BURLINGTON, Vt. – Clodagh Ferry scored two goals and the UVM field hockey picked up its second victory over a ranked opponent this season with a 3-1 win over #25 Maine Friday afternoon.
 
With the win UVM improved to 10-5 this season and 3-3 in conference play while Maine dropped to 9-6 and 5-1 in America East.
 
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 COACH'S QUOTE
"We knew it was going to be a tough match today and think our team stuck to the game plan for 60 minutes," head coach Kate Pfeifer said. "I am super proud of how we responded after Maine scored its goal. I think it showed the level of intention and purpose that we had on the field today."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• UVM opened the scoring late in the first half. Sophia Drees played a nice pass to Clodagh Ferry at the top of the circle. Ferry made one defender miss and then fired a low backhand that squeezed through traffic and into to the goal. It was her ninth of the season.
• Maine answered and tied the game at one shortly after the halftime break. Chloe Walton's backhand flick hit the right post and caromed to the stick of Brooke Sulinski who played the ball out of the air and off of UVM keeper Sierra Espeland.
• Just 42 seconds later, Alina Gerke bolted into the circle for the Catamounts and found herself with time just outside the right post. She tucked a shot under the blocker of Mia Borley and restored UVM's one-goal lead.
• Espeland had to come up with a huge play at the start of the fourth to preserve the lead. A Maine attacker broke through the Catamount back line forcing Espeland off of her's and she made a sprawling stick stop to knock the ball away.
• Ferry added the insurance with just nine minutes to play. Puck Kwaspen gathered the ball after an errant stick-stop on a penalty corner and found Ferry wide open on the left wing. The senior captain made no mistake on her tenth of the season and gave Vermont a 3-1 lead.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Ten wins are a new high under Head Coach Kate Pfeifer. UVM's last season with double-digit wins was in 2007. UVM finished that season 12-7.
• The win is Vermont's first over Maine in Burlington since the 2000 season.
• Kwaspen now has 10 assists on the season – tied for the second-most ever by a UVM player.
• Ferry is the first UVM player with double-digit goals since Landon Warren scored 14 in 2017.
• With today's win, Vermont Mutual Insurance Group will donate $100 to Vermont Foodbank as part of the Cats Win, Community Wins initiative. Vermont Mutual has committed to donating $15,000 to Vermont Foodbank for the 2021 season. A special thank you to Vermont Mutual Insurance for their support. Vermont Mutual Insurance, protecting Vermonters since 1828.

WHO'S NEXT
Vermont has the rest of the weekend off and wraps up this four-game homestand next Friday when New Hampshire comes to town. Action between the Wildcats and UVM is set for 2 p.m. and will stream live on AmericaEast.TV.