A five-point afternoon for first-year Tapshak Augustine helped St. Lawrence shutout RPI 3-0 on Sandy MacAllaster Field on Friday. The Abuja, Nigeria native scored two goals and assisted on the other by classmate Charlton Kelly in the win.

While the Saints offense was dominant in the victory, their defense was nearly impenetrable and held RPI to just two shots in the contest, as the Engineers did not register n attempt in the first half.

Augustine got the Saints on the board in the 10th minute off a free kick by senior Edward Gonzales from 25 yards out. Gonzalez played the ball towards traffic in the far side of the box, it deflected off of Augustine and into space in the middle the box where he finished low inside the far post for a 1-0 lead.

He nearly extended the lead to 2-0 with 15 minutes remaining in the half when a high shot was tipped by RPI goalkeeper Ryan Nealon and seemed to fall into the net, but the assistant referee waved it off immediately and the ball was cleared by the Engineers defense.

It wasn't until the 49th minute that the Saints would gain the two-goal advantage after a beautiful give-and-go between Augustin and sophomore Chandler Short. Augustine dished to Short as he cut down the left wing before the San Diego, Calif. native put a pass through the defense on the six for a finish by Augustine into the lower 90 on the near side.

Charlton Kelly tallied his second of the season with volley from 12 yards out on a cross by Augustine from an endline. Kelly beat Nealon just under the cross bar in the middle of the net for Saints final goal of the game.

Augustine now leads the Saints with seven goals and two assists on the season for 16 points. Meanwhile, with the win, the Saints improve to 9-3-2 overall and 3-2-0 in the Liberty League, moving them into a tie for second place in the conference standings with RIT with three regular season games remaining.

St. Lawrence finished with a 24-2 edge in shots and did not concede a corner kick in the match. Ryan Roethel finished with two saves for the Scarlet and Brown for his ninth shutout of the season. Nealon made eight stops for the Engineers.

The Saints will play host to Union tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m. in another Liberty League match.