Poughkeepsie, NY – Led by four points from senior
Troy Santise (Washington Township, NJ), the Vassar College Men's Lacrosse team earned a hard fought 10-7 win over #RV/-- Skidmore on Saturday afternoon on Senior Day. With two assists on Saturday, Santise moves into a tie for first on the all-time assist list with 71 career helpers.
Saturday's win pushes Vassar to 9-4 overall on the season and to 2-3 In Liberty League play. The nine wins are the most in a season since the Brewers posted 11 victories in 2017. Skidmore, who had been receiving votes in the USILA Poll, slips to 9-5 overall and a 1-4 in conference play.
How It Happened
- Skidmore took a 3-1 lead into the second frame on Saturday after breaking a 1-1 tie with goals from David Muti and Charlie McFadden over the final four minutes of the opening period.
- After allowing three goals over the first 15 minutes, Vassar surrendered just four goals over the final three quarters of Saturday's tilt.
- Vassar blanked Skidmore in the second quarter, scoring four times to surge in front 5-3 at the intermission.
- Nate Johnson (Brentwood, TN), Baker Morton (West Hartford, VT), Gavin Arcuri (Westhampton, NY) and TJ Carl (Rochester, NY) supplied the second quarter goals with Santise assisting on the Carl marker.
- First half shots on Saturday were even at 18 per side with the Brewers holding a 13-9 edge in shots on goal.
- Vassar dominated face-offs before halftime, winning seven of the nine contested and posted a 24-13 edge in groundballs.
- Skidmore came out of halftime with goals from Caleb Lawson and McFadden to knot the score at 5-5 with 12:13 left in the third frame.
- Vassar came back with a player-up goal from Jon Bradbury (New Rochelle, NY), off a feed from Santise, and another marker from Johnson to regain a 7-5 advantage.
- The two teams traded the final two goals of the third period, with Vassar taking an 8-6 lead into the fourth quarter after Arcuri set up Santise for his 20th goal of the year with the player advantage at the 4:25 mark of the period.
- Arcuri set up Santise again to open the fourth period scoring and Morton's second of the game gave Vassar its largest lead of the game at 10-6 with just over nine minutes left to play.
- Skidmore would get a goal from Nicolo Mazzocca in the final minute to bring the Thoroughbreds to within the final three-goal deficit.
For The Brewers
- Santise finished the day with two goals and two assists, moving into a tie for first on the Vassar all-time list with 71 helpers. Santise, who has amassed 145 points in his career, rounded out the victory with three groundballs.
- Arcuri closed also closed the day with two goals and two assists while adding a trio of groundballs.
- Morton posted three points, scoring twice and assisting on a goal, adding three groundballs.
- Johnson scored twice and forced a turnover.
- Seniors Bradbury and Ian Zumpano (Towson, MD) each posted a point with Bradbury scoring and Zumpano assisting on a goal.
- Seniors Jack Palmer (Atlanta, GA) and Solomon Hess (Brewster, NY) each led the team with four caused turnovers to go along with five groundballs apiece
- Eli Sherman (San Francisco, CA) dominated the face-off 'X', going 15-for-20 with 11 groundballs.
- Drew Quinn (Garden City, NY) earned the win in goal with 11 stops to go along with a groundball and a caused turnover.
For The Thoroughbreds
- McFadden led the way with three goals and five points for Skidmore.
- Brian Gonsalves assisted on three goals.
- Kyle Goodwin caused two turnovers and collected three groundballs.
- Jack Fitzpatrick won two face-offs and secured three groundballs.
- Avery Stamps turned aside 14 shots in the loss for Skidmore.
Game Statistics
- Skidmore finished with a 38-36 advantage in overall shots, while Vassar posted a 24-18 edge in shots on target.
- Vassar controlled face-offs 15-5.
- Groundballs went to the Brewers by a 41-31 margin.
- Each team finished 17-for-21 in clearing chances.
- Skidmore went 2-for-9 with the player advantage.
- Vassar scored twice in five chances with the player advantage.
Senior Day
- Prior to Saturday's contest the Brewers honored the 14 seniors on the 2024 roster: Jon Bradbury (New Rochelle, NY), Dylan McFarland (Hickory, NC), Ryan Metz (Kenmore, WA), Michael Barbera (Sausalito, CA), Jack Palmer (Atlanta, GA), Dan Negron (Mahwah, NJ), Austin MBaye (Slingerlands, NY), Hayden Baranker (Toms River, NJ), Ian Zumpano (Townson, MD), Troy Santise (Washington Township, NJ), Danny Goldman (Commack, NY), Jordan Scherer (Tarrytown, NY), Tom Cottle (Towson, MD) and Solomon Hess (Brewster, NY)
What's Next
- Vassar heads back out on the road on April 20 when it travels to Union.
- Skidmore hosts RPI on April 20.
