Montclair, NJ – Senior midfielder Maxx Wurzburger (Glen Rock, NJ, Glen Rock) scored early while freshman defender Jake Seaman (Montclair, NJ, Montclair) added a goal late as Montclair State captured its New Jersey Athletic Conference opener with a 2-0 victory over New Jersey City at MSU Soccer Park on Wednesday evening.

Senior Brian Cullen (Clementon, NJ, Highland Regional) and freshman Kyle Goodwin (South Brunswick, NJ, South Brunswick) each picked up an assist as the Red Hawks (5-3, 1-0 NJAC) registered their fourth shutout of the season. Montclair also picked up its fifth consecutive win over NJCU (1-6-3, 0-1 NJAC) improving to 48-10-3 all-time against the Gothic Knights.

Junior goalkeeper Tyler Krychkowski (North Arlington, NJ / North Arlington) made 10 saves for NJCU, which dropped its fourth straight contest.

The Red Hawks outshot New Jersey City 25-12 in the contest, including 9-5 in the first half yet Montclair would only find the back of the net once. Krychkowski made a save on an shot by Damian Bziukiewicz (East Rutherford, NJ, Becton Regional) in the first 30 seconds however he was unable to stop Wurzburger's shot at the 5:56 mark. Cullen sent a pass to the top of the box where Wurzburger unloaded on a low shot that Krychkowski was able to get his hands on, but not good enough as the ball squirted through for a 1-0 Montclair lead.

The Gothic Knights had a chance four minutes later as Davauni Brown (Newark, NJ / Newark Tech) sent a shot on goal that was taken away by MSU keeper Christopher Martinez (Englewood, NJ, Academies @ Englewood) who came up with another save against Aboubacar Diawara (Bayonne, NJ / Bayonne) at 21:19 of the opening period.

Krychkowski added two more saves in the first half as Montclair took the one-goal lead into the break.

In the second half, Montclair State continued to put shots on net however the attempts went either wide or were blocked by NJCU defenders  in addition to being stopped by Krychkowski, who had  seven of his 10 saves over the final 45 minutes.

Seaman would find the back of the net for Montclair with 2:23 to play for an insurance goal, his second of the year. Goodwin, who collected his team-leading sixth assists of the year, crossed a ball on the left wing to the feet of Seaman, who finished the feed inside the right post for the goal.

Martinez finished with three saves as he earned his first career collegiate shutout.

Montclair State returns to action on Saturday, September 27 when it travels to Galloway, NJ for a 3:00 pm NJAC matchup at Richard Stockton.