Reading, PA – Junior midfielder
Michael Schreck (Flemington, NJ, Hunterdon Central) scored with 3:12 remaining while senior goalkeeper
Michael Dorn (Blairstown, NJ, North Warren) came up with a game-saving stop with two seconds left as No. 12 Montclair State edged Albright College, 10-9 for its seventh straight victory on Saturday afternoon.
Senior
Sam Morrissey (Hackettstown, NJ, West Morris Central) had three goals while Schreck and
Brett Mangan (Maplewood, NJ, Columbia) collected two apiece as the Red Hawks moved to 13-1 on the season. Montclair has one game remaining on its schedule and it is an important one. MSU heads to Kean on Wednesday, April 30 for a 7:00 pm matchup with the Cougars. The winner of the game will claim the No. 1 seed in the Skyline Conference Tournament which begins on Wednesday, April 30.
Schreck's goal swung the score in favor of MSU in a game that went back-and-forth and was tied four times, the last coming with 8:10 to play as the Lions' TJ Holston scored his third goal knotting the game at 9-9. Each would get possession following Holston's goal and the Red Hawks took advantage of its time with ball as
Don Finn (Wall, NJ, Christian Brothers Academy) found Schreck for the go-ahead goal.
Albright's Darian Meador won the ensuing faceoff with Andrew Potter scooping up the ground ball for possession. The Lions then ran off over a minute on the clock before Mike Southwick put forth a shot that went high. Holston added another that went wide however Potter got the ground ball keeping possession with Albright. After another shot by Holston went high, the Lions called timeout with 54 seconds left and following the stopped Matthew Lomady and Cam Cetrone each sent attempts off target, the latter coming with 10 seconds left. Albright would get one last chance but Dorn made the last of his 13 saves against Holston with two seconds left as MSU escaped with the one-goal victory.
Albright (8-5) jumped out to a 3-1 lead before Montclair State tied the game with two goals in a span of 42 seconds forging a 3-3 tie with 3:05 left on a goal by Schreck. Holston put the Lions back in front and Mike Southwick's unassisted goal with 6:05 left in the second made it 5-3. Morrissey got a goal back just before halftime and scored two of the three MSU's goals to open the third putting Montclair in front 7-5 with 10:36 remaining.
Mangan's goal with 1:42 left in the third helped MSU to an 8-7 lead after three however Lomady tied the game at 8-8, 2:43 into the fourth.
Connor Cunningham (Jackson, NJ, Jackson Memorial) regained the lead for the Red Hawks with an unassisted goal but Holston tied the game a little over a minute later.
Freshman defender
Ryan Young (Jackson, NJ, Jackson Memorial) forced three turnovers for Montclair State with Dorn getting a pair.
Steve Danyluk (Raritan, NJ, Bridgewater-Raritan) and
Len Bellezza (Plainsboro, NJ, West Windsor-Plainsboro South), who also recorded a caused turnover, led the way with four ground balls apiece.