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MONTCLAIR, N.J. – Zach Schreck scored four times to lead Montclair State to a 9-8 win over Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in non-conference men's lacrosse action on Saturday afternoon at Sprague Field. The Engineers drop to 0-1 after their season opener, while MSU improves to 2-0.

The Engineers didn't waste any time, scoring the first goal of 2014 less than a minute into play. RPI's Matt Hall (Sudbury, MA / Lincoln-Sudbury) recorded an unassisted tally – the first of his collegiate career – at 14:13. The Hawks responded almost immediately, as Zach Schreck tied the game at 1-1 exactly a minute after the RPI goal. MSU finished the first quarter Schreck's second goal of the game with just 33 seconds on the clock.

The Hawks kicked off the second quarter in similar fashion, getting a tally from Connor Cunningham, with an assist from Schreck, a minute into play. RPI responded with back-to-back goals from freshmen Breanainn McNeally (Severna Park, MD / Archbishop Spaulding) and Liam Mennig (Summit, NJ / Summit), but Schreck completed his hat trick with 2:14 to play in the first half.

McNeally tied the game at 4-4 with 13:28 to kick things off in the 3rd quarter, taking an assist from Ben Piersak (Needham, MA / St. Sebastians). Pat Hogan (Mt. Sinai, NY / Mt. Sinai) added an unassisted tally with just under seven minutes to play in the quarter, before McNeally scored back-to-back goals to push the RPI lead to 7-4. With 3:17 left in the period, Patrick Finn (North Easton, MA / Thayer Academy) took an assist from McNeally to put the Engineers up by four. Sam Morrissey cut the MSU disadvantage back to three with a goal off an assist from Marc Scoran with 2:23 left to play.

The Hawks continued to come back to start the fourth, as Rich Connor scored his first goal of the season with 13:50 on the clock. Schreck scored his fourth of the day, while Morrissey netted his second with 8:37 to play in the game to knot the game up at 8-8. Morrissey struck again with the fifth straight MSU goal with 3:15 on the clock. The Engineers got a final shot from Casey Colligan (Baldwinsville, NY / CW Baker), but the Hawks held on for the victory.

Montclair State outshot the Engineers, 33-20. Both teams picked up 34 ground balls, while RPI won 15-of-21 faceoffs. Alex Costronovo (Garden City, NY / Garden City) finished with nine saves in goal for the Engineers while the Hawks' Michael Dorn also stopped nine shots.

Rensselaer will return to action on Wednesday, Feb. 26, visiting Plattsburgh at 4 p.m.