(story courtesy of Montclair St. Sports Information)

MONTCLAIR, N.J. – The Cortland quarterback tandem of Tyler Augliano (Watertown) and Tyler Hughes (Scranton, PA/West Scranton) combined to throw four touchdown passes as the Red Dragons scored the final 31 points in a 48-14 victory over Montclair State on Saturday.

Junior wide receiver John Babin (Warwick/Warwick Valley) pulled in three TD receptions, tying a pair of school record as Cortland (3-2, 3-0 NJAC) won its second straight while staying unbeaten in the conference.

Sophomore wide receiver Aaron Williams (West Orange, NJ/Jonathan Dayton) tied a school record with 12 receptions for Montclair State, which fell to 1-5 (0-3 NJAC) with their fourth consecutive loss. Williams also had 153 receiving yards and a touchdown.

The Red Dragons, which improved to 18-11-1 in the all-time series, jumped to a 17-0 lead as it scored on their first three possessions, two of which began deep in Montclair State territory. A mishandled punt snap gave Cortland the ball at the MSU 15 which turned into a 32-yard field goal by Nick Daley (Saratoga Springs) with 10:41 left.

Two plays into the next drive, Devonte Davis (Buffalo/Cleveland Hill) intercepted a pass at the Montclair 25 and Cortland turned that into a touchdown as Augliano hit Babin on 5-yard score for a 10-0 advantage with 8:23 to go. The Red Dragons forced a punt on Montclair's next possession and scored again with Hughes capping of a 61-yard drive with a 23-yard touchdown making the score 17-0.

Montclair answered as Ryan Davies (Lanoka Harbor, NJ/Howell) found a streaking Williams down the right sideline for a 56-yard touchdown strike as MSU trimmed the lead to 17-7 with 2:54 left in the opening period. The Red Hawks then got a huge opportunity as Matt Mancino (Wall, NJ) picked off Augliano on the next play giving MSU the ball at the Cortland 16. But Montclair State couldn't cash in as a 20-yard field goal went wide right and Cortland led 17-7 after one quarter.

The missed field goal loomed larger for Montclair in the second as Davies connected with Clinton Coffey (Roselle, NJ) for a 33-yard score as MSU pulled within 17-14 with 11:25 to play before halftime.

But from that point on it was all Cortland as the Red Dragons scored the final points of the contest with 21 coming in the final 8:31 of the quarter. Sophomore wide receiver DJ Spencer (Buffalo/Cleveland Hill) made a beautiful sideline end zone grab for a 33-yard touchdown and Autera ran in from nine yards out for a 31-14 lead. Babin, who finished with eight catches for 124 yards, completed the half with a 67-yard catch-and-run for a score giving Cortland a 38-14 lead at the break.

Daley added a 30-yard field in the third quarter with Babin finishing off the scoring in the fourth with a 12-yard touchdown reception from Hughes. It was the third of the day for Babin, who tied the Cortland single-game which he already shares matching it for the third time. Babin is the first player at Cortland with three different games with three TD catches.

Babin also upped his career total to 23 TD receptions, tying him with Neal Heaton, Jr. (2001-04) and Eric Hajnos (2006-09) for the Red Dragon career mark. In addition, Babin surpassed the career 100-reception mark in the game with his eight catches. He now has 102 receptions in 21 games played and is the 16th player in school history to reach the century mark.

Hughes ran for 62 yards in addition to going 5-of-8 for 50 yards in the air. Augliano was 9-of-18 for 160 yards and Dylan Peebles (Port Layden, NY / South Lewis) had 51 rushing yards on 11 attempts. Defensively the Red Dragons forced six turnovers and collected four sacks, including 2.5 by Jesse Scanna (Hollbrook/Sachem North). Carson Lassiter (Madison, NJ) had a team-high 11 tackles along with an interception.

Davies finished 11-of-16 for 164 yards for Montclair State before leaving the game late in the second quarter. Gabe DiMasi was 10-of-19 for 118 yards. Coffey and Malcolm Robinson (Bayonne, NJ) each had three receptions. Senior linebacker Adnan Sakiri (Ramsey, NJ) had eight tackles for the Red Hawks with Dan Avento (Montvale, NJ/Pascack Hills) and C.J. Conway (Folsom, NJ/Hammonton) each posting seven.

Montclair State outgained Cortland 354-353, including a 143-54 edge in rushing yards.

Montclair State is now off until Saturday, October 26 when it travels to Morrisville, N.Y. for a 12:00 p.m. NJAC matchup with Morrisville State, which knocked off Rowan 41-21 on Saturday. Cortland stays on the road heading to Brockport for a 4 p.m. game on October 19.

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