Boxscore

Montclair, NJ – Stockton University (12-5) was denied in its quest for the program's first league title ever as No. 1 seed Montclair State (13-5) downed the second-seeded Ospreys 11-4 in the Skyline Conference championship game. Stockton goalkeeper Eric Leonard (Mt. Laurel/Lenape) tied his career high with 15 saves, but the Ospreys were outshot 50-22 and scored just once in the first three quarters.
 
Mike Caposella (Wayne/DePaul Catholic) netted two of Stockton's four goals. Nick Bologno (Glen Gardner/North Hunterdon) finished with a goal and an assist while Erik Beck (Marlton/Cherokee) and Max Beck (Marlton/Cherokee) topped the team with four ground balls apiece.
 
The Ospreys played now seven-time Skyline champion Montclair State tough before being edged 9-7 in a regular season meeting on April 1, however this matchup went a different way. The Red Hawks took a 2-0 lead before Bologno got Stockton on the board with 4:21 left in the first quarter. Montclair State scored late in the period for a 3-1 count and potted the only goal of the second stanza to leave the Ospreys with a 4-1 deficit at the break despite 11 first-half saves by Leonard.
 
Stockton yielded a pair of goals in the last five minutes of the third quarter for a 6-1 shortfall after three periods. Caposella snapped a drought of 37:58 by the Ospreys to open the fourth-quarter scoring but Montclair answered with a tally of its own 1:09 later. Caposella struck again with 9:09 remaining to get the Ospreys within 7-3.
 
The Red Hawks sealed the outcome by scoring the next four markers before Chris Kaczmarski (Somers Point/Mainland) tossed in a goal with five seconds to play that made the final score 11-4. Stockton was felled by Montclair State in the Skyline Conference tournament for the fourth straight year. The defeat also snapped a four-game winning streak by the Ospreys.
 
Stockton is likely to receive a berth in the ECAC Mid-Atlantic tournament. The ECAC bracket will be announced on Monday, May 4, with play beginning on Wednesday, May 6.