GENEVA, N.Y. -- Junior Ryan Carruth (Alexander Dawson/Boulder, Colo.) tallied two goals, including the game-winner in the 108th minute, and the St. Lawrence University men's soccer team remained undefeated with a 4-3 victory over Hobart College in double overtime. St. Lawrence, ranked No. 2 in the nation, improved to 12-0-0, 5-0-0 in the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association. The Statesmen fell to 6-6, 2-2.
Senior Chad North (Gloversville/Gloversville, N.Y.) gave Hobart a 1-0 lead off assists from junior Hunter Brown (Brooks School/Pittsburgh, Pa.) and senior Christian Siener (City Honors/Buffalo, N.Y.) just 14 minutes into the contest. Sophomore Jamal Ballantyne (Brooklyn Friends/Brooklyn, N.Y.), who assisted on the Saints' game-winning goal, fired home a Carruth pass in the 20th minute to knot the score at 1-1.
Four minutes later, the Statesmen again capitalized on their precision passing when North netted a Brown feed to give the hosts a 2-1 advantage. However, the Saints capped a wild opening half by scoring twice in a two-minute span to claim a 3-2 lead.
Senior Rich Azulay (Thayer/Kingston, Mass.) forced overtime on Brown's third assist of the afternoon in the 71st minute.
First-year goalkeeper Cory Rosier (Liverpool/Liverpool, N.Y.) recorded 13 saves for the Statesmen. Hobart hosts Clarkson University tomorrow at 1 p.m.
Scoring 1 2 OT1 OT2 Final
#2 St. Lawrence (12-0-0, 5-0-0) 3 0 0 1 4
Hobart (6-6-0, 2-2-0) 2 1 0 0 3
Scoring: St. Lawrence - Carruth 2-1, Ballantyne 1-1, Bogosian 1-0. Hobart - North 2-0, Azulay 1-0, Brown 0-3, Siener 0-1. Saves: St. Lawrence 2 (Murphy). Hobart 13 (Rosier). Shots: St. Lawrence 21, Hobart 7. Corner Kicks: St. Lawrence 6, Hobart 4.
Notes: Entering today's contest, St. Lawrence had allowed only seven goals ... Hobart is the first team to score three goals in a game vs. the Saints in ‘99 ... North leads Hobart with four goals ... Brown has a team-best four assists...Ballantyne (6 goals, 6 assists) and Carruth (7, 3) now have 18 and 17 points, respectively, to lead the Saints.
--HWS SPORTS--
