Vassar College Athletics

Canton, NY - Sophomore Julia Morris scored the game-winning goal for the second straight game as the Brewers earned a thrilling 5-4 victory over St. Lawrence in double overtime at Hall-Leet Stadium on Sunday.

Vassar's record improves to 9-5 overall and 4-1 in Liberty League play while the Saints drop to 5-8 on the season and 1-5 in conference action.

How It Happened

• Vassar opened the scoring in the offensive slugfest as sophomore Sophia Jammar scored halfway through the first quarter off an assist from classmate Audrey Izzo.
• SLU drew even with four minutes left in the second quarter on a tally from Lily Gubbins and then went ahead 2-1 with a minute left in the half on a goal from Hannah Gubbins.
• The Brewers tied the score with just three seconds left in the first half on Morris' first goal of the game to make it 2-2.
• The Saints regained the lead in the third quarter on L. Gubbins' second goal of the game until sophomore Autumn Dowiak tied the game at three just a minute later.
• Once again, St. Lawrence pulled back ahead on a goal from Maddy Shaw with eight minutes left in regulation to make it 4-3.
• Following a corner in the final two minutes, sophomore Sydney Day's first career goal sent the game to overtime at 4-4.
• SLU's Stella Gizzi and Vassar's Kendra Pitts each made two saves in the first overtime period as the game moved to the second OT period.
• The game-winning score came halfway through the period as sophomore Sophie Rosenblum gained possession and advanced it forward to Day, who passed it across the circle to Morris who drilled the one-timer in the back of the cage to give Vassar the 5-4 victory.

For The Brewers

• Morris tallied two goals, taking the team-lead with six on the season, while Jammar scored her second goal and posted her third assist.
• Day added her first collegiate goal and assist along with Dowiak posting her second goal of the season.
• Senior Grace Wiley made four saves in goal in the first half while Pitts earned the victory in goal after making four saves in 45 minutes of action.

For The Saints

• L. Gubbins scored two goals while H. Gubbins finished with a goal and an assist.
• Shaw added a goal and an assist while Charlotte Lehr and Garen Steiner each tallied an assist.
• Gizzi made 19 saves in goal for SLU along with Amy Desrochers recorded a defensive save.

Game Statistics

• Vassar finished the game with a 33-25 advantage in shots, including a 25-12 edge in shots on goal.
• St. Lawrence held a 17-11 advantage in penalty corners.

Up Next

• Vassar plays its final home game of the season on Senior Day against Union on Saturday at 12:00 p.m.
• St. Lawrence travels to Rochester on Saturday for its conference finale.