Sports

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.

Freshman guard Mia Hopkins was named MAAC Rookie of the Week for her performance this past weekend.

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 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.

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.