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The Catamounts (4-0-1) will host New Hampshire (5-0-1, 4-0-1 AE) in a battle for the America East Regular Season Title on Friday (Apr. 9) at Virtue Field. The opening kickoff is slated for a 5 p.m. start. With a win, Vermont would host the America East Tournament. Fans can watch the conference matchup live on ESPN3. Friday's contest will also be Senior Night, presented by the UVM Alumni Association.
 
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SENIOR NIGHT PRESENTED BY UVM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
UVM will be honoring its senior class of Davis Auth, Jonathan Bryant, Nolan Jimmo, Luke Magnier, Joe Parento, Nate Silveira, and Noah Stracqualursi on Friday. The Class of 2021 has amassed 36 wins and has contributed to a pair of America East Regular Season Titles earned in 2017 and 2019.
 
CLINCHING SCENARIOS
The Catamounts and UNH sit atop Pod A in the America East standings. With a win, Vermont would earn the regular season title and the top overall seed in the America East Tournament. UVM would be the second seed in the conference tournament with a loss or tie on Friday night. New Hampshire owns the tiebreaker over Vermont with a plus-4 goal differential in pod games this season.  
 
SCOUTING THE WILDCATS
New Hampshire enters Friday's game ranked 11th in the national poll. UNH boasts the top-scoring offense in America East with a 2.667 goals per game average that ranks fifth in the nation. Paul Mayer leads the offense with four goals on the season, followed by Victor Menudier and Linus Fallberg with three goals each. Goalkeeper Alejandro Robles has played in all six games this season, and has the second-best goals against average (.519) in the conference.

VCATS IN THE POLLS
The Catamounts received votes in the latest edition of the United Soccer Coaches (USC) weekly poll. In total, UVM garnered seven votes. The Cats are ranked second in the Northeast regional poll behind only UNH.
 
CATAMOUNT DEFENSE
Vermont's .191 goals against average leads America East and ranks third in the country, behind only Rider (.000) and Loyola Marymount (.134). The Catamounts' save percentage of .938 is also the best in America East and third in the nation. UVM has shutouts in four of its five games this season with Nate Silveira owning three of those clean sheets. Edgar Vargas posted a shutout in his debut against UMass Lowell (Mar. 26).
 
LAST TIME AT UNH
The Catamounts and Wildcats played to a scoreless draw in the season opener on March 12 in New Hampshire. Nate Silveira finished the afternoon with a five-save shutout for his third-career clean sheet. Brian Son tallied three shots in his collegiate debut while Zach Barrett recorded two shots.