The men’s lacrosse team has yet to end a winless skid, currently peaking at four games after losing 11-5 to the No. 18 St. Lawrence University Saints on Saturday afternoon. The win places the Saints at 9-2 overall and a perfect 5-0 in the Liberty League, while the Red Hawks have fallen to 5-7 overall and 3-2 in the conference.
Despite taking a 4-3 lead in the first half with just under 13 minutes left to play before intermission, St. Lawrence was able to rally eight straight goals over the course of the next 40 minutes to take back the lead. Junior midfielder Brett Evans was able to cut the deficit down to six with a goal in the final two minutes of play, but it was not enough to overpower the nationally-ranked foes.
The Saints took a quick 2-0 lead at the start of the game with goals from senior midfielder Alex Slauson, but the Red Hawks were able to cut that lead in half with a goal from senior attack Josh Secora, who has recently returned to the lineup. St. Lawrence added one more goal before the end of the first quarter, but RPI responded with three straight goals from Secora and sophomore Nick Billy for the brief lead.
Leading the way for the Saints was Slauson with three goals and an assist, as well as freshman Caldwell Rohrbach with three goals and senior John Allen with two. For the Red Hawks, Secora’s presence was an obvious impact, netting two goals and an assist for three points. In addition, Evans tallied two of his own, and rookie Andrew Miller finished the day with two assists. Senior goaltender Ryan DeJory made 10 saves for RPI, and fellow senior Thomas Hollingsworth made seven stops between the pipes for the Saints.
RPI returns to action this Saturday as it travels to Union College to face the Dutchmen at 7 pm in its Liberty League season finale, followed by a game against SUNY Cobleskill at Harkness Field on Monday, with game time scheduled to also begin at 7 pm.
