Sports

Every day the title of Assistant Athletics Director for Marketing for Monmouth Athletics sends the ball into Eddy Occhipinti’s court.

The University’s men’s hockey club team was defeated by the American Collegiate Hockey Association’s (ACHA) No. 4 ranked Rowan University Profs on Friday, Dec. 6 in their fourth match up at home. The men were coming off a huge win in a tournament held by Liberty University two weekends ago, and with ambition, attempted to keep their winning streak alive.

The men’s and women’s track and field teams both finished in first place during the Fifth Annual MAC Classic on Saturday, Dec. 7. The Classic marked the beginning of their indoor seasons and the first season the team will appear in the Metro Athletic Atlantic Conference. The men and women’s track and field team remains undefeated in The MAC since its doors opened in 2009.

The National Soccer Coaches Association of America announced that three women’s soccer players were named to 2013 NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division I Women’s All-Northeast Region Teams.

The men’s basketball team (3-4) gained momentum at home over the weekend, winning the championship of the Barclays Center Classic with a dramatic 81-79 victory over Mississippi Valley State University Delta Devils and a convincing 76-61 win over North Carolina A&T Aggies. Juniors Dion Jones and Andrew Nicholas were co-MVP’s of the tournament.

The sun began to set on a beautiful New Jersey November day as the sweat trickled down Julian Hayes‘ forehead. Out of breath he began to mutter, “I can’t quit, not yet, not now.” There was no crowd, no coaches, no other players. As the 5’11 215 lb. running back picked up his head and started running towards the opposite goal line, someone might ask why he was doing so, only days after the twelve game grueling season which saw him rush for a new career high with arguably the toughest schedule that the Monmouth University football team had ever seen.

The Monmouth cross country team completed their final meet of the season as they raced in the ECAC/IC4A Championships at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx on Saturday, Nov. 23. The men placed second in the IC4A Championship meet while the women finished fifth in the ECAC Championship meet.

On Sunday Dec. 1, the University’s women’s basketball team lost to Bowling Green University by a final score of 71-48. This was the final round of the Basketball Hall of Fame Women’s Challenge at the MassMutual Center. With the loss, the Hawks fall to 0-7 on the season, whereas the Falcons improve to 7-1.

Denise Wescott, the Monmouth University women’s lacrosse coach, was named Mid-Atlantic Coach of the Year by the Intercollegiate  Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association. Entering her fifth year of coaching the Hawks, Wescott has an overall 41-34 record. Wescott and the Hawks open their season on Feb. 15, 2014 as they host Fresno State.