The St. Lawrence University football team scored 31 points with the wind at its back on Saturday, but was unable to overcome an incredible performance by Hobart running back Brian Haeffner, who rushed for 195 yards and scored three touchdowns in a 42-31 win over the Saints on a cold and blustery senior day at Leckonby Stadium.

St. Lawrence rookie quarterback Tyler Grochot posted his third 400-yard passing game of the season, hitting the mark right on the nose with a 32-for-52 performance with a career-best five touchdown passes — one shy of the program record — and two interceptions. 

Hobart, playing with a 25-30 mile per hour wind at its back in the first quarter, built a 14-0 lead on its first two drives with a six-yard touchdown run by Alex Milliken and a 14-yard score by Haeffner.



St. Lawrence responded, however, as Theodore Blaschinski forced a fumble deep in the Saints' red zone on the first play of the second quarter, which Kyle Frimel recovered. 

Grochot drove the Saints 89 yards on eight plays, capping the drive with an eight-yard touchdown pass to Andrew Murphy. 

After the St. Lawrence defense forced a punt, Grochot hit Anthony Ferraro for a 14-yard touchdown pass to cut the lead to 14-12. (The Saints failed to score on two-point conversion attempts after both touchdowns.)

Hobart appeared to pull away with an 11-yard touchdown pass from David Krewson to Jimmy Adams with just 1:30 to play in the second quarter, but the Saints quickly moved the ball down the field and cut the lead to 21-18 with a touchdown pass to Sean McCormack with just 4.9 seconds left in the half.

Hobart once again had the wind at its back in the third quarter and once again outscored the Saints 14-0 in teh quarter on a five-yard touchdown pass to AJ Perlino and a one-yard run by Haeffner.

The Saints cut the lead to 10 on a 45-yard touchdown pass from Grochot to Murphy on the third play of the fourth quarter, but Hobart took a 42-25 lead on Haeffner's third touchdown of the day, this time from eight yards out, with 3:12 to play.

St. Lawrence marched down the field on their final offensive drive of the season, with Ferraro catching his second touchdown pass of the game from two yards out with just under 30 seconds to play, for the final margin.

Senior captain Travis Marnell capped his St. Lawrence career with 10 catches for 124 yards to lead the Saints' receiving corps. Ferraro made eight catches for 65 yards to bring his single-season program record to 77. Murphy also had a big day for the Saints with seven catches for 125 yards.

Krewson was 15-for-23 passing for two touchdowns for Hobart. Jake Catalioto made five catches for 68 yards, and Ray Conley caught four passes for 89 yards. Krewson also had 57 yards rushing for the Statesmen.

Tyler Burns, Liam Murray and Caleb Null all made 11 tackles to lead the Saints' defense. Null added two stops behind the line of scrimmage. Senior captain Tyler Mirabile also had a big day in his final game for the Saints with two tackles for a loss, including a seven-yard sack, and a forced fumble and recovery.

Reilly Pelow made eight tackles and forced a fumble for Hobart, and Jared Leake and Jay McCoy both had interceptions.

St. Lawrence finishes the year with a 2-8 overall record, 1-4 in the Liberty League, while Hobart finishes 5-4, 3-2.