Jersey City, NJ - BRIAN SHEEKEY (Palm Coast, FL/Father Lopez) hit a three run blast and SEAN JOYCE (Newark, DE/Caravel Academy) collected four RBI as Montclair State improved to 2-1 in the New Jersey Athletic Conference with a 28-3 victory over New Jersey City Thursday afternoon in Jersey City.

The Red Hawks (7-8-1, 2-1 NJAC) tallied 28 runs in the contest, their highest total since 1995, when they scored 32 against Ramapo College.

The Red Hawks jumped out to a 10-0 advantage in the top of the first inning. Highlighting the scoring was a three run shot from Sheekey, his second three run homerun in three games and a two run single by outfielder BRIAN BUTLER (Wyckoff, NJ/Ramapo Regional).

Montclair then led a balanced scoring attack, plating atleast one run in six out of nine innings. The Red Hawks also added a line in the record books reaching base 19 times by a base-on-balls, the previous record was 18 occuring back in 1991 against Eastern Connecticut.

Sophomore KEITH SCHNEIDER (Pompton Plains, NJ/Pequannock) earned his second victory for the Red Hawks. Schneider (2-0) tossed four innings allowing one run and six hits. He walked no one and struck out two. The bullpen comprised of JAY COOK (Westfield, NJ/Westfield), KRIS BOHNBERGER (Medford, NJ/Shawnee), STEVE HAGEMANN (Sussex, NJ/Vernon) and JAMES CARIELLO (Springfield, NJ/Jonathan Dayton) combined for four innings of relief. They allowed two runs on five hits.

Offensively for MSU, Butler finished the day with a 3-for-7 performance including three RBI. His seven at bats tie a school record for most at bats in a single game. Teammate PJ Baccarella (Bayonne, NJ/Bayonne) was 1-for-6 with 3 RBI and ETHAN BOYD (Perth Amboy, NJ/Perth Amboy) was 0-for-0 with four walks and two RBI. Boyd had his 17 game hitting streak snapped with the four walk performance today.