ROCHESTER, NY – The No. 4 RIT (12-2, 5-1 Liberty League) men's lacrosse team cruised to a 21-8 win over Vassar College (9-4, 2-3 Liberty League) on Senior Day at Tiger Stadium Saturday afternoon. The Tigers remain in a tie for first place in the Liberty League standings and have won seven straight games.

The Tigers honored Jon Berg (Chester, NJ/Mendham), Denning Crenshaw (San Diego, CA/Helix), JD Hall (Centennial, CO/Arapahoe), Patrick Hannigan (Hanover, MA/Hanover), John Hill (Webster, NY/Webster Thomas), Ryan Lee (Sharon, Ontario/The Hill Academy), Chad Levick (Newmarket, Ontario/Huron Heights Secondary), Brendan MacDonald (Georgetown, Ontario/Trinity-Pawling), Nick Nesbitt (Burlington, Ontario/Salisbuury School), Steven Ricci (Rochester, NY/Pittsford Sutherland), Dave Shuster (Columbus, OH/St. Charles Prep), Alec Sovocool (Homer, NY/Homer), Reid Swier (Red Deer, Alberta/Rimbey), Drew Tosaya (Kenmore, WA/Inglemoor) and Braden Wallace (Oakville, Ontario/Abbey Park) with a ceremony prior to the game. Over the past four seasons, this group has helped RIT to a 71-6 overall record, three straight Liberty League Tournament titles, and three trips to the NCAA Tournament.  

Lee led RIT with seven points on three goals and four assists. Levick tallied two goals and five points, while Brendan MacDonald (Georgetown, Ontario/Trinity-Pawling) scored three goals. In all, 14 different Tigers tallied at least one goal.

Nick Nesbitt (Burlington, Ontario/Salisbuury School) got the win in net for RIT, making four saves in the first half. Jon Berg (Chester, NJ/Mendham) played the entire second half, and made eight saves. Jimmy Spillane (River Vale, NJ/Pascack Valley) won 13-of-27 face-offs and grabbed six ground balls.  Hall caused two turnovers, while Lee finished with six ground balls.

Liam Moriarty led Vassar with three goals. Chris Billups and Sam Houston-Read each scored a pair of goals, while Michael Mullen tallied a goal and an assist. Matthew Boyd got the loss in net, making 10 saves in the first half. Erik Mikelinich played the second half and made four saves.

RIT scored the first seven goals of game, and led 9-1 after the first quarter. Lee scored all three of his goals in the opening quarter, while MacDonald scored two. Levick, Kyle Killen (Peterborough, ON/Crestwood Secondary ), Zach Ursu (Mono, ON/The Kiski School) and Aidan Milburn (Vancouver, British Columbia/Sentinel Secondary) also scored for the Tigers in the quarter. Moriarty scored Vassar's lone goal in the quarter.

The Tigers added six more goals in the second quarter to lead 15-4 at halftime. RIT got goals from Levick, MacDonald, Alec Sovocool (Homer, NY/Homer), John Hill (Webster, NY/Webster Thomas), Ben Tackett (Butler, PA/The Kiski School) and Wallace, while Moriarty scored two goals for the Brewers in the quarter.

Tackett scored RIT's lone goal in the third quarter, while Vassar struck three times. Billups and Houston-Read scored consecutive goals to open the quarter. After the Tackett goal, Chris Billups scored late in the quarter to cut the score to 16-7.

Cam Isaac (Webster, NY/Webster Thomas), Milburn, Reid Swier (Red Deer, Alberta/Rimbey), Shawn Nally (Rochester, NY/McQuaid) and Austin Wolf (Acton, MA/Acton-Boxborough) all scored goals in the fourth quarter. It was Wolf's first collegiate goal. Houston-Read scored for the Brewers to make it a 21-8 final.

Shots were 55-37 in favor of RIT, who won the ground ball battle 47-36. The Tigers won 16-of-33 face-offs and cleared the ball 21-of-23 times. RIT caused 12 turnovers and went 1-for-1 on man-up.

The Tigers are 6-0 all-time against the Brewers. RIT has now scored 130 goals over its seven game winning streak (18.6 per game).

The Tigers return to action on Tuesday, April 25 when RIT hosts cross-town rival Nazareth College at 4 p.m. at Tiger Stadium.