Mahwah, NJ - Sophomore forward DANIELLE BUTRICO scored three times and added an assist as 13th-ranked Montclair State rolled past Ramapo in its New Jersey Athletic Conference finale on Tuesday afternoon, 5-0.

Freshman KAITLYN STRUSS added a goal for the Red Hawks (13-4), who gave head coach Beth Gottung her 200th career victory. MSU closed out its conference slate at 4-2 and will enter the NJAC Tournament as the No. 3 seed. Montclair, which has won the last two conference titles, will face either Rowan or The College of New Jersey in a semifinal contest on Wednesday, November 5 at a site and time to be determined.

Butrico collected her first career hat trick and put the Red Hawks on the board early in the first half as she finished off a feed from GIANNA MOGLINO at the 11:03 mark.

The 1-0 score would hold through the remainder of the half and Montclair State added to it scoring three times over the final 35 minutes. Struss tallied her team-leading 17th goal of the season off an assist from Butrico who then scored twice over a five-minute span boosting the MSU lead to 4-0 with 10:23 remaining. CAITLIN CALIGUIRE registered the final goal, the first of her career.

Junior goalkeeper REBECCA BRATTOLE, who made a career-best 19 saves in her last outing against Rowan on Saturday, needed to make just one as MSU outshot the Roadrunners, 36-3. Brattole played the first 65 minutes before giving way to KAITLIN MAGUIRE, who finished up for the Red Hawks fourth shutout of the season.

Montclair State closes out its regular-season schedule on Saturday, November 1 as it travels to Gwynedd Valley, PA for a 2:00 pm matchup with Gwynedd-Mercy University.