Vassar Brewers Earn Hard Fought Draw At Scranton

SCRANTON, PA – The Vassar College Women’s Soccer team finished off a three-game road trip to open the 2024 season on Saturday afternoon with a hard fought 1-1 draw at Scranton. Sophomore Maddie Wolf converted a penalty late in regulation time to bring Vassar even in the tilt.

Vassar closes out a challenging road trip with an unbeaten 2-0-1 record with Scranton holding an identical 2-0-1 mark through three contests.

A tightly contested first half saw the two teams combine for just seven shots.
Scranton unleashed five attempts prior to halftime, putting two shots on target.
Vassar starting goalkeeper JD Reigrut turned aside a pair of Scranton attempts to keep the Royals off the board in the first half.

Scranton keeper, Nicole Olson, made a single save over the opening 45 minutes.

The Royals also closed the opening stanza with a 3-0 advantage in corner kicks.

The game remained scoreless until the 74th minute when Scranton’s Faith Schechter finished off an assist from Liv Enderle at 73:36 to open the scoring in the contest.

Scranton maintained a one-goal lead until the 86th minute when Vassar found the equalizer from the penalty spot.

Following a foul, Wolf buried a penalty attempt for her first goal of the season.

After the Brewers knotted the score at 1-1, Scranton would get off two attempts in the final five minutes, but neither attempt would be put on frame.

Scranton closed the second half with a 10-9 advantage in shots.

Second half corner kicks went to the Royals, 2-1.

Olson made a trio of saves for the Royals in the second half.

Laura Shea came on in the second half for Vassar and made a pair of stops.

For The Brewers
Wolf found the back of the net for the second time in her career on Saturday and became the seventh different Brewer with a goal on the season.

Wolf, Grace Romano and Liv Ivie all finished the tilt with two shots, including a shot on goal.

Gianna Panarelli closed the day with a pair of shots.

Cecelia Wager and Noelle Namba each put a shot on target for Vassar.

Reigrut made two first half saves, giving them six stops on the campaign.

Shea came on to also make two saves in the second appearance of her young career.

For The Royals
Schechter scored her first goal of the season for Scranton on her lone shot of the game.

Niamh Healy led the team with four shots in the contest.

Emily Tantala closed the day with two shots on goal.

Olson earned the draw in goal with four saves for Scranton.