ROCHESTER, N.Y. – RIT senior
Luke Pilcher tallied a career-high nine goals to lead the No. 3 Tigers to a 21-15 win over No. 12 St. Lawrence on Senior Day, Saturday.
Junior
Seth Grottenthaler had four assists and five points, while senior
John Mozrall had a goal and three assists. Senior
Dylan Bruno scored three goals. Graduate student goalie
Will Sterrett made 12 saves.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- St. Lawrence's Bobby Wells scored 36 seconds into the game to give the Saints the lead.
- Pilcher scored back-to-back goals to give the Tigers a 2-1 lead.
- Ben Hutchinson gave the Saints a 5-2 lead with 9:50 to play in the quarter, capping off a four-goal run for the Saints.
- Pilcher scored two goals in a four-goal RIT run. He tied the game at 5-5 on his goal with 11:50 to play in the second quarter, while Mozrall gave the Tigers a 6-5 lead on his goal with 11:04 remaining.
- Hutchinson scored back-to-back goals, giving the Saints a 7-6 lead on his goal with 9:36 to play in the half.
- Dinga scored to tie the score at 7-7, while Hutchinson gave the Saints an 8-7 lead on his goal with 5:50 to play.
- RIT scored three straight goals, including two straight from Pilcher to give the Tigers a 10-8 lead.
- Judge Murphy scored for the Saints with 1:16 to play in the half to cut the RIT lead to 10-9 at halftime.
- Mahoney scored 52 seconds into the third quarter to tie the score at 10-10.
- RIT scored four straight goals, taking a 14-10 lead on Bruno's goal from Grottenthaler with 7:40 remaining.
- Murphy scored his second goal of the game with 6:58 to play to cut the RIT lead to 14-11.
- Graduate student Taylor Jensen scored off an assist from classmate Noah Bruno with 5:22 remaining in the quarter to give the Tigers a 15-11 lead.
- Pilcher scored two straight goals to give RIT a 17-11 lead and Dylan Bruno scored with 11:47 remaining to extend the Tigers' lead to 18-11.
- Senior TJ Hendricks, Bruno and sophomore Clifford Gaston scored in the fourth quarter to make it a 21-15 final.
GAME NOTES
- With the win RIT clinches its 11th straight Liberty League regular season title.
- Shots were even at 46 apiece.
- RIT went 1-for-3 with the extra attacker.
WHAT'S NEXT
RIT returns to action on Friday (May 5) in the Liberty League Tournament. The top-seeded Tigers await their opponent.