PORT CHARLOTTE, FL (March 15, 2018) – Led by senior Storm Sideleau's career-high six goals and six points from freshmen, the Brewers lost a high scoring affair to Westfield State, 18-20, on Thursday morning.
 
For the senior, it was her second straight game with seven points as she continued to lead the Brewer offense. Sideleau recorded six goals and one assist in Florida with her final goal pitting the Brewers and Owls at 18-18 with nine and a half minutes to play. But Westfield scored the final two goals of the game to earn the victory.
 
The team as a whole capitalized on their free position shots, scoring 8-9 on the restarts. Sideleau led the way going 5-6 herself.
 
Two other Brewers had hat tricks plus two more recorded three points on the day. Tessa Waters and Alessandra Fable each had three goals. For Fable, it marked her first collegiate goal when she tallied a marker at the 19:30 point in the first half. Fiona MacLeod and Kelly Pushie both added three points with MacLeod hammering home two scores and an assist, while Pushie had two helpers and one score.
 
Rounding out the Vassar scoring, Haydn Hallman tallied a goal and an assist for her first collegiate points. Skylar Herrera-Ross and Adele MacEwen both had one score with Emily Hamburger recording an assist. Herrera-Ross's goal was her first collegiate score as well.
 
The Brewers had a strong first half and led 12-11 after the first 30 minutes. The Owls grabbed an early 3-0 lead but goals from Pushie, Waters, and Sideleau tied the game just eight minutes in. Vassar continued to hold the advantage at the midway point of the half when Herrera-Ross and MacEwen put them up 7-5. Fable, Waters, Sideleau, and MacLeod put together a 4-0 run for the Brewers after the game was tied at 7-7, but three straight goals from the Owls before halftime cut it to a one goal game.
 
The second half was full of scoring runs, after Westfield took the lead, the Brewers scored four straight to take the 16-13 edge. But five straight from the Owls put them back on top 18-16 with 11:03 on the clock. Sideleau then scored twice in the span of 26 seconds to knot the game at 18-18, but two more scores from Westfield gave them back the lead for good.
 
Vassar stays on the road for the next contest, playing in Madison, NJ against FDU-Florham on Wednesday, March 21 at 3:30 p.m.