Poughkeepsie, NY – Playing its second nationally ranked league opponent in the last three outings, the Vassar College Men's Soccer team battled #11 Hobart to a 1-1 draw Saturday afternoon at Gordon Field. Junior
Joshua Lee (Bethlehem, PA) scored his first goal of the season for the Brewers with classmate
Clement Grossman (Cold Spring, NY) recording his first assist of the year.
Vassar moves to 4-5-4 overall and 2-1-3 in conference play following Saturday's result with the Statesmen standing at 10-2-2 overall and 3-2-2 in league play.
How It Happened
- All the scoring took place 1:24 apart in the later stages of the first half on Saturday.
- Vassar opened the scoring when Grossman sent a perfect pass into the box that Lee finished off at 29:09 to give the Brewers a 1-0 lead.
- The Vassar advantage lasted until the 30:33 mark when Hobart's Noah Fischer headed home a high feed from Quinn Phillips to knot the score heading into halftime.
- The Brewers doubled up Hobart in shots prior to halftime, 8-4, and added a 5-3 advantage in first half corner kicks.
- Both teams would get off six shots in the second frame, but would not be able to find the deciding goal.
- First Year Arata Yamazaki (West Harrison, NY) was denied in tight by Hobart goalkeeper Jake Hans with Vassar's most dangerous chance with just under six minutes left to play.
- Vassar forced Hans to make a pair of second half stops.
- Second half shots were even at 6-6 on Saturday and Hobart took the only three corner kicks after the intermission.
For The Brewers
- Lee became the sixth different Brewer to score a goal to date in 2026 with the opening tally on Saturday.
- Grossman picked up his first point of the year with Saturday's helper.
- Alejandro Martinez (Lake Mary, FL) led the Brewers with three shots in the game, putting two on frame.
- Lee and Eli Torrey (Philadelphia, PA) each recorded two shots in the contest.
For The Statesmen
- Fischer found the back of the net for the first time in 2026 for Hobart.
- Phillips recorded his sixth helper of the year and moved into third on the team in points with 10.
- Gabe Smith paced Hobart with three shots in the game.
- Hans turned aside five shots for the Statesmen in goal.
Game Statistics
- Vassar finished with a 14-10 advantage in shots and outshot Hobart 6-1 in attempts on target.
- Corner kicks went to the visitors by a 6-5 margin.
- Fouls were whistled 14-8 against Hobart.
What's Next
- Vassar finishes off the non-conference schedule at Springfield on Tuesday.
- Hobart hosts Union on October 24.