Galloway, NJ – Senior
CHELSEA ORBAN scored three times as Montclair State locked down the No. 3 seed in the upcoming NJAC Tournament with a 14-10 victory over Stockton University on Sunday.
Junior
SYDNEE SAPP recorded three goals as the Red Hawks (10-17, 4-2 NJAC) posted its second straight victory. The win now sends Montclair to Glassboro, NJ on Wednesday, May 1 for the
semifinals of the NJAC Tournament. The Red Hawks will face Rowan University at 7:00 pm looking to avenge a 9-8 overtime loss to the Profs back on April 20 at Sprague Field.
MSU found itself in a 3-0 hole in the first 10 minutes as Stockotn's Nicole Jandras scored twice with Michelle Pascrell tallying with 20:21 to play. The Red Hawks flipped the scripts with six consecutive goals over the next 16 minutes.
Orban for the first with
BRITTANY COSTIGAN adding another with 16:31 to go. Sapp tied the game two minutes later with
AMBER GONZALEZ putting Montclair State up 4-3 with 13:30 left. Sapp scored again a minute later and Orban's second with 4:45 remaining giving the Red Hawks a 6-3 advantage.
After Stockton stopped the run, Sapp found the back of the net with 22 seconds sending MSU into the break with a 7-4 lead.
Orban opened the second half with consecutive goals extending the lead to 9-4 however Osprey goals by Jennifer Toal and Casey Schultz got the hosts within 10-7. Orban and Pascrell traded scores keeping the lead at three.
CASEY PROVOST tallied with 11:55 left and Gonzalez collected her second 86 seconds later helping MSU widen the margin to 13-8.
Pascrell and Shultz drew Stockton within 13-10 with five minutes left in the game, but that would be as close as the Ospreys would get and MSU held the hosts off the board the rest of the game. Orban got the final goal with 1:44 to go.
Orban added three caused turnovers to complete her afternoon. Costigan added to her single-season record for draws with eight in addition to two caused turnovers.
LEANNE MCCLOSKEY also pulled in eight draws.
AMANDA MAGUIRE had four saves before giving way to
ALLYN LILIEN, who stopped 10 in the final 30 minutes.