No. 3 Men’s Lacrosse wins 18-10 at Vassar in Liberty League opener

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History { element.remove(); }); } else{ let elementsToRemove = document.querySelectorAll(‘.postgame_3_nextgame’); elementsToRemove.forEach(element => { element.remove(); }); } ]]> POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – RIT seniors Spencer Bell and TJ Hendricks each scored four goals to lead the No. 3 Tigers to an 18-10 win at Vassar, Saturday.

Senior Luke Pilcher scored two goals and had two assists, while first year Tyson Allison scored two goals. Junior Seth Grottenthaler had a goal and two assists, senior John Mozrall had two assists and junior Ian Dinga had a goal and an assist.

HOW IT HAPPENED

John Wagner gave Vassar a 1-0 lead on his goal 51 seconds into the game.
Allison scored on a drive to the net to give the Tigers a 5-1 lead with 5:39 to play in the quarter. Hendricks two goals in the Tigers’ five-goal run.
Vassar scored the next three goals, cutting the RIT lead to 5-4 on a Drew Amirsakis goal with 2:54 to play.
Hendricks scored off an assist from senior Mozrall to give the Tigers a 6-4 lead, but Dan Negron scored with 15 seconds to play in the quarter to cut the RIT lead to 6-5.
Bell scored early in the second quarter to give RIT a 7-5 lead.
Jon Bradbury scored for Vassar to cut the Tigers’ lead to 7-6.
Pilcher scored with 4:21 to play in the half to give RIT an 8-6 lead and sophomore long-stick midfielder Axel Sanderson scored with five seconds to play to give the Tigers a 9-6 halftime lead.
Bell scored three goals in a six-goal run by RIT to start the third quarter. Allison, Hendricks and junior Kaden Brunson also scored.
Vassar scored two straight goals to cut the RIT lead to 15-8 late in the quarter, but Pilcher scored off a feed from Mozrall with five seconds to play to give RIT a 16-8 lead.
Sophomore Ethan Harkins scored from junior Michael Finneran with 9:03 to play in the fourth quarter to give RIT a 17-8 lead.
Dinga scored to give with three minutes to play to give the Tigers an 18-9 lead, while Ian Zumpano scored with 2:13 remaining to make it an 18-10 final.

GAME NOTES

RIT outshot Vassar, 45-44
The Tigers won 17-of-32 face-offs and had 46 ground balls.
RIT outscored Vassar 9-4 in the second half, including 7-2 in the third quarter.
RIT graduate student Will Sterrett made nine saves to earn the win.
Seniors Zach Gagnon and Taylor Jensen and junior Michael Grace each caused two turnovers.
Senior Ethan Stiles won 8-of-18 draws and had three ground balls. Gagnon led the Tigers with four GB’s.

WHAT’S NEXT
RIT returns to action on Wednesday (March 29) at No. 16 Cortland and 7:00 p.m.

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