Grand Chute, WI - When Montclair State's CRAIG CONWAY singled to right field in the bottom of the 10th inning and DAVE WURST scored the winning run of a key game in the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship, Red Hawks coach Norm Schoenig managed to take in a personal, hidden importance of the winning play.

"The fact that Craig got the hit and Davey got the run... those two guys are the essence of our baseball program." Schoenig said of his two seniors. "Without those two huys, not a lot of things happen. They turned the whole thing around and got it going in the right direction when we really needed them."

Montclair State, the defending Division III College World Series champion, beat Marietta College, 2-1 in the 10th inning on Saturday at Fox Cities Stadium, ending a clasic pitcher's duel between Red Hawks starter COREY HAMMAN and Pioneers hurler Kris Buirley. Montclair State improved to 2-0 in the tournament and Marietta is 1-1.

Both starters threw complete games giving up only 14 hits between them.

"That's the kind of game you always want to pitch in," Buirley said. "I consider myself a competitive person, and when have a game like that, a 1-1 game going on and both pitchers are going pretty good, that's the game you proactive for an that's the game you want."

Marietta scored first, in the second inning. Mike Deegan led off the inning with a single, and moved to third on a throwing error on a sacrifice bunt attempt. Mike Menke drove in Deegan with a sacrifice fly to center. field.

Montclair State tied the game in the fifth inning. SCOTT CLARK led off the inning with a home run, his third of the year.

In the top of the 10th, Montclair State kept the game tied on a good defensive play by first baseman GEORGE BECKER. On a pop-up into foul territory, Becker made a running catch, then wheeled and threw to double off a runner at first.

In the bottom of the inning, Wurst led off with a singled to center and stole second. After a failed sacrifice bunt attempt, Conway came in and delivered the game-winning single, which also broke the school's single-season record for hits.

Hamman, last year's World Series MVO, threw 10 innings, giving up only five hits and one unearned run.