BOSTON – Vermont men's soccer senior Nate Silveira has been named America East Goalkeeper of the Year. The conference announced its major awards on Monday afternoon. The America East major awards were determined in a vote by the league's head coaches who were not permitted to vote for their own players.
 
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Silveira is only the third Catamount in program history to earn the award, and the first since Aron Runarsson in 2017. The Vermont goalkeeper was named to the All-Conference First Team for the first time in his career on Thursday (Nov. 4).
 
In 16 games played, Silveira posted seven shutouts and registered a .776 save percentage that ranked second in America East. Silveira's seven clean sheets is the ninth-highest single-season total by a Catamount. The East Providence, Rhode Island native currently has 11 victories on the season, which is fifth on the Vermont single-season wins list. Silveira's .810 goals against average is currently ninth on the UVM single-season list.
 
Silveira was named America East Defensive Player of the Week twice this season. The senior did not allow a goal in his first 475:17 of action to start the 2021 campaign as the Catamounts became the fifth team in program history to begin a season with five straight wins.
 
Silveira and the No. 2 Catamounts will host No. 6 NJIT in the America East Semifinals on Wednesday, November 10. Kickoff is slated for 6 p.m. at Virtue Field. Tickets are available for purchase at UVMathletics.com/Tickets or by visiting the Gutterson Fieldhouse box office on gameday. Fans who are unable to attend the game can watch the game live on AmericaEast.TV.
 
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