Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Monmouth posted a 1-1 record on Day 1 of the Midwest Conference Classic at East Peoria, Ill., posting a 5-4 win over Beloit in extra innings of the opener, then falling 3-1 to Carroll in Game 2.

Sam Sons collected her third hit of the game in the bottom of the ninth against Beloit to earn the Scots a 5-4 come-from-behind win. The seniors' hit through the left side plated Emily Woods with the winning run after Kaitlyn Winkler's sac bunt moved Woods to third. Monmouth had tied the game with four runs in the bottom of the sixth to set up reliever Taylor Smith to collect the win and get starter Skyler Johnson off the hook.

The Scots were held hitless in a 3-1 loss to Carroll until Sons beat out a come-backer in the fifth. The play loaded the bases for Sommer Foster who deliverd a sac fly to score Woods with the Scots' only run. Carroll touched starter Alyssa Edler for all three runs on five straight hits in the fourth.