Montclair State University pounded out 19 hits en route to a 13-3 win Tuesday over the University of St. Thomas at the NCAA Division III Baseball Championships at Fox Cities Stadium. 

Because St. Thomas had yet to lose in the series, the Red Hawks' victory forced a second, and deciding, championship game. Montclair State advanced to Tuesday's championship round despite losing its opening game at the series to the State University of New York-Cortland. The defeat was the Tommies' worst loss of the season. 

Greg Belson pitched the first seven innings to pick up the win. Bryan Toov took the loss for the St. Thomas. 

The Red Hawks jumped on the Tommies in the opening inning. Montclair built a 3-0 lead with a run-scoring single by Craig Conway and a two-run homer by George Gallagher. 

The Tommies countered with two runs in the second. Tony Wolverton singled to start the inning and Jon Guion followed with a walk. John Frein's two-run single sliced the lead to 3-2. That's as close as the Tommies would get. 

Montclair added a run in the third when Frank Longo singled and scored on Marc Houser's single. The same duo hooked up to score another run in the fifth. Longo doubled to start the inning and scored on Houser's squeeze bunt for a 5-2 lead. 

The Red Hawks made it 7-2 in the sixth when Conway singled and scored on Brian Ellerson's two-run homer. 

Montclair broke the game open in the seventh with six runs on six hits, all singles, and two errors. Dave Wurst, Chris Baran both had run-scoring singles and Conway contributed a two-run single. 

Belson allowed seven hits and two runs, while striking out seven and walking three to improve his record to 11-2. Toov, who won the opening game of the series for the Tommies, gave up 17 hits and 13 runs in 6 1-3 innings. Toov tied a series record held by many others for hits allowed by one pitcher in a game.