Schenectady, NY – The Vassar College Men's Lacrosse team continued Liberty League play Saturday afternoon with a 16-10 road loss at Union.
Gavin Arcuri (Westhampton, NY) led the offense with four points with
Jess Geoghagan (Mercer Island, WA) and
Aiden Santoro (Water Mill, NY) anchoring the defensive effort with 17 saves and six caused turnovers, respectively.
Saturday's loss drops Vassar to 5-7 overall and 1-4 in Liberty League play, while the Garnet Chargers improve to 4-10 and 2-2 in conference action.
How It Happened
- Union never trailed in the contest and opened a 4-1 lead with 3:14 left in the opening period on a Brendan Powers tally.
- Anderson Eads (Brightwaters, NY) got Vassar to within two goals heading into the second stanza, finishing off a feed from Michael Carroll (Glastonbury, CT) with 2:20 left in the opening period.
- The Garnet Chargers outscored Vassar 5-2 in the second frame and got goals from Walker Popko and Luke Allen in the final 7:39 of the frame to carry a 9-4 advantage into halftime.
- Union held a 29-12 advantage in shots over the first 30 minutes and controlled face-offs with an 11-4 edge.
- Vassar cut its disadvantage to 10-8 after a 4-1 run to start the third quarter.
- Eads scored twice over the run for the Brewers, including a player-up goal with just under eight minutes left in the period.
- After a Drew Mazzocco (Leesburg, VA) marker got the Brewers to within two goals, Union closed the quarter with two tallies in the final 3:39 to take a 12-8 edge into the final 15 minutes.
- The Garnet Chargers scored the first four goals of the fourth quarter and opened a 16-8 lead on a Bo Bensley marker with 2:23 left in the contest.
- Arcuri and Travis Heller (Lafayette, NJ) scored 42 seconds part in the final 93 seconds of the game to close out the scoring in the contest.
For The Brewers
- Arcuri finished the day with two goals and two assists, pushing his team lead in helpers to 28 and points to 44.
- Eads netted a hat trick, moving his team-high in goals to 31 on the season.
- Heller closed the day with a goal and two helpers for the Brewers.
- Tate Tinker (Lexington, KY) registered a goal and an assist to go along with four groundballs.
- Santoro anchored the defense for the Brewers with six forced miscues and five groundballs.
- Dan Bader (Forestdale, MA) caused a pair of turnovers and secured four groundballs.
- Danny Holt (Rochester, MI) won six face-offs and collected five groundballs.
- Geoghagan reached double-figures in saves for the fifth time as a rookie with 17 stops on Saturday.
For The Garnet Chargers
- Popko led the way with five goals and seven points while adding five groundballs.
- Luke Allen finished with three goals and three helpers.
- Hayden Caulkins supported the offense with four goals and five points.
- Garrett Salit closed the day with a goal, three points and four groundballs.
- Luke Tranter won 18 face-offs and collected eight groundballs.
- Nick Lynch earned the win in goal with 13 saves.
Game Statistics
- Union held a 51-35 advantage in shots.
- The Garnet Chargers controlled face-offs 19-9.
- Groundballs went to Union by a 47-36 margin.
- Vassar finished the game 18-for-25 in clears.
- Union was an efficient 15-for-16 in clears.
- The Garnet Chargers went 5-for-6 with the player advantage.
What's Next
- Vassar hosts Springfield in its non-conference finale on Wednesday.
- Union hosts Skidmore on Wednesday.
