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UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER YELLOWJACKETS
Zachary White-Stellato
16
Winner Univ. of Rochester ROC 1-3 , 1-1
10
RPI RPI 3-1 , 1-1
Winner
Univ. of Rochester ROC
1-3 , 1-1
16
Final
10
RPI RPI
3-1 , 1-1
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
ROC Univ. of Rochester 7 6 0 3 16
RPI RPI 7 3 0 0 10

Game Recap: Football |

Gridders Top #23 RPI on the Road

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 130 yards rushing on 30 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.