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By AJ Chasan MONTCLAIR, NJ- At last, the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs have finally arrived. After an amazing regular season that led the Boston Bruins to breaking all time records for single season points/wins, Connor McDavid finishing with 153 points, amongst so much more, the beauty of the playoffs is all of that does not [...]
By Emmi DeNovellis MONTCLAIR, NJ On a beautiful Sunday night at MSU Soccer Park, the New York Red Bulls II (1-1-2, 6 points) defeated Huntsville City FC (0-2-2, 4 points), another expansion team, to record their first victory of the year holding onto a 1-0 lead from the first half.  Oladayo Thomas➡️Ricardo Gorday 1-0 | [...]
By Steven Moncayo MONTCLAIR, NJ   The New York Red Bulls II (0-1-2, 3 pts.) hosted fellow MLS NEXT Pro expansion club Crown Legacy FC (2-0-1, 7 pt.) at MSU Soccer Park where Crown Legacy grabbed three points in their first road trip in club history defeating New York Red Bulls II 3-1 after trailing [...]
By Brandon “Mazz” Marrazzo WHIPPANY, NJ The Red Bulls II squad finishes up a routine training session on a crisp spring day that feels like the beginning of November. A few days removed from their triumphant win of the extra point  in a penalty shootout after a 90 minute battle with Atlanta United 2 that [...]
By Luke Cirianni MONTCLAIR, NJ   New York Red Bulls II slightly bounced back in their 2023 season, winning their first penalty shootout in a trip to Atlanta, GA. The Red Bulls conceded in the 4’, goal scored by Erik Lopez. But in the 57’, Wikelman Carmona scored to tie the game at 1-1. The [...]
By Ryan Nussbaum MONTCLAIR, NJ After dropping Game one in Friday evening’s doubleheader, the 23rd ranked Red Hawks rode an early rally, as well as a strong performance from sophomore pitcher Matt Pontari to easily take Game 2 over Franklin & Marshall College. The scoring opened up in the bottom of the third inning, with Junior infielder [...]
Immediate Impacts By: Tanner Price   In less than a week, the entire NFL has changed. With the new league year, trades and free agent signings can begin. Teams hope that the moves they make will put them over the top and hopefully bring a Lombardi to their fanbase. Here are the top 5 most [...]
By Luke Cirianni MONTCLAIR, NJ The New York Red Bulls II kick off their 2023 season campaign with a rough ending to a home opener against the Columbus Crew II. They took the lead early on with a Wikelman Carmona goal in the 7’, just to lose the lead in 90+4. Abdi Mohamed tied it [...]
It’s 6:30pm in Newark, NJ, 3/16/23— The Devils hope to bring the luck of the Irish by wearing their green St.Patrick’s Day-inspired warmup jerseys. Coming off of the 4-1 loss on Tuesday, Ondrej Palat, the former Lightning Forward, is seen hyping up his young goalkeeper Akira Schmid in the tunnel ahead of their second straight [...]
By Adarlin Batista MONTCLAIR, NJ American League wants to hit a new record after 62 home runs in 2022. Aaron James Judge, an American professional baseball outfielder for the New York Yankees was voted the American League MVP, the new captain, after breaking Roger Maris' AL record of 61 homers, set in 1961. Last year, [...]
By Tanner Price MONTCLAIR, NJ Montclair State University suffered yet another heartbreaking playoff exit on Tuesday, losing 91-86 to the Stockton Ospreys in the quarterfinals version of the Battle of The Birds. The Ospreys dominated the first half, and MSU was lucky that it was only a 51-45 Stockton lead at halftime. Stockton would come [...]
By AJ Chasan MONTCLAIR, NJ-   Red Hawk Country! You are going to the NJAC semifinal! In dominant fashion, Montclair State showed up in the most monumental of ways. After leading 36-30 at halftime, the Red Hawks had 20 more minutes to continue their season. Coming out of the locker room, Montclair State had 20 [...]
By Luke Cirianni MONTCLAIR, NJ - Former Leeds manager Jesse Marsch has been allegedly chosen to become the new manager of Premier League side Southampton.  Marsch was sacked after Leeds lost 1-0 to Nottingham Forest.  Leeds currently sits in 17th place in the Premier League, while Marsch’s new squad sits dead last in 20th.  A [...]
By Emmi DeNovellis MONTCLAIR, NJ -   The Montclair State Women’s Basketball team capped off their regular season with a hard fought game against Rowan University on Wednesday night. The Red Hawks battled but fell short, 67-55.   Junior standout Megan Duffy paced this Red Hawks squad with 15 points. For the game, Montclair St. [...]
By AJ Chasan MONTCLAIR,NJ- As Montclair State’s men's basketball season was near conclusion after already clinching the number three seed in the NJAC playoff, the Red Hawks faced one more challenge before tournament time. None bigger than on the road taking on Rowan University in their house. One final tuneup before the games matter the [...]
By AJ Chasan MONTCLAIR, NJ- After a tough three game skid, Montclair State Women’s Basketball got back on track with a statement win over the Ramapo Roadrunners. This was a must win game for the Red Hawks, as they only have two more regular season contests left to go. They got it done tonight in [...]
By AJ Chasan MONTCLAIR, NJ- Down 19 at halftime to an inferior opponent, sitting comfortably at third place in the NJAC heading into tonight, what would you do as a player on the Red Hawks? Fight or roll over? Most would just pack it in and say we’ll see you at home Stockton on Saturday. [...]
By AJ Chasan MONTCLAIR, NJ- The Montclair State Men's Basketball team utterly dominated their cross-town rival William Paterson in a massive 99-81 point victory. One basket shy of the 100-point mark, the Red Hawks exploded offensively. Tonight, as usual, it was all about the three ball. Shooting an outstanding 52.9 percent from beyond the arc [...]
By Luke Cirianni MONTCLAIR, NJ- Tonight, another big rivalry game in women's basketball took place.  The William Patterson Pioneers took a short, but serious road trip to the Panzer Athletic Center, to take on the Montclair State Redhawks.  The game finished off with a 56-52 victory for the Pioneers.  Brianna Smith, led her team to [...]
By Marissa Thorn December 6, 2022 was a big day for the World cup with two incredible games. Here is everything you need to know about both games. The first game was Morocco vs Spain. By the end of first half, neither team were able to score and the match remained 0-0. The game gets more intense in [...]
By Luke Cirianni This past Tuesday, many witnessed a huge moment of US soccer history.  The US qualified to the round of 16, the first time since 2010.  A lot of the media was tough on the Americans coming into the tournament, wondering how they could get out of such a tough group.  USA played [...]

