Women’s Lacrosse Set for Pair of America East Matchups this Week

VERMONT WOMEN'S LACROSSE NOTEBOOK
The Catamounts continue play this week with a pair of conference games against No. 19/18 Albany and Binghamton. On Wednesday (April 1), Vermont travels to face Albany at 3 p.m., before heading over to Binghamton for a matchup with the Bearcats on Saturday (April 4) at 12 p.m. Links to live coverage of the game are available above.

ABOUT VERMONT
UVM enters the matchup at Albany sitting at 8-3 overall and 1-0 in America East. Vermont opened conference play this past Saturday with an 11-10 win over UMBC in Burlington to push its winning streak to five straight. The Catamounts are averaging 12.00 goals per contest and holding opponents to 10.45 per game. Jessica Roach continues to lead the attack with team-highs in all three scoring categories, while Vanessa VanderZalm tops the squad in draw controls, ground balls and caused turnovers. The sophomore duo of Alex Bernier and Alison Bolt rank third and fourth on the team in points, respectively, and have combined for 29 total. Meg Hopkins owns a 10.09 goals against average with a career-high eight wins in net.

Team Leaders
Points: Jessica Roach (56), Vanessa VanderZalm (28), Alex Bernier (16)
Goals: Roach (46), VanderZalm (21), Alison Bolt (11)
Assists: Roach (10), Bernier (8), VanderZalm (7)
Ground balls: VanderZalm (26), Meg Hopkins (21), Taylor Pedersen (20)
Caused turnovers: VanderZalm (22), Meghan Cobb (10), Megan Wilson (9)
Draw controls: VanderZalm (32), Bolt (20), Marcie Marino (13)
Save pct.: Hopkins (.418)

CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
On Monday, senior captain Jessica Roach was named the America East Co-Offensive Player of the Week, along with Maureen Keggins of Albany. Roach collected her third weekly award of the season after matching a career-high with seven goals in Vermont's win over UMBC on Saturday. The Scituate, Massachusetts native registered her ninth multi-goal performance of the season, and currently ranks third in the nation with 4.18 goals per contest. Following the seven-score performance, Roach moved into third place on UVM's all-time career goals list and now sits just four scores shy of taking over second place.

NATIONAL RANKINGS
After a big performance last time out, Jessica Roach now leads the nation with 46 goals and ranks third with 56 points. Vanessa VanderZalm also jumped into the top-10 in the nation in caused turnovers per game (2.44) after registering eight combined in Vermont's last two contests.

SCOUTING NO. 19/18 ALBANY
The Great Danes, ranked 19^th in the IWLCA Coaches Poll and 18^th in the Inside Lacrosse Poll, own an 8-1 overall record and 2-0 mark in league play. They enter the matchup with Vermont on a four-game winning streak, collecting victories over conference opponents UMass Lowell (21-1) and UNH (16-5) in their two most recent outings. Albany is leading the nation in scoring offense with 16.44 goals per game, while allowing just 5.67 to opponents, good for third-best in the country. Maureen Keggins leads the nation with 3.33 assists per game, and Dakotah Savitcheff ranks fourth in the country with 4.00 goals per contest. Goalie Courtney Henderson has eight wins in net and owns a 5.74 goals against average.

Team Leaders
Points: Maureen Keggins (39), Rachel Bowles (37), Dakotah Savitcheff (31)
Goals: Savitcheff (30), Bowles (26), Keggins (16)
Assists: Keggins (23), Alle Jimerson (19), Bowles (11)
Ground balls: Courtney Henderson (15), Emma Powlin (15), Savitcheff (14)
Caused turnovers: Powlin (11), Christine Johnson (8), Bowles (8)
Draw controls: Powlin (30), Johnson (19), Bowles (7)
Save pct.: Henderson (.456)

ALL-TIME VS. ALBANY
The Catamounts and Great Danes will meet for the 17^th time in series history on Wednesday with Albany holding the all-time series advantage. Last season, the Great Danes edged Vermont in the America East Semifinals by a score of 12-8. Marcie Marino and Jessica Roach led the offensive attack for UVM with three goals apiece in the contest.

SCOUTING BINGHAMTON
The Bearcats stand at 5-5 overall on the season with a 1-1 record in America East. They dropped their conference opener to UMBC (13-12) in overtime last weekend, before toppping UMass Lowell (15-6) on Saturday to get into the win column in league play. Binghamton is set for a matchup with Stony Brook on Wednesday before the game with Vermont on Saturday. The Bearcats are averaging 8.60 goals per contest and allowing 10.90 to opponents. Sophia Racciatti and Renee Kiviat have provided the offense with a combined 45 points in 10 games. Goalie Erin McNulty owns an 11.08 goals against average and five wins in net.

Team Leaders
Points: Sophia Racciatti (25), Renee Kiviat (20), Brianne Arthur (16)
Goals: Kiviat (18), Racciatti (17), Arthur (11)
Assists: Racciatti (8), Arthur (5), Alex Fisher (3)
Ground balls: DeNapoli (25), Erin McNulty (19), Allie Rodgers (17)
Caused turnovers: Rodgers (15), DeNapoli (13), Kelsey Michele (9)
Draw controls: DeNapoli (24), Samantha Karner (20), Tiffany Ryan (18)
Save pct.: McNulty (.395)

ALL-TIME VS. BINGHAMTON
The Catamounts own a 10-3 advantage over Binghamton in the 13 meetings between the two programs. Vermont has won two of the last three matchups, including a big 19-7 victory last season in Burlington. Jessica Roach tallied a career-high 11 points (5 g, 6 ast) and Vanessa VanderZalm added seven points (4 g, 3 ast) to pace UVM.

NEXT UP
The Catamounts travel to Amherst, Massachusetts on April 8 for their final non-conference game of the season against UMass at 3 p.m. Links to live coverage of the game are available at UVMathletics.com.

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