BURLINGTON, Vt. – The University of Vermont men's lacrosse head coach Chris Feifs released the program's 2019 fall schedule and 2020 season schedule Tuesday morning.
 
The slate features three fall events, three preseason scrimmages, and 12 regular season games.
 
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UVM hosts its alumni in its annual Alumni Game on Friday (Oct. 4). The alumni contest features several former players and is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. at Virtue Field. Interested alumni can register here or reach out to the Victory Club at 802-656-0956 or at victory.club@uvm.edu.
 
The Catamounts will play in their annual Green vs. Gold game on Saturday (Oct. 5) on Virtue. The Cats then host McGill and Bishop's on Saturday (Oct. 12) before heading to a tri-scrimmage with Manhattan College and Harvard on Sunday (Oct. 20) at South Burlington High School.
 
UVM resumes its schedule in January with scrimmages scheduled at Maryland (Jan. 18), at Syracuse (Jan. 25), and at Bryant (Feb. 1).
 
The 2020 regular season begins with three consecutive road contests, beginning with the season opener at Jacksonville on Saturday (Feb. 8). Vermont then takes on Holy Cross (Feb. 15) and Quinnipiac (Feb. 22), marking the fifth straight season UVM has faced the Crusaders and third consecutive season meeting the Bobcats.
 
Vermont then returns to Burlington for three straight games on Virtue, beginning with the home opener against Division I newcomer Merrimack (Feb. 29). UVM then hosts Dartmouth (Mar. 7) and opens America east Conference play against UMBC the following week (Mar. 14).
 
America East play continues as Vermont heads to Hartford (Mar. 21) before hosting UMass Lowell (Mar. 28) to close out the month of March. Conference play concludes with a road trip to UAlbany (Apr. 5), a home game against Binghamton (Apr. 11), and a road game at Stony Brook (Apr. 18).
 
Vermont and Ivy League foe Penn will square off for the second straight season on Friday (Apr. 24) at New Canaan High School in New Canaan, Connecticut.
 
The America East semifinal is scheduled for Thursday (Apr. 30) with the Championship on Saturday (May 2).
 
Feifs and the Catamounts have reached the conference championship game in each of the last two seasons. The 2020 Catamounts return 2018 All-American Nick Washuta, the 2019 America East Rookie of the Year David Closterman and five additional 2019 All-Conference selections.