Box Score The University of Rochester men's soccer team capitalized on its corner kick chances, scoring twice off set pieces to defeat Hobart College 2-0 on Saturday evening at Edwin Fauver Stadium.
 
The Statesmen fall to 3-2-0 overall, while the Yellowjackets improve to 3-1-1 this season.
  
Hobart would supply the first good scoring opportunity of the game 12:30 in when junior Zico Gaeffke picked up a loose ball that was cleared off the line by UR senior defender Andrew Sheridan.
 
Early in the 36th minute, sophomore striker Jeff Greblick had a point blank shot in the box deflected away by Hobart's Carl Weiss, but gave UR a corner.  On the ensuing corner kick, Nick Pastore found the head of the senior defender Keith Grafmeyer who finished the play for a goal, giving the Yellowjackets a 1-0 lead at 35:36.
 
Rochester senior Mark Lawlor nearly doubled the lead five minutes later, but his shot from 20 yards was stopped by a diving senior goalie Mike Lucas in goal.
 
Less than five minutes into the second period, Yellowjacket senior Alex Swanger took a hard shot from 10 yards along the right wing that was turned away by Lucas, leading to another UR corner kick. Senior Shane Dobles took the corner for Rochester, sending a cross to the back post, finding his classmate Ben Keeton who was there to head in the Yellowkjackets' second goal, putting UR up 2-0.
 
Lucas made a fantastic save in the 60th minute for Hobart, keeping UR's Greblick off the scoreboard who came in all alone one-on-one after a cross from the left wing. The Hobart keeper kept the strong saves coming as Rochester had back-to-back good chances in the 64th minute.  Overall, the Statesmen keeper finished with nine saves on the night, tying his season high. Tonight's goals were the first surrendered by Lucas this season.
 
In the Rochester net, sophomore keeper Michael Shatkin made two saves in the shutout.
 
The Yellowjackets held a 17-3 lead in shots and a 10-3 edge in corners.
 
The Statesmen will be back in action on Wednesday, Sept. 17, when they host Utica for another non-conference game at 4:30 p.m.