Monmouth University NCAA News

Suddenly, out of nowhere, the Monmouth University football team has a lot more to play for than a winning season.

The Monmouth University football team posted an efficient 24-10 victory Saturday over St.

The feeling of optimism that surrounds the Monmouth University men's basketball program apparently hasn't made its way much beyond the borders of West Long Branch.

Garrett Clawson kicked three field goals and Raphael Johnson rushed for 115 yards to lead Robert Morris to a 9-7 win over Sacred Heart on Saturday.

Dan Garrett, in a sign that he's in tune with his team's unrecognized status, is a bit incognito these days, sporting a beard he's been growing since the third week of the season.

Sinisi's rushing leads Monmouth past Bryant 10-6 Eds: APNewsNow. Monmouth, N.J. 10, Bryant 6. WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. David Sinisi ran for 139 yards and caught the game's only touchdown to lead Monmouth of New Jersey to a 10-6 win over Bryant on Saturday.

Though its 2009 Northeast Conference championship hopes have been all but officially extinguished, the Monmouth University football team is still alive in its bid for a sixth winning season in the last seven years.

Nick Doscher had three touchdowns and compiled 288 total yards to lead Wagner in a 49-28 win over Sacred Heart on Saturday.

Since Monmouth University began playing football in 1993 its defense has been its calling card.

Both Vinny Esposito and Andrew Smith threw for one touchdown and ran for one, leading Albany to a 35-10 win over Monmouth on Saturday.

Today, for the first time since Monmouth University began playing football in 1993, two candidates for the Walter Payton Award, symbolic of the top offensive performer in the Football Championship Subdivision, will be lining up as opponents at Kessler Field.

He averaged 11.9 points per game two years ago and has 108 career 3-pointers. --Monmouth opens its new 4,100-seat MAC with a Nov.

A terrible thing happened to Monmouth last season as the Hawks attempted to return to NEC contention: They lost their best player in the first game of the season.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: Dave Calloway went for some added bulk when he signed 6-5, 240-pound Ed Waite and 6-7, 230-pount versatile player Marcus Ware.

Jonathan Hernandez rushed for a career-high 166 yards and a fourth-quarter touchdown, part of 13 unanswered points to seal Massachusetts' 23-17 comeback win over New Hampshire on Saturday.

Frazier leads Monmouth past Sacred Heart 42-20 Eds: APNewsNow. Monmouth, N.J. 42, Sacred Heart 20.

Brian Friedman helped lead the Pioneers to their first win of the season, 29-7 over Saint Francis on Saturday.

Kevin Callahan understands better than most that young people make mistakes. He's college football coach, after all.

Eric McCutchen's 37-yard field goal attempt to tie the score at the final gun Saturday fluttered against a stiff breeze, falling well short of the goalposts.

Connor Dixon threw two touchdown passes and Duquesne defeated Robert Morris 34-20 on Saturday.