The Hobart soccer team played St. Lawrence to a 2-2 draw to conclude the regular season this afternoon. Brady Leitner scored twice to lead the Statesmen.
The Saints outshot their guests 21-10 and had a 7-4 edge in corner kicks. Junior goalie Thomas Chyzowych made seven saves for Hobart, while George Charalambous turned back four shots for SLU.
FOR THE RECORD
- Hobart ends the regular season with a 5-5-6 overall mark, 4-2-3 in Liberty League play.
- St. Lawrence is 8-2-6 overall, 5-0-4 in league action.
SCORING SUMMARY
- Leitner needed just 98 seconds to get on the board. Will Slayton fired a cross from the left, just off the end line that Charalambous got a hand on. The rebound landed at the feet of Leitner at the 6, who drove it home for his fourth goal of the season.
- The Statesmen carried their lead into the 69th minute, but then the Saints put a cross into the box from the right side that Chyzowych deflected into the middle. Hobart should have been credited with a team save as a defender cleared Henry Brown’s first shot off the line, but Brown got his own rebound and scored to level the match.
- Leitner broke through again, beating Charalambous in the 81st minute.
- In the 86th minute, SLU sent a cross into the box that was misplayed by a Statesmen defender, who redirected it into his own goal, tying the match.
POSTSEASON PICTURE
- Hobart began the day in fourth place in the Liberty League standings and remained their following the day’s action.
- The Statesmen will host No. 5 RIT (6-9-1, 4-4-1) in the first round of the Liberty League Tournament on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
- The draw denied St. Lawrence the No. 1 seed. They still earned a first round bye as the No. 2 seed behind Vassar.
- No. 3 Skidmore will host No. 6 Ithaca in the other first round match.
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