WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. – Monmouth University baseball head coach Dean Ehehalt announced a challenging 53-game slate for the Hawks in 2026.
 
Monmouth, who will be entering its fourth season in the Coastal Athletic Association (CAA), will play home 24 times this spring. 
 
The season opens the weekend of Feb. 13 as the Hawks head to Richmond for a three-game set. 
 
The following weekend, the Hawks will head south for a weekend at Stetson. Monmouth will face Virginia, North Dakota State and Stetson. North Dakota State and Stetson took part in the NCAA Regionals last spring.
 
The final weekend in February sees Monmouth head to UMBC for a three-game set starting Feb. 27.
 
March opens with a trip to NJIT on March 4.
 
CAA play gets underway on March 6 as the Hawks head to Towson for the weekend. The CAA will play a North and South Division this year. As part of the North Division, the Hawks will face Northeastern, Towson, Stony Brook and Hofstra both home and away.  
 
After the weekend in Towson, the Hawks make a midweek trip to FDU (Mar. 11). Monmouth plays its home opener, on Friday, Mar. 13 as the Hawks welcome Hofstra to town.
 
Monmouth will make a quick trip to Rutgers (Mar. 17) before returning home to face Stony Brook for three (Mar. 20-22). The Hawks wrap up that home stretch by taking on Lafayette (Mar. 24). 
 
The Hawks head south to take on Elon the weekend of Mar. 27 before returning home to face St. Peter's (Mar. 31).
 
April opens with a trip north to take on Northeastern (Apr. 2-4) and a visit to Princeton (Apr. 8). 
 
Monmouth returns home for a five-game homestand that begins on Apr. 10 as Towson comes to town. That stretch also includes midweek contests against NJIT (Apr. 14) and Penn (Apr. 15).
 
The Hawks hit the road to visit Stony Brook (Apr. 17-19) and LIU (Apr. 21). Monmouth begins its longest home stretch of the season, an eight-game stretch, on Apr. 22 as Seton Hall comes to town. 
 
That home stretch continues with three against Rider (Apr. 24-26), three against Northeastern (May1-3) and FDU (May 6).
 
The Hawks head to Hofstra for three games (May 8-10) before returning home to host North Carolina A&T (May 14-16). 
 
The CAA Championship will take place at UNC Wilmington starting May 20.