Box Score GENEVA, N.Y.—The Hobart College football team won its fourth consecutive game, pounding St. Lawrence University 56-21 in a Liberty League contest on Boswell Field. Senior quarterback Andrew Strom (Novato/Novato, Calif.) threw for 262 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for game-high 74 yards and two more TDs to lead the Statesmen.

Hobart (5-2, 4-1 Liberty) produced 506 yards of total offense, including a season-high 251 yards on the ground. The Statesmen dominated time of possession, holding on to the ball for 36 minutes, 16 seconds, while converting on 11 of 17 third downs.

For the second straight week, junior wideout Ryan LiDrazzah (Kent School/San Diego, Calif.) and senior wideout James Wright (Olean/Olean, N.Y.) both went over 100 yards receiving. LiDrazzah had seven catches for 107 yards and a TD, while Wright made five grabs for 101 yards and two touchdowns. Senior kicker Dominick Ancona (Chaminade/Garden City, N.Y.) tied the single game record by making all eight PATs. He also averaged 46.7 yards punting, including a season-long 58 yarder.

Despite having minus seven yards of offense at the end of the first quarter, the Saints (2-4, 1-3) finished with 357 yards. Senior Brad Heil (Jamesville-DeWitt/Fayetteville, N.Y.) threw for a game-high 294 yards and three touchdowns, but was intercepted twice. Senior Mike O’Donnell (Central Catholic/Haverhill, Mass.) produced game-highs with eight catches for 163 yards and two TDs.

LiDrazzah scored Hobart’s first touchdown on the opening possession, a 13-yard out from Strom, capping a 12-play, 77 yard drive. The Statesmen defense forced SLU to punt, but the snap sailed over the punter’s head and was covered at the Saints’ 4-yard line. On the next snap, senior Don Gilardi (Eastridge/Rochester, N.Y.) scored the first of his two rushing touchdowns, sending the Statesmen into the second quarter with a 14-0 lead.

The Saints threatened to score with their first drive of the second frame, but senior cornerback James Alexander’s (St. John’s Prep/Beverly, Mass.) interception in the end zone halted the visitor’s best drive of the half.

Hobart made it a 21-0 game late in the half, when Wright went 57 yards for a TD, capping a 10-play, 98-yard drive. The Statesmen squeezed in another long scoring drive before halftime, going 88 yards in 11 plays, this one finished off by an 18-yard bootleg by Strom.

While the first half was decidedly one-sided, the third quarter was a track meet with Hobart outscoring St. Lawrence 28-21 to complete the rout. Of the nine drives in the quarter, eight resulted in touchdowns. Sophomore linebacker Ryan Robinson (Johnson City/Johnson City, N.Y.) broke up the lone failed drive with his first career interception.

The Statesmen outscored the Saints in the quarter thanks to a less than traditional on-side kick. Ancona lofted a kickoff that hung in the air like a punt, the ball took a funny hop and Alexander pounced on the live ball of the SLU 19. On the next play, Wright collected his second TD in the back corner of the end zone.

Junior linebacker Justin Hager (Salamanca/Salamanca, N.Y.) made a team-high six tackles for the Statesmen, while senior free safety Matt Sivright (Hastings/Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.) led St. Lawrence with a game-high 11 stops.

The win is the 16th in a row for Hobart in the series with St. Lawrence; all-time the Statesmen lead SLU 42-36-2. The 56 points are the most by a Hobart team since scoring 56 in a triple overtime win against RPI on Sept. 24, 2005, and the most for the Statesmen in regulation since scoring 59 at Rochester on Oct. 12, 2002.

Hobart is back in action on Oct. 27, when the Statesmen host 12th-ranked Alfred. The final home game of the regular season kicks off at 1 p.m.