Sports

Football defeated Hampton 30-23 after freshman running back Eric Zokouri scored the game winning score on the first play of overtime on Saturday afternoon.

With another 2-0 shutout, the Monmouth University women’s soccer team defeated Canisius College on Saturday afternoon at Hess Field on The Great Lawn.

Monmouth Football (2-1) lost their first game, of the season, after a 28-14 loss to former conference rival Albany Saturday night.

The women’s soccer team started off conference play with a 2-0 shutout against Niagara on Saturday afternoon. The win makes it a five game unbeaten streak (4-0-1) for the Hawks.

Monmouth men’s soccer was defeated twice on the road this past week by both Columbia and #25 ranked UMass Lowell, respectively, as the Hawks now see themselves winless in their last four matches.

The Monmouth University’s field hockey is now ranked nationally for the first time in school history, coming in at #25 nationally in the Penn Monto/National Field Hockey Coaches Association National Poll. This comes after they produced a 3-2 road win this past Sunday afternoon against rival Quinnipiac in Hamden, Connecticut. The hard-fought victory improves the Hawks to a 5-2 record and extends their winning streak to three. 

The field hockey team came away with two impressive victories this past weekend to end a two-game losing streak. The Hawks handily defeated Lehigh on Friday afternoon by the score off 7-0 and followed suit on Sunday by beating Brown 9-0. With the two wins the Hawks improve to a 4-2 record on the season and have won 15 straight regular season home games.