ROCHESTER, NY – Senior Ryan Barnable scored his 100th career goal and junior Luke Pilcher scored a career-high seven first-half goals to lead No. 1 RIT (8-0, 1-0 Liberty League) to a 24-13 win over Vassar (5-4, 0-2 Liberty League) in the Tigers Liberty League opener, Saturday.
 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Pilcher scored three of his seven goals in the first quarter to lead the Tigers to a 10-3 lead after the first 15 minutes.
• Seniors Quinn Commandant, Ryan Rosenblum, Andrew Powlin, Taylor Jensen, Sean Traynor and Barnable, junior Dylan Bruno each scored for RIT in the first quarter.
• Pilcher scored four goals in a nine-goal second quarter for RIT.
• Rosenblum, seniors Marley Angus and Zeb Hollinger also scored in the quarter as the Tigers led 19-6 at halftime.
• Senior Conor Bollin scored early in the third quarter, and sophomore Miles Tillman scored his first RIT goal with seven seconds remaining as RIT led 21-10.
• Logan Hyde, Shane O'Hara, Connor Deehan and Ian Zumpano all scored for Vassar in the third quarter.
• Seniors Adam Wolf and Andrew Doktor each scored in the fourth quarter, while freshman Lucas Brennwald scored his first collegiate goal with 5:55 remaining in regulation.
• O'Hara, Lance Davis and Holden Anderson all scored for the Brewers in the final quarter.

 
 
GAME NOTES

• RIT fired 61 shots, including 38 on target
• RIT converted 2-of-3 of its man-up chances, won 21-of-40 face-offs and cleared the ball 20-of-23 times.
• 22 different Tigers scored at least one point, while 16 Tigers scored at least a goal.
• Drew Hutchison made five saves in the first half to improve to 8-0 on the season.
• Sophomore Nick Farrell led the Tigers with five ground balls, and senior Stephen Ketelsen caused three turnovers.
• Zumpano and O'Hara each scored three goals to lead Vassar, while Jack Bagin made nine saves in net for the Brewers.

 
 
UP NEXT
RIT returns to action on Wednesday (March 30) against Cortland at 7:00 PM.