Poughkeepsie, NY – Playing its first home game since September 26, the Vassar College Men's Soccer team earned an important 2-1 victory over Union Wednesday afternoon at Gordon Field.
Mauricio Mejia (Miami, FL) and
Alejandro Martinez (Lake Mary, FL) provided the goals while First Year
Takaya Newton (Idlwwylde, MD) recorded his first career point.
Vassar improves to 4-5-3 overall and 2-1-2 in conference play with Wednesday's triumph while Union drops to 8-6-1 overall and 2-3-0 against league rivals.
How It Happened
- The two sides played a scoreless opening 45 minutes with Vassar holding a 5-3 advantage in shots and a 4-1 advantage in corner kicks prior to halftime.
- Senior goalkeeper Jacob Raphan (Oceanside, NY) kept the visitors off the board with a pair of first half saves for Vassar.
- Coming out of halftime, Union forced Raphan to make his third save of the game just 67 seconds into the second frame.
- Vassar finally broke the stalemate in the 57th minute when Mejia potted his second goal of the season.
- Newton played a ball from the left wing that Mejia blasted under the bar at 56:21 to give the Brewers a 1-0 lead.
- Nearly 13 minutes later, Vassar doubled its lead when Martinez guided in his team leading fifth goal of the season.
- Senior Koray Tekin (Winter Park, FL) played a ball into the box from the right corner of the box that Martinez tucked inside the left post at 69:14.
- The Garnet Chargers would get on the board in the 78th minute when Luca Mazilla finished off his first goal of the season at 77:37.
- Following the goal, Union was held without a shot by the Vassar defense.
- Vassar closed the second half with a 10-8 advantage in shots, while Union took six of the seven second half corner kicks.
- Raphan made four more saves after halftime to secure the win for Vassar.
For The Brewers
- Martinez notched his team leading fifth goal and second game winning goal of the season against Union, pushing his team lead in points with 12.
- Mejia scored for the second time in the last three games and stands with five points on the season.
- Newton recorded his first career point with a helper on the Brewers' opening goal.
- Tekin posted his second assist of the season on the game's deciding tally.
- Raphan earned the win in goal with six saves for the Brewers, improving his save percentage on the season to .721.
- Martinez led the team with four shots in the game.
- Eli Torrey (Philadelphia, PA) added three shots for Vassar, putting one attempt on target.
For The Garnet Chargers
- Mazzilli found the back of the net for the first time in 2026 for Union.
- Dillan Akinc picked up his third helper of the team on the team's only goal.
- A trio of Garnet Chargers led the team with two shots in the game.
- Dmitri Wild-Arons suffered the loss in goal with a pair of saves.
Game Statistics
- Vassar closed the game with a 15-11 advantage in shots.
- Union held a 7-5 advantage in shots on goal.
- Corner kicks went the way of the Garnet Chargers, 7-5.
- Fouls in the tilt were whistled 15-12 against the visitors.
What's Next
- Vassar plays host to #11 Hobart Saturday afternoon.
- Union travels to Ithaca on Saturday.
