Montclair, NJ – The Montclair State men's soccer team (5-2-1) came out hot as ever on Monday night at MSU Soccer Park and earned their fifth-straight shutout as they rolled past John Jay (1-5-1), 8-0.


HOW IT HAPPENED

• It was sudden impact for the Red Hawks as they scored two goals in just about the first two and a half minutes of the contest. Just 54 seconds into the match, ANDRE SHELTON dribbled past defenders into the left corner and crossed a pass to REED KARSEN, who headed in a ball for the first goal. In a spitting mirror image of the first goal, Karsen dribbled past defenders into right corner, played a ball into the penalty box for SALEM ELLISY to head one in for a 2-0 lead.
• At the 18:53 mark in the game, OSBIN MENDEZ played a ball off a defender and fired in a top shelf goal for an emphatic 3-0 Red Hawks lead. Montclair then found two goals withing a minute of each other in the 28^th and 29^th minutes of the game. The first came from CHRIS FONTANAZZA, who dribbled around multiple defenders and fired in a shot. The other was done in similar fashion from GENE CARLO ALTAMIRANO for his first goal of the season.
• Holding a 5-0 lead, Montclair State did not take their foot off the gas when some great passes JAKE WINCHOCK and Fontanazza that earned a double assist off the foot of CHRISTIAN BERNAL at the 31:00 timestamp. The final goal of the first half came right at its end when one last offensive push was rewarded with a goal from LOGAN NENO just as the first half expired and the Red Hawks took a 7-0 lead into the second half.
• The only goal of the second half came early when DIEGO FLORES took a corner kick and placed it perfectly for MAX PERRY to place a shot into the back of the net for the 8-0 lead. Montclair then pumped the brakes, focused on preserving the shut-out streak and only allowed two shots down the stretch for their fifth-straight shut-out win.

INSIDE THE RESULTS

• The Red Hawks pushed their shutout streak to five which is three off from tying the all-time record of eight that was set in 2007 and 2021. The total minutes of that streak is up to 504 minutes
• ALEXANDER VELASQUEZ had a light day, seeing no shots on goal in the win while DONOVAN FRIEDHOFF was between the pipes the whole second half and made his first collegiate save.
• Six Red Hawks collected their first goals of the season, including Nenon and Perry who both scored their first collegiate goals.

UP NEXT

Montclair State opens up NJAC play this Friday, September 27 as they host New Jersey City for a 7:00pm kickoff.