The men’s basketball team found themselves on the right and wrong side of two nail-biting contests this past week as the defeated the Fairfield University Stags Thursday, Jan. 23, but then fell to intrastate rival Rider University on Sunday, Jan. 26.
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Track and Field Place Top 10 in Events
The University’s track and field squads competed in the 2014 BU John Thomas Terrier Invitational held in Boston, Mass as well as the NYU Team Challenge at the New York Armory this past weekend. The Invitationals split up most of the events with the majority of the women’s events on Friday and then men’s primarily on Saturday.
Women’s Basketball Splits Weekend Games
The women’s basketball team split their weekend as they fell to the Iona Gaels Friday, Jan. 24, but came back to beat the Manhattan Jaspers on Sunday, Jan. 26.
SIDELINES: 01/29/2014
Freshman guard Mia Hopkins was named MAAC Rookie of the Week for her performance this past weekend.
Alumni Goes Professional
Former Monmouth University men’s soccer star goalkeeper Bryan Meredith has signed with the San Jose Earthquakes, the team recently announced. The goalkeeper from Scotch Plains, NJ, joins the Major League Soccer (MLS) club following recent stints with Seattle Sounders FC, IK Brage (Sweden), and the New York Cosmos. Meredith claimed a pair of all-region first team honors […]
Men’s Basketball 0-2 in first MAAC Games of Season
Men’s basketball lost two tight-knit games this past week after falling to the Rider University Broncs 89-83 on Thursday, Dec. 5 and the Manhattan College Jaspers 75-66 on Sunday, Dec. 8.
Game On: The Eddy Occhipinti Play
Every day the title of Assistant Athletics Director for Marketing for Monmouth Athletics sends the ball into Eddy Occhipinti’s court.
Ice Hockey Struggles Against Rowan University
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.
Track & Field Place First in the MAC Classic
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.
SIDELINES: 12/11/2013
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.