Springfield, MA – The Vassar College Men's Soccer team closed out the non-conference portion of the schedule Tuesday night with a 2-2 draw on the road at Springfield.
Alejandro Martinez (Lake Mary, FL) and First Year
Jonah Kim (Old Tappan, NJ) supplied the goals for the Brewers.
Vassar, who is unbeaten in its last four games (1-0-3), moves to 4-5-5 overall on the season while Springfield stands at 5-7-2 through 14 contests.
How It Happened
- Springfield opened the coring early, taking a 1-0 lead on a Kam Brown marker just 1:17 into the contest.
- The one-goal advantage held until Martinez buried an assist from Eli Torrey (Philadelphia, PA) at the 21:47 mark of the contest to close out the first half scoring.
- Vassar doubled up Springfield in shots prior to halftime, 10-5.
- Springfield took four of the five corner kicks in the opening 45 minutes.
- Springfield goalkeeper, Tommy Fenton, made a pair of saves in the first half.
- The game remained knotted at a goal apiece until the late stages of the second half when both teams scored inside the final four minutes.
- Vassar took its first lead of the game when Kim buried his first goal of the season at the 86:16 mark of the tilt.
- Springfield rallied with the equalizer with 1:33 left when Morgan Thibodeau deposited a pass from Connor Policarpio to earn Springfield the draw.
- Springfield closed the second half with a 9-6 advantage in shots.
- Vassar held a 3-2 advantage in corner kicks in the second frame.
For The Brewers
- Martinez scored his team leading sixth goal of the season for Vassar and pushed his team lead in points to 14.
- Kim scored his first career goal for the Brewers in the second half.
- Torrey recorded his second helper of the season, moving into a five-way tie for the team lead in assists.
- Mauricio Mejia (Miami, FL) led Vassar in shots with three attempts in the game.
- Quinn Davidson (Mamaroneck, NY) made his first start of the season and made one save in 62:26 worth of work.
- Ethan Andrews (Charlotte, NC) made his first career appearance in goal and made one save in 27:34 of action.
For The Pride
- Brown scored his third goal of the season to open the scoring on Tuesday.
- Thibodeau found the back for the first time and closed a three-point night with an assist.
- Cole Sampson picked up his second assist of the season.
- Policarpio assisted on his fifth goal of the campaign and holds the team lead in points with 17.
- Policarpio led all players in the game with four shots.
- Fenton turned aside three Vassar shots in the contest.
Game Statistics
- Vassar held slim advantages in both overall shots, 16-14, and shots on goal 5-4.
- Corner kicks went to the Pride by a 6-4 margin.
- Fouls were whistled against Springfield 15-13.
What's Next
- Vassar returns to Liberty League play on Saturday when it travels to Skidmore.
- Springfield hosts NEWMAC rival Clark Saturday afternoon.
