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Nationally No. 6-Ranked Montclair State Escapes with Soccer City Championship

Box Score SPRINGFIELD, Mass.--Nationally No. 6-ranked Montclair State scored once in each half to earn a 2-0 win Sunday over host Western New England in the championship game of the 2013 Soccer City Shootout at Suprenant Field.

The Red Hawks improve to 2-0 on the young season, outscoring their Shootout opponents by a 6-0 aggregate. The Golden Bears fall to 1-1.

Senior co-captain Kevin Parma and freshman Ryan Dickinson represented Western New England on the all-tournament team.

Western New England battled Montclair to a scoreless tie until the 38th minute when Dan Mendoza received a right-wing pass from Trey Leggett at the top of the box and rifled a right-footed shot inside the left post to put the visitors up 1-0.

In the second half, Mike Olla added an insurance goal, unassisted, in the 73rd minute.

Senior co-captain Domenick Villano kept the Golden Bears in the game by making several terrific saves in goal, finishing with 10 stops. The Red Hawks outshot WNE by a 27-10 margin for the contest, including 15-1 in the first 45 minutes.

Montclair goalie Frank Buchel made two stops on senior Jake Bartnik and Parma to preserve the shutout.

In the third-place game earlier in the afternoon, Westfield State (1-1) won 1-0 over Emmanuel (0-2) on a late goal by Kristian Driscoll from Dom Cavallini with 3 minutes and 10 seconds remaining. The Owls held a 12-5 edge in shots.   

2013 All-Soccer City Shootout Team: Emmanuel's Ryan Brady, Kevin Esposito; Montclair State's Jon Krzysik (defensive MVP), Mike Olla (offensive MVP),Joe Borrajo, Maxx Wurzburger; Westfield State's Keith Hevey, Cody Baglow; and WNE's Dickinson and Parma.

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