HARTFORD, CT (MARCH 21, 2017) — Behind a balanced attack, the Vassar College men's lacrosse team (6-1) took down Colby College (1-4) on the campus of Trinity College in Hartford, CT on Tuesday, 10-8. 

The Brewers overcame an early 3-1 deficit before outscoring the Mules 9-5 the rest of the way. With the win, VC has now notched six wins for the fifth time in the program's 30-year history. 

Seven Brewers found the back of the net, while five dished out at least one assist. Liam Moriarty (2g, 2a) paced the team with four points, while Michael Mullen (2g, 1a), James Thomas (2g, 1a) and Sam Houston-Read (1g, 2a) added three points apiece. 

Matthew Lowery won 16 of 20 face-offs on his way to grabbing a game-best eight ground balls. Alex Georgalas also won a face-off, as the Brewers won the possession battle.

Matt Boyd earned the win for Vassar with four saves, while CJ Layton took the loss for Colby with 17, as the Brewers outshot the Mules 41-23 overall and 27-12 in shots-on-goal. 

Colton Michel (3g) and Austin Sayre (2g, 1a) led the Mules with three points apiece. Kevin Seiler, Tucker Dietrick and CJ Hassan all added a score, while Don Vivian dished out an assist.

Moriarty interrupted an early Colby run with an unassisted score to level the game at 1-all before the Mules took a 3-1 lead with 1:56 remaining in the first quarter. 

Mullen sparked a 4-0 run with a buzzer-beater from Houston-Read. Leading up to the goal, the Mules turned the ball over while trying to complete a clear before the Brewers ran it all the way back. 

Houston-Read dished out his second straight assist, finding Thomas for a goal to open the second stanza and knot the game at 3-all. Moriarty and Billups kept the energy flowing with unassisted scores to push the Brewer lead to 5-3. 

The Mules pulled within one, but Moriarty found Thomas to give the Brewers a 6-4 advantage to go into intermission. 

Moriarty rode that hot hand into the second half, finding Mullen for his team-leading third man-up goal of the season, 7-4. 

The sides exchanged scores the rest of the way. Thomas fed Brandon DeStasio, 8-5, before DeStasio returned the favor with an assist to Houston-Read, 9-6. Drew Adams capped VC scoring with a goal from Mullen, 10-7. 

Through seven games, Moriarty (8g, 15a) has a team-leading 23 points, Houston-Read (9g, 8a) has 17 points and Mullen (9g, 6a) has 15. 

Vassar returns to action on Saturday, March 25 at 1 p.m. The Brewers will face the Thoroughbreds of Skidmore College on the road to kick off conference play. 

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