Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Monmouth opened Midwest Conference play 2-0 after downing Knox in a Saturday afternoon doubleheader 8-0 and 15-7.
 
Liz Hippen tossed a three-hitter in the opener while Charlotte Park homered for the fifth time in two years against the Prairie Fire. Park's first inning round tripper put Monmouth up 3-0. They tacked on five more runs in the second thanks to two walks, three hits, an error and hit batsman in the inning.  Hippen fanned six in picking up her fourth win of the season.
 
The Scots won the second game in a slugfest as freshman Hanna Drowns knocked in three runs in the first inning with a bases loaded triple on the way to a six-run first inning.
 
Trailing 8-1 in the third, Knox batted around with the aid of six hits and three walks, plating seven runs to draw to 8-7 before reliever Taylor Smith could put out the fire.
 
Monmouth stormed back in the bottom of the third when Kirstyn Ozga opened the frame with a  base hit, her first of two hits in the inning, and Emily Watkins doubled to drive in Ozga. The back-to-back hits started a seven-run inning as the Scots batted around to take a 15-7 lead.
 
Smith then held the Fire scoreless over the next two innings to end the game via the mercy rule.
 
Park went 4-for-6 in the twinbill with six RBIs.