Box Score

Poughkeepsie, N.Y.-- The Skidmore College men's lacrosse team made quick work of Vassar College with a 20-10 victory, Saturday afternoon, earning a Liberty League playoff berth in the process. 

Skidmore (10-3, 4-1 Liberty) will host Clarkson on April 30 for the regular-season championship and top seed for the tournament that begins May 6.  Skidmore, Clarkson, Union, and Rensselaer have all clinched tournament bids with match-ups depending on results for next weekend's league games.

Skidmore controlled the game from the start, outscoring the Brewers  (5-7, 1-4) 10-2 in the first quarter and 16-4 in the first half. The Thoroughbreds out shot Vassar 56-24 overall, including 41-10 in the first half. Skidmore had stat contributions from 33 players.

Mike Holden led the Thoroughbreds with five goals (all in the first half). Ben Cornell had two goals, Matt Levesque had two goals and two assists, Mike Perlow and Jacques Ward had two goals each, and Bryan Connolly had a goal and five assists. Eleven different players scored goals for Skidmore.

Ryan Paradis continued his dominance at faceoffs, winning 12 of 15.

SCORE BY PERIOD 1 2 3 4 Tot
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Skidmore College.... 10 6 1 3 - 20
VASSAR.............. 2 2 4 2 - 10

Skidmore College SCORING: GOALS: Mike Holden 5; Ben Cornell 3; Matt
Levesque 2; Mike Perlow 2; Jacques Ward 2; Bryan Connolly 1; Sam
Lawfer 1; Jeremy Goldman 1; Michael Jennings 1; Brian Milazzo 1; Jeff
Caruso 1.
ASSISTS: Bryan Connolly 5; Richie Davis 2; Matt Levesque 2; Jeremy
Goldman 1; Sam Lawfer 1; Ryan Paradis 1; Mike Perlow 1.

VASSAR SCORING: GOALS: Christopher Toffoli 4; Max Herman 3; Sam
Seymour 2; Ryan McCarthy 1.
ASSISTS: Jeff Lee 4; Jack Gross 2; Ryan McCarthy 1; Sam Seymour 1.

Skidmore College GROUND BALLS: Tyler Masters 6; Ryan Paradis 6; Taylor
Best 5; Jacques Ward 5; Matt Diaco 3; Richie Davis 2; Jeremy Herrmann
2; Michael Jennings 2; Matt Levesque 2; Scott Madison 2; Brian Mitko
2; Bryan Connolly 1; Brendan Flynn 1; Kyle Grillo 1; Sam Lawfer 1;
Mike Torpe 1; Jack Vaughn 1; Ryan Whittemore 1.

VASSAR GROUND BALLS: Sam Seymour 6; Rob Rooney 5; Jeremy Gottlieb 4;
Jack Gross 4; Andrew Nicol 3; Casey Rice 2; Garrett Rich 2; Zach
Beauchamp 1; Max Herman 1; Stephen Kozey 1; Jeff Lee 1; Ryan McCarthy
1; Alex Tice 1; Christopher Toffoli 1; Ben Wills 1.

Skidmore College TURNOVERS CAUSED: Quinn Hawkins 3; Scott Madison 3;
Jacques Ward 3; Matt Levesque 2; Tyler Masters 2; Kyle Grillo 1;
Jeremy Herrmann 1; Michael Jennings 1; Sam Lawfer 1; Brian Milazzo 1;
Brian Mitko 1; Ryan Whittemore 1.
VASSAR TURNOVERS CAUSED: Jeremy Gottlieb 3; Andrew Nicol 3; Jack Gross
2; Rob Rooney 2; Garrett Rich 1; Sam Seymour 1; Christopher Toffoli 1;
Ben Wills 1.

SHOTS - Skidmore College 56; VASSAR 24.
SHOTS ON GOAL - Skidmore College 34; VASSAR 16.

Penalties - Skidmore College 2/1:30; VASSAR 2/1:30.
MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES - Skidmore College 1-2; VASSAR 1-2.

TURNOVERS - Skidmore College 22; VASSAR 35.

FACEOFFS - Skidmore College 20-33; VASSAR 13-33.

CLEARS - Skidmore College 18-22; VASSAR 24-33.

GOALIES - SKIDMORE: Matt Diaco (30:00 minutes, 8 shots-2 saves, 6 GA)
, Connor Dowling 8-2, 4-1 (30:00, 8-4, 4); VASSAR: Andrew Nicol
(30:00, 8-4, 4) , Alex Tice 2-4 (30:00, 26-10, 16).

Start time: 1:00 pm Finish time: 3:00 pm Length of game: 2:00
Officials: Robert Richie; John Kress; Bryan Luchsinger. Scorer: Andy
Sussman.

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