ROCHESTER – Senior Noelle Namba and sophomore Gianna Panarelli each scored second half goals to rally the Vassar College Women’s Soccer team to a 2-1 victory at RIT Saturday afternoon in its regular season finale.
Saturday’s win pushes Vassar to 10-2-5 over on the season and 5-1-3 in Liberty League, clinching the third seed in next week’s Liberty League Championship. 2024 marks the first time since 2019 the Brewers have won as many as 10 games in a season.
RIT got the only goal of the first half when Amber Flynn scored her first of the season in the seventh minute to give the Tigers an early 1-0 lead.
RIT would carry the one-goal advantage into the intermission with first half shots even at 7-7.
The Brewers doubled up RIT in corner kicks prior to halftime, 4-2.
Laura Shea made a pair of saves over the course of the first half to keep Vassar to within a goal.
RIT keeper, Emily Sanchez, was busy in the first half and turned aside five Vassar attempts.
Vassar would get the game even in the middle stages of the second half when Namba converted her second goal of the year.
Rebecca Rodriguez started the scoring play at 64:51 with her second assist of the season.
The two sides remained tied at 1-1 until the 75th minute when Panarelli drilled a free-kick that found the back of the net for the eventual game winning goal at 74:02.
The Brewers controlled play in the second half, outshooting RIT 9-2.
Vassar did not allow a shot over the final 13 minutes of the contest.
Second half corner kicks were even at 1-1.
For The Brewers
Namba found the back of the net for the second time in 2024 and finished the contest with three shots.
Panarelli tallied for the fifth time this season and scored her first game winning goal of the year. Panarelli moved into a tie for third-place on the team with 11 points following Saturday’s marker.
Rodriguez earned her sixth-point of the season with the assist on Namba’s goal.
Alice Crowley led the team with six shots, putting five on target.
Panarelli and Lucy Hart each finished the game with two shots.
Shea earned her fifth win in goal after making two saves on Saturday.
For The Tigers
Flynn became the 12th different Tiger to score a goal with Saturday’s marker.
Jillian Antol picked up her third assist of the season for RIT.
Olivia Harris led the Tigers with three shots in the game.
Sanchez suffered the loss in goal with six saves on the day.
