Stockton Photo, Inc.

Box Score

Vassar VAS 1-0

Drew DREW 1-1

Vassar VAS

1-0

Final

Feb. 21, 2026

Drew DREW

1-1

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Vassar VAS	2	4	4	6	16
Drew DREW	2	3	1	3	9

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse | 2/21/2026

Vassar Claims Road Victory At Drew; DiLiberto Sets Draw Control Record

Junior wins 11 draws, holds record with 157

Next Game:

Farmingdale State College

2/25/2026 | 6:00 PM

Next Game

Full Schedule

Feb. 25 (Wed) / 6:00 PM

Farmingdale State College

History

Roster

Madison, NJ – Junior Emilia DiLiberto (Allison Park, PA) won 11 draws and totaled four points as the Vassar College Women's Lacrosse team won its season opener Saturday afternoon in a 16-9 decision at Drew. With the final draw, DiLiberto moved into first-place all-time at Vassar with 157 draw controls.

Vassar wins its season opener for the second straight season, while the Rangers slip to 1-1 overall.

How It Happened

The two sides alternated the first four goals of the contest before Vassar ripped off three straight, with DiLiberto scoring once and adding an assist, to open a 5-2 lead with 12:03 left before halftime.
Drew closed the half with three of the final four goals, getting a pair of player-up tallies, to pull to within 6-5 at the break.
The lone goal for Vassar over the run was a player-down goal from sophomore Maddie Kaltsas (Minnetrista, MN) with three minutes left in the half.
Drew outshot Vassar 16-15 over the opening 30 minutes, while Vassar dominated draw controls 9-3 prior to halftime.
The Brewers came out of the intermission with a 4-0 run, getting a pair of tallies from DiLiberto, to surge in front 10-5.
The Vassar defense held the Rangers off the board until the final two minutes of the third quarter to carry a four-goal advantage into the final frame.
Vassar put the game away in the fourth quarter with a 5-0 scoring run that featured a pair of markers from Tess Billings (Deerfield, IL).
Drew got the final two goals of the game in the final 4:05 to pull to within the final seven-goal decision.
Vassar held a 21-15 advantage in shots after halftime and a 9-5 edge in draw controls.

For The Brewers

DiLiberto had a big opener for Vassar, totaling a hat trick and four points to go along with 11 draw controls.
Diliberto entered the contest 10 draws shy of a tie for the all-time mark at Vassar of 156 set by Allie Morgan who played for the Brewers from 2008-11. The record breaker came after Drew's final goal of the contest.
Billings found the back of the net four times on Saturday and added three groundballs two caused turnovers and six draw controls.
Siena Wong (Scotts Valley, CA) tallied three times in the victory.
Sigrid Fredlund (Seattle, WA) and Kate Connelly (Owings Mills, MD) each recorded a goal and an assist.
Elizabeth Burgess (Columbus, OH) assisted on two goals and scooped two groundballs.
Emily Kallman (Jamestown, RI) picked up a team-high five groundballs and caused two turnovers.
Olivia Del Tatto (Bayville, NY) joined Kallman with five groundballs.
Cassidy Schuchat (Hopewell Junction, NY) earned the win in goal with six saves.
Maddie Busam (Summit, NJ) made five stops in just under 25 minutes worth of work.

For The Rangers

Madi Strong scored three times for Drew and collected four groundballs.
Hayden Scotti scored twice and finished with three points.
Zoey Pipher led the team with four draw controls and added an assist.
Kristina Lowe caused three turnovers and collected two groundballs.
Emily Monaco collected five groundballs and caused two turnovers.
Paige Shaw suffered the loss in goal with nine saves in 45 minutes of action.

Game Statistics

Vassar finished with a 36-31 advantage in shots and a 25-17 edge in shots on goal.
The Brewers posted an 18-8 edge in draw controls.
Groundballs went to Drew by a 25-24 margin.
Vassar finished 17-for-27 in clearing chances.
Drew was 18-for-24 in clears.

What's Next