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Box Score

Ithaca ITHACA 10-5, 4-0

Vassar VASSAR 6-8, 1-1

Ithaca ITHACA

10-5, 4-0

Final

Apr. 18, 2026

Vassar VASSAR

6-8, 1-1

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Ithaca ITHACA	4	3	3	2	12
Vassar VASSAR	1	3	4	3	11

Game Recap: Men's Lacrosse | 4/18/2026

Brewers Drop Senior Day Heartbreaker To #18/18 Ithaca

Vassar honors 15 seniors prior to face-off

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at #17/18 St. Lawrence University

4/25/2026 | 12:00 PM

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Poughkeepsie, NY – The Vassar College Men's Lacrosse team closed out the home schedule Saturday afternoon with a tough 12-11 loss to #18/18 Ithaca on Senior Day. Prior to face-off the Brewers honored 14 uniformed players and assistant coach Weston Keenan on Senior Day.

Saturday's loss drops Vassar to 6-8 overall on the season and 1-5 in Liberty League play, while the Bombers improve to 10-5 overall and 4-1 in conference play.

Senior Day

Vassar recognized Anderson Eads (Brightwaters, NY), TJ Carl (Rochester, NY), Nate Johnson (Brentwood, TN), Jordan Roesch (San Diego, CA), Liam McGuire (Rochester, NY), Nate Kratovil (Stevensville, MD), Hayden Stoltzfoos (Tampa, FL), Aiden Santoro (Water Mill, NY), Henry Shell (Colts Neck, NJ), Will Martins (Pittsford, NY), Dan Bader (Forestdale, MA), Baker Morton (West Hartford, VT), Win Metcalf (San Francisco, CA), Eli Sherman (San Francisco, CA) and Keenan prior to their final home game.

How It Happened

Tightly contested throughout, Ithaca carried a 4-1 lead into the second frame following four straight goals.
Eads opened the scoring just 48 seconds into the game before the Bombers closed the frame with four straight goals, including two from Brendan Occhino.
Both teams scored three goals in the second frame with Vassar getting as close as two goals on a Landon Silverstein (Deer Park, NY) marker at the 9:38 mark of the second period.
The Bombers pushed their lead back to four goals with 4:22 left before halftime ahead Travis Heller (Lafayette, NJ) beating the second quarter horn with his 22^nd goal of the season to bring Vassar to within 7-4 at the break.
Ithaca held a 21-11 advantage in shots at the intermission with face-offs even at 6-6.
Vassar came out of halftime and outscored Ithaca 4-3 in the third frame.
The Brewers scored the first four goals of the frame, including a Morton unassisted goal at the 5:16 mark of the period that pushed the Brewers in front 8-7.
The Bombers came back with the final three goals of the quarter, including two goals from Will Kleine, to grab back a 10-8 lead with 15 minutes left to play.
The two sides went back-and-forth in the final period with Vassar ripping off three straight goals to open an 11-10 advantage with 7:33 left to play.
McGuire got Vassar even at the 9:57 mark before Tate Tinker (Lexington, KY) pushed the Brewers in front with 7:33 left in regulation.
Trailing by a goal, Ithaca evened the score on Danny Loss' sixth goal of the season with 6:35 left in the contest.
With the game tied and under a minute remaining, Kleine potted his fifth goal of the game with 33 seconds left, proving to be the deciding tally.
Vassar outshot Ithaca 22-14 after halftime with face-offs even at 7-7.

For The Brewers

Gavin Arcuri (Westhampton, NY) rounded out the game with a goal and two assists and led the Brewers with 10 shots.
Tinker tallied twice and added a helper.
Eads and John Malone (Devon, PA) each scored twice with Malone collecting two groundballs and Eads securing three groundballs.
Bader finished with two caused turnovers and a pair of groundballs.
Tim Morin (Stow, MA) forced two turnovers and collected four groundballs.
Danny Holt (Rochester, MI) won 10 face-offs and led the team with seven groundballs.
Silverstein won three face-offs, scored a goal and finished with two groundballs.
Jess Geoghagan (Mercer Island, WA) closed the day with eight saves in goal.