Monmouth Hawks

The Monmouth Hawks refer to the 23 sports teams representing Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey. The Hawks compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, joining on July 1, 2013.[2] The football team became an FCS Independent for the 2013 season, and moved to the Big South Conference on July 1, 2014.[3] The women's bowling program was a charter member of the Southland Bowling League, a single-sport conference formed in January 2015,[4] but moved that sport to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference after the 2017–18 season.[5]

Monmouth Hawks
UniversityMonmouth University
ConferenceMetro Atlantic Athletic Conference (most sports)
Big South Conference (football)
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (bowling)
NCAADivision I
Athletic directorMarilyn McNeil
LocationWest Long Branch, New Jersey
Varsity teams23
Football stadiumKessler Stadium
Basketball arenaOceanFirst Bank Center
Baseball stadiumMonmouth Baseball Field
NicknameHawks
ColorsMidnight Blue and White[1]
         
Websitewww.monmouthhawks.com

Teams

Monmouth sponsors teams in ten men's and eleven women's NCAA sanctioned sports:[6]

  1. Football competes in the Big South Conference.
  2. Bowling competes in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
  3. The MAAC dropped field hockey at the end of the 2018 season. Monmouth will move that sport to the America East Conference.
See also: Monmouth Hawks baseball, Monmouth Hawks men's basketball, and Monmouth Hawks football

References
  1. "Monmouth University Athletics Quick Facts". December 28, 2006. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  2. http://www.nj.com/college-basketball/index.ssf/2012/12/monmouth_university_accepts_invite_to_join_maac_in_2013_leaving_northeast_conference.html
  3. http://www.bigsouthsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4800&ATCLID=206394001
  4. "New Southland Bowling League Established" (Press release). Southland Conference. January 20, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  5. "Bowling Accepts Invitation to Join MEAC" (Press release). Monmouth Hawks. June 19, 2018. Retrieved September 16, 2018.
  6. http://www.monmouthhawks.com/
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