Troy, NY – The Vassar College Men's Lacrosse team had its four-game winning streak stopped at #7/7 RPI Saturday afternoon after falling to the Engineers 18-10.
TJ Carl (Rochester, NY) led the scoring attack with five goals, with
Jon Bradbury (New Rochelle, NY) finishing the day with four points.
Saturday's loss drops Vassar to 5-2 overall on the season and 0-1 in Liberty League play, while RPI improves to a perfect 8-0 overall and 1-0 in conference competition.
How It Happened
- After the two teams went scoreless for nearly 12 minutes to start the game, RPI tallied three times over the final 3:31 of the first quarter to open a 3-0 lead.
- RPI went on to erupt for 11 goals in the second frame, including the first eight of the quarter.
- Carl got the Brewers on the board with his first of the game at the 6:11 mark of the second period off a feed from Declan McGrath (Watertown, CT).
- The Engineers came back with the final three tallies of the first half in the final 4:21 of the second quarter to carry a 14-1 lead into the intermission.
- RPI outshot Vassar over the first 30 minutes 44-6.
- The Engineers controlled face-offs prior to the break 16-1 and groundballs 33-10.
- Vassar came out of the break and outscored RPI 3-2 in the third quarter, getting player-up goals from both Dylan McFarland (Hickory, NC) and Anderson Eads (Brightwaters, NY) to close to within 16-4 with 15 minutes left to play.
- The Brewers closed the contest with six of the final eight goals to finish off the scoring in the game.
- Patrick Egg (Pittstown, NJ), Carl and Bradbury scored consecutive goals over the opening 2:04 of the fourth period to make the score 16-7.
- Bradbury and Carl combined for another three-goal run before a Trey Berry goal for RPI in the closing seconds made the score the final 18-10 margin.
For The Brewers
- With five goals on Saturday, Carl pushes him team lead in markers to 20.
- Bradbury closed the day with two goals and two helpers.
- Eads finished the contest with a goal and an assist.
- Ian Zumpano (Towson, MD) assisted on two goals for the Brewers.
- Evan Sardina (Boston, MA) went 9-for-11 in face-offs and led the team with nine groundballs.
- Solomon Hess (Brewster, NY) caused a pair of turnovers and picked up two groundballs.
- Drew Quinn (Garden City, NY) finished with 11 saves in the first half for Vassar.
For The Engineers
- Luke Murphy led the way with four goals and five points.
- Zach Swanson scored four times.
- Sean Smith totaled five points and caused a turnover.
- Erik Ojert scored once and added two assists.
- Caleb Oswari caused two turnovers and collected four groundballs.
- Angelo Venuto went a perfect 18-for-18 in face-offs with 18 groundballs.
- Joseph Perry earned the win in goal with a single save over nearly 36 minutes of work.
- Jake Lunati turned aside four shots in 16:11 of relief work.
Game Statistics
- RPI closed the game with a 59-24 advantage in shots and a 30-17 edge in shots on goal.
- Face-offs went to the Engineers 21-11.
- Groundballs were controlled by RPI, 46-31.
- Vassar went 2-for-3 with the player advantage.
- The Brewers finished 17-for-25 in clearing opportunities.
- RPI was 16-for-21 in clears.
What's Next
- Vassar travels to Hartford for a non-conference contest on Wednesday.
- RPI hosts Williams on Wednesday.
