Both the University men’s and women’s track and field team’s were dominant over the championship weekend, but the men broke a memorable record. The men’s team totaled 27 points, the most ever at the IC4A’s by Monmouth. It was good enough for a ninth place finish. It is Monmouth’s best finish at the event since their 11th place finish in 2002. The Hawks also had five team members take All-East honors at the event.
The softball team opened the season in Norfolk, Virginia in the 2012 Spartan Classic and won three of its four games.
The women’s basketball team finished off the 2011-12 regular season with back-to-back home wins over Long Island University – Brooklyn and St. Francis (N.Y.). The Hawks finished the season third in the NEC and will host LIU Brooklyn in the first round of the conference tournament on Saturday at 4:00 pm.
Monmouth University junior Ford Palmer (Smithville, N.J. (Absegami) ran 4:08.08 in the mile to snap the program record set in 1987 Thursday afternoon.The men and women’s track and field teams competed at the Armory’s Collegiate Challenge, the final test for both squads before the ECAC/IC4A Championships next weekend.
The softball team kicked off the season at the Spartan Classic at Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia. They took three out of their four games, starting off the season in a solid fashion. The first game was against Norfolk State on Saturday afternoon. The Hawks dominated the Spartans 10-4 and then defeated the University […]
YouTube phenomenon and Marquette head basketball coach Buzz Williams nearly brought on a full-fledged riot at West Virginia Coliseum on February 24th after pantomiming a ballroom dance to John Denver on WVU’s home court. The action greatly angered the West Virginia student section, who gave Williams a piece of their mind during an ESPN interview conducted shortly after.
The men’s basketball team finished the regular season with two big home wins against St. Francis (N.Y.) and Long Island University – Brooklyn. The Hawks finish the season as the sixth seed in the Northeast Conference (NEC) and will face Robert Morris in the first round of the conference tournament.
Following a 3-0 start, the men’s baseball team took a step back this weekend after dropping three straight games to the seventeenth ranked University of Virginia Cavaliers.
Basketball season is coming to an end, but that does not stop the sudden increase in attendance to the men’s home games.