BUFFALO, N.Y. – Russell Sage College closed the regular season by falling 3-0 this afternoon at Medaille.

The Mavericks (10-1-6/4-1-3 E8), which earned the two seed and a first round bye in next week's Empire 8 Conference Championship Tournament with the home victory, scored 59 seconds in and didn't look back. Medaille, new to the E8 after departing the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference, out-shot RSC 24-12 across the afternoon.

Sophomore midfielder Rodrigo Fernandez paced the Mavs, now 37-4-6 in E8 and AMCC Conference games since 2017, with a goal and an assist.

Junior goalie Tyler Brennan (Albany, NY/Shaker) (Loss, 6-7-1) made nine saves for the Gators.

Today's result, combined with other games around the league, put the Gators as the three-seed in the E8 Championship Tournament.  RSC will host Hartwick, seeded-sixth, in the first round on Tuesday, November 1. Start time is TBA.

Notes: The Gators will be making their fourth appearance in the E8 Championship Tournament next week…RSC, which got off to its best-ever start in E8 play at 3-0-0, set a program record with its fifth E8 victory on October 26 vs. Utica…The fall marked the first season with Amir Pasic at the helm of the Gators...He picked up his first career win on Thursday, September 1 at Castleton...Brennan closed the regular season with a conference-best four E8 shutouts...The junior boasts five shutouts overall...17 players returned to the team...Junior defender/midfielder Ian Maguire (Dunstable, MA/Groton Dunstable Regional) and midfielder/forward Christian Vålstuen (Lillestrom, Norway/Lambertseter Athletic), a fifth-year senior, were voted co-captains… Vålstuen ranks in the top-ten in program records for career goals, career points, and career assists.

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