Rhode Island College

Providence, R.I.--Sophomore midfielder Randy Vang (Cranston, R.I.) led the way with two goals and an assist for five points as Rhode Island College crushed VTSU Castleton, 6-2, on Senior Day at Alumni Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
 
THE BASICS
Rhode Island College 6, VTSU Castleton 2
Rhode Island College (6-5-5, 4-1-2 LEC)
VTSU Castleton (3-11-2, 1-6 LEC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
• RIC honored seniors Joseph Flood (Westerly, R.I.), Donovan Battle (Hudson, Mass.), Elhadji Ndoye (Cranston, R.I.), Jackson Fox (Portsmouth, R.I.) and Alijah Nunes (Diego Martin, Trinidad and Tobago), along with their families, on Senior Day prior to the game.
 
• Despite the Spartans notching three shots within the opening 10 minutes, RIC handled the visitors with goals from both vang and junior midfielder Joseph Kelly (North Providence, R.I.) to give the hosts a 2-0 advantage at the half.
 
• Castleton cut its deficit down to just one, 2-1, in the 49th minute, but RIC answered again with Vang tallying in the 59th minute with what proved to be the game-winning goal.
 
• Flood put the exclamation point on his final regular season home game, scoring a brilliant goal in the 86^th minute.
 
• RIC scored three more goals in the routing as 10 Anchormen notched a point, three of whom compiled multiple points, on the afternoon.
 
• Ndoye played the full 90 minutes in net making three saves in the win (6-3-2).
 
WHAT'S NEXT
In upcoming action, Rhode Island College will close out the regular season with an important Little East contest at Eastern Connecticut on Wednesday, Oct. 28 (4 p.m.).