RIT attackman Larson Sundown (Basom, NY/Akron) totaled five goals and an assist while Dawson Tait (Ottawa, Ontario/Mother Teresa) compiled a game-high seven points (4 goals, 3 assists) to lead the Tigers past visiting Colorado College, 19-13, in the NCAA Division III Tournament Quarterfinals, Saturday. Tied, 10-10, with 6:01 left in the third quarter, RIT (12-0) finished the quarter with four unanswered goals before pulling away with a 5-1 fourth-quarter run to put the game out of reach. RIT awaits the winner of this afternoon's other quarterfinal between Tufts and York (Pa.) in the national semifinals on Sunday (May 23) at 2:00 p.m. HOW IT HAPPENED Sundown opened the scoring off a nice feed from Ryan Barnable (Whitby, Ontario/Donald A. Wilson) 34 seconds into the contest before Matt Weichers slung a seven-yard shot into the net at 11:13. Colorado College midfielder Luca Lietti put the visitors on the board at 9:59 with the first of his three goals, before RIT attackman Quinn Commandant (Rockwood, Ontario/The Kiski School) scored from the left wing to kick off a 3-1 run which yielded a 5-2 lead. Lietti found the net with 33 seconds left in the first period before teammates Jack Haims and Noah Beecher scored to tie the game, 5-5, with 11:18 on the second-period clock. RIT re-took a two-goal lead with 7:26 left in the second after back-to-back RIT goals by Spencer Bell (Fairport, NY/Fairport) at 8:17 and Tait, but Colorado College re-tied the game with goals by Elliot Nelson at 5:02 and Jacob Smith with 4:15 left in the half. RIT called timeout with :04 on the clock during its final possession of the half before Ryan Rosenblum (Limerick, PA/Spring-Ford) beat the horn on a 15-yard shot past a screened goalie with a tenth of a second on the clock for an 8-7 lead. Sundown scored his third of the game to give RIT a 10-8 lead with 10:15 on the third-quarter clock, but Colorado College scored twice in less than a two-minute span to knot the game, 10-10, at 6:01. Weichers scored a 12-yard shot on a run down the right wing at 5:03 to kick off RIT's decisive run. Commandant got free for an eight-yard strike at 2:23 before Tait scored at 1:24. Tait found Sundown open on the right post for an easy finish with :04 on the clock as the Tigers carried a 14-10 lead into the final period. Marley Angus (Oakville, Ontario/Holy Trinity) collected a rebound on the crease and scored seven seconds into the fourth for a five-goal RIT lead. Haims halted the 5-0 RIT run with a goal at 9:07, but goals by Weichers and Sundown in a 28-second span put the home-standing Tigers up, 17-11, with 7:03 remaining. Tait and Mozrall extended RIT to its largest lead of the game, 19-11, with 3:15 to play. GAME NOTES Walker Hare (Libertyville, IL/Libertyville) was credited with 12 saves as RIT finished with a 33-25 advantage in shots on goal and 49-40 overall. Nick Montemorano (Victor, NY/Victor) won 13-of-19 face-off and picked up a game-high nine ground balls while David Graham (Littleton, CO/Chatfield) finished 10-of-16 with seven ground balls. Only one penalty was called – a cross check on RIT's Tyler Sceviour (Calgary, Alberta/Bowness) with 4:15 left in the second. RIT advanced to its 11th NCAA Tournament Semifinal in program history and will be in the hunt for its third national championship game appearance. The Tigers defeated Cortland, 10-9 (OT) in the 2013 semis and also advanced past Wesleyan (Conn.), 22-9, in 2017. RIT made its 10th quarterfinal appearance in the last 11 seasons (not counting last year), improving to 7-3 in that span. Saturday's game was RIT's first-ever meeting with Colorado College