Montclair, NJ - Junior midfielder Emily Boyle snapped a scoreless game with 20:38 remaining in the second half as Muhlenberg College upset No. 7 Montclair State, 1-0 at Sprague Field on Wednesday evening.

Sophomore goalkeeper Emma Rosenthal stopped five shots for her fifth shutout of the season as the Mules (8-3) won their fourth straight while posting its second consecutive victory over Montclair State. The Mules posted just their fifth victory in 16 all-time meetings with the Red Hawks.

Senior goalkeeper REBECCA BRATTOLE made two saves for MSU (11-3), which suffered its second straight loss. It is the first time that Montclair has dropped back-to-back games since the 2010 campaign. The Red Hawks also fell at home for the second consectuve time, something that had not happened since the 2008 season.

The Red Hawks controlled most of the first half and outshot Muhlenberg 6-1. The Mules got the first shot of the game eightm minutes in as Boyle fired a shot from the win that was kicked away by Brattole. Montclair State would get the rest of the attempts for the half however Rosenthal came up with saves three times, including stops of back-to-back attempts by MAURA JOHNSTON and KAITLYN STRUSS in the 31st minute.

Rosenthal came up big again early in the second half as she denied MEGAN ROELOFFS on a shot from the left wing off a penalty corner 4:03 into the half. Muhlenberg started to mount an offensive attack over the next eight minutes and got two chances on a corner in thr 48th minutes. Emily Davis had a shot blocked with Brattole making a kick save versus Stephi Rydgren on the rebound. A minute later Muhlenberg would break the tie. Off another corner, Laura Holdman ripped a shot from the top of the circle that was blocked. Montclair tried to clear the ball however Boyle was able to poke-check the clear before flipping a shot inside the right post for what turned out to be the only goal of the contest. It was Boyle's ninth of the year.

Montclair State will look to get back in the win column on Saturday, October 17 when it hosts Rhodes College (TN) at 6:00 pm. It will be the second meeting between the schools with the first coming in the first round of the 2011 NCAA Division III Tournament. MSU won that game 3-2 in double-overtime.