Montclair, NJ – After sweep past The College of New Jersey on Thursday and Friday, the Red Hawks will look to keep their winning ways going with an NJAC doubleheader at home against Stockton University. It will be the second time the two will meet in a twinbill with MSU posting 7-4 and 10-8 victories at Yogi Berra Stadium back on March 27.


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THE TEAMS:
The Red Hawks fell behind by five runs before they got their first turn at bat against TCNJ on Friday, but roared back with 21 unanswered runs in a 21-5 victory at home. ERIC HAVNER and MILES FEASTER each drove in three runs while freshman right-hander JACK HAVESON came out of the bullpen and pitched 6 2/3 innings of scoreless ball allowing a hit with seven strikeouts. Haveson became the 10^th different MSU pitcher to record a win this season as the Red Hawks (10-3) evened their record at 2-2 in conference play.
 
Stockton meanwhile had another tough day against Kean University, falling 7-6 at home. The loss came a day after the Ospreys were no-hit by Cougar right-hander Nolan Rowan on Thursday in a 4-0 loss. In Friday's game, Stockton staged a furious rally in the ninth inning, but came up a run short. Matt Storch drove in a run in the ninth as did Marco Meleo and Ryan Swift getting Stockton within a run. But a grounder ended the threat as the Ospreys fell to 3-5 overall, 1-3 in NJAC play.
 

THE COACHES:
Rich Gawlak – Stockton (2^nd Season): 11-8
Dave Lorber – Montclair (3^rd season / 2^nd at MSU): 18-7 at Montclair State
 

KEY PLAYERS:

Montclair State
PETER COSENTINO (Jr., IF, Whitehouse Station, NJ)
.444 batting average, 7 home runs, 20 hits, 22 RBI, 20 runs scored
 
ANDREW OLLWERTHER (Sr., OF, Whitehouse Station, NJ)
.359 batting average, 14 hits, 4 doubles, 10 RBI
 
BRIAN REISS (Sr., P, Watchung, NJ)
1-1 record, 7 appearances, 3.92 ERA, 18 strikeouts
 
Stockton
Marco Meleo (Sr., OF, Freehold, NJ)
.294 batting average, 10 hits, 6 runs scored, 6 RBI
 
Ryan Swift (Sr., IF, Sewell, NJ)
Hit safely in 6 games, 4 RBI, .265 batting average
 
Mike Schiattarella (So., P, Manahawkin, NJ)
2 starts, 2.45 ERA, 10 strikeouts

 
SERIES HISTORY: (MSU leads 49-10)
The Red Hawks and Ospreys first met in 1976 and played once each season until 1981 with Montclair winning all six meetings. The series was renewed in 1995 as Stockton became part of the NJAC. MSU continued its winning streak capturing 16 straight until Stockton ended that in 2003 with a 9-1 win in the second game of a doubleheader in Galloway. Over the last five seasons, Montclair State has won eight of the 12 contests, including the two wins this season.
 
LAST 5 MEETINGS: (vs. Stockton)
3/27/21: MSU 7, STO 4/ MSU 10, STO 8
4/6/19: STO 4, MSU 3 / STO 8, MSU 3
3/31/18: MSU 7, STO 6 / MSU 5, STO 4
4/2/17: STO 12, MSU 5 / MSU 14, STO 5
4/2/16: MSU 5, STO 4 / MSU 9, STO 1
 

UP NEXT:
The Red Hawks go back out on the road for their next game, heading down Route 21 on Thursday to take on Rutgers-Newark at 3:30 pm.