmouth College softball team picked up their first win of the season in a double header split at Knox College on Monday. The Scots won the opener 10-2 as they run-ruled the Prairie Fire before losing the nightcap 5-3. The games were non-conferenc...
Apr 12, 2021, 10:41pm EDT

Scots Dominate Knox in Double Header Baseball Sweep
The Monmouth College baseball team didn't allow an earned run on Monday as they swept rival Knox College 9-0 and 16-1 at Glasgow Field. The Scots (7-3, 5-1) got a nine-inning complete game shutout from Jeff Garrett (Aledo, Illinois) in the opener and t...
Apr 12, 2021, 9:42pm EDT

Scots Lacrosse Loses to UNW Friday
The Monmouth College men's lacrosse team suffered their first loss of the season with a home setback to University of Northwestern St. Paul 16-4 on Friday night. The loss drops the Scots to 3-1 overall, and a game back of the Eagles in the Midwest Lacr...
Apr 9, 2021, 11:06pm EDT

Scots Baseball Split Friday DH
The Monmouth College baseball team split a home double header against Illinois College on Friday with an 8-3 win in the opener and a 6-5 setback in the nightcap. The split ends a five-game win streak and puts the Fighting Scots at 5-3 overall, 3-1 in M...
Apr 9, 2021, 9:24pm EDT

Monmouth College to stage musical version of Alcott's 'Little Women,' April 15-18
Audiences attending Monmouth College's April 15-18 production of the musical Little Women - based on the novels written a century and a half ago by Louisa May Alcott - will be given a visual reminder of the passion of its main character, Jo March. The...
Apr 7, 2021, 11:12am EDT

Drew Thaxton Named Midwest Conference Track & Field Performer of the Week
Monmouth College senior Drew Thaxton (Decatur, Illinois) has been named the Midwest Conference Men's Outdoor Track and Field, Field Performer of the Week after winning three events at the first meet of the season. At the Beloit College Invitational in...
Apr 6, 2021, 4:22pm EDT

Monmouth College alumni couple establish scholarship for first-generation students from Warren, Mercer, Henderson, Knox counties
Before Nathan Gaskill '04 was a partner at the accounting firm of Lauterbach & Amen in Naperville, Illinois, he was a first-generation college student wondering if he'd have enough money to begin and continue his Monmouth College education. "First-ge...
Apr 6, 2021, 9:45am EDT

Knapp, Nowicki Named Midwest Lacrosse Conference Players of the Week
After a dominating 13-5 win over Cornell College on Thursday, the Monmouth College men's lacrosse team swept the Midwest Lacrosse Conference weekly awards on Monday. Attacker Jeff Knapp (Nolensville, Tennessee) was named Offensive Player of the Week an...
Apr 5, 2021, 5:12pm EDT

Monmouth College Football Sets Cleanup Day for April 17
After missing out last year because of the pandemic, the Monmouth College football team is ready to get back in action with their Spring Cleanup Day. This year's event will be held from 8 am to noon on Saturday, April 17. This is the 12th time in the ...
Apr 5, 2021, 11:00am EDT

Monmouth College panel tackles discrimination, stereotypes against Asian Americans
When a mass shooting targeting Asian women occurred last month in Atlanta, members of the Monmouth College Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Group reacted by organizing a roundtable discussion that was held via Zoom. Panelists for the March 31 discussio...
Apr 5, 2021, 10:08am EDT