Annandale-on-Hudson, NY – The #20 Vassar College Men's Soccer team faced its first road conference test on Wednesday night and came away with a convincing 3-0 victory at Bard. Vassar featured three different goals scorers while sophomore
Jacob Raphan (Oceanside, NY) and First Year
Quinn Davidson (Mamaroneck, NY) combined on the team's second straight shutout.
Wednesday's win is Vassar's second straight to open league play and fifth in the last six outings, improving to 7-2 overall on the season and 2-0 in Liberty League play. Bard falls to 5-5 overall and 0-3 in conference action.
How It Happened
- Vassar scored the only goal of the first half, the eventual game winner in the 27th minute.
- Following a foul in the box, Arden Tobolski (Chapel Hill, NC) converted a penalty kick at 26:42 for the only scoring of the opening 45 minutes.
- Vassar held a commanding 13-2 advantage in shots prior to halftime.
- The Brewers took two of the three first half corner kicks.
- Bard keeper, Julian Landau, kept the Raptors within a goal with six first half saves.
- Vassar doubled its lead early in the second half when Eli Torrey (Philadelphia, PA) tallied in the 55th minute.
- Torrey was on the end of a feed from Jared Fiske (Livingston, NJ) for his third goal of the season at the 54:18 mark of the contest.
- The Brewers put the game away 8:01 later when Fiske scored for the first time in five games. He collected a turnover from Bard's keeper and curled a shot into the top left corner at 62:19 to close out the scoring in the game.
- Vassar got off nine more shots after halftime and took the only three corner kicks of the second half.
- Raphan made a pair of saves after the intermission to preserve the shutout.
For The Brewers
- Tobolski converted his team leading eighth goal of the season and posted his second game winning tally of the year.
- Fiske potted his fifth goal of the season and totaled three points, moving his season total to 12.
- Torrey added his third goal of the season and pushed his point total to nine.
- Torrey led the team with eight shots in the game, including three shots on goal.
- Tobolski unleashed five shots, putting a team-high four shots on target.
- Raphan held Bard off the board with two saves in just over 81 minutes of work.
- Davidson appeared in a game for the second time in 2024, playing the final 8:57 in goal.
For The Raptors
- Emmett Olson led the Raptors with three shots.
- Olson and Mateo Betelu each recorded a shot on goal.
- Landau finished with six saves over 45 minutes of action in goal.
- Will Beane-Rosenberg came on to play the second half in net and stopped one shot.
Game Statistics
- Vassar closed the contest with a 22-6 advantage in shots, including a 10-2 edge in shots on goal.
- The Brewers took five of the six corner kicks in the game.
- Fouls went against the Raptors 9-6.
What's Next
- Vassar continues Liberty League play on Saturday when it visits Skidmore.
- Bard hosts RIT Saturday afternoon.
