Poughkeepsie, NY – Coming off victories over #6 seed St. Lawrence and #2 seed Skidmore, the Vassar College Men's Soccer team will clash with top seed and #16 Hobart on Sunday in the Liberty League Championship Final. Live Stats and Video will be available for those unable to attend the 1:30 p.m. kick-off in Geneva, NY.
At A Glance
- Vassar has won two straight games and four of its last five outings to enter Sunday's contest at 11-5-3 overall on the season.
- The Brewers are outscoring their opponents over the first two rounds of the championship 6-1.
- The Brewers are scoring a Liberty League best 2.16 goals per game and have scored at least three goals in a game nine times this season.
- Vassar has recorded 45 assists to date on the season, an even 20 helpers more than the next highest total in the conference.
- Vassar finished the 2025 season unbeaten at home with an 8-0-1 record.
- On the road, the Brewers hold a 3-5-2 mark.
How We Got Here
- Vassar got two first half goals from Mauricio Mejia (Miami, FL) on Friday in a 2-0 semifinal round win at Skidmore on Friday.
- Diego Pastor-Valverde (Durham, NC) picked up his fifth assist of the season on the eventual game winning goal.
- Jacob Raphan (Oceanside, NY) recorded his second shutout of the season with three saves.
- Skidmore finished the game with a 15-11 advantage in shots, while Vassar had the advantage in shots on goal at 6-3.
A Look At The Brewers
- Arden Tobolski (Chapel Hill, NC) leads the Vassar scoring attack with a single season program record 16 assists, adding 11 goals, for a team-high 38 points. Tobolski also paces the Brewers with four game winning goals on the season.
- Jared Fiske (Livingston, NJ) is tops on the team with 13 goals and is second in both assists (7) and points (33).
- Fiske has scored the deciding goal on three occasions to date in 2025.
- After not scoring until Tuesday's First Round game, Mejia has scored three times in the last two games and ranks third on the team in points with 10.
- Pastor-Valverde is third on the team with five assists and is tied with First Year Isaac Taegar (Metuchen, NJ) for fourth on the team with nine points.
- First Year Zapp Hotz (Ridgewood, NY) checks in with eight points for the Brewers on the strength of two goals and four helpers.
- Raphan has started a team-high 10 games in goal for Vassar and holds the team lead in saves with 30 and shutouts with two.
- Raphan is working to a .698 save percentage and a 1.24 goals against average in 945:00 worth of action.
Scouting The Statesmen
- Hobart enters the final with an unbeaten 12-0-5 record on the season and ranked #16 in the latest United Soccer Coaches Top-25.
- The Statesmen earned the top seed in the championship by virtue of a 6-0-3 conference record and earned a 1-0 win over Union in Friday's semifinal.
- Brady Leitner has found the back of the net a team-high nine times for Hobart and leads three Statesmen with at least 13 points with a team-high 19.
- Quinn Phillips checks in with 14 points on the strength of five goals while sharing the team lead with four assists.
- Griffin Coutts has tallied five times and is third on the team with 13 points.
- Joe Pariano shares the team lead in assists with Phillips, adding two goals to his four helpers.
- Gabe Smith has scored three times and potted the game winner on Friday against Union in the 81st minute.
- Tommy Chyzowych has started 14 games in goal for Hobart and played 1,242:01 of a possible 1,530:00 between the pipes.
- Chyzowych has turned aside 32 shots and holds a .800 save percentage and a 0.58 goals against average while producing seven shutouts.
Regular Season Meeting
- The Brewers and Statesmen played at a 1-1 draw in Geneva back on October 18.
- Fiske opened the scoring with his 11th goal of the season in the 33rd minute off a feed from Tobolski.
- Hobart evened the score in the 73rd minute when Leitner tallied for the eighth time, finishing off an assist from Phillips.
- Patrick Gale (San Antonio, TX) was in goal for the Brewers and made three saves.
- Chyzowych made a pair of stops in goal for Hobart.
- The Statesmen outshot Vassar in the game 24-10 overall, but just 4-3 in shots on goal.
Recent History Vs. Hobart
- Since the start of the 2000 season, Hobart holds a 15-5-6 record in the series.
- Over the last five meetings, Vassar is 1-0-4 against Hobart.
- Vassar and Hobart have met one previous time in the Liberty League Championship with the Statesmen posting a 2-0 victory in the 2017 final.
League Leaders
- Through Friday's Semifinal games, Fiske sits atop the conference leaderboard with 13 goals and is second in the league with 33 points.
- Tobolski is the conference assist leader by nine with 16 and paces the league in points with 38.
- Raphan enters the final ranked seventh in the league in goals against average and saves per game (2.73) and eighth in save percentage.
- For Hobart, Leitner is third in the conference in total goals and total points.
- Chyzowych leads the conference in goals against average, sits fourth in save percentage and ninth in saves per game (2.29).
Recent Liberty League Championship History
- Vassar won the 2024 Liberty League Championship, getting past St. Lawernce on penalty kicks following a scoreless 110:00.
- The Brewers have won three Liberty League crowns, but have never won back-to-back championships.
- Vassar has raised the trophy in 2011, 2016 and 2024.
- Including Sunday, the Brewers will have appeared in the championship final six times since 2003.
- Vassar will make a consecutive appearance in the conference final for the third time, reaching the title tilt in back-to-back years previously in 2011 and 2012 and again in 2016 and 2017.
What's At Stake
- The Brewers are in search of their fourth Liberty League title in program history.
- Hobart is looking for its second crown in the last three seasons.
