WOMEN'S LACROSSE NOTEBOOK
Fresh off a two-game road trip, Vermont (2-0) returns to Catamount Country to host Marist (1-1) in non-conference action on Sunday (Feb. 24). The opening draw is set for 12 p.m. Fans can purchase tickets at
UVMathletics.com/Tickets or at the Gutterson Fieldhouse Box Office on gameday. Free live video will be available at
AmericaEast.TV.
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LACROSSE ALUMNI DAY – APRIL 6, 2019
Vermont Men's & Women's Lacrosse Coaches invite program alumni back for a joint alumni day with a doubleheader and reception for program alumni. The day will start at 11 a.m. with women's lacrosse hosting Stony Brook in the annual Vanessa Cox #23 Memorial Game. The men's lacrosse team will continue the action at 2:30 p.m. against UAlbany. All Vermont lacrosse alumni and their guests are invited to a reception with the coaching staffs at Halvorson's Upstreet Café (Church Street) from 6-8 p.m. Alumni are asked to register by Thursday, Feb. 28 to be guaranteed their requested t-shirt size. Register by visiting go.uvm.edu/laxalums. Please contact our
Victory Club Office at
Victory.Club@uvm.edu or 802-656-0956 with any questions or to modify your existing registration. A hotel block is being held at Trader Duke's Hotel, soon to be Delta Hotels Marriott Burlington, through March 22 – to book a room, please visit
this link.
GET THE BROOMS OUT
The Catamounts swept their two-game road trip in New York with a 12-9 win at Colgate last Saturday then beat Manhattan 10-7 on Monday. UVM is 2-0 to begin the season for the first time since 2014.
Elise Koehl guided the team with eight points on six assists and two assists in the two-game set.
Alex Vignona followed with six points on two goals and a team-best four assists.
FIRST CAREER POINTS
A trio of UVM players registered their first collegiate point on the road trip –
Taylor Mullen,
Grace Giancola, and
Molly McDonough. Mullen ranks third on the team with five points on three goals and three assists. Giancola and McDonough netted a pair of goals in the two games.
KURAS IN THE RECORD BOOKS
Goalie
Maddy Kuras has notched 14 career wins and sits one victory away from typing Kate McBride (2001-04) for sixth on the program's all-time wins list. She has recorded 386 saves in her three-plus years as a Catamount – the seventh most in school history. The Maple Grove, Minnesota native stands at No. 9 in career ground balls (112).
SCOUTING MARIST
The Red Foxes come to Burlington with an 0-2 record after falling to Army 18-9 on Feb. 13 and dropped an 18-9 decision at Rutgers last Saturday. Picked second in the MAAC preseason rankings, Marist returns an abundance of key contributors from last year including four Preseason All-Conference selections – Logan Boyle, Delaney Galvin, Samantha Mehalick, and Hailey Wagner. Mehalick has jumped out to the team-best seven goals this season. Last year, Mehalick set the school record with 61 goals and ranked in the top-10 nationally with 3.75 goals per game. Galvin was the MAAC Goalkeeper of the Year in 2018 and led the league in save percentage (.539) as a rookie.
INSIDE THE SERIES
UVM leads the all-time series 6-5 with Marist but the Green and Gold will try to snap a four-game skid. Prior to 2015, the Cats had won six of the first seven meetings. Last year, the Red Foxes won the matchup 15-6 in Poughkeepsie.
