FINAL SCORE: Vermont 16, Quinnipiac 7
BURLINGTON, Vt. – Rob Hudson scored a career-high five goals and Thomas McConvey tallied a career-high six points as the Vermont Catamounts (1-1, 0-0 AE) opened the home slate with a 16-7 win over the Quinnipiac Bobcats (0-4, 0-0 MAAC) Saturday afternoon.
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
"I'm glad that we could get out with a win against a talented Quinnipiac team; I thought there were some really good individual performances from them," said head coach Chris Feifs. "We wanted to start faster than last week and I thought we did that. There are definitely some things to learn from sloppy plays here and there; but overall, I thought we played hard and we were pretty consistent throughout the day."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Hudson continued his hot start to the 2020 season with a first quarter hat trick. Additional goals from David Closterman and JJ Levandowski gave Vermont a 5-2 lead after the opening quarter.
• Liam Limoges, Thomas McConvey, Ben French, and Closterman found the back of the net in the second quarter to extend Vermont's lead to 9-4 at the half.
• Hudson added a pair of third quarter goals to push his total to five as the Catamounts opened the second half with offense. Levandowski added his second of the game and Connor Boyle scored Vermont's second EMO goal of the game with 4:52 to play in the quarter.
• Thomas McConvey scored both of Vermont's fourth quarter goals sandwiched around a Quinnipiac goal. His second fourth quarter tally was assisted by Amos Gilbert.

GAME NOTES

• Hudson set a career-high with five goals in the win over Quinnipiac. He previously scored four goals in Vermont's 2018 meeting on Virtue against Binghamton.
• Thomas McConvey set a career-high with six points behind three goals and three assists.
• Levandowski and Boyle each recorded his first collegiate goal in the win over Quinnipiac. Gilbert tallied his first collegiate point with the assist on UVM's final goal.
• Nick Washuta got the start and recorded eight saves in the first half. Ryan Cornell played the second half of the game and finished with six saves. Each goalie finished the game with a .667 save percentage.
• Vermont finished the game with a 49-39 advantage in shots and a 31-21 advantage in shots on goal. The Catamounts went 2-for-4 on EMO chances and did not allow Quinnipiac a man-up opportunity.
• Quinnipiac won the faceoff battle with a 19-for-28 (67.8%) effort at the X. The Bobcats also held the ground ball edge, 32-29. In the clearing game, Vermont went 17-for-20 while Quinnipiac went 11-for-14.
• Vermont wins its third straight over Quinnipiac and move to 8-2 in series history against the Bobcats.
• The Cats move to 9-1 on Virtue Field since the start of the 2018 season.
• With the victory, the Cats Win, Community Wins campaign and Vermont Mutual Insurance Group will donate $100 to a Vermont charity, bringing the 2020 total to 31 wins totaling $3,100. A special thank you to Vermont Mutual Insurance for their support, protecting Vermonters since 1828.

UP NEXT | Tickets
Vermont hosts Division I newcomer Merrimack (1-3, 0-0 NEC) in the second of four consecutive home games next Saturday (Feb. 29) on Virtue Field. The game is slated to begin at 12 p.m. in the first-ever meeting between the Catamounts and Warriors.