UR’s football team dominated St. Lawrence University in a 21-0 shutout Saturday afternoon at Fauver Stadium.
St. Lawrence won the opening coin toss and elected to play defense to start the game. They stopped UR quickly on UR’s first drive, forcing them to punt after six plays.
After forcing a turnover on downs, UR marched back up the field until they missed a field goal from 28 yards out.
The teams traded punts until St. Lawrence drove the ball back to UR’s goalline, when junior defensive back Jordy Tawa (#29) intercepted a ball in the endzone. UR regained possession of the ball on the 20-yard line after a touchback.
Despite this, UR was unable to score and was forced to punt to St. Lawrence, who also could not score before halftime.
The defensive stalemate ended when St. Lawrence threw another interception, this time to junior Luke Herter (#12), who returned the ball to the endzone for the game’s first points. Senior kicker Jordan Laudani (#97) successfully converted the extra point.
UR forced another punt out of St. Lawrence, but threw an interception of their own when they received the ball. Despite this, a steady defensive effort prevented St. Lawrence from advancing, culminating in a sack from graduate student linebacker Joe DeBonis (#0). St. Lawrence punted.
A 43-yard rush from junior Aidan Papantonis (#4) got UR in the red zone, where they then scored from a 17-yard run from graduate student Daniel Papantonis (#1). Laudani scored the extra point.
UR stifled St. Lawrence yet again and forced them to punt.
On UR’s subsequent drive, they turned the ball over attempting to convert on fourth down.
St. Lawrence drove the ball back into UR’s half of the field, where they also turned the ball over on downs when trying to achieve a first down on the UR 10-yard line.
Papantonis’s 63-yard rush enabled UR to get into scoring position again, when junior Jake Adelmann (#31) scored to put UR three touchdowns up. Laudani converted the extra point again.
A desperate attempt to get the ball down the field by St. Lawrence ended with them being sacked and turning the ball over on downs on their 13-yard line.
In an effort to put the game out of reach, UR fumbled the ball.
Although St. Lawrence got the ball back down the field, they ultimately failed to score a touchdown.
UR ended the game in possession of the ball, improving their record to 6-1. They will next play Buffalo State University on Nov. 2 at Fauver Stadium.
