LIBERTY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
#3 SKIDMORE (11-5-1, 5-3 Liberty League) at #1 ST. LAWRENCE (13-3-2, 6-2 Liberty League)
Game Details: Saturday, Nov. 7, 1 p.m. | Canton N.Y.
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.—The Skidmore College men's soccer team continues its quest for its first ever Liberty League title when it travels to top-seeded St. Lawrence for the conference championship on Saturday.
 
Freshman center back Ben Poole scored his second game-winning goal in as many games to lift the Thoroughbreds to a 1-0 win at #10 Hobart on Wednesday in the Liberty League semifinal. Ben Caples recorded his eighth assist of the season on the goal, tying him for the league high. In goal, Eli Kisselbach made three saves for his ninth shutout of the season, surpassing his own program single-season shutout record in the process. The win snapped a 21-game home unbeaten streak for the Statesmen.
 
Saturday marks the third meeting between Skidmore and St. Lawrence in the Liberty League Championship game. The Saints won the previous two meetings (2013, 2006).
  
SCOUTING SKIDMORE
 
- Skidmore's last nine contests have been decided by one goal or fewer. The Thoroughbreds are 5-4 in one-goal games this season.
 
- Sophomore forward Augustine Okoye leads the team with six goals and 16 points, while Kevin Santos is second on the team with five goals and 10 points.
 
- Kisselbach is seventh in Division III with a .889 save percentage and 10th with a 0.45 goals against average.
 
- Skidmore is 3-4 all time in Liberty League postseason play.
 
SCOUTING ST. LAWRENCE
St. Lawrence topped Union, 2-1, in the semifinal to advance to its third consecutive and ninth overall Liberty League title game.  The Dutchmen got on the board 5:41 into the contest, but Ryan Grant equalized in the 28th minute and freshman Charlton Kelly scored the game-winner in the 42nd.
 
- Saints goalkeeper Ryan Roethel has played every minute in goal and ranks third in Division III with a 0.32 goals against average and seventh with a .889 save percentage. He leads the league with 12 shutouts.
 
- St. Lawrence is 10-1-1 at home and has conceded just three goals, outscoring its opponents 31-3.
 
- The Saints have shutout four of their last five opponents and have not conceded more than one goal in a game this season.
 
- Freshman forward Tapshak Augustine leads the team with seven goals, including three game-winning goals, and 16 points.
 
- Chandler Short and Luis Jimenez are tied for the team lead with four assists.
 
LAST MEETING
Oct. 24 at St. Lawrence
Skidmore 0, St. Lawrence 1