The Vermont men's lacrosse team travels for matchups with New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and Air Force to begin spring break this week. The Catamounts will face NJIT in New Jersey on Tuesday (March 3) at 4 p.m., before heading down to Bethesda, Md. for a neutral site tilt with Air Force on Saturday (March 7) at 1 p.m. Links to live video and stats of the game vs. NJIT are available above.

ABOUT VERMONT
The Catamounts are looking for their first win of the campaign after falling to Boston University last time out. Sophomore Ian MacKay paced UVM in the contest with three points on a goal and a pair of assists, and six other Catamounts tallied a goal apiece, but strong second and third periods from Boston University led the Terriers to the victory at Virtue Field.
 
Vermont is averaging 8.00 goals per contest, led by junior James Barlow (11 g) and sophomore Cam Milligan (6 g, 5 ast), who are tied for the team-lead in points. Sophomore Luc LeBlanc has powered UVM to a .589 faceoff percentage, which is good for 20^th-best in the nation. LeBlanc also ranks 16^th in the country with 6.75 ground balls per contest. Junior Justin Rosenberg, who has started three games in net, owns a .471 save percentage and ranks 26^th among division I goalies with 10.67 saves per game. Sophomore goalie Jon Kaplan earned his first career start last time out against BU, making 12 saves and posting a .444 save percentage in the tilt.
 
Team Leaders
Points: James Barlow (11), Cam Milligan (11), Ian MacKay (10)
Goals: Barlow (11), Milligan (6), MacKay (5)
Assists: Milligan (5), MacKay (5), Dyson White (3)
Ground balls: Luc LeBlanc (27), Ben Cox (22), Matt Gudas (7)
Caused turnovers: Henry Linde-Elmhirst (4), Bryan Capone (2), Barlow (2)
Faceoff pct.: LeBlanc (.589)
Save pct.: Justin Rosenberg (.471)
 
SCOUTING NJIT
The Highlanders enter their first-ever season as a varsity lacrosse program in 2015 and are made up of 23 freshmen, one sophomore and one senior. They opened the year with an 18-4 loss at America East opponent Stony Brook two weeks ago, and dropped a 10-3 decision against Quinnipiac last time out. Freshmen Tyler Baggett and Joe Lomeli have combined for five goals in the opening two contests to lead NJIT. Goalie Nick Marzullo has earned a pair of starts in net and owns a 14.00 goals against average and .462 save percentage.
 
Team Leaders
Points: Joe Lomeli (3), Tyler Baggett (2), John Roach (1)
Goals: Lomeli (3), Baggett (2), Roach (1)
Assists: Conor Lally (2), Roach (1), Gabe Giovanello (1)
Ground balls: Nick Marzullo (6), Zachary Melillo (5), Blake Sandman (5)
Caused turnovers: Matthew Valdez (2), Ryan Bradway (1), Rich Brunje (1)
Faceoff pct.: Melillo (.412)
Save pct.: Marzullo (.462)
 
SCOUTING AIR FORCE
The Falcons dropped their opening three contests of the season against Duke (13-7), Marist (7-6) and Denver (16-6), before opening a two-game win streak with victories over Canisius (13-6) and Furman (6-4). Air Force is averaging 7.60 goals per game and allowing 9.20 to opponents through the first five contests. Chris Walsch (13 g, 4 ast) and Keith Dreyer (4 g, 6 ast) have paced the Falcons with a combined 27 points. Doug Gouchoe, who's made all five starts in net, owns a 9.09 GAA and .516 save pct.
 
Team Leaders
Points: Chris Walsch (17), Keith Dreyer (10), Nick Hruby (8)
Goals: Walsch (13), Hruby (6), Dreyer (4)
Assists: Dreyer (6), Walsch (4), Danny Brown (3)
Ground balls: Kyle O'Brien (14), Josh Radjenovich (12), Luke Toscano (10)
Faceoff pct.: Toscano (.548)
Save pct.: Doug Gouchoe (.516)
 
ALL-TIME SERIES
Vermont and Air Force have faced off just one time in series history back in 2011. The Catamounts came out victorious in the matchup by a final of 9-6 on the Falcons' home field in Colorado Springs.
 
NEXT UP
Vermont continues its road trip with a contest at Georgetown on Tuesday (March 10) at 3 p.m. Links to live video and stats are available by clicking here.