FINAL SCORE: Vermont 2, Binghamton 0
BURLINGTON, Vt. – UVM junior Justin Freitas notched his second two-goal performance in the last three games as the Catamounts beat Binghamton 2-0 on Saturday afternoon. Vermont improves to 10-7 overall and 5-1 in league play. The Bearcats fall to 5-9-3 on the year and 1-3-2 against conference opponents.
 
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The Green and Gold record their third straight 10-win season for the first time since posting six consecutive such seasons from 1986-91.
 
Binghamton's offense forced UVM keeper Aron Runarsson (8 saves) to make a pair of close-range saves early in the match. From the left side of the box, Ben Ovetsky drove a low shot but Runarsson dove on the turf to make the stop. On the rebound, Harrison Weilbacher fired an attempt on frame but the 6-4 sophomore leaped and deflected the scoring threat away.
 
Freitas broke the scoreless tie in the 59th minute after working a give-and-go with Jon Arnar Barðdal. Freitas charged towards the box and dished a pass to his right for Barðdal, who one-timed a soft touch back towards the left post. Freitas held off a Bearcat defender and booted the go-ahead score into the bottom left corner of the net.
 
The 5-10 forward added his second goal of the afternoon in the 65th minute. Alves carried the ball into the box from midfield, then with some nifty footwork, heel-kicked a pass through two Binghamton defenders. Freitas collected the feed on the right side of the six-yard box and lined a shot inside of the far post.
 
The contest marked the final regular season game at Virtue Field for four Catamounts – Arthur Bacquet, Tom Cole, Zack Evans, and Eamon Kitson.
 
Vermont closes the books on the regular season with a trip to 17th-ranked New Hampshire on Wednesday (Nov. 1). The opening kickoff is set for 7 p.m. The game will be streamed on ESPN3.com or the watchESPN app by logging in with your cable provider.