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Mauricio Mejia
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Vassar VAS (3-5-2, 1-1-1)
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Winner RIT RIT (3-4-3, 1-1-2)
Vassar VAS
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RIT RIT
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Vassar VAS 1 0 1
RIT RIT 1 2 3

Game Recap: Men's Soccer |

Men’s Soccer Downed On The Road At RIT

Mejia nets first goal of the season

Rochester, NY – The Vassar College Men's Soccer team played the middle game of a three-game road swing on Saturday afternoon, falling on the road at RIT, 3-1. Senior Mauricio Mejia (Miami, FL) tallied his first goal of the season for the Brewers.
 
Following Saturday's result, Vassar falls to 3-5-2 overall and 1-1-1 in conference play, while RIT improves 3-4-3 overall and 1-1-2 against league rivals.
 
How It Happened
  • Vassar jumped out to an early 1-0 lead when Mejia finished off a feed from classmate Koray Tekin (Winter Park, FL) just under 10 minutes into the contest.
  • The Tigers came back with the equalizer nearly three minutes later when Robin Giesing knotted the score at 1-1 at the 12:16 mark of the contest.
  • With the score tied 1-1 at halftime, RIT held a 7-5 advantage in shots and took the only corner kick of the opening 45 minutes.
  • Senior Jacob Raphan (Oceanside, NY) turned aside three shots prior to halftime for the Brewers.
  • The game stayed deadlocked until the 72nd minute when Tate Pottle scored what proved to be the game winning goal at the 71:21 mark.
  • Idriss Diallo gave the Tigers an insurance goal 4:02 after the Pottle marker to close out the scoring in the contest.
  • Vassar held a 7-4 advantage in shots after halftime and a 6-4 advantage in corner kicks.
  • RIT netminder Kristian Dobbek made a pair of stops in the second frame for the Tigers.
 
For The Brewers
  • Mejia tallied for the first time in 2026 and is now fourth on the team in points with three.
  • Tekin picked up his first point of the season with a helper on the Brewers' lone tally.
  • Zapp Hotz (Ridgewood, NY) led Vassar with four shots on the afternoon.
  • Raphan closed the day with three stops.
 
For The Tigers
  • Giesing and Diallo each scored their first goals of the season for the Tigers.
  • Pottle tallied for the second time and finished with the game winning goal.
  • Giesing and Pottle also closed three-point games with each assisting on the Tigers' third goal of the game.
  • Dobbek earned the win in goal with four stops for RIT.
 
Game Statistics
  • Vassar outshot RIT by a slim 12-11 margin with RIT holding a slight 6-5 advantage in shots on goal.
  • Corner kicks went to the Brewers 6-5.
  • Fouls in the tilt went against RIT 17-4.
 
What's Next
  • Vassar closes its road swing on October 10 at St. Lawrence.
  • RIT plays host to Rochester on Wednesday.
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