Have you ever attended a football or basketball game on campus? Or have you seen the other great 20 sports teams compete at home? Well if you have, Rich Carragher, Associate Athletic Director For Event Management, and Patrick Pagano, Associate Athletic Director for Facilities and Operations, are the two individuals who share an important role […]
Author: JOHN SPINELLI
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Monmouth’s Busy in the Win Column
The Monmouth University Baseball team struggled this past weekend against Quinnipiac despite earning a win in the first game of the series that they dropped to the Bobcats. On April 15, the Hawks won 7-4, where star pitcher Trey Dombroski struck out 13 batters, a career-high. Both Alex Barker and James Harmstead homered during the […]
MU Track Dominates In Split Competitions
The Track and Field team this past weekend on April 15, competed at the Bucknell University Invitational in Lewisburg, PA and Moravian Invite, at Moravian University in Bethlehem, PA on Friday April 15. The men and women’s team did very well. Most of the distance and mid-distance athletes went to Bucknell while the jumps, throwers, […]
Is Partying Part of the Experience?
Many people believe that partying is an essential part of the college experience. Personally, I would overwhelmingly disagree – it is definitely not necessary. I don’t want to sound like a hypocrite because I do enjoy going out and did my fair share of partying as an underclassmen. However, I regret wasting a lot of […]
Katie Meyer and Mental Health
About a month ago, Katie Meyer, a star goalie on Stanford University’s Soccer team, tragically passed away after losing her battle with depression. News headlines everywhere report about this tragedy and discussed the importance of mental health in sports. Many questions arrised, why did this tragic event happen and how could it have been avoided? […]
Tennis Teams Meet Their First MAAC Opponents
On Fri. April 1 to Sat., April 2, the men’s and women’s tennis team competed against Fairfield University at the Monmouth University Outdoor Tennis Complex on Beechwood Avenue. This marked the first game for both teams of the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) regular season. The men’s team won four to three against Fairfield, but the […]
How Unvaccinated People Are Treated
I believe that the United States and on our local level, Monmouth University, has treated unvaccinated people unfairly. The school needs to treat unvaccinated people a lot better, and we finally need to move on from this pandemic. I think that myself and so many others here who didn’t get the vaccine have been wronged. […]
Bowling Ends, Track Starts
Over the course of March 24-27, the Bowling team finished their season at the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Championships at Pinboy’s at the Beach Bowling Alley in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The team won against #5 ranked Morgan State on Friday 2-1 and beat the University of Alabama Birmingham 2-1 on Sat., but was ultimately eliminated […]
Staff Profile: Who is John “Jack” Jackman?
A well-known face to the Monmouth University and athletic community is John “Jack” Jackman. He has been at Monmouth since 1993 and has played a crucial part in the Fitness Center since it opened in the 1990’s and (now) the newer Fitness Center at the Ocean First Bank Center since 2010. “I have always strived […]
Tennis & Golf Celebrate A Great Weekend
The women’s golf team defeated Hofstra University in a dual meet at Jumping Brook Course in Neptune and Eagle Ridge Golf Course in Lakewood on March 14-15. The men’s golf team had a biweek; they will compete again on March 25-26 in Berlin, Maryland. The team earned a total score of 309 on Monday and […]