FINAL SCORE: Vermont 14, Binghamton 6
VESTAL, N.Y. – Jack Knight tallied a first half hat trick and finished with five points as Vermont cruised to a 14-6 America East road victory over Binghamton on Saturday.
 
Vermont improves to 7-4 overall and 4-1 in America East play while Binghamton drops to 0-10 overall and 0-4 in conference play.
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
"Solid win tonight for our guys," head coach Chris Feifs said. "I was really happy to see our offense play so unselfishly and finish their opportunities. Overall, an important conference win and we will learn from our mistakes in preparation for Stony Brook.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Sal Iaria, Ben French, and Jack Knight tallied first quarter goals as Vermont took a 3-2 lead through the opening 15 minutes of play. Griffen Konen and William Talbot-Shere tallied goals for the Bearcats despite only six shots in the first.
• Knight added a pair of goals in the second quarter to complete the hat trick as Vermont pushed its lead to 7-2. UVM held Binghamton scoreless in the second quarter as Nick Washuta tallied five of his nine stops.
• Knight's fourth goal of the game and Dawes Milchling's first came seven seconds apart to push Vermont's lead to 9-2 with 8:57 to play in the third quarter.
• Senior Andrew Simeon tallied his second goal of the season and third of his career with 2:28 left in the third quarter for an 11-3 Vermont lead.
• Thomas McConvey pushed his goal streak to 11 games to make it 13-4 Vermont with 10:33 remaining in the fourth quarter.
• Sophomore Emmett Fay tallied his first career goal with 2:24 left in the final quarter.

GAME NOTES

• Knight matched a career-high with four goals, doing so for the second time this season.
• Milchling matched a career-high with four assists in the win. He tallied four helpers in the season-opener at Utah. He finished both games with five points.
• French finished the game with two goals and has 21 this season. He has recorded 20 or more goals three straight years and set a career-high with 25 goals in 2017.
• Vermont matched a season-low with six goals allowed in the victory in Vestal.
• UVM finished the game with 11 assists, marking the third time this season the team has recorded 10 or more assists.
• Vermont held an opponent scoreless in a quarter for the fourth time this season after holding the Bearcats scoreless in the second.
• With the victory, the Cats Win, Community Wins campaign and Vermont Mutual Insurance Group will donate $100 to Make-A-Wish Vermont, bringing this year's total to 50 wins and $5,000.  

UP NEXT
Vermont returns to Virtue Field to host Stony Brook (7-5, 3-1 AE) in the America East regular season finale. The game is slated to begin at 12:00 p.m. in Burlington. The 12 members of the Class of 2019 will be honored prior to the game.