First-year
Marvin Sibanda scored his fifth goal of the season to tie the game, but Vassar edged the St. Lawrence University men's soccer team 2-1 in Liberty League play on Friday afternoon in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Henrik Olsson capitalized on a pass from Austin Lukasik to give the Brewers a 1-0 lead in the 16th minute of play.
The Saints answered in the 45th minute on a strike from Sibanda to tie the game 1-1.
The Brewers Jonathan Bow found Garrett Lusk, who put the game away with a goal in the 77th minute.
Vassar held the Saints to just one shot in the final 13 minutes of play.
Saints' goalkeeper
Ben Woelfinger and Vassar's Eric Wnorowski each recorded three saves.
The Brewers held a 12-6 advantage in shots, including a 5-4 edge in shots on goal. Vassar also took seven corner kicks to the Saints' five.
With the loss, St. Lawrence fell to 4-7-1 and 1-4-1 in conference play, while Vassar improved to 6-6-1 and 3-2-0.
The Saints will face a quick turnaround, and will travel to Annandale-on-Hudson for a matchup against Bard tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m.
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