Poughkeepsie, NY – The top two seeds in the 2024 Liberty League Men's Soccer Championship will square-off in the Championship Final Sunday afternoon at Gordon Field when St. Lawrence visits Vassar. Live Stats and Video will be available for Sunday's 1:30 p.m. kick-off for those unable to attend.
At A Glance
- Vassar enters Sunday's final with a 12-3-2 overall record and earned the league's top seed after posting a 6-1-2 conference record.
- The Brewers earned a berth in Sunday's final with a hard fought 2-1 win over RIT Friday afternoon in the Semifinal Round.
- The Brewers finished a single point ahead of St. Lawrence in the conference standings.
- Following Friday's 2-1 win over RIT, the Brewers are outscoring their opponents 40-19 on the season.
- Vassar leads the Liberty League in total goals (40), assists (34) and points (114).
- The Brewers are allowing 1.12 goals per game heading into Sunday's contest, ranking sixth in the Liberty League.
- Vassar holds a 7-1-2 record in its last 10 games.
- The Brewers rose to as high as #10 in the United Soccer Coaches National Poll and spent four weeks ranked within the top-25.
A Look At The Brewers
- Vassar features 10 different players with a goal on the season and seven players with a least two goals.
- First Year Arden Tobolski (Chapel Hill, NC) paces the Vassar scoring attack with 10 goals and 24 points.
- Senior Duncan Keker (Oakland, CA) is tied for the team lead in assists (6), ranks second on the team in points (20) and is tied for second on the team in goals (7).
- Junior Jared Fiske (Livingston, NJ) joins Keker with seven goals and sits third on the team with 17 points.
- Eli Torrey (Philadelphia, PA) is fourth on the team with 12 points on the strength of four goals and four assists.
- Sophomore Mauricio Mejia (Miami, FL) is tied for the team lead in assists with six and rounds out a quintet of Brewers with at least 10 points on the season.
- Jackson Hall (Washington, DC) and Joshua Lee (Bethlehem, PA) have each tallied three goals on the season.
- Brandon Liu (Seattle, WA) helps to anchor Vassar's back line, playing 1,473 minutes to date and chipping in two assists.
- Sophomore Jacob Raphan (Oceanside, NY) has started 16 games in goal and played 1,402:53 of a possible 1,530:00.
- Raphan has made 44 saves heading into Sunday and is working to a 1.15 goals against average and a .710 save percentage while producing four shutouts.
Scouting The Saints
- St. Lawrence holds a 9-2-6 overall record and posted a unbeaten 5-0-4 record in nine Liberty League contests.
- The Saints rallied from down a goal with under seven minutes left in regulation to stun Skidmore, 2-1, in double overtime on Friday.
- Henry Brown, who tied the semifinal game in the 89th minute, paces the team with 12 goals and 25 points.
- Sam Pijpers, who supplied the game winner against Skidmore, has totaled 14 points on the strength of five goals and four assists.
- Max Mogul is tops on the team with six assists and ranks third on the team with 10 points.
- George Charalambous has seen the bulk of action in goal and holds a 0.83 goals against average and an .851 save percentage while notching seven shutouts.
- St. Lawrence is second only to Vassar in the conference in goals (30) and is tied for second in points (85).
- The Saints are surrendering 0.94 goals per game, good for fourth in the Liberty League.
League Leaders
- Tobolski ranks second in the conference in total goals, total points and game winning goals (3).
- Keker paces the conference in points per game (2.22) and is tied for the conference lead in assists, while ranking tied for third in total goals.
- Mejia joins Keker in a tie for the league lead in total assists.
- Raphan ranks eighth in goals against average and 10th in save percentage.
- Brown leads the league in total goals, total points and game winning goals (4).
- Mogul joins Keker and Mejia in a three-way tie for the league lead in assists.
- Charalambous ranks fourth in goals against average, third in save percentage and third in total shutouts.
Regular Season Matchup
- St. Lawrence rallied from two goals down with just under 12 minutes left to earn a 3-3 draw in Canton on October 18.
- Wildman, Torrey and Mejia all scored for the Brewers.
- Pijpers opened the scoring in the 15th minute for the Saints.
- Brown scored twice in the final 12 minutes, including the equalizer with 30 seconds left for the Saints.
- Vassar outshot St. Lawrence 16-14 overall and 11-6 in shots on goal.
Recent History Vs. St. Lawrence
- Since the start of the 2000 season, the Brewers and Saints have met 27 times with Vassar holding a 9-12-6 record.
- Vassar is 1-0-2 in the last three meetings with the Saints.
- The two teams last met in the Liberty League Championship in 2021 with the Saints scoring a 2-0 win at Gordon Field in the First Round.
Recent Liberty League Championship History
- 2024 marks the eighth straight year there has been a championship contested (no championship in 2020) that Vassar has qualified.
- The Brewers have won two Liberty League titles to date, winning in both 2011 and 2016.
- Vassar's last win in the conference championship tournament came in a 1-0 win over St. Lawrence on November 4, 2017.
- The Brewers' last title was secured with a 3-2 victory over Skidmore on November 5, 2016.
- Vassar's first Liberty League crown was earned with a 3-2 victory over RIT on November 5, 2011.
What's At Stake
- The Brewers are in search of their third Liberty League title in program history and the first since 2016.
