FINAL SCORE: Hobart 17, Vermont 11
NEW CANAAN, Conn. – The top-ranked offense in the NCAA did not disappoint as the Hobart Statesmen pulled away in the second half to take a 17-11 win over Vermont on Saturday at New Canaan High School.
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Hobart improves to 4-1 on the season while Vermont drops to 3-3 overall heading into America East conference play.
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COACH'S QUOTE
"Hats off to Coach Raymond and Hobart today," head coach
Chris Feifs said. "They are a really tough team who knows who they are and it showed in the ground ball department alone. We have to get back to work this week on playing smarter and with more discipline on both sides of the ball if we want to compete in America East."
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- Ben French kicked off a high-scoring first quarter with the afternoon's first goal with 9:47 remaining in the quarter. Vermont and Hobart traded goals throughout the quarter as the Statesmen took a 6-5 lead into the first break. Eleven different players found the back of the net in the quarter.
- David Closterman's first goal and McConvey's second tally to open the second quarter tied the game at 7-7. However, three Hobart goals to end the half pushed the lead to 10-7.
- Hobart opened the scoring in the third quarter and won the period 5-2 to take a 15-9 lead into the final quarter. Closterman scored the first Catamount goal of the half with 8:46 on the clock before French tallied his second of the game with 1:16 remaining.
- Jack Knight scored with 5:07 left in the game and Closterman added his second of the half with 1:22 remaining to bring the final score to 17-11 in Hobart's favor.
GAME NOTES
- Hobart won the battle at the X, taking 20-of-31 faceoffs. The Statesmen held a 41-27 advantage in ground balls and a 58-38 shot advantage.
- Junior goalie Nick Washuta set a new season-high with 18 saves in the loss. He nearly matched his career-high of 19 saves set last year at New Canaan High School against Virginia.
UP NEXT
Vermont opens America East conference play with a trip to UMBC next Saturday (Mar. 16). The game against the Retrievers is scheduled to begin at 12:00 p.m. in Baltimore, Maryland.
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