FINAL SCORE: Vermont 17, Binghamton 9
BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Vermont Catamounts held Binghamton scoreless in the third quarter and scored nine straight goals to erase a 5-0 deficit and post a 17-9 victory in the men's lacrosse regular season finale at Virtue Field on Saturday evening.
 
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Vermont moves to 8-7 overall, the most wins since 2006, and finishes conference play with a 4-2 record. The Catamounts have earned the No. 3 seed in the America East Tournament and will face No. 2 Stony Brook on Thursday (May 5) at 4:30 p.m. at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium on the campus of the University at Albany. The Great Danes are the top seed and will host the 2016 America East Tournament. Albany will play No. 4 Hartford at 7 p.m. in the second semifinal matchup.
 
Ian MacKay registered five points on two goals and three assists and teammates Cam Stafford and James Barlow netted hat tricks to pace the Vermont offense, which ranks 14th in the country at 11.93 goals per game. Four different Catamounts netted multiple goals and 11 players scored in the contest.
 
Johnny Maher led Binghamton with three goals.
 
The Bearcats held Vermont scoreless in the first quarter to jump out to a 4-0 lead and added the first goal of the second period to extend their advantage to five.
 
Barlow started the UVM rally, getting the Catamounts on the board at 10:24 of the second quarter. Cam Milligan, Stafford and Michael Clarke added three more goals to slice the lead to one, 5-4, with 4:36 remaining in the second. Binghamton answered with back-to-back goals to push its lead back to three.
 
With 17 seconds left in the second quarter, Jack Knight's ninth goal of the year ignited a flurry of UVM scoring that extended through the third quarter and five minutes into the final stanza.
 
Vermont out scored Binghamton 8-4 in the fourth and capped off the game with Elliot Mitchell's first career goal with five seconds left.
 
Jon Kaplan, who picked up his third America East Defensive Player of the Week honor on Monday, made 13 stops in the Vermont net to pick up the win. Tanner Cosens was credited with 11 stops for Binghamton.
 
AMERICA EAST TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE - Championship Central
All games played at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium – University at Albany -  Albany, N.Y.
 
Thursday, May 5 – Semifinal Round
4:30 p.m. - #3 Vermont vs. #2 Stony Brook – streamed on AmericaEast.tv (free)
7:00 p.m. - #4 Hartford vs. #1 Albany – streamed on AmericaEast.tv (free)
 
Saturday, May 7 – Championship Game
10:00 a.m. – Semifinals winners – broadcast on ESPNU
 
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Junior Ian MacKay is up for the America East Fans' Choice Player of the Year honor. MacKay leads UVM in scoring with 64 points and 39 goals. He leads the country in man-up goals (10) and ranks 13th in points per game (4.21) and goals per game (2.64).
 
NOTES: Vermont's Ian MacKay extended points streak to 44 games … The streak is the sixth longest in Division I lacrosse and dates back to Feb. 22, 2014 … During the streak he has totaled 108 goals, 67 assists for 165 points … Saturday was Senior Day for the Catamounts … UVM honored its senior class of James Barlow, Nick Bartlett, Patrick Buono, Bryan Capone, Henry Linde-Elmhirst, Blake Pendleton, and Justin Rosenberg … Vermont's eight wins this season are the most under head coach Ryan Curtis … The four conference wins also matches the most league victories in a season in program history … The Catamounts are making back-to-back appearances in the America East Tournament for the first time in program history and it is their fifth trip overall since the league started hosting a tournament in 2000.