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The second-seed Vermont Catamounts (7-6, 4-2 AE) take on the third-seed UAlbany Great Danes (5-8, 4-2 AE) in the America East semifinal on Thursday at LaValle Stadium in Stony Brook, New York.
 
The semifinal is slated to begin at 4:30 p.m. and will stream on AmericaEast.tv.
 
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The top-seed Stony Brook Seawolves (9-5, 5-1 AE) host the UMBC Retrievers in the second semifinal at 7:00 p.m. Thursday.
 
The semifinal winners will square off at 12:00 p.m. Saturday with a trip to the NCAA Tournament at stake. The 2019 America East Championship Game will air on ESPNU with Mike Corey and Don Zimmerman on the call.  
 
SCOUTING THE GREAT DANES
UAlbany enters Thursday's game with a 5-8 overall record and 4-2 America East mark. The Great Danes lost to Vermont and Stony Brook by a combined three goals in the regular season. UAlbany ranks 11th in the NCAA in clear percentage (.869), 45th in scoring defense (11.54), 48th in scoring offense (10.69), and 63rd in man-down defense (.564).
 
Jakob Patterson leads the team in goals (24), assists (30), and points (54). Tehoka Nanticoke is tied for the team lead in goals (24) and tied for second on the team with 11 assists. Six other Great Danes have 10 or more points.
 
Nate Siekierski has started all 13 games in goal for the Great Danes. He ranks third in the conference and 37th nationally with a .519 save percentage. He is third in the conference and 45th nationally with an 11.54 goals against average.  
 
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Vermont took a comeback 10-9 win over UAlbany in the regular season meeting on Virtue Field at UVM in early April. The Catamounts finished the game with a 48-32 edge in shots and a 39-22 edge in ground balls. The Catamounts scored five of the game's final six goals, including the game-winner from Dawes Milchling, to erase a three goal deficit.
 
Alex Semler was 17-for-23 at the X with nine ground balls.
 
CLOSTERMAN IN THE RANKINGS
Freshman David Closterman leads the conference and is 10th in the NCAA with a .467 shot percentage. He has 21 goals on 45 shots. He is second in the nation among freshman, trailing Hobart's Jason Knox (.478).
 
WASHUTA IN THE RANKINGS
Washuta leads the conference and is sixth nationally in save percentage (.571).He leads the America East and ranks eighth nationally in goals against average (9.41). The junior is second in the conference and 22nd nationally with 12.08 saves per game.