ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) graduate student Seth Grottenthaler scored three goals to lead the top-seeded Tigers to an 11-10 win against No. 2 seed St. Lawrence University in the Liberty League Championship game on Sunday. Grottenthaler was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Performer.
With the victory, RIT claims its 12th Liberty League Tournament title.
First-year Ryan Bullock scored a career-high four goals and junior Chase Bruno finished with a goal and two assists. Graduate student Ian Dinga scored two goals and sophomore Erich Acton scored a goal.
Bullock caused two turnovers, and graduate student Allyn French won 15-of-23 face offs and had five ground balls. Junior Alex Zborowski made eight saves in goal to improve to 18-1.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Ted Wilson scored with 9:57 to play in the first quarter to give the St. Lawrence the lead.
- Bruno tied the game at 1-1 and Grottenthaler gave RIT a 2-1 lead on his goal with 4:11 remaining in the opening frame.
- Bobby Wells and Henry Crean tallied back-to-back goals late in the first to give the Saints a 3-2 lead.
- Grottenthaler tied the score at 3-3 on his goal with 55 seconds to play in the first.
- Grottenthaler scored the lone goal of the second quarter, giving RIT a 4-3 advantage on his third goal of the first half with 13:08 remaining in the second.
- RIT scored the first four goals of the third quarter, opening up an 8-3 lead on Acton's goal with 9:18 to play in the third.
- Crean scored to make it 8-4 and Padraic Condon won the ensuing face-off and scored to cut RIT's lead to 8-6.
- Wilson scored early in the fourth quarter and Jamie Rosenzweig tallied a man-up goal with 11:35 to play to cut RIT's lead to 8-7.
- Bullock scored back-to-back goals, giving the Tigers a 10-7 lead on his goal with 7:32 to play.
- Dan Anderson scored followed by a goal from Wells with 4:28 to play to cut the Tigers lead to 10-9.
- Bullock scored his fourth goal of the game with 3:47 to play to give RIT an 11-9 lead.
- Wells tallied a man-up goal with 2:09 remaining to make it an 11-10 final.
GAME NOTES:
- RIT outshot St. Lawrence, 46-29
- The Tigers were 20-of-21 on clearing attempts.
- RIT went 16-of-29 on face offs and had 37 ground balls
- RIT claims its 12th Liberty League Tournament title in the last 13 seasons
- Senior Clifford Gaston had an assist and became the second player (Ryan Lee) in program history to reach 300 career points.
WHAT'S NEXT:
RIT earns the Liberty League's automatic bid into the NCAA Division III Tournament. The 40-team field will be announced tonight at 9:00 p.m.