FINAL SCORE: Hartford 15, Vermont 13
BURLINGTON, Vt. – Dawes Milchling paced Vermont with four goals, but Hartford used a run of five overlapping the middle two quarters to rally back from a three-goal deficit and top the Catamounts 15-13 on Saturday at Virtue Field.
 
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The game was played in conjunction with UVM's annual Rally Against Cancer Series presented by Otter Creek Awnings and Vermont Custom Closets. In addition, Vermont welcomed back over 110 men's lacrosse alumni as the program celebrated 40 years of varsity status at the university.
 
Hartford's Griffin Feiner had a team-high five goals to go with two assists. Dylan Protesto went 19-for-28 at the faceoff X. Protesto was the nation's top faceoff man in 2016.
 
Milchling began the day's scoring less than two minutes into the game. After Dylan Jinks evened the score at one-apiece, Cam Milligan set up Matt Palmer for his first collegiate goal, followed at the 3:03 mark by Charlie Cobb's fourth of the season to double Vermont's lead to 3-1.
 
The early stages of the second stanza saw Alex Stanko score twice in 42 seconds, working the lead to 5-2 in favor of the Green and Gold. Soon after, Liam Rischmann inked his first goal as a Catamount, but Hartford then built momentum with a run of five, including a tally for Alex Borja with only two seconds left in the half. That sent UVM into the break trailing 8-6.
 
Coming out of halftime, the Catamounts chipped away and used two goals in succession from Milchling late in the third to close in at 11-10. Jinks and Feiner closed the quarter with a quick pair, including one goal on a man-up opportunity.
 
In the fourth quarter, Milchling and Jack Knight scored for the Catamounts in the final three minutes, but in the end UVM was unable to recover from a deficit of as many of four in the 15 minute stretch.
 
James Leary caused a pair of turnovers and six Catamounts, including Leary, had at least two ground balls.
 
For UVM, Nick Washuta made 14 saves in the loss, countered by nine stops for Hartford's Ryan Vanderford. Six of Vanderford's saves came in the final 15 minutes of the game.
 
UVM falls to 4-6 with the loss and 0-3 in America East play, while Hartford is now 4-5 (1-1 America East).
 
Next on the docket for the Catamounts is a Saturday, April 8 game at UMass Lowell. Opening faceoff will be at 2 p.m. from Cushing Field in Lowell, Massachusetts.