Montclair, NJ – After a three-game road trip, the Red Hawks return home to Yogi Berra Stadium to complete their home-and-home series with The College of New Jersey.


ON THE AIR:
YouTube – Red Hawk Sports Network
 

THE TEAMS:
The Red Hawks and Lions battled yesterday with Montclair winning 9-0. PETER COSENTINO hit two homers and BEN LEVINE and BRIAN REISS combined for the Red Hawks first shutout since 2019. TCNJ (2-6, 1-2 NJAC) held the Red Hawks in check offensively after Cosentino connected on the first of his two home runs in the first inning not allowing a hit until the ninth inning.  TCNJ, which split its opening conference series with Rutgers-Newark last weekend, saw two of its players - Ryan Goodall and Ben Amon collect weekly NJAC honors.
 

THE COACHES:
Dean Glus – TCNJ (14^th season): 313-196
Dave Lorber – Montclair (3^rd season / 2^nd at MSU): 17-7 at Montclair State
 

KEY PLAYERS:

Montclair State
PETER COSENTINO (Jr., IF, Whitehouse Station, NJ)
442 batting average, 7 home runs, 19 hits, 20 RBI, 18 runs scored
 
ANDREW OLLWERTHER (Sr., OF, Whitehouse Station, NJ)
.371 batting average, 13 hits, 4 doubles, 8 RBI
 
SEAN LEWANDOSKI (Sr., P, Wayne, NJ)
4 starts, 1-0, record, 2.76 ERA, 10 strikeouts
 
TCNJ
Chris Cote (Sr., IF, Hamilton, NJ)
.357 batting average, 10 hits, 6 RBI
 
Jack Haynes, (Fr., OF, Titusville, NJ)
.33 batting average, 8 hits, 4 runs scored
 
Ben Amon (So., P, Princeton, NJ)
1.59 ERA, 1-0 record, 1 save, 15 strikeouts
 
 

SERIES HISTORY: (MSU leads 107-81-2)
Montclair State snapped a six-game losing streak to the Lions with Thursday's victory. The Red Hawks' last win against TCNJ came in the NJAC Tournament in 2016. The teams have met every season since 1929. The Lions registered a 13-5 win that year and won the first five contests. The teams have battled for several conference and regional titles throughout the years, the last ones coming in 2006. The College of New Jersey stunned Montclair in the championship game of the NJAC Tournament with a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth. A week later, the Red Hawks turned the tables in the Mid-Atlantic Regional, beating the top-seeded Lions twice to earn a trip to the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship in Grand Chute, WI.
 

LAST 5 MEETINGS:
4/8/2021: MSU 9, TCNJ 0
4/7/19: TCNJ 3, MSU
4/4/19: TCNJ 6, MSU 2
4/14/18: TCNJ 12, MSU 2
4/14/18: TCNJ 5, MSU 4
 

UP NEXT:
The Red Hawks host Stockton at Yogi Berra Stadium on Saturday, April 10 in an NJAC doubleheader. It will be the second time the teams have met this season with MSU sweeping at pair of non-conference games in Montclair, 7-4 and 10-8 back on March 27.