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The Vermont Catamounts (3-2, 0-0 AE) take on the Hobart Statesmen (3-1, 0-0 NEC) in a neutral site game in New Canaan, Connecticut on Saturday (Mar. 8).   
 
The game is slated to begin at 2:00 p.m. at New Canaan High School. Tickets are available through the link below. Live stats are available through Hobart Athletics and the link below.
 
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SCOUTING THE STATESMEN
Hobart enters Saturday's neutral site contest with a 3-1 overall record in 2019. The Statesmen beat Canisius and Siena to open the season before a 19-16 loss at fourth-ranked Cornell. Hobart most recently took a 16-7 win over Binghamton.
 
Senior Chris Aslanian leads the team in scoring with 24 points and assists with 16. Freshman Jason Knox leads the team in goals with 14. Six Statemen have recorded 10 or more points through the first four games of the season. Junior Sam Lucchesi has played the majority of minutes in goal and holds a .565 save percentage and 11.13 goals against average.
 
Hobart finished the 2018 season with a 4-10 overall record and 1-5 NEC mark.  
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
Saturday marks just the second all-time meeting between the Catamounts and Statesmen. The two teams played in 2002, where Hobart took a 13-3 win in Geneva, New York.
 
CLOSTERMAN IN ELITE COMPANY
Vermont freshman David Closterman joined elite company with his third consecutive America East Rookie of the Week honor following Vermont's 20-10 win over Quinnipiac. The Vermont freshman tallied his second-straight four point game with two goals and two assists.
 
Closterman became just the seventh player in conference history to win rookie of the week honors three consecutive times in one season. He joined Tehoka Nanticoke (UAlbany - 2018), TD Ierlan (UAlbany - 2017), Connor Fields (UAlbany - 2015), Kyle Vanderford (Hartford - 2015), Mike Rooney (Stony Brook - 2012), and Garett Kikot (Hartford - 2003).
 
Closterman also matched Ian MacKay '18 and senior Dawes Milchling for the most rookie of the week honors in Vermont history.
 
ALUMNI WEEKEND SET FOR APRIL 6 | Register
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 11:00 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. hosting 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 February 28 to be guaranteed their requested t-shirt size.  Click here to register. 
 
Please contact our Victory Club Office at Victory.Club@uvm.edu or 802-656-0956 with any questions or to modify your existing registration.