Poughkeepsie, NY – The Vassar College Men's Soccer team opened the final week of the regular season with a pivotal 2-0 home Liberty League win over RPI Wednesday afternoon. Seniors
Mauricio Mejia (Miami, FL) and
Jackson Allen (Chapel Hill, NC) were the goal scorers while classmate
Jacob Raphan (Oceanside, NY) recorded his third shutout of the season.
With Wednesday's win, Vassar improves to 5-5-6 overall on the season and 3-1-4 in Liberty League play. With one match day left on the conference schedule, Vassar sits second in the league standings, a single point ahead of Hobart and RPI.
How It Happened
- The Brewers broke the ice in the 24th minute when Mejia potted what proved to be the game winning goal.
- Isaac Taegar (Metuchen, NJ) started the play by driving a shot off of the RPI keeper from the left wing and Mejia buried the rebound for all the scoring the Brewers would need.
- Only 1:25 later, the Brewers doubled their lead when Allen tallied for the first time in 2026.
- Joshua Lee (Bethlehem, PA) played a ball to Alejandro Martinez (Lake Mary, FL) in the box with Martinez finding Allen who rifled a shot under the bar at 25:00 for the two-goal advantage.
- Vassar controlled play in the first half, outshooting RPI 11-2.
- First half corner kicks were even at 1-1.
- Raphan made one save in the first half to keep the Engineers off the board.
- RPI netminder, Noah Churchill, made four saves prior to the break for RPI.
- Neither team would score after halftime, but both sides had chances in the second half.
- Raphan made saves for the Brewers in the 71st, 75th and 89th minutes to preserve the shutout.
- RPI's best chance came on a shot from the right wing to the far post off the foot of Justin Woodbine that Raphan forced outside the post at 74:20.
- Vassar put two shots on target after halftime that Churchill denied.
- RPI doubled up Vassar in shots after the break 10-5.
- Second half corner kicks went to the Brewers by a 5-2 margin.
- Raphan earned the shutout with a trio of second half saves.
For The Brewers
- Mejia found the back of the net for third time in 2026 and notched his first game winning tally of the season.
- Allen scored for the first time as a senior and for the second time in his career with Wednesday's second goal.
- Taegar picked up his first point of the season with a helper on the game winning goal.
- Martinez recorded his team leading third helper of the season and pushed his team lead in points to 15.
- Lee added his first helper of the year on the Brewers' second tally.
- Mejia led the team in shots with six on the day, putting half on target.
- Raphan made four saves in the game to pick up his third clean sheet of the year.
For The Engineers
- Churchill suffered the loss in goal, turning aside six Vassar shots.
- Woodbine led the team with four second half shots on Wednesday.
Game Statistics
- Vassar heled the advantage in overall shots, 16-12, and shots on goal, 8-4, in the contest.
- Corner kicks went to the Brewers by a 6-3 count.
- Fouls went against the Engineers, 12-7.
What's Next
- Vassar can lock up the second seed in the conference championship with a win against Clarkson Saturday afternoon at Gordon Field.
- RPI plays host to Hobart in another important Liberty League finale.
