Posted: Mar 03, 2012
Toffoli & Herman Notch Hat Tricks, Men's Lax Over Manhattanville 7-4
Toffoli had his second straight three goal game to start the season.
Box Score
PURCHASE, NY (March 3, 2012) – Riding a hat trick each from senior attack Christopher Toffoli and sophomore attack Max Herman along with the stingy goalie play of sophomore Andrew Nicol, the Vassar College men's lacrosse team defeated Manhattanville College 7-4 on Saturday afternoon in non-conference play at GoValiants.com Field.
In a contest that featured 66 shots, the Brewers made the most of their attempts, jumping out to a 3-0 first period lead on two straight goals from Toffoli and built a 5-1 early in the third period. Vassar then relied on the 13-save performance by Nicol to sustain a Manhattanville rally that brought the score to 5-3 with 10:07 to play in the third period.
The Brewers, now 2-0 on the season and off to their best start in more than a decade, will next travel to Farmingdale State for a 3:00 p.m. game on March 7. Manhattanville drops to 1-1 on the season and next faces Plattsburgh on March 10.
When the Valiants drew within two goals, getting back-to-back goals from sophomore attack Brian D'Iorio and junior attack sophomore Will Sahakian, Herman notched his third goal of the game with 8:08 to play to put Vassar up 6-3. Then senior midfielder Jeff Lee added a big insurance goal at the 11:59 mark of the fourth period for a 7-3 Vassar advantage.
Nicol turned in another solid performance, shutting out the Valiants in the opening period and allowing just a single goal in the second and fourth periods. He made four saves in the first and third periods and three in the final stanza.
Vassar led in shots, 34-32. Junior goalie Dom Poletto made 11 saves in the loss.
Ground balls were dead even at 40 for each team. Senior Matthew Pearce led that hustle stat for Vassar with a career-best eight ground balls. Senior defenders Jeremy Gottlieb and Stephen Kozey each had five ground balls each.
PURCHASE, NY (March 3, 2012) – Riding a hat trick each from senior attack Christopher Toffoli and sophomore attack Max Herman along with the stingy goalie play of sophomore Andrew Nicol, the Vassar College men's lacrosse team defeated Manhattanville College 7-4 on Saturday afternoon in non-conference play at GoValiants.com Field.
In a contest that featured 66 shots, the Brewers made the most of their attempts, jumping out to a 3-0 first period lead on two straight goals from Toffoli and built a 5-1 early in the third period. Vassar then relied on the 13-save performance by Nicol to sustain a Manhattanville rally that brought the score to 5-3 with 10:07 to play in the third period.
The Brewers, now 2-0 on the season and off to their best start in more than a decade, will next travel to Farmingdale State for a 3:00 p.m. game on March 7. Manhattanville drops to 1-1 on the season and next faces Plattsburgh on March 10.
When the Valiants drew within two goals, getting back-to-back goals from sophomore attack Brian D'Iorio and junior attack sophomore Will Sahakian, Herman notched his third goal of the game with 8:08 to play to put Vassar up 6-3. Then senior midfielder Jeff Lee added a big insurance goal at the 11:59 mark of the fourth period for a 7-3 Vassar advantage.
Nicol turned in another solid performance, shutting out the Valiants in the opening period and allowing just a single goal in the second and fourth periods. He made four saves in the first and third periods and three in the final stanza.
Vassar led in shots, 34-32. Junior goalie Dom Poletto made 11 saves in the loss.
Ground balls were dead even at 40 for each team. Senior Matthew Pearce led that hustle stat for Vassar with a career-best eight ground balls. Senior defenders Jeremy Gottlieb and Stephen Kozey each had five ground balls each.