The Fighting Scot women’s soccer team posted a huge response to their 4-0 setback against Lawrence University as Morgan Kistler posted a brace in Monmouth’s 4-1 win over Cornell College Tuesday evening. With this result, the Scots improved to 6-2 overall and 2-1 in Midwest Conference play and currently sit in fifth place in league standings.
After the Rams opened the scoring in the sixth minute, freshman Lily Palazzolo answered in the seventh minute when she received a through-ball pass from Mariah Hobson to break free and beat Cornell keeper Violet Fiers on a breakaway, finding the back of the net soon after. Morgan Kistler tacked on another goal ten minutes later, rebounding a shot by Palazzolo that came off the foot of the post.
The Scots led 2-1 after the first 45 minutes.
“It’s not something my girls are used to,” said Head Coach Rhys Lewis about Cornell’s high back line. The Rams caught the Scots offside six times in the first half alone.
“It’s all on the girls. {I’ve been] telling the girls to plan it early: make different runs, hold your runs, plan simple one-two’s, and [it’s] really just trying to make it easy on my girls to go and score.”
The Scots came right out of the in the second when Mariah Hobson caught Cornell’s keeper off her line and lobbed a ball over her head from 35 yards out in the 47th, and again soon after when Kistler found a sharp-angled shot that hit the interior netting, allowing Monmouth to walk out of Peacock Park with three points.
The Scots outshot the Rams 22-12 (16-4) on the afternoon and both Cadence Covert only need to make three saves through the 90 minutes.
The men’s soccer contest originally scheduled for the following day was postponed due to heavy rain and is set to be played on October 15 at noon.
On Friday, the Scots fell to American Rivers Conference hotshot Simpson College 5-0 and will return to Peacock Park to face Ripon College on October 17 at 1:30 p.m. as the nightcap of a men/women doubleheader.