Little Falls, NJ - Junior rightfielder ETHAN BOYD (Perth Amboy, NJ/Perth Amboy) drove in four runs, including a one-out, single in the bottom of the ninth to lift Montclair State to a 7-6 victory over York College (PA) in NCAA Division III baseball action at Yogi Berra Stadium on Tuesday afternoon.

Boyd went 4-for-5, including a two-run homer as the Red Hawks moved back over the .500 mark at 7-6. York fell to 13-6 with the loss.

MIKE HALLIGAN (Pompton Plains, NJ/Seton Hall Prep) led off the bottom of the ninth with a walk and moved to second as DANNY RODRIGUEZ (Monmouth, NJ/South Brunswick) laid down a sacrifice bunt. Boyd then stepped to the plate and lined a 1-0 pitch back up the middle to score Halligan with the winning run.

Freshman righthander JAIRO MENDEZ (Kearny, NJ/Kearny) picked up the victory in relief to improve to 3-0. Mendez retired all three hitters he faced on 11 pitches, including a strikeout. Matt Gonzalez (Shrewsbury, PA/Susquehannock) took the loss as he allowed the run in the ninth. Gonzalez is 1-1.

MSU led 5-4 heading into the seventh, but the Spartans took the lead with a pair of runs. Matt Westover (Woodbridge, VA/Woodbridge) singled with one out and stole second before Justin Heller (Sewell, NJ/Washington Township) doubled to right-centerfield to tie the game. Heller advanced to third on a balk and scored as Mike Welch (Claymont, DE/Brandywine) hit a sacrifice fly to center. The Red Hawks would tie the game back in their half of the inning. P.J. BACCARELLA (Bayonne, NJ/Bayonne) walked with one out and stole second. MIKE WEISS (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Lenape) then singled to left-center, scoring Baccarella and tying the game at 6-6.

The teams traded runs in the first as York's Welch scored on a wild pitch in the top of the inning while Boyd drove home Halligan with an RBI single in the bottom of the frame.

York moved ahead in the second a s Steve Korkowski (Woodbridge, NJ/Woodbridge) belted a solo home run off MSU starter JAMES CARIELLO (Springfield, NJ/Jonathan Dayton). The Spartans lead grew to 4-1 in the third as Andy Puglisi (Arlington, VA/Bishop Dennis J/ O'Connell) had an RBI double and Jeff Moore (Wilmington, DE/Bandywine) added a run-scoring single.

Montclair State would answer with two runs its half of the third as Boyd launched a two-run shot over the left field fence against Zac Clark (Haddonfield, NJ/Haddonfield) for his first round-tripper of the season. The Red Hawks then took a 5-4 lead in the fourth as Halligan singled with two outs to drive home PAUL SAMMARCO (Bergenfield, NJ/Bergenfield) and BRETT PICARO (Westfield, NJ/Westfield).

Weiss finished with two hits for Montclair State while Westover and Moore had two hits apiece for York.