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Box Score

Vassar VASSAR 4-4, 0-1 LL

RIT RIT 8-2, 1-0 LL

Vassar VASSAR

4-4, 0-1 LL

Final

Mar. 21, 2026

RIT RIT

8-2, 1-0 LL

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Vassar VASSAR	3	3	0	3	9
RIT RIT	7	6	4	4	21

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse | 3/21/2026

Vassar Drops Conference Opener At #10/7 RIT

Tinker nets four goals, Holt wins 17 face-offs

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3/28/2026 | 11:30 AM

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History

Roster

Rochester, NY – The Vassar College Men's Lacrosse team opened Liberty League play Saturday afternoon with a 21-9 loss at #10/7 RIT. Sophomore Tate Tinker (Lexington, KY) scored four times for the Brewers and First Year Danny Holt (Rochester, MI) won 17 face-offs.

Vassar drops back to the .500 mark overall at 4-4 and opens conference play at 0-1. RIT improves its standing to 8-2 and is 1-0 against league rivals.

How It Happened

The Tigers ran out to a 5-0 lead 7:15 into the contest, getting the opening goal from David Charney just 50 seconds into the tilt.
Vassar got on the board at the 6:23 mark of the opening period when Tinker potted his first goal of the game off a feed from Beckett Wolf (Park City, UT).
The two sides would split the next four scores, with Vassar getting markers from Tinker and Travis Heller (Lafayette, NJ), to head to the second frame with RIT holding a 7-3 advantage.
Tinker and Drew Mazzocco (Leesburg, VA) scored back-to-back goals early in the second quarter to pull Vassar to within 9-5.
RIT closed the second frame on a 4-1 run, getting a pair of goals from Tyson Allison, to carry a 13-6 lead into the intermission.
RIT held a 28-11 advantage in shots before the break while face-offs were even at halftime 10-10.
Vassar was held off the board in the third frame and RIT built a 17-6 lead heading to the final period after outscoring the Brewers 4-0.
Tinker scored his fourth goal of the game to open the fourth quarter scoring, before RIT ran off the next three goals to open a 20-7 advantage.
Heller and Anderson Eads (Brightwaters, NY) struck 44 seconds apart to make the score 20-9 ahead of a Russell Bolinger tally for RIT that closed out the scoring in the game with just under three minutes left.
Second half shots were even at 22-22 with Vassar holding a slim 7-6 edge in face-offs after halftime.

For The Brewers

With four goals on Saturday, Tinker stands second on the team in markers with 19 and third on the team with 23 points.
Eads pushed his team lead in goals to 23 and points to 33 after scoring twice and helping on two other goals against the Tigers.
Mazzocco finished a three-point day with a goal and two helpers for the Brewers.
Heller tallied twice in the contest and stands third on the team with 14 goals.
Eads, Kai Cohagan (Austin, TX), Aiden Santoro (Water Mill, NY) and Ari Krane (Atherton, CA) each caused two turnovers apiece for the Brewers.
Holt finished the day 17-for-27 in face-offs and paced the Brewers with nine groundballs.
Dan Bader (Forestdale, MA) and Hayden Sofield (Long Beach, NY) each caused a turnover and picked up three groundballs.
Jess Geoghagan (Mercer Island, WA) made nine saves in goal for Vassar and secured a trio of groundballs.

For The Tigers

Allison and Ethan Harkins each finished with five points with Allison scoring four times and Harkins recording a hat trick and two assists.
Charney scored three times and added a helper for the Tigers.
Ryan Sanders and Brayden Kuczma both scored twice and helped on two goals.
Erich Acton posted four points on the strength of a goal and three assists.
Logan Fletcher forced two turnovers and secured three groundballs.
Joe Holenstein caused a pair of miscues and collected five groundballs.
Philip Minardo won 12 face-offs and led the team with eight groundballs.
Alex Zborowski earned the win in goal with six saves in just over 44 minutes of work.
Chase Strychaluk came on to stop four shots in just under 16 minutes of play.

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