It came and it went. All it took was one play to make an early statement in the Hawks’ Big South opener, but lightning never strikes twice. MU’s football team (5-2, 0-1) dropped its Big South opener at Bailey Stadium in heartbreaking fashion to the Blue Hose of Presbyterian College (5-3, 2-1). The final score read 18-12.
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SIDE LINES: 10/29/14
In a comeback overtime victory, MU’s field hockey team defeated MAAC rivals, the Quinnipiac Bobcats, in a final score of 4-3. Senior Amanda Schoenfeld scored two goals and had two assists on the night while graduate student Trish O’Dwyer also had two goals including the game winner. The Hawks post a 9-7 record, 2-1 in the MAAC, and the Bobcats fall to 6-10 overall, 2-2 in the MAAC.
Men’s Soccer Ties Defending Champion Quinnipiac
The men’s soccer team earned one point this past Saturday, Oct. 18, when they came away with a scoreless tie on the road against the Quinnipiac University Bobcats. The contest was a rematch of last year’s MAAC Championship game, which the Bobcats took in a penalty kick shootout.
Field Hockey Begins Conference Play
The University’s field hockey team moved into their conference play this past weekend as they faced the Rider University Broncs and Sacred Heart University.
Surfers: You are Among Friends at Monmouth
Fall break allowed students across campus to take a breather from schoolwork and return home for a long weekend. Monmouth mothers rejoiced to see their loved ones at home under their wing once more, eating home-cooked meals and partaking in family bonding activities. Mothers of student surfers were distraught however, as their children paddled into heaping, over-head waves this past weekend. Although it was not ideal that students had to leave MU right before a big swell, it did not stop surfers from attaining a few highly sought after hurricane barrels.
Football Ignites Inaugural Big South Campaign
With the first six games of the Hawks’ football season out of the way, this weekend’s contest against the Blue Hose of Presbyterian College (4-3, 1-1 Big South) will mark a first in the football programs history.
Cross Country Competes at Princeton
The University’s men’s and women’s cross country teams participated in Princeton University’s Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 18. Out of 35 teams, the men tied for 15th with 417 points while the women placed 16th out of 37 teams with 481 points.
Women’s Soccer Victorious Against QU
MU women’s soccer was able to improve their record to 11-4 overall (6-1 MAAC) as they defeated conference rival, the Quinnipiac Bobcats, with a score of 1-0 on Saturday, Oct. 18 at Hesse Field on The Great Lawn.
SIDE LINES: 10/22/14
The Monmouth University men’s golf team finished 11th in the Lehigh Invitational at Saucon Valley Country Club’s Grace Course, a 7,091-yard par-72. The Hawks were led by senior Brady Goodling who tied for 18th overall with 158 strokes during the two day tournament. This marks his fourth top-20 finish of the season.
Hawks Football Steamrolls Robert Morris University
If the Hawks’ football team needed to prove that they would be okay without one of their star players, they made a quick statement as they dismantled their former Northeast Conference foe, the Colonials of Robert Morris University by a score of 51-20. The Hawks improve their record to 4-1 for the first time since 2006 while RMU drops to 0-5.