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TROY, N.Y. – The University of Rochester got three field goals from junior Zachary White-Stellato and the Yellowjackets controlled the clock for 41:40 to defeat #23 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), 16-10, in a Liberty League game before a crowd of 4,112 at East Campus Stadium. Rochester, who held the ball for 13:03 of the fourth quarter alone, improves to 1-3 overall and 1-1 in the league. RPI is now 3-1 and 1-1.
White-Stellato (Albany, NY/Albany) connected on field goals of 39 and 24 yards in the second quarter and 25 yards in the fourth. Junior running back Clarence Onyiriuka (Painted Post, NY/Corning West) led the offense with 145 yards rushing on 31 carries, while sophomore quarterback Braezen Subick (Mahwah, NJ/Don Bosco Prep.) passed for 267 yards by completing 28 of 45 passes with a touchdown. He was intercepted twice.
RPI opened the scoring on its first drive, an 8-play, 59-yard effort that ended with a 5-yard run by junior
Nick Costa (Yonkers, NY/Yonkers) at 10:01. Rochester came right back on its next possession when Subick (Mahwah, NJ/Don Bosco Prep.) found Elvis Njoku (Rochester, NY/West Irondequoit) for a 13-yard scoring strike.
A 39-yard field goal by White-Stellato capped a 9-play, 64-yard drive to give the Yellowjackets a 10-7 lead early in the second quarter. The two teams traded field goals – a 38 yarder by RPI's
Peter Nilson (Appleton, WI/Kimberly) and a 24-yarder by White-Stellato for a 13-10 halftime score.
White-Stellato accounted for the only points in the second half, in which Rochester controlled the ball for 24:03.
Offensively for RPI, freshman
Tanner Boucher (Keene, NH/Keene) and sophomore
Julian Schnopp (Dalton, MA/Wahconah Regional) combined to pass for 130 yards on 5 of 17 passing. Junior
Ray Davis (Worcester, MA/South High Community School) caught two balls for 70 yards.
Junior defensive back
Tim Acker (Arlington, WA/Arlington) made a game-high 18 tackles, including 12 unassisted, to lead the Engineers. Defensive lineman
Colin Elliott (Easthampton, MA/Williston Northampton) added 14 tackles, including five solos.
Sophomore Spencer Miller (Clifton Park, NY/Ballston Lake) had a team-best five tackles, including a 4-yard sack for the Yellowjackets, who host Susquehanna next Saturday at 1pm. RPI is idle next week.
