MU men's/ women's soccer win/Brookdale downs OCC for Region 19 title

With info from the MU web site and looking for comments from you: is MU going to win both titles? If so, why? If not, why not and which one does MU win?
I'll be optimistic. MU sweeps behind Holloway and Lopez.



The Monmouth University men's soccer team will host the Northeast Conference
Tournament for a second year in a row.
Sunday Steven Halloway's chip shot in the 68th minute gave the No. 15 Hawks
a 1-0 victory over Sacred Heart and the top seed in the 2006 event when
Fairleigh Dickinson slipped to No. 2 with a 1-0 loss at Mount St. Mary's.
Friday at 11 a.m. Monmouth (12-3-3, 7-0-2) the top-seeded team
in the tournament, will face fourth
seeded Robert Morris (9-6-4, 4-2-3) in a rematch of last year's title
game won by the Colonials in overtime, 3-2.
FDU and St. Francis, Pa. will play in the other semifinal at 1:30 p.m.

IN WOMEN'S SOCCER
Monmouth defeated Wagner Sunday, 3-1, as NEC Rookie of the Year candidate freshman forward Andrea Lopez (Ocean Township)
scored twice for the Hawks (13-3-2, 7-1-1) to help put away the
Seahawks (2-16, 2-7) on Staten Island.
No. 2 seeded Monmouth, which bowed to No. 1 seed Long Island Friday, will
play No. 3 Central Connecticut State (8-2-2, 5-2-2) 1:30 p.m. Friday in a
2006 NEC
Tournament semifinal game at LIU after the Blackbirds (11-7-1, 8-1) play
Sacred Heart (6-1-2-1, 5-3-1).
The championship game will be Sunday at
LIU at a time to be announced.
Freshman Alessandra Detata (Brick) assisted on Lopez' second score.


Also:
In junior college soccer Kim Thompsen scored in the 36th minute to lead the Brookdale women's team to a 1-0 victory over Ocean County
College in the NJCAA Region 19 Division III championship contest at Mercer County College.



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