The St. Lawrence University football team wrapped up the 2026 season with a low-scoring affair in Rochester, N.Y., playing to a 14-6 loss to Rochester on Saturday afternoon at Edwin Fauver Stadium.
The loss puts their final record at 3-7 overall and 2-5 in conference play.
Rochester received the opening kickoff and took a 7-0 lead when Drew Strollo punched in a three-yard touchdown run with just under 10 minutes left in the first quarter. Neither team managed much after that as punts dominated the rest of the opening frame.
The Saints got on the board early in the second.
Brennan Twombly blocked a Rochester punt, and
Luke Robillard fell on it at the Rochester 25, making it his third recovery in two games. St. Lawrence pushed to the seven-yard line, and
Rory McGuire booted a 24-yard field goal with just over 10 minutes left in the half to make it 7-3. Rochester answered with a score just under six minutes before the break, going to the locker room up 14-3.
St. Lawrence came out with purpose after the break. A muffed kickoff left the Saints at their own one-yard line, but they marched the length of the field anyway. McGuire gave the drive new life on a fake punt, when he grabbed the snap in his own end zone and ran it 23 yards on fourth-and-four.
A few plays later,
Sean Miles escaped some pressure and arrowed a pass down the right side to
Cole Phelan for a 40-yard gain to the Rochester 25-yard line. McGuire put an exclamation mark on the drive with a 26-yard field goal with just over eight minutes left in the third quarter, trimming the deficit to 14-6.
The defense kept the Saints in it. Twombly stripped the ball from John Kielar after a 24-yard catch, and Finnegan pounced on it at the St. Lawrence 26 with about seven minutes left in the third. The offense could not cash in, though, and a lengthy fourth-quarter possession that reached the Rochester 21-yard line ended on downs. That's the closest St. Lawrence got before the Yellow Jackets ran out the clock.
Miles paced the Saints with 78 rushing yards on 15 carries and went 11-26 for 125 yards. Phelan caught five passes for 92 yards, and
Caeden Perreault added 35 yards on 18 carries.
Morelli led the defense with nine tackles, while Twombly finished with eight tackles, the forced fumble and the blocked punt. Robillard and Trezza each made five stops, while Robillard and
Jack Finnegan added fumble recoveries. McGuire went 2-2 on field goals and averaged 34 yards on five punts, including a 36-yarder that pinned Rochester at its own one-yard line.
