| 9/10/2005 4:50:41 PM

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CLINTON, NY - The RIT Men's Soccer team dropped its second straight match, 2-1 to nationally ranked Hamilton College on Saturday.

The Continentials, ranked #24 in the latest Adidas NSCAA poll, got on the board first, as Mike Guzijan headed in a pass from Patrick Suarez in the game's 24th minute.

RIT came right back, as Mark Frisicano (Rochester, NY/Greece Olympia) (Rochester, NY/Greece Olympia) scored his team-leading second tally of the season in the 41st minute to tie the game at 1.

The teams went into the locker room tied at 1, with  RIT holding a 6-4 advantage in shots.

Hamilton (2-0-0), would re-take the lead however, just 3:34 into the final half, as Guzijan headed a pass into the box to Zach Kelly, who redirected a shot past RIT goalkeeper Dan Slocum (Irondequoit, NY/Bishop Kearney) (Rochester, NY/Irondequoit) to provide the contest's final goal.

RIT (2-3-0) pressured the Contentials until the final whistle, but were unable to come up with the equalizer.

Slocum finished with two saves for RIT.  Anthony Tripicchio stoped three shots for Hamitlon.  RIT out-shot Hamilton, 12-9.

RIT is back in action on Friday, as they host St. Lawrence University at 4 p.m. at RIT Field.