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Sports

Track and Field Extend Home Winning Streak in Season Opener

The men’s and women’s track and field teams opened its outdoor season at the 17th Annual Season Opener, which featured over 1900 competitors from 35 different schools and 12 club teams, Saturday afternoon. The Hawks, who claimed the Northeast Conference Championships a year ago, qualified for the ECAC/IC4A Championships in nine event areas, while Qiyana Hill set the school record in the discus throw.

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Sports

Women’s Basketball Falls to Sacred Heart in NEC Title Game

The women’s basketball team erased an 18-point deficit but fell to top-seeded Sacred Heart, 58-48, in the Northeast Conference Tournament Championship Sunday afternoon at the Pitt Center. Alysha Womack (Springfield, Pa./Cardinal O’Hara) finished with a team-high 13 points for the Hawks, whose season ends at 19-13. The Pioneers (25-7) advance to the NCAA Tournament with the win.

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Club & Greek

University Communications Council Presents First Master’s Class with HBO Documentarian Joe Lavine

Long Branch, N.J. — Documentarian Joe Lavine will be the inaugural speaker in the first of a series of master’s classes at Monmouth University hosted by MU’s Communication Council, an advisory organization that makes a connection for faculty and students in the department with working professionals in the field of communication.

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Sports

Indoor Track Breaks MAC Records in Blue and White Invitational

Fresh off its 2012 Northeast Conference Indoor Championships, the Monmouth University women’s and men’s track and field teams, ranked ninth and 10th respectively in the latest U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Mid-Atlantic Regional Index, returned home for the 2nd Annual Blue-White Invitational, Saturday afternoon at the Multipurpose Activity Center. At the event, which featured six collegiate teams, pole vaulting freshman Lauren McDonald (Roseland, N.J./West Essex Regional) set the new freshman record and facility mark for the women’s team. On the men’s squad, Joshua Lewis (Montville, N.J./Montville Township) qualified for the IC4A Championships in the long jump.