FIELD HOCKEY NOTEBOOK
The Vermont Catamounts (0-1) travel to Fairfield, Connecticut to take on the Fairfield University Stags (1-1) at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 6 before taking on the Hofstra University Pride (0-3) in Hempstead, New York at noon on Sunday, Sept. 8.
 
Friday's game will stream on Facebook Live with live stats available through FairfieldStags.com. Sunday's match will have video and live stats available through GoHoftstra.com.
 
RELATED LINKS
Fairfield: Video | Live Stats
Hofstra: Video | Live Stats
 
NEW SEASON, NEW RULES
The NCAA has shifted from two 35-minute halves to four 15-minute quarters for the 2019 season. In conjunction with the change, the game clock will be frozen during all penalty corner stoppages.
 
SCOUTING THE STAGS
Fairfield enters Friday's contest with a 1-1 record after opening the season with a 3-0 loss at UMass Lowell before a 3-2 overtime win at 13th-ranked Boston College. Three Stags found the back of the net in the win over the Eagles.
 
Zoe Rosen has played both games in net and holds a 2.88 goals against average and .808 save percentage.
 
The Stags finished the 2018 season with a 12-9 overall record and lost in the NEC Championship game to Monmouth.
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
Vermont and Fairfield meet for the second straight season and 10th time since 2007 this Friday. The Stags took a 3-1 win at Moulton-Winder last season and look for their ninth straight win over the Catamounts. Vermont is 1-5 in games played at Fairfield in the series. Fairfield holds an 8-7 all-time series edge over Vermont.
 
SCOUTING THE PRIDE
Hofstra enters Sunday's contest against Vermont with an 0-3 record with losses against Wagner, St. Joseph's, and Monmouth. The Pride have been outscored 18-1 in those three games. Sophomore Cami Larsson has the lone goal of the season.
 
Junior Cecilla DeSimone has played two games in goal and holds a 6.00 goals against average and .400 save percentage. Merlijn van der Vegt played against Monmouth, allowing six goals on 18 shots for a .667 save percentage.
 
Hofstra finished the 2018 season with a 5-13 overall record and 2-4 CAA record.
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
Vermont and Hofstra meet for the 14th time in series history and first time since 2015 on Sunday in Hempstead, New York. Hofstra won the first meeting in 1994 in Burlington and the teams alternated victories until back-to-back Pride victories in 2014 and 2015 gave them a 7-6 all-time series record against Vermont.
 
CATAMOUNT CAPTAINS
Senior Sophia Cheever and juniors Claudia Cotter and Pleun Haantjes will captain the Catamounts in 2019. All three have played in every game for the Catamounts since arriving in Burlington.
 
HALL'S DEBUT | CatamounTV Highlights
Freshman Kate Hall became the first freshman in program history to record two goals in her collegiate debut last Friday against 18th-ranked Syracuse.
 
The South Burlington native tallied Vermont's first two goals of the season in the first half at Moulton Winder Field.
 
MORGAN VAN NOSTRAND JOINS PROGRAM | Release
University of Vermont head coach Kate Pfeifer announced the addition of six-year-old Morgan van Nostrand to the program through Team IMPACT in a press conference on Friday (Aug. 23). Click here for the full release on the signing.