BELOIT, Wis. - Beloit College scored three goals in each half this afternoon to beat Millikin 6-4 at Strong Soccer Field. Ervin Rosas set up four goals and scored another, Marco Jijon (Wilmette, IL) and Daniel Abreu each scored twice, and goalkeeper David Staats (Meridian, ID) made 12 saves.
Millikin struck first when Olav Kaldahl scored at 1:16. Beloit answered at 16:36, when Matteo Jijon scored his first goal of the season off a Miles Morrow assist.
Kaldahl put the Big Blue back in front at 28:13, but the Buccaneers closed the half with two goals. Rosas tied it 2-2 at 38:57, his 10th goal of the season, on a feed from Abreu. Abreu then scored his first goal of the year at 44:41, assisted by Rosas, to give Beloit a 3-2 halftime lead.
Mikkel Opdahl tied the match at 3-3 for Millikin at 52:23, but Beloit responded within 90 seconds and took control. Jijon scored his first goal of the season at 53:46, assisted by Rosas, to make it 4-3. He struck again at 56:48, once more off a Rosas assist, for a 5-3 lead. Abreu then scored his second of the day at 73:38, assisted by Rosas, to make it 6-3.
Millikin's Luca Lopez scored in the 86th minute to cut the deficit to 6-4, but Beloit held on.
Rosas was involved in five of Beloit's six goals. He had four assists, three of them in the second half, plus his own tying goal in the first half. He led all players with 10 shots, five on target, in 79 minutes. Jijon scored the first two goals of his season 3 minutes and 2 seconds apart in the second half. All four of his shots were on target. Abreu came off the bench and had a big impact in 36 minutes. He scored twice, added an assist on Rosas's goal, and took five shots, three on target. Matteo Jijon (Wilmette, IL) opened Beloit's scoring in the 17th minute and took four shots in 43 minutes, while midfielder Miles Morrow assisted on that opener and played all 90 minutes.
In goal, Staats played the full 90 minutes and made 12 saves, earning the win. Millikin put 16 of its 32 shots on target.
Beloit outshot Millikin 35-32 and had 17 shots on target to the Big Blue's 16. Millikin held advantages in corner kicks (13-5) and possession (57%-43%), but the Buccaneers were more efficient in front of goal.
For Millikin, Kaldahl scored twice on nine shots, and goalkeeper Joshua Garrett made 11 saves before giving way to Colton Petrick in the 85th minute.
The win pushes the Buccaneers to 2-15-1 (1-61- MWC) and moves the Big Blue to 8-9-1 (3-5-0 CCIW).
The Buccaneers play their final game of the 2026 season on Saturday when they host the Blue Boys of Illinois College. Kick off from Strong Soccer Field is set for 1 pm.
