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Wed., Feb. 25 at Siena, 3 p.m. | Live Stats
Sat., Feb. 28 vs. Marist, 11 a.m. | Live Video (free)

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VERMONT WOMEN'S LACROSSE NOTEBOOK
Vermont women's lacrosse returns to action this week for matchups with Siena and Marist. The Catamounts travel to Loudonville, New York on Wednesday (Feb. 25) to take on Siena at 3 p.m., before heading back to Burlington for a tilt against Marist on Saturday (Feb. 28) at 11 a.m. Links to live coverage of the games are available above.
 
TICKETS
Tickets for the game versus Marist are available at UVMathletics.com/tickets or in person one hour prior to the game at the Gutterson Fieldhouse ticket office. Admission is free for all UVM students with a school ID.
 
PROMOTIONS
February 28 vs. Marist
Poster Day presented by the UPS Store Downtown - Fans can receive a team poster and get autographs from UVM players following the game
$1.00 Hot Dog Day presented by Sodexo
 
ABOUT VERMONT
The Catamounts stand at 1-1 overall after a season-opening overtime victory at Colgate and a loss against sixth-ranked Boston College this past weekend in a tight back-and-forth contest. Vermont is averaging 11 goals per game through the opening two contests, and holds advantages over its opponents in both ground balls and caused turnovers.
 
Senior captain Jessica Roach is leading the way for UVM with a team-best eight goals as she's registered four tallies in each contest. Junior Vanessa VanderZalm is second on the squad with five points (4 g, 1 ast), and leads the Catamounts in draw controls, ground balls and caused turnovers. Junior Danielle Seifert and sophomore Alison Bolt are tied for third on the team with three goals apiece. Senior Meg Hopkins has earned a pair of starts in net to open the season and owns a 11.43 goals against average and .385 save percentage.
 
LAST TIME OUT
No. 6 Boston College held off Vermont for a 13-10 victory this past Saturday at Virtue Field to put UVM in the loss column for the first time this season. The Catamounts held a two-goal advantage late in the first half, but the Eagles were able to chip away and take the lead behind a pair of Tess Chandler goals early in the second. Seifert tallied back-to-back goals with just over 20 minutes remaining to tie things up at 8-8, but the Eagles regained the lead minutes later and held on for the win. Neither team led by more than two goals in the contest until the fianl score for Boston College in the last minute of play.
 
Roach and Seifert paced Vermont on the afternoon with a combined seven goals, while VanderZalm, Bolt and Alex Bernier tallied one goal each. Hopkins played all 60 minutes in net and stopped eight shots in the tilt.
 
Chandler and Covie Stanwick scored four times each, and five other Eagles posted a goal apiece to lead Boston College to the win. Zoe Ochoa earned her third win in net with a seven-save performance.
 
ROACH NEARING MILESTONE
After tallying four goals last time out against Boston College, Roach now has 99 goals in her Catamount career. With one more score, she would become the sixth player in program history to reach the 100-goal plateau. Only Sydney Mas (218 career goals), Kristen Millar (140), Vanessa Cox (133), Lyn Jordan (126) and Samantha Stern (103) are ahead of Roach on UVM's all-time goals list.
 
FOUR WINS AWAY
Head coach Jen Johnson sits just four wins shy of passing John Carter for the most victories as a head coach in program history. Johnson has 73 wins total at Vermont after recording a program single-season high of 12 last season. The former All-American at Penn State has guided the Catamounts to the America East Semifinals four times during her tenure, including each of the last two seasons.
 
SCOUTING SIENA
The Saints opened the season earlier this month with a 13-9 loss against Boston University, and followed it up with a 12-6 defeat at the hands of Colgate this past weekend. Siena is averaging just 7.50 goals per contest and has been outscored by opponents 12-4 in the first half this year. The Saints are looking to build off a 5-12 overall record and 3-5 mark in conference play last season.
 
Three Saints have tallied multiple goals through the first two games, led by the squad's top scorer, senior Erin Mossop, who has six points on five goals and one assist. Mossop also tops the team with seven draw controls. Junior Sarah Croutier (3 g) and sophomore Cara McQuillan (2) are the other leading scorers for the Saints this season. Danielle DeLisio has posted a 12.00 goals against average and .429 save percentage in two starts on the year.
 
SCOUTING MARIST
Marist, coming off a 14-4 record and MAAC Championship game appearance in 2014, fell in its season-opener this season by a score of 11-7 at the hands of USC. The Trojans outscored Marist 7-2 in the first period and held off a second half comeback attempt to hand the Red Foxes their first loss of the season.
 
Junior Allison Gionta scored three times and added one assist against USC to lead the Red Foxes in the contest. Sophomore defender Alyssa Pitonzo registered a pair of goals, and senior Kirsten Viscount notched three points on a goal and two assists. Sophomore goalie Abigail Witczak made nine saves and posted a .450 save percentage in her 18^th career start in the cage.
 
NEXT UP
The Catamounts head down to North Carolina for a matchup with High Point on Tuesday, March 3 at 6 p.m. Links to live video and stats are available here.