ROCHESTER, NY – Senior
Marley Angus scored four goals to lead No. 3 RIT (12-1, 4-1 Liberty League) to a 16-6 win over Clarkson (10-3, 1-3 Liberty League) on Senior Day, Saturday.
The Tigers built a 6-3 halftime lead, before breaking the game open with eight unanswered third-quarter goals en route to the victory.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Senior Ryan Barnable tied the score at 1-1 on his goal off an assist from junior Luke Pilcher
- Sophomore defenseman Mike Grace gave RIT a 2-1 lead on the first of his two goals with 10:47 to play in the first quarter
- Sophomore John Mozrall gave the Tigers a 3-2 lead, while Angus scored his second of the quarter to extend the RIT lead to 4-2
- Angus gave the Tigers a 5-2 lead on his goal early in the second quarter
- Barnable scored with 10:32 to play in the first half to give RIT a 6-3 halftime lead.
- Angus scored two of his four goals in an eight-goal third quarter for RIT
- Sophomores Seth Grottenthaler and Caleb Commandant, junior Caiden Perry, freshman Sam Bennett and senior Zeb Hollinger each scored in the quarter for RIT
- Clarkson scored three straight goals to open the fourth quarter, cutting the RIT lead to 14-6 on Matt Reilly's goal
- Senior Conor Bollin and Grace each scored late to make it a 16-6 final
GAME NOTES
- RIT fired 46 shots, including 26 on target
- RIT finished 24-of-27 on clearing attempts and 1-for-1 on man-up tries
- Senior Drew Hutchison made 10 saves in net to improve to 12-1 on the season
- Graduate student Jimmy Spillane won 13 face-offs and had six ground balls
- Junior Joe Camp, seniors Zach Gagnon, Brett Naylor, Taylor Jensen and Pent Eistrat each caused two turnovers
- Reilly led Clarkson with three goals
- Jacob Mattice made 10 saves in net for Clarkson
UP NEXT
RIT returns to action on Wednesday (April 20) at home against Geneseo at 7:00 PM.