FINAL SCORE: Vermont 17, Siena 11
BURLINGTON, Vt. – Vanessa VanderZalm matched her career-high with eight points, while Alison Bolt and Courtney Cole netted hat tricks to lead the Vermont Catamounts past visiting Siena, 17-11, in non-conference women's lacrosse action at Virtue Field on Saturday.
 
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Vermont earns its second straight win to improve to 3-5 on the year, while Siena falls to 5-3 on the season.
 
VanderZalm matched her season-high with six goals and added two assists to lead UVM. Bolt added a pair of helpers to go along with her hat trick.
 
Sarah Croutier netted five goals to lead the Saints, while Lynnzee Miller registered three a hat trick.
 
Miller scored at the 26:02 mark to open the game and give Siena a 1-0 lead. Vermont answered with three straight goals off the sticks of Marjorie Dehm, Alex Bernier and Bolt to take a 3-1 lead with 21:28 remaining in the first half.
 
Miller converted a free-position shot to halt the Catamount rally, but UVM struck three more times to extend its lead to 6-2 midway through the half.
 
Siena out scored Vermont 3-2 over the final 13 minutes of the first stanza, but the Catamounts took an 8-5 lead into the break.
 
UVM pushed its lead to five with a pair of goals to open the second half, but Croutier netted back-to-back tallies to cut the lead to three with 23:24 left to play.
 
VanderZalm and Cole combined to score UVM's next five goals over the next 10 minutes to stretch Vermont's advantage lead to 15-8.
 
The Saints scored three of the final four goals, but could not complete the comeback effort.
 
Maddy Kuras made eight saves to pick up the win in the Vermont net, while Samantha Horton was credited with eight stops for Siena.
 
The Catamounts return to action on Saturday (March 26) when they host Albany to open America East action. Game time is set for 7 p.m. at Virtue Field, marking the first home night game in program history. The game will be streamed online for free via AmericaEast.tv at UVMathletics.com.
 
NOTES: VanderZalm's eight points and six goals moved her past former standout Vanessa Cox '05 among UVM's all-time leaders in each category. VanderZalm is now fourth in points (174) and goals (134). She also stands in seventh in career assists … Teammates Alison Bolt and Alex Bernier surpassed the 50-career point plateau, Bolt has 54 points, while Bernier has 37 … The Catamounts improved to 16-1 against the Saints in the all-time series.