Sawyer Bailey scored the lone goal for the St. Lawrence University field hockey team, but four goals in the first half propelled the RPI Engineers to a 5-1 win on Friday afternoon in Troy, N.Y.
SLU falls to 5-7 on the season and 1-4 in Liberty League play, while RPI improves to 11-2 and 4-0, respectively.
Ella Pasquarelli scored back-to-back goals for the Engineers just about two minutes apart to put RPI up 2-0 by the end of the first quarter.
Ria Patel and Lindsay Dunbar both scored for RPI in the second, marking four unanswered for the Engineers before the break.
Emily Frey tacked on one more goal for RPI at 30:57, and just about five minutes later
Charlotte Lehr found Bailey to spoil the shutout effort for the Engineers and mark the 5-1 final.
Lily Gubbins led the Scarlet and Brown with two shots on goal. First-year goalkeeper
Stella Gizzi made nine saves for the Saints, while Olivia Brovak made three for RPI.
RPI led in shots (25-8), shots on goal (14-4), and penalty corners (9-6)
St. Lawrence hosts Vassar on Sunday, October 18 at 1 p.m.
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