Upper Montclair, NJ (10/23/02) - The Montclair State University men's soccer team dropped a 3-0 decision today to visiting Ramapo College of New Jersey at MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field. The Red Hawks are now 9-4-2 overall and 2-3-1 in New Jersey Athletic Conference play, while Ramapo improves to 10-3-1 overall and 4-3 in the NJAC. The Roadrunners now also lead the Red Hawks by five pointsin the conference standings.

Ramapo senior forward CHRIS BLACKMORE (Winslow, NJ/Edgewood) scored the only goal the visiting Roadrunners would need just 21:32 into the first half when he split two Montclair State defenders at midfield and then lofted a high, arcing shot from 40 yards out that sailed up and over MSU sophomore goalkeeper CHRIS OWEN (Pompton Lakes, NJ/Pompton Lakes) and into the Montclair net. The goal was Blackmore's team-leading 11th score of the campaign.

Senior back ADAM TIGHE (Brick, NJ/Brick) made it 2-0 for Ramapo at 61:28 as he headed in a corner kick from the left side for his fifth goal of the year, and sophomore midfielder MATT CHESTER (Hamilton, NJ/Steinert) closed out the scoring at 80:17 when he raced in from the left wing to slip a low shot past Owen (one save) for his sixth score this season. RCNJ senior goalkeeper ADAM HEIFITZ (Paramus, NJ/St. Joseph's) finished with three saves to claim his fourth shutout this fall as Ramapo outshot MSU, 11-7. Each team took nine corner kicks.

The Red Hawks will seek to snap a two-game winless NJAC skid when they host The College of New Jersey on Saturday, Oct. 26, at 1:00 p.m. Montclair is 6-1-1 at home so far this season. Ramapo hosts NJAC rival Richard Stockton College on Saturday, also at 1:00 p.m.