BURLINGTON, VT – Vermont women's soccer applied plenty of second half pressure to force a 1-1 with UAlbany draw Thursday night at Virtue field. With the tie the Great Danes fall to 6-8-4 and 3-2-3 in the America East and the Catamounts move up to 4-9-3 and 0-5-3 in the America East.
 
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HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Great Danes struck first scoring in the 6th minute of the game coming off a corner. Iola Cotter was able to connect on the corner and knock it down to Selma Elverum who flicked it over to Sahara Zingano for the goal, giving the Great Danes a 1-0 lead, they would carry through the first half.
• The Catamounts were able to answer the call in the second half and knot the game up at one apiece on a goal from Lauren DeGroot, her first of the season. Tori Snyder took the corner and Fiona Doherty was able to knock the ball down to a waiting DeGroot who was able to launch it into the back of the net with her left foot to tie the score at 1-1 in the 76th minute, which is where the score would finish.

 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Lauren DeGroot scored her first collegiate goal for the Green and Gold in the 76th minute.
• Catamounts outshot the Great Danes 19-16 with an 11-5 second half advantage.
• Vermont held a 5-4 corner advantage.
• Dani Pollard recorded one save in her first appearance of the season while Erin Murphy recorded eight saves in just over 65 minutes of play.