Wayne, NJ – Senior
MIKE OLLA and sophomore
RAFAEL TERCI each scored a pair of goals in the first half as Montclair State cruised to an 8-1 victory over William Paterson at Pioneer Soccer Park on Wednesday evening.
STEVEN ZAMUDIO finished with a pair of goals as the Red Hawks won for the third time in their last four outings. MSU upped its record to 11-4 on the season while squaring its league mark at 3-3. Montclair moved into a tie for fifth place in the NJAC standings with The College of New Jersey with both teams one point behind Rutgers-Camden (3-2-1).
Montclair hosts TCNJ on Saturday, October 15 at 7:00 pm.
A missed sliding tackle by a Pioneer defender allowed sophomore forward
RAFAEL TERCI's pass to get through and up the left touchline, and senior forward
MIKE OLLA ran onto it and finished to the far side of the goal for a 1-0 MSU edge 2:57 into the contest.
The Pioneers leveled the score in the 16
th minute when junior midfielder JP Gonzales left a ball at the edge of the box for a charging Zach Perez, who took a quick touch and struck for his first career goal.
Terci found the back of the net twice during a seven-minute span, the first a bouncing ball he shot from the top of the box in the 25
th minute, and the second a blast from distance to the left half of the frame in the 32
nd minute.
Olla chipped a ball over a defender's head on the right flank and converted to inside the near post, making it a 4-1 contest at the 38:51 mark.
Olla worked his way to the end line and rolled a ball through the box, allowing senior forward Steve Zamudio to get on the end of it and drill a shot just below the crossbar at the 47:12 mark. Zamudio struck again 12 minutes later on a direct free kick from just outside the 18.
NIXON SOLGO's quick pass to senior forward
AARON ROSE resulted in a goal from the left wing in the 77
th minute, and Solgo finished the scoring with a drive to the left side of the frame with 2:53 remaining.
Freshman Kyle Quigley notched six saves for the Pioneers, and junior
TAYLOR CULP had seven stops for the Red Hawks.