CANTON, N.Y. – The Norwich University football team left St. Lawrence without the Hoffman Cup on Saturday, falling to the Saints 37-7.

Norwich (0-2) was led on defense by Zev Motew (Highland Park, Ill.) and Bas Osborn (Windsor, Calif.) with 10 tackles a piece.                                                                         

The game started with Norwich (0-2) and St. Lawrence (1-1) trading three and outs on their opening positions.  Before the Saints went on a 10-play, 61-yard drive, capped off with a touchdown pass from Tyler Grochot to the right caught by Robert Coll for 7 yards.

After the kickoff, the Cadets drive started at their own 32-yard line. Mitchell Theal (Elma, N.Y.) completed a seven-yard pass to Haleola Thomas (Waianae, Hawaii) and three rushes by Justin Bryant (Eliot, Maine) carried the ball to the St. Lawrence 49-yard line. Theil then connected on a deep ball to Trevor Chase (Eliot, Maine) who carried it into the endzone for a touchdown to tie the game at 7-7 with the 2:22 remaining in the first quarter.

The Saints struck again in the second quarter when on the first play of the drive Andrew Murphy was on the receiving end of a Grochot pass for a 61-yard touchdown.  St. Lawrence was able to put another six points on the board before the half, when Grochet threw the ball to TJ Cornacchia for a nine-yard touchdown, his third touchdown pass of the day, with 54 seconds left in the half. The Saints led 20-7 at the half.

The Saints added a field goal in the third quarter and a pair of touchdowns in the fourth quarter secured the victory.

Chase finished the game with six receptions for 90 yards, Thomas brought in four catches for 31 yards. Theal went 13 for 26 for 150 yards and one touchdown. 

The Cadets will look to Castleton in the Battle for the Maple Sap Bucket on Saturday, Sept. 18 at 3 p.m. before hosting Endicott on Sept. 25 at 2 p.m. for their Homecoming game. Norwich will begin their conference slate on Saturday, Oct. 2 when they travel to New London, Conn. to take on Coast Guard.