Box Score WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. – Corinne Zanolli scored twice for Stanford as the Cardinal defeated Vermont, 3-0, Saturday morning at Monmouth's So Sweet A Cat Field.
 
The Cats fall to 0-4 (0-2 AE) on the season while Stanford begins the year at 1-0.
 
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COACH'S QUOTE
"Credit to Stanford's players for playing great hockey today despite the hand they've been dealt," head coach Kate Pfeifer said. "We certainly created chances but left too many of those chances unfinished. Details matter. The results we want are within reach if can lock in for sixty minutes and finish the play."
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Stanford got on the board first thanks to Corinne Zanolli's first of the season just five minutes into the game.
• Vermont appeared to tie the game at 1-all in the second quarter but Clodagh Ferry's blast on a penalty corner was disallowed.
• Just 20 seconds later, the Cardinal tallied off a penalty corner of its own. Frances Carstens got credit for the goal on assists from Megan Frost and Sarah Johnson.
• Zanolli found the back of the cage for the second time as a crossing pass from Kaylie Mings found her stick at the eight-minute mark of the third quarter.
• Sierra Espeland made three saves in the final quarter to keep the Cats in the game late.

 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Zanolli's two scores give her 76 career goals.
• With five saves today, Espeland's weekend total comes to 12 over the two games.
• Ferry fired three shots today to pace the Catamount offense.

 
WHO'S NEXT
Vermont wraps up a five-game road trip next Friday when it takes on Maine in Orono. That game is scheduled to get underway at 1 p.m.