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Vermont (1-0-1, 1-0-1 AE) will play a home-and-home series with UMass Lowell (0-3-0, 0-1-0 AE) this week. The Cats will host the River Hawks on Tuesday afternoon (March 23) at Virtue Field, then both teams will turn around and play again in Lowell on Friday (March 26). Tuesday's game will get underway at 4:30 p.m. and Friday's match will start at 4 p.m.
Fans can watch Tuesday's duel on ESPN3 and the ESPN app by logging in with your television provider. Friday's contest will be streamed for free at AmericaEast.TV.
RELATED LINKS
Tuesday: Video | Live Stats
Friday: Video | Live Stats
FINAL-MINUTE THRILLER
UVM earned its first win of the season with a 2-1 victory over NJIT last Friday.
Noah Egan netted his first collegiate goal with a header in the 90th minute from an
Alex Nagy corner kick. It was the first ever matchup between the two programs.
ROOKIE COACHES TO NOW
From the five Division I head coaches who made coaching debuts in 2017,
Rob Dow was the second-most wins and second-highest winning percentage among the group. Dow has reached the win column 33 times with the Catamounts and has recorded a 60.3% win percentage. Current Pacific head coach Adam Reeves leads the list with 41 victories and current Boston U bench boss Kevin Nylen has won 63.9% of his games.
UNIQUE SCHEDULE FORMAT
Under the new conference-only schedule, the America East standings are broken up into three pods – A, B, and C. The Cats are in Pod A with New Hampshire and UMass Lowell as the teams will play each another twice. UNH is scheduled to visit Catamount Country in the regular season finale on Friday, April 9. Pod B consists of Binghamton, Hartford, and UAlbany while Pod C has NJIT, Stony Brook, and UMBC. The Green and Gold will take on one opponent from Pods B and C – the win over NJIT on Friday plus a trip to UAlbany on Friday, April 2.
SCOUTING UMASS LOWELL
The River Hawks bring a winless 0-3-0 overall record to Burlington after falling to New Hampshire 2-1 in overtime on February 26, a tough 1-0 setback against Rhode Island on March 3, and a 4-2 loss at UMass last Thursday. On the offensive attack, three different players have scored a goal and three different players have dished out an assist. UVM transfer Daniel Orrego found the back of the net in the opener at UNH, then Damian Attidore and Reziq Banihani tallied goals in the UMass match. The trio of Borna Miklic, Denis Petro, and Sancho Maroto Tobias were credited with goals against the Minutemen. UML has split time between two goalies – Loucas Costeas and Jacob Heihsel. Costeas has played the majority of the minutes (185:04) and has registered a .611 save percentage. Heihsel has served 90 minutes between the posts and has not surrendered a goal.
INSIDE THE SERIES
The all-time series with the River Hawks is deadlocked at 2-2-3. UVM has won two out of the last three meetings but have dropped the last two matchups in the River City. The first three contests from 2013-15 each resulted in a draw.
