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Vermont men's lacrosse heads to Oshawa, Ontario to take on Canisius in the first ever NCAA men's lacrosse game to be played on Canadian soil on Tuesday (March 8). Face-off at the Oshawa Civic Centre against the Golden Griffins is set for 3 p.m.

GAME COVERAGE
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ABOUT VERMONT
UVM (2-3) earned back-to-back wins against NJIT and Holy Cross before falling to Providence on Feb. 27 and Michigan last Saturday. Vermont currently ranks eighth in the nation in scoring, posting 14 goals per game.
 
The Catamounts pace the league in shots, averaging 44.20 per game, and have capitalized on the most man-up opportunities scoring 13 in five games. Vermont also boasts two of the nation's top-10 scorers, as junior Cam Milligan is tied for sixth overall averaging 5.0 points per game, followed by classmate Ian MacKay in eighth (4.8).
 
Milligan, who tallied the fourth-most assists in a single season (38) at UVM last year, ranks top-5 in the NCAA in assists per game dishing out 2.75 helpers per contest. The Peterborough, Ontario native paces two other Catamounts in the top-5 conference spots in points per game, with MacKay ranking third, followed by senior James Barlow in fourth (4.0).
 
Milligan continues to make his way into program history at Vermont, as he is three assists away from breaking into the top-10 all-time career assist rankings (52).
 
Through five games, MacKay has more than doubled his scoring production (24 points) with 15 goals and nine assists from the first five games of the 2015 season. The Port Elgin, Ontario native is on a 33-game point streak, tallying at least one mark in 33 of his 34 career appearances for Vermont. With a pair of goals against Canisius, MacKay will rank 10th all-time in program history for career goals scored (86).
 
Barlow has also had an impressive senior campaign, as he is second on the team in points (20) and tied for first on the squad in goals with 15.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Vermont outscored Michigan 5-2 in the fourth quarter, but penalties plagued the Catamounts as Michigan capitalized on 4-of-6 extra-man opportunities in its 15-13 win on Saturday in Ann Arbor.
 
Six Catamounts posted a multi-point performance against the Wolverines, led by Cam Milligan who matched his season-high with seven points on three goals and four assists. Ian MacKay extended his point streak to 33 consecutive games as the junior recorded four points on three scores and a helper, and senior James Barlow recorded a pair of goals and assists for Vermont as well.
 
Jon Kaplan (2-2) made 11 saves in net for Vermont for his second double-figure save effort of the year.
 
A heavily offensive first quarter was fueled by MacKay's hat trick in the first 15 minutes. The Wolverines kicked off the contest going up 1-0 early on, but Milligan struck from the top left of the attack box to tie it up on his seventh goal of the season.
 
MacKay netted three unanswered goals throughout the remainder of the quarter to give Vermont a 4-3 cushion.
 
Michigan took a two-goal lead midway through the second period and scored on a man-up opportunity, but was halted by Barlow on a Milligan helper down low in front of the U-M net (6-5).  
 
Dawes Milchling and Milligan propelled a 5-2 Vermont run in the fourth period as each player tallied his second score of the afternoon. Moments later, Nick Bartlett brought the ball down the center of the field on a fast break and connected from 10 yards out of the goal (14-11).
 
MacKay stormed the cage and a backhand feed across the center to Milligan with six minutes left in the game put Vermont within three (15-12). Barlow buried his second goal into Michigan's net, but Vermont's five-goal rally was not enough as the Catamounts fell to the Wolverines in the Big House.
 
Freshman TJ Subel made his debut at the X for Vermont, as the rookie won 13-of-24 faceoff attempts. Both teams posted 47 shots on the afternoon, while U-M held a narrow 27-24 ground ball advantage.
 
SCOUTING CANISIUS
The Golden Griffins fell in their season-opener to Boston College on Saturday 10-8 at the Demske Sports Complex in Buffalo, New York.

Sophomore Ryan McKee led the Griffs with a career-best four points in the contest, scoring two goals to go along with two assists. Junior Lewis Vaccaro also matched his personal best with two tallies, while seniors Vince Gravino and Nick Tuttle, junior Jeff Edwards and sophomore Steven Coss also added tallies for Canisius.

Freshman Liam Ganzhorn was solid between the pipes for the Griffs, recording 13 saves in his first collegiate start.

Randy Mearns begins his 19th season at the helm of the Canisius men's lacrosse team, after going 3-12 overall last season and 2-4 in MAAC play. The St. Catharines, Ontario native earned a gold medal in 2014 as he led the Canadian National Team to a win at the FIL World Championships.

ALL-TIME SERIES
The Catamounts lead the all-time series against Canisius 4-0, but have not gone head-to-head with the Golden Griffins since the 2006 season. Tuesday marks the first meeting between UVM and Canisius under head coach Ryan Curtis.
 
ATTENTION LACROSSE ALUMNI
Be sure to mark your calendar for Men's Lacrosse Alumni Weekend on April 15-16 when the Catamounts take on UMBC. Details will be released shortly. Please contact our Victory Club office at 802-656-0956 or Victory.Club@uvm.edu with any questions or to ensure that you receive the information as it becomes available.
 
NEXT UP
UVM returns home to Virtue Field on Saturday (March 12) to face Sacred Heart in its third game in seven days. Game time against the Pioneers is set for a 1 p.m. All home games and America East games will be streamed like for free via AmericaEast.tv.
 
Tickets to the game can be purchased online at UVMathletics.com/Tickets, in person at the UVM Athletic Ticket Office located in Patrick Gymnasium (M-F: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.), via the phone at 802-656-4410, or in person one hour before game time at the Gutterson Fieldhouse Box Office.