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Box Score

Emerson EMERSO~1 3-3

Vassar VASSARM 3-1

Emerson EMERSO~1

3-3

Final

Mar. 02, 2024

Vassar VASSARM

3-1

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Emerson EMERSO~1	1	0	3	1	5
Vassar VASSARM	7	4	2	5	18

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse | 3/2/2024

Brewers Dominate Emerson, 18-5

12 different players finish with a point

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Poughkeepsie, NY – The Vassar College Men's Lacrosse team cruised to its second straight victory Saturday afternoon in an 18-5 triumph over visiting Emerson. 12 different Brewers finished with a point with Nate Johnson (Brentwood, TN) and Ian Zumpano (Towson, MD) netting hat tricks and Troy Santise (Washington Township, NJ) producing five points.

Vassar improves to 3-1 overall on the season with Saturday's win, while Emerson drops to 3-3 through its first six games of the campaign.

How It Happened

Vassar opened the game up early, scoring the first three goals of the contest.
After a Jack Burns goal brought the Lions to within 3-1, the Brewers closed the first quarter with the final four goals, including Johnson's first two of the game.
The Brewers scored the only four goals of the second frame, getting a goal and an assist from Santise, to carry a commanding 11-1 lead into halftime.
Vassar finished the first 30 minutes with a 28-10 advantage in shots.
The Brewers dominated face-offs prior to the break, winning 13 of the 14 contested in the first half.
Vassar also held a convincing edge in groundballs at the break at 24-9.
Emerson outscored Vassar 3-2 in the third frame to pull to within 13-4 with 15 minutes left to play.
After the two teams traded goals to open the fourth quarter, the Brewers potted the final four goals with Jack Rufa (New Milford, CT) totaling a goal and a pair of assists.
Declan McGrath (Watertown, CT) closed out the scoring in the game with the first goal of his career.

For The Brewers

Johnson finished a big day with three goals and a groundball.
Zumpano potted three goals and assisted on another to finish with four points.
Santise scored twice and assisted on three goals, pushing his team lead in helpers to 13 and points to 20.
Jon Bradbury (New Rochelle, NY) scored his first two goals of the season.
Rufa closed a three-point day with a goal and two helpers.
Matteo Roman (Arlington, VA) caused a team-high five turnovers and collected two groundballs.
Solomon Hess (Brewster, NY) forced three miscues and picked up three groundballs.
Eli Sherman (San Francisco, CA) controlled the face-off 'x', going 17-for-18 with 14 groundballs.
Holden Anderson (Windham, ME) went 5-for-6 in draws and collected three groundballs.
Evan Sardina (Boston, MA) was a perfect 3-for-3 in draws and scooped three groundballs.
Drew Quinn (Garden City, NY) earned the win in goal with five saves.
Danny Goldman (Commack, NY) made his season debut and turned aside four shots.

For The Lions

Burns led the scoring attack with a hat trick.
Aedan Kiniry scored twice and picked up a groundball.
Grady Behrhorst recorded an assist, three caused turnovers and a groundball.
Malcolm McGrath was under siege in goal, making 17 saves to go along with three caused turnovers and four groundballs.

Game Statistics

Vassar finished with a 51-29 advantage in shots, including a 35-14 edge in shots on goal.
Vassar won 25 of the 27 face-offs take in the contest.
Groundballs went to the Brewers, 48-22.
The Brewers went 18-for-23 in clears.
Emerson closed the day 19-for-24 in clearing chances.

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