Montclair, NJ – Senior midfielder Meghan Mills (Far Hills, NJ / Bernards) scored three goals while Coco Kusiak (Longmeadow, MA / Longmeadow) added two goals in the second half as No. 7 Amherst pulled away in the final period for a 10-3 victory over Montclair State on Monday afternoon.

Junior Rachel Passarelli (Hamden, CT / Hopkins School) collected two goals and an assist as the Jeffs (4-1) scored seven of the eight goals over the final 30 minutes to post their second consecutive victory.

Senior TIERNEY CONLON (Caldwell, NJ / James Caldwell) scored twice for Montclair State, which fell back to the .500 mark at 2-2 with the loss.

MSU grabbed a 1-0 lead 2:27 into the contest as JENNA BUSSIERE (Dayton, NJ / South Brunswick) found VANESSA REY (Toms River, NJ / Toms River North) in front of the net for the game's first score. Amherst countered with Mills' first score off a free-position attempt and took the lead with 9:41 left as Passarelli finished off a feed from Mia Haughton (Princeton, NJ / Princeton).

Mills scored again with just under five minutes left in the opening period for a 3-1 Amherst advantage. Conlon tallied an unassisted marker with 2:06 to play as the Red Hawks drew within 3-2 at the break.

The Jeffs recorded the first two goals of the half as Kusiak set up Mills for the first one 2:44 in before scoring herself 41 seconds later as the lead grew to 5-2. Conlon stopped the run with her second a little over minute later but that would be it for MSU as Amherst scored the final five goals.

Claire Cagnassola (Summit, NJ / Oak Knolls) began the run with 23:45 left before goals from Kusiak and Passarelli made the score 8-3. Haughton and Priscilla Tyler (Providence, RI / The Wheeler School) completed the game-ending run for Amherst.

Mills finished with six ground balls and a pair of caused turnovers with Cagnassola getting three draws and three ground balls. Goalkeeper Christy Forrest (Madison, CT / Daniel Hand) stopped three shots for the Jeffs, who outshot Montclair State 21-10 in the game.

Conlon and Bussiere each forced a pair of turnovers while MEREDITH KING (Caldwell, NJ / James Caldwell) posted a team-best five ground balls. Goalkeeper ALEXANDRA TEPPER (Flanders, NJ / Mount Olive) made eight saves.

The Red Hawks return to action on Saturday, March 21 with weekend set in Upstate New York. Montclair will face Fredonia on Saturday at Noon following by a Sunday, March 22 contest against The College at Brockport.