POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (March 24, 2014) – The Vassar College men's lacrosse team will begin its two-game week with a trip to local foe Mount Saint Mary College on Wednesday before hosting a Liberty League game on Saturday.

Game Details
Opponent: Mount Saint Mary College Knights (2-4, 1-0 Skyline)
Site: Newburgh, NY
Facility: Kaplan Field
Date: March 26, 2014
Time: 7:00 pm
Live Stats

A Look At The Brewers
The Brewers (3-3, 0-1 Liberty League) opened their Liberty League play with a 3-17 loss to the Engineers of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Saturday. Junior Scott Brekne (Stony Brook, NY/Ward Melville) and sophomores Noah Parson (Cary, NC/Panther Creek) and Colin Cederna (Milan, MI/Saline) were the Brewer scorers on the day. Senior Andrew Nicol (Carmel, NY/Brewster) recorded 12 saves from 29 shots on goal.

Nicol has stopped 57-of-121 shots on goal. He has faced a total of 188 attempts so far this season. Parson leads the Brewers with 17 goals and eight assists for 25 points. Senior Max Herman (Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central Regional) and Cederna also have eight helpers. Herman adds 15 goals for 23 points and Cederna supplements the offense with 13 for 21 points.

The Brewers' have three players with 20+ ground balls this season and another three with 10 or more. Brekne leads with 25 recoveries and is followed by freshmen Brandon DeStasio (West Hempstead, NY/Chaminade) with 23 and Liam Moriarty (New Fairfield, CT/New Fairfield) with 22. Moriarty is 26-of-60 on face-offs this year.

A Look At The Knights
The Knights opened their Skyline Conference schedule with a 10-7 win over the College of Mount Saint Vincent on Saturday. Jake Robison led the way with six points from four assists and two goals. He was the only member of Mount Saint Mary's team to get credited with a helper. Three other Knights scored twice on the afternoon.

Robison's seven assists and five goals are team-highs for 12 points. David Hobbs and Joseph Rizzotti both tally five scores while Hobbs adds five helpers of his own. Matt Buonocore leads the defense with 22 ground balls and seven caused turnovers. Stephen White is the face-off leader with a 43.2 percent win rate, going 41-of-95. Connor Haran has 75 saves and 74 goals allowed in his 2-4 season.

Against Mount Saint Mary All-Time
The Brewers met the Knights for the first time last year and pulled out the 13-11 win at home.

A Split League
Three of the seven Liberty League schools have a 1-0 record in conference play. Another three have 0-1 records. Union College is the only team that hasn't seen League action yet with a 0-0 standing. Union is currently on a five-game winning streak.

Leading The Field At No. 2
The Brewers lead the majority of the Liberty League in shot percentage, shots on goal, points per game, assists per game, goals per game and caused turnovers per game at the second slot of the rankings. National powerhouse Rochester Institute of Technology leads all of those categories except caused turnovers. St. Lawrence University leads in that column.

Liberty League National Recognition
As of March 16, two Liberty League schools and one soon-to-be Liberty League school are just a few of the 18 teams in the country at Division III who remain undefeated. RIT, St. Lawrence and Bard all have un-blemished records. Bard is joining the League in the 2015 season.

Fun Fact: Family Values
Out of the 30 players on the Vassar team, 29 are either the oldest, the youngest, the middle or even a twin to a sibling. The majority of the team plays the role of big brother, featuring 13 members. 12 are the youngest and three are caught somewhere in the middle. There is one twin on the team as well.

Up Next
The Brewers will next host their first Liberty League game of the season with a 12:00 pm start on Saturday, March 29 against the Thoroughbreds of Skidmore College. The game was positioned to be played on Gordon Field's natural turf but due to lingering snow, the game has been moved to Weinberg Field's artificial turf.