Jeremy Vautour and Luke DiLisio each scored twice including one goal each in the fourth quarter as the St. Lawrence University Men's Lacrosse team battled back to within a goal at 9-8 with 5:32 left in the game but Rensselaer scored in the final minute of the game for a 10-8 Liberty League win Saturday afternoon on North Country Field at Hall-Leet Stadium in Canton.

St. Lawrence (8-6 Overall, 4-1 Liberty League) fell for the first time in conference play this season with the Senior Day loss. The Saints trailed early as Rensselaer (8-5, 3-3) scored three of the first four goals of the game for a 3-1 lead. DiLisio scored the first goal for St. Lawrence at the 9:40 mark but the Engineers scored twice to forge ahead, 3-1.

Just before the end of the first period, Tommy Hovey scored with a shot over his back shoulder to trim the lead to 3-2 as the first quarter ended.

Rensselaer dominated the second quarter winning all six face-offs and outscoring the Saints 4-1for a 7-3 lead heading into the halftime intermission. Connor Brimley netted the lone St. Lawrence goal in the second quarter.

Another RPI goal to start the second half gave the Engineers a five-goal lead at 8-3.

Hovey started the St. Lawrence comeback rally with his second of the game with 3:53 left in the third quarter and Charlie Jennings scored 20 seconds later making it an 8-5 RPI lead at the end of three quarters.

Vautour started the final quarter with a man-up goal to cut further into the lead but RPI answered less than a minute later to regain the three-goal lead.

DiLisio scored with 8:22 left and Vautour added his second of the quarter three minutes later to make it a 9-8 game with just 5:32 on the clock.

The Saints took some chances late in the game in an attempt to tie the score as RPI scored the final goal with 40 seconds left to play to take the 10-8 victory.

Hovey, Vautour and Dilisio all scored two goals each while Brimley and Jennings each scored once. Jon Fairbanks had the only assist of the day for the Saints. Nick Ford and Andrew Butturini combined to make eight saves in the St. Lawrence goal.

After the game, seniors Hovey, DiLisio, Jennings, Jack Roberts, Bret Newman, Chris Anklin, Tim Kelley, Ford, Robby Dowers, Butturini, William Burchenal and student-assistant coach Charles Hurlock were honored. The team also honored the parents of Garrett Gagne who would have been a senior this season but passed away January 1st.