St. Lawrence quarterback Aaron Ruthman had a record-setting day throwing the football, but it was a 10-yard run by him that made the difference in a 38-24 victory over the University of Rochester on Saturday afternoon.
 
Down, 13-7, Rochester used a 24-yard field goal by Dawson Klinger and a 50-yard catch-and-run pass play from Matt Gallagher to Duncan Stewart to take a 17-13 lead with 1:29 left in the second quarter. If the Yellowjacket defense could hold off the Saints, Rochester could take that lead into the locker room anticipating the second-half kickoff.
 
Ruthman guided the Saints from their own 42 to the UR 17 with less than 20 seconds left. He threw incomplete for Andrew Murphy on 3^rd-and-6. He found Travonte Wheeler for seven yards and a first down at the 10. After throwing incomplete for Cameron Edwards in the end zone with five seconds left, he kept the ball and bolted up the middle to score as time expired. On the conversion, he flipped the ball ahead to Jamie Battaglia for two points and a 21-17 Saint lead at the half.

Rochester couldn't get even after that. All four third quarter possessions ended in punts. UR scored the first time it touched the ball in the fourth period with Gallagher directing an 11-play, 80-yard drive that he ended with a 16-yard TD pass to Noah Shinaman. That cut the deficit to 31-24. The Saints answered with a 12-play, 56-yard drive that took 6:19 off the clock. Darian Davis ran one yard for a TD to clinch the win for the guests.

 
St. Lawrence snapped a three-game losing streak (2-4 overall, 1-0 Liberty League). Rochester is 1-4 overall, 0-1 in the Liberty League.
 
Ruthman completed 35 of 52 passes for 347 yards with one TD and one interception. He tied the SLU record for single-game completions and broke the record for attempts. Anthony Ferraro set a single-game receptions mark with 18 catches for 174 yards. The TD catch went to Joseph Viscardo, a three-yarder early in the first quarter to begin the game. Battaglia led the ground game with 161 yards on 15 rushes. Ruthman ran for 45 yards. The Saints totaled 237 on the ground, 347 through the air, 584 total.
 
For Rochester, Gallagher completed 21 of 36 passes for 278 yards, three TDs, and one INT. He was sacked three times, twice by T.J. Savvaides, once by Tyler Mirabile. He threw two scoring passes to Shinaman – a 45-yard catch-and-run in the first quarter that tied the score at 7-7, and the 16-yarder in the final quarter. Late in the second period, he found Stewart crossing right to left and hit him in stride with the first-year outrunning opponents down the left sideline. That put Rochester up, 17-13, before Ruthman's scoring run at 0:00.
 
Shinaman caught nine passes for 135 yards and two TDs. He's the first UR player to catch two scoring passes in one game since 2016 when Kyle Allegrini hauled in two vs. Hobart. Stewart had seven catches for 119 yards.
 
Rochester rushed for 57 yards (Sean Mannion gained 40 on 12 carries) and passed for 278 (335 total).
 
Defensively, Ricky Simcic totaled 11 tackles (seven primary). Caden Cole (seven primary) and Christian Marini (five primary) had eight each. Adam Baghi had four pass breakups. Robert Grant had four tackles and one interception – his sixth of the year. That's the most for one Rochester player in 11 years – since Andy Rape had six in 2007.
 
St. Lawrence had three sacks and three other tackles for loss. Mirabile and Savvaides had two TLs apiece. Raymod Johnson had three of the six pass breakups. Amir Mells was the tackle leader with eight. Kyle Frimel had seven.