CANTON, NY -- The No. 1 RIT (16-0, 6-0 Liberty League) men's lacrosse team wrapped up a perfect regular season Saturday with a 19-12 win over St. Lawrence University (8-5, 3-3 Liberty League). The Tigers win its third consecutive Liberty League regular season title and will host St. Lawrence in the Liberty League Tournament Semifinals on Friday, May 2 at Tiger Stadium at 4 p.m. The Tigers are 17-1 in regular season conference games since joining the league in 2012.

Junior Allister Warren (Toronto, Ontario/Malvern Collegiate Institute) led RIT with a career-high six goals. Ryan Lee (Sharon, Ontario/The Hill Academy) added four goals and an assist, while Tyler Brooks-Lambert (Seneca Castle, NY/Midlakes) controlled the face-off "X" winning 26-of-33 draws, including 7-for-7 in the fourth quarter, and had a team-best 10 ground balls. Casey Jackson (Victoria, BC/Claremont), Jack Krzyston (Bedford, NH/Bishop Guertin) and Taylor Wisman (Seattle, WA/Inglemoor) each had two goals, and Eddie Kiesa (Syracuse, NY/Jamesville-Dewitt) scored a goal and dished out two assists.

RIT held a 45-27 shot advantge and won the ground ball battle 29-18. The Tigers went 7-of-9 on clearing attempts and were 0-for-3 with the man advantage. Pat Johnston (Norwell, MA/Norwell) improved to 11-0 on the season, making six saves in net for RIT. Brad Gilles had five ground balls, while Mac Keehfus (Jamesville, NY/Jamesville-Dewitt) and Matt Hossack (Port Perry, Ontario/Port Perry) had four and three ground balls, respectively.

The Saints jumped out to an early 2-0 lead on goals from Pierson Fowler and Charlie Duprey. Fowler scored at 12:44 of the first off a feed from Jeremy Vautour, while Duprey scored on his own at 9:48.

RIT came storming back with four straight goals, taking a 4-2 lead on Warren's second goal of the quarter at 6:33 off a feed from Lee. Braden Wallace (Oakville, Ontario/Abbey Park) made it 2-1 Saints on his goal at 8:26, and Warren tied the game at 2-2 on his first goal of the quarter at 7:59. Lee gave the Tigers its first lead of the game at 7:19 off a feed from Gillies.

Conor Healey and Vautour came back with consecutive goals for St. Lawrence at 5:11 and 2:36, tying the score at 4-4. After a Lee goal gave RIT a 5-4 lead, Vautour scooped up a loose ball in front of the RIT net and scored with one second on the clock, tying the score at 5-5.

Duprey gave the Saints a 6-5 lead early in the second quarter, scoring on St. Lawrence's first possession.

But, the Tigers offense responded with another one of its patented scoring runs, tallying four straight goals to take 9-6 lead late in the second quarter. Wisman scored off a feed from Warren at 8:23 tying the score at 6-6. Lee scored off a feed from Kiesa at 6:35 to give the Tigers a 7-6 lead, and on the very next possession, Jackson scored a fast-break goal off a feed from Brooks-Lambert giving RIT an 8-6 lead. Wisman capped off the run, giving the Tigers a three-goal cushion.

Tommy Hovey broke the RIT scoring run with his first of the game at 3:20 of the second quarter, cutting the Tigers lead to 9-7.

Warren tallied his third goal of the quarter on the hidden ball trick with 2:26 to play giving the Tigers a 10-7 halftime lead. He and Wisman worked the play perfectly, as Wisman drove as if he had the ball, confusing the Saints defense allowing Warren to slide the ball into the net. Warren and Lee each scored three first-half goals to pace the Tigers.

Lee opened the second-half scoring with his fourth goal of the game off a feed from Kiesa at 12:29 giving RIT an 11-7 lead.

Once again, the Saints stormed right back, tallying four straight goals tying the score at 11-11. Duprey started the run at 11:29 of the third quarter on his third goal of the game. William Burchenal made it 11-9 on his first of the game at 10:22 off a feed from Vautour. Charlie Jennings scored at 9:35 to make it 11-10, and Luke DiLisio tied the score at 11-11 on his first goal of the game at 6:22.

But, RIT was able to weather the Saints run, and would outscore St. Lawrence 8-1 over the final 21:22, including outscoring the Saints 7-1 in the fourth quarter. The Tigers scored three times in the final 2:19 of the third quarter with goals from Warren, Pat McMullan (Easton, PA/Wyoming Seminary) and Krzyston, taking a 14-11 lead into the fourth quarter.

Warren and Kiesa opened the scoring in the fourth with two straight goals for RIT. Kiesa's goal at 10:57 of the fourth gave the Tigers its largest lead of the game at 16-11.

Burchenal broke the RIT run with his second goal of the game coming at 8:20 of the fourth quarter. But Brooks-Lambert was dominant in the fourth quarter, winning all seven of his draws. He allowed RIT to control the tempo of the game down the stretch. Goals from Warren, Jackson and Krzyston put the game away for the Tigers, making it a 19-12 final.

Vautour led St. Lawrence with four points on two goals and two assists. Duprey finished with three goals, while Burchenal added a pair of tallies for the Saints. Nick Ford was excellent in net for the Saints, making 14 saves.

RIT ends the regular season having out-scored its opponents, 273-131. RIT improves to 19-14 all-time against St. Lawrence. The senior class improves to 70-7 over its four seasons.

RIT begins its quest for a third straight Liberty League title next Saturday when the top-seeded Tigers take on fourth-seeded St. Lawrence at Tiger Stadium. Game time for Friday will be announced as soon as it is made available.