WOMEN'S LACROSSE NOTEBOOK
Vermont will open the 2020 season with a trip to Merrimack on Saturday (Feb. 8). The opening draw is set for 12 p.m. Fans can catch all of the action by clicking the links below.
RELATED LINKS
Merrimack: Video | Live Stats
Vermont: 2020 Roster | 2020 Schedule
LEADERSHIP GROUP
The Catamounts will be led by a senior trio as
Mady Corkum,
Morgan Furbay, and
Lexi Gordon have been elected team captains.
2020 DOCKET
The 2020 regular season schedule features four first-time matchups, including Saturday's matinee with the Warriors. The 2020 docket also includes visits to a pair of defending conference champions – Mercer on Sunday, March 8 and Stony Brook on Saturday, April 4. UVM will host Hartford for its second annual Vanessa Cox No. 23 Memorial Game on Sunday, March 28 to honor the late Vanessa Cox '05. Head coach
Sarah Dalton Graddock will select one player to wear Cox's No. 23 jersey. Cox, a 2015 UVM Athletic Hall of Fame inductee, graduated as the all-time leader in points (173) and goals (133). She was tragically killed in a car crash in February of 2015 at the age of 31.
DRUMMOND GETS PROMOTED
After serving as an assistant coach for the past three years,
Jessica Drummond was promoted to the position of associate head coach back in September. Drummond has helped move the program forward during her time on the sidelines. In 2019, UVM reached the win column eight times – the most victories in five years.
CATAMOUNT NEWCOMERS
The Catamounts have welcomed 10 newcomers this year –
Camille Argentieri,
McKenzie Ballard,
Sophia Burke,
Abbey Gicewicz,
Erin Kloostra,
Jackie Shipp,
Kristiana Strtak,
Lily Trainor,
Ava Vasile, and
Kenzie Vasque.
AMERICA EAST PRESEASON RANKINGS
Vermont was picked to finish fifth in this year's America East Preseason Coaches' Poll. The Catamounts earned 26 points and have been selected in the top five for the fifth time in the last six years. Seven-time defending champion Stony Brook was the unanimous favorite with 49 points and seven first-place votes.
SCOUTING MERRIMACK
The Warriors enter their first season as a Division I program after winning the Northeast 10 Tournament a year ago. Hailey Bartlett is the team's top returning scorer. The junior tallied 74 points on 61 goals and 13 assists in 2019. She recorded 13 hat tricks including a seven-goal effort against Assumption in late-April. Bartlett was named to the IWLCA All-Region Second Team and NE10 All-Conference Third Team. Ally DaCosta followed with 71 points on 22 goals and a team-best 49 assists. In three years, DaCosta is the program's career record holder with 118 assists and has moved into the top 10 on Merrimack's all-time scoring list. Tammy Nguyen will likely take over in goal for her senior season. Last year, she appeared in two games and logged three saves.
