Sports

In the 24th and final home opener at Kessler Field for the Monmouth football program, the Hawks saw firsthand the gap that stands between them and the defending Big South champions.

The Monmouth University men’s and women’s golf teams have teed off their fall seasons. The men have competed in one event so far, while the women have competed in two.

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Monmouth University’s men’s soccer suffered its fourth defeat of the season on Wednesday, Sept. 14 at the hands of Columbia with a score of 4-3 at Hesse Field on The Great Lawn in West Long Branch.

Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams have started the new season on the right track, with both teams finishing first in the Monmouth XC Kick-Off at Thompson Park on Sept. 3.

There was plenty of build-up in the days prior to Monmouth’s match-up with the Kent State Golden Flashes of the Mid-Amer­ican Conference in the program’s second game against a Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) oppo­nent in as many years.

The Monmouth University field hockey team has had a successful start to the 2016 season. They cur­rently stand atop the MAAC with a 7-1 record after coming away with victories against Saint Joseph’s and Temple over the last week.

After going 5-6 a season ago in their second season in the Big South and finishing in third place in the conference with a 3-3 record, the Hawks opened up the 2016 campaign in a place they will have to get used to: on the road.