Montclair, NJ – Junior forward MIKE OLLA scored a pair of goals as No. 12/13 Montclair State turned a one-goal deficit at halftime in a 3-1 victory over Stockton University at MSU Soccer Park on Saturday evening.

Junior forward AARON ROSE had a goal as the Red Hawks (9-1, 2-0 NJAC) posted their third straight victory overall while upping its winning streak against the Ospreys to four and unbeaten streak to six. MSU leads the all-time series 28-17-6.

Junior Tyler Mills had the lone goal for the Ospreys (7-3, 1-1 NJAC), who have dropped two in a row following a four-match winning streak.
Stockton jumped out to a 1-0 lead five minutes into the contest. Clevon McPherson collected a ball near the top left side of the box and manged to flip a pass on the ground over to the opposite side where Mills managed to stay onside and went virtually 1-on-1 with keeper MIKE SAALFRANK before flicking a shot inside the left post for his third of the season.

The Ospreys nearly made it a two-goal advantage in the 12^th minute as Jared Ruff got ahead on a long feed and broke toward the goal on the left side. Saalfrank came out to challenge and smothered the would-be attempt keeping the contest a 1-0.

Stockton outshot the Red Hawks 8-6 in the opening 45 minutes and took the one-goal lead into the break.

In the second half, Montclair State struck quickly tying the game a 1-1 a little over four minutes into the period. Olla collected a ball along the right side of the box and spun around a defender giving him a clear look at the net. The junior then fired off a hard right-footed shot across and inside the left post for his sixth goal of the season.

Olla wasn't done as gave the Red Hawks the lead at 54:13 finishing off a feed from KYLE GOODWIN giving him his second multiple goal game of the season.  Stockton got a great chance to even the match shortly afterward but Chimaobi Ikwuagwu's shot from deep inside the box went high over the net.

Saalfrank would make a save against Joseph Dikmak in the 68^th minute and Mike DeFeo's shot from close range in the 75^th minute also went over the net. Rose provided an insurance goal at the 80:26 mark. Following a Stockton foul deep in the Montclair defensive end, JOE BORRAJO sent a long kick to the top of the box at the other end of the field where a streaking Rose was able to get by two defenders before tapping a shot past oncoming keeper Bobby Varga for the goal.

Saalfrank finished with three saves for Montclair State, which outshot Stockton 19-14 in the game and held a decided margin in corner kicks, 11-3. Varga had five saves for the Ospreys.

The Red Hawks return to action on Monday, September 28 when it hosts Brooklyn College at MSU Soccer Park beginning at 7:00 pm.