ROCHESTER, NY – Junior Luke Pilcher tallied seven points and freshman Clifford Gaston scored four goals to lead No. 1 RIT (16-1) to a 19-10 win over fourth-seeded RPI (10-5) in the Liberty League Semifinal, Wednesday.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Senior Quinn Commandant gave RIT a 1-0 lead on his goal off an assist from junior Dylan Bruno.
• Angus gave the Tigers a 2-0 lead on his goal and senior Ryan Barnable made it 3-0 on his goal off an assist from freshman Clifford Gaston.
• RPI's Rhys Zoldi got the Engineers on the scoreboard with his goal off an assist from Cooper Urban.
• Commandant scored his second goal of the opening quarter off an assist from Pilcher that made it 4-1, Tigers.
• Tyler Nalls scored with 1:20 remaining in the quarter to cut the RIT lead to 4-2.
• RIT scored the first three goals of the second quarter, taking a 7-2 lead on Pilcher's goal off a feed from Commandant.
• Urban made the score 7-3 on his goal with 5:49 to play in the first half.
• Trey Froelich and Connor Glosner each scored late in the second quarter to cut the RIT lead to 8-5 at halftime.
• Luke Murphy and Angelo Venuto scored two straight goals to start of the third quarter, cutting the RIT lead to 8-7 on Venuto's goal.
• The Tigers ran off three straight goals, taking an 11-7 lead on Pilcher's goal off a feed from senior Taylor Jensen.
• Venuto cut the Tigers lead to 11-8 on his second goal of the quarter.
• RIT closed out the third quarter scoring four straight goals, increasing its lead to 15-8 on sophomore John Mozrall's goal with 1:43 remaining.
• The Tigers scored the first three goals of the fourth quarter, increasing their lead to 18-8 on Angus' goal off an assist from Barnable.
• Sophomore Miles Tillman scored twice in the fourth, while Gaston and Angus each scored for the Tigers.
• RPI's Trey Berry tallied a late goal to make it a 19-10 final.

 
GAME NOTES

• RIT fired 60 shots, including 39 on target.
• RIT finished 23-of-25 on clearing attempts, converted 4-of-6 man-up chances and scooped up 41 ground balls.
• Senior Drew Hutchison made eight saves in net to improve to 16-1 on the season.
• Angus scored three goals, while Barnable finished with two goals and two assists.
• Sophomore Mike Grace caused three turnovers and had five ground balls.
• Graduate student Jimmy Spillane won 15 draws and had nine ground balls.
• Venuto led RPI with three goals, while Urban finished with three assists.
• Joseph Perry made 20 saves in net for RPI.
• RIT is vying for its tenth straight Liberty League Tournament title.

 
UP NEXT
RIT will host No. 3 St. Lawrence in the Liberty League Championship on Saturday (May 7) at 3:00 P.M.