 

By Emily Sznurkowski The Montclair State Ice Hockey team are off to an exciting start this season with an electrifying 2-0 undefeated record in their conference for the first time since 2016. They are soaring high with a 4-1-2 overall record. Their two overtime loses were 3-2 against Rider University and 4-3 against Eastern Connecticut State University. Then [...]
By Connor Cupen Montclair, NJ – Aileen Cahill and Kylie Prendergast are the real deal… Batman and Robin if you will… coming to save Montclair State University as if it is Gotham City under attack. The duo accomplished a feat that no pair of players had ever reached as the now number 10 ranked Montclair [...]
Men's Soccer remains undefeated as they head into their first NJAC matchup of the year with a 3-0 victory over Penn State Abington. By Steven Moncayo The 20th nationally ranked Montclair State University's Soccer team showed a dominant display at home as they comfortably cruised by Penn State Abington 3-0 this Tuesday evening. Tonight marked [...]

 

The views and opinions written in this article are those of the author and do not represent WMSC or Montclair State University.  The San Francisco 49ers recently traded for the third overall pick in this year's draft. This has in part led to the rise in the draft stock of University of Alabama Quarterback Mac [...]

By Tommy Bavaro     On February 29th, 2020, the New York Islanders retired one of their best players they had in their early 1980s Stanley Cup dynasty. Robert Thomas “Butch” Goring became the 8th player in New York Islanders history to have his number (91) retired. Butch Goring played 16 seasons in the National Hockey […]

By Matt Orth ​It was just any other Saturday afternoon. I was anticipating the time where I can leave my dorm and the annoying people on my floor and head to the Student Recreation Center to wait for the bus that would help me make some personal history. I would be going to the first […]

By Ryan Breyta In 2003, the NFL implemented the Rooney Rule, which requires NFL teams to interview at least one person of a minority race for a coaching vacancy. However, as the rule is supposed to help minority candidates, it is totally ineffective. In a league where 70% of the players are black, there are […]