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Box Score

Hartford HAWKSM~1 0-2

Vassar VASSARM 1-0

Hartford HAWKSM~1

0-2

Final

Feb. 26, 2025

Vassar VASSARM

1-0

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	OT	F
Hartford HAWKSM~1	3	1	3	4	0	11
Vassar VASSARM	1	4	5	1	1	12

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse | 2/26/2025

O’Hara’s Game Winner Sends Vassar Past Hartford In Overtime

Arcuri, O’Hara each record five points

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Poughkeepsie, NY – Senior Shane O'Hara (Warrenton, VA) scored the overtime game winner and joined sophomore Gavin Arcuri (Westhampton, NY) with five points as the Vassar College Men's Lacrosse team outlasted Hartford 12-11 in overtime on Wednesday.

The season opening victory moves Vassar to 1-0 on the season, while Hartford slips to 0-2 through its first two games of the year.

How It Happened

After Hartford jumped out to a 3-0 lead, Vassar tallied the next four goals to grab its first lead of the game.
Matteo Roman (Arlington, VA) opened the Brewers' account on the season with less than a minute to play in the first period to bring Vassar to within two goals through 15 minutes.
Vassar outscored Hartford 4-1 in the second stanza to carry a 5-4 lead into the intermission.
O'Hara's first of the game knotted the game at 3-3 early in the second frame before a Jack Rufa (New Milford, CT) tally moved the Brewers in front 4-3with just under 10 minutes left before halftime.
First Year Drew Mazzocco (Leesburg, VA) broke a 4-4 with his first of the season with 1:44 left in the second period to close out the first half scoring.
Vassar kept the pressure on in the third frame with five more goals, taking a 10-7 lead into the final period.
O'Hara, Rufa and Mazzocco scored consecutive goals to open the third quarter scoring, give Vassar an 8-5 lead.
After Hartford struck twice to move to within 8-7, Henry Richard (Pepperell, MA) and Patrick Egg (Pittstown, NJ) scored in the final 2:23 of the quarter to give Vassar a three-goal cushion.
Vassar moved its lead to 11-8 on an Anderson Eads (Brightwaters, NY) goal with 10:30 to play in regulation.
Hartford responded with the final three goals of regulation, including the tying goal from Michael Novotny with 70 seconds left in the fourth quarter.
In overtime, Vassar secured the opening face-off and Arcuri found O'Hara just 1:05 into the extra frame to push Vassar to the season opening victory.

For The Brewers

O'Hara finished with a hat trick, including the game winner, and totaled five points in the victory.
Arcuri closed a five-point game with a goal and four assists.
Mazzocco and Rufa each scored twice for the Brewers in the victory.
Holden Anderson (Windham, ME) won 14 face-offs for Vassar and collected five groundballs.
Roman finished with a goal, five groundballs and a caused turnover.
Kieran Chai-Onn (Rockville, MD) led the team with two forced miscues and collected four groundballs.
Drew Quinn (Garden City, NY) earned the win in goal with eight saves, adding a pair of groundballs.

For The Hawks

Novotny led the way with four goals on five shots.
Nicholas Forgione added a hat trick.
Jake Ojert scored twice and added an assist.
Ryan Varano and Aidan Ezra each assisted on two goals.
Ben Costanzo won 12 face-offs.
Tobias Bellester collected a team-high five groundballs.
CJ Ledwick made 11 saves in goal in 45 minutes.
Cole Zering made five stops in 16:05 worth of action.

Game Statistics

Vassar finished with a 44-25 advantage in overall shots and a 28-19 edge in shots on goal.
Hartford held the advantage in groundballs 31-26.
Vassar won 14 of the 26 face-offs take in the game.
Vassar went 10-for-15 in clears.
Hartford finished 16-for-19 in clearing chances.

